Tonight's opera rehearsal was delayed till tomorrow because of the big snow. (Which means I'll have to miss another Queen Street art walk!)
Dinner was fettucine pesto (which I cooked).
Saw Peter Medak's neo-noir Romeo Is Bleeding on DVD. Kinda fun, though it goes over the top in the second half.
Dreamed of asking where I was, and being told it was Halifax.
Went shopping. (I also got a new nightrobe.)
Dinner was fish.
Rehearsed Madama Butterfly. I think I have my small part down. (Tatiana likes my furry hat.)
Lisa: "Nature's not our enemy!"
Mr. Burns: "But surely you can agree that we can do without it?"
--The Simpsons
Dreamed of the musical Carousel.
Dinner was spaghetti.
At choir practice we dress-rehearsed Sunday's folk song concert. I couln't find an envelope until I remembered that the Games magazine subscription renewal notice included a return envelope. (I renew online.)
Giuseppe's having a master class after the opera is finished, since the auditorium will be available longer than expected. I could go, but I'm not that serious a singing student. [I eventually did.]
"White Americans appear to be under the compulsion to dream, whereas black Americans are under the compulsion to awaken. And this fact is also sinister"--James Baldwin
Dreamed of wondering whether my Ph.D. thesis was worth the trouble; a 1930s musical with Walter Huston as U.S. President. (He actually played the President in the 1933 non-musical Gabriel Over the White House.)
Went to a Games Meetup at the Yellow Griffin. I played a new game called 7 Wonders (finished last, of course), as well as Puerto Rico and Ticket to Ride.
Dinner was McDonald's.
Dreamed of Al Pacino in Scarface.
Went to a Brunch Meetup at Udupi Palace. I had a vegetable curry.
Dinner was KFC.
Saw some wartime Warner Brothers cartoons on DVD. One of them had a newspaper quote: "The Open Door policy has produced the Draft"!
Saw the DVD of the first chapter of Louis Feuillade's French silent serial Fantomas. Nice job on the musical accompaniment.
"There are motherfucking snakes on the motherfucking plane!"--Weeds
"Mommy, why doesn't he like people?"--Robot Monster
Started a new online game called Glory of Rome. It's essentially the same as Kings of Camelot, with even the same alliances. I took the name Martinianus and called my city Megalopolis.
Relatives from Kingston came for an overnight stay.
Dinner was linguini primavera with shrimp.
Saw the Mystery Science Theater 3000 version of the notorious 1950s B-movie Robot Monster on DVD.
"Fuck you, I have a Prius!"--Weeds
Dreamed of reflecting that the saddest sound in the world is of a piano being closed; visiting a drugs lab on a rooftop and warning that the icy object nearby on the roof might attract police attention; leaving by a slide to street level.
Found some shrimp noodles at the big Loblaw's near St. Clair & Bathurst. (I didn't know they still made them!)
Dinner was salmon.
Went to a University of Toronto concert with the Classical Music Meetup group. (I moved several more Toronto City Opera flyers.) The music was rather avant-garde for my taste--one piece was performed by a string quartet with an accordion--and I left in the intermission.
