October 2, 2011

"An' when a man does what he thinks is right --he deserves credick even when he's wrong"--Popeye the Sailor

    Dreamed of visiting abortionist Henry Morgenthaler; visiting Bill Cosby's house (with sitcom family); noticing that someone was collecting stolen property near our old home in Sackville, N.B., and threatening to call the police; a period serial played for comedy called Believe It or Not.

    Donald came over for dinner, which was turkey. (We had Thanksgiving a week early, since Moira will be in Chicago for the marathon there.)

October 3, 2011

"My heart may have led me astray."

"I don't think it was your heart that was leading you, Arnold."

--Murder One

    Dreamed of being on a children's soccer team going to Cuba for a tournament; going to a promontory on the seacoast; being unable to keep up on long walks; boarding a turboprop plane; seeing a huge Miami tower whose base was beneath the horizon.

    Saw a DVD of a PBS documentary about building New York City's first subway line around 1900.

    Dinner was turkey pie (surprise, surprise).

    Went to the year's first Coro Verdi rehearsal. (Giuseppe's back from Italy.) This year we'll be doing Bellini's Norma first, and Verdi's Un Ballo in Maschera later.  Norma has a superb opening number!

October 1, 2011

    Dreamed of golf; making a new movie of Moby-Dick; seeing a conventional film depiction of a dream.

    Went to a Sensitive People Meetup at the Java and Juice place in the Beaches. (I had an egg salad sandwich there.) Afterward I strolled along the boardwalk.

    Dinner was a recipe called straw and hay pasta.

September 30, 2011

Prosecutor: "The People strenuously object!"

Judge: "Why doesn't that surprise me?"

--Murder One

    Dreamed of using invisibility to go into a courthouse in my pajamas and occupy an unused room; re-entering the place without invisibility and getting caught; the John Denver song "Calypso"; translating the chapter in Tom Sawyer where he persuades the other boys to whitewash his fence.

    Went out and dropped some more NDP flyers in my neighbourhood, between Greensides and Arlington avenues.  I got really sweaty.

    Dinner was scalloped potatoes and ham.

    Started a new computer game called Airport City.

September 29, 2011

"Boys, times have changed.  I changed them"--Junior Bonner

"He's your father's dog.  He'll shake your hand or bite it off"--ibid.

"I have a better idea, Arnold.  Why don't you take a flying leap off the Hollywood sign?"--Murder One

    Dreamed of an off-colour video for the non-existent song "Big and Somewhat Dimmer."

    Went shopping.

    Baked cheese bread.

    Dinner was salmon.

    Saw the DVD of Sam Peckinpah's unusually subdued Junior Bonner.

September 28, 2011

"I don't want luxury!  I wants happiness"--Popeye the Sailor

"Isn't that dirty pool?"

"When she does it to us, yes.  When we do it to her, no."

--Murder One

    Dreamed of visiting an interactive museum south of Amherst, N.S.

    I've started a new computer game called City of Wonder. (I also tried My Vineyard, but it didn't appeal to me.)

    Dinner was scalloped potatoes and ham.

    Headache.

September 27, 2011

"People are so concerned about... dogs"--The Body Snatcher

"Don't get too high and you won't get too low"--Murder One

"Weirdness."

"It's Mom."

--Weeds

    Dreamed of the Tijuana Brass number "A Taste of Honey"; a non-existent animated cartoon involving a bad imitation of Robert Frost's poetry.

    Saw the DVD of the Val Lewton-Robert Wise thriller The Body Snatcher, with Boris Karloff at his best.

    Dinner was beef stroganoff.

    Went to the second Toronto City Opera rehearsal and registered there. (Giuseppe wasn't there because he's gone to Italy.) We went through the Lucia di Lamermoor wedding scene, which I found pretty familiar.