April 23, 2011

"Whatever you write just remember that once, I was your good friend."

"I remember that once, Lucifer was an angel."

--Peyton Place

    Dreamed of a letter to an advice columnist from a man whose sister-in-law was obsessed with expensive learning (from a reprint of decades-old advice columns).

    The weather's warmer, and I went out and dropped NDP campaign leaflets in my neighborhood.  People were saying things like "Give Layton a chance."

    Dinner was ham.

    Saw the DVD of Beyond the Prairie, a TV movie about the "true" story of Laura Ingalls Wilder, author of the Little House books.  It wasn't very good.

April 22, 2011

"Your religion is bullshit.  It's just another excuse for people to fuck around!"--Big Love

"What are you doing here?"

"I'm eating cereal."

--Weeds

"Try not to look homeless"--ibid.

    Dreamed of the movie A Clockwork Orange; the comic strip Steve Canyon.

    Dinner was chicken and rice.

    The Coro Verdi performed The Seven Last Words of Christ at the Blythwood Baptist church. (It's in the same area where we rented a Lytton Boulevard house for about six months back in 1982.) Giovanni and John George made sure I had a stool to sit on for much of the concert.

    I've started a new Facebook game called Superhero City, which is said to be addictive.

April 21, 2011

"It's Fruit Loops time!"--Big Love

"My cope bin is full, do you hear?  Full!"--ibid.

"Don't talk to me about love.  It only opens you up to hurt"--ibid.

"I wish you wouldn't make 'killing her' sound so much like killing her!"--Weeds

    Baked whole wheat bread.

    Father and I went to see Dr. Hassan.  We discussed how I should go about getting into the Ontario disability Support Program. [I only noticed how tall my shrink was when he was next to my father.]

    Dinner was lasagna.

April 20, 2011

To a customs inspector at the U.S.-Mexico border: "You think there's a tiny little immigrant inside my lipstick?"--Weeds

    Dreamed of taking a date to see a movie in the morning at a non-existent cinema just east of the actual Vogue Cinema in my hometown Sackville, N.B.; seeing an airplane in Cape Breton skirt the horizon in a complete circle and crash-land; rushing to give first aid.

    Went to see Dr. Ang.  They're going to send me to a haematologist!

    Finally did my taxes. (None to pay again this year.)

    Dinner was pork chops.

    Went to the Open Minds Cafe.  I suggested the topics "Who are your heroes?" and "What are your favourite TV shows?" but few people seem interested in what I suggest.

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.