April 19, 2011

    Dreamed of coming to rehearse for a recital but not knowing what I was going to sing; the Donizetti aria "Una Furtiva Lagrima."

    Went canvassing with William in the Wychwood & Louise area.  People seemed receptive.  There were several Jewish residents and we had to be careful about disturbing Passover. (One said she couldn't vote NDP because we're anti-Israel.)

    Dinner was vegetable stew.

    We dress-rehearsed our Easter concert at Blythwood Baptist Church.  I'd been walking so much that I had to sit for much of the rehearsal!

April 18, 2011

    Dreamed of a school quiz where the questions were so cryptic that nobody could answer them; the British heist comedy The Ladykillers.

    At today's singing lesson Giuseppe was complaining about singing teachers who don't know the repertoire.

    Dinner was boneless chicken with the rest of the Indian food.

    At choir practice we learned a difficult part of Nabucco.

April 17, 2011

"Behind every man is an exhausted woman"--Big Love

"I don't care if you're Minnie the Moocher!"--ibid.

    Dreamed of a movie about Batman's origins with a rural setting full of bright sunshine, and the hero surviving a summary execution of all his brothers.

    Went to a Walking Meetup. (Felice has taken over from Anita as organizer.) We visited Allen Gardens, then walked to City Hall and Easter Around the World, where a dozen ethnic groups were selling Easter food!  If I'd stayed to 16:00, I could have got a lot for free.

    Snow on Palm Sunday!

    Dinner was more of the Indian food.

April 16, 2011

"There's no law against crazy"--Big Love

    Dreamed of visiting Halifax; singing "Danny Boy" on a train and impressing the other passengers.

    Went to a volunteers' party at the NDP campaign office. (Ron Grant says I'm his good luck charm.) I had a chance to go canvassing with William Molls but it was too rainy for me:  when I got home I had to change my wet pants.

    John and Family came over for dinner, which was Indian food.

    In the online game Kingdoms of Camelot, I've started my fourth city.  I'm now a High Prince at the highest level (60), and my cities are called Camford, Strathkirk, Dartbridge and Oxpool.

April 15, 2011

"Another day, another revelation"--Big Love

    Dreamed of a non-existent 1979 movie with nonstop action and an English villainess; both of my eyeglasses lenses falling out of their frame and getting chipped; trying to remember the second verse of "Danny Boy"; meeting one of the new owners of our old house in Sackville, N.B.; telling her how I often dreamed about it and felt I was invading their privacy!

    I've been watching a DVD of first episodes of Saturday morning TV series produced by Sid and Marty Krofft. [One of them died just a few days ago.] I remember watching H.R. Pufnstuf and Lidsville at the time.  They must have smoked some high-grade dope!

    Baked rye bread.

    Dinner was more pork and rice (and the rest of the lasagna).

April 14, 2011

"Why's he in the freezer?"

"Because he's dead."

--Big Love

"I don't want to hurt you.  I just want to kill you"--ibid.

    In the morning Father drove me to the endoscopy clinic north of Keele & Sheppard for my endoscopy. (He had to cancel a medical appointment of his own, which wasn't as urgent.)

    I went through the procedure 14 years ago, and got to see inside my bowels. (It looked like a triangular prism, as in a Toblerone box, but flexible like a hose.) This time they gave me a sedative strong enough to knock me out through the whole procedure, and leave me groggy afterward.  When I got home I slept for almost three hours.

    Dinner was pork and rice.

    Saw the DVD of the first episode of the Niall Ferguson documentary series of The Ascent of Money.

    Then I got the DVD for the first episode of the latest season of Big Love.  I don't know why they changed that great opening credits sequence!

April 13, 2011

Homer Simpson: "Homer no function without beer well"--The Simpsons

    Dreamed of staying a while in Halifax instead of our old home in Sackville, N.B.; telling Mother I was glad of the decision (despite early uncertainty).

    Fasted all day (except for some Jell-O) to prepare for tomorrow's test.  I also drank the diarrhea potion in two hours instead of four.  I'm surprised how little I miss eating...