September 26, 2011

Seeing a meteor: "Everything good dies here, even the stars"--I Walked With a Zombie

"Was General Grant stoned when he won World War I?  Was Al Gore stoned when he defeated global warming?"--Weeds

 Dreamed of reflecting that bullfighting has lost its official cultural protection in Spain; not much regretting it; driving in England near Dover.

    Dinner was the rest of the Indian food.

    Saw the DVD of the Val Lewton-Jacques Tourneur thriller I Walked With a Zombie.  The creepy atmosphere was pretty impressive.

September 25, 2011

"Peasants breatfeed"--Weeds

Homer: "The internet--is that thing still around?"--The Simpsons

    Dreamed of looking up information online about the Jet Li movie Once Upon a Time in China.

    I was in bed till almost 14:00! (That cold still has me weak.)

    Baked whole wheat bread.

    John and Kathrine came over for dinner, so we ordered Indian food.

    Got sick later that evening. (I must have eaten too much...)

September 24, 2011

    Dreamed of changing my shirt on a bus.

    Dinner was scallops.

    Started playing a Disney game called Gnometown. (I have a soft spot for these kiddie games!)

September 23, 2011

"Why do we live in a town where the smart people have no power and the stupid people rule everything?  Maybe I should just move back to Alabama!"--The Simpsons

 Dreamed of the 1970s horror movie The House on Skull Mountain (which I've never seen).

    Father was finally up to shopping.

    Dinner was frozen Indian food.

September 22, 2011

Phyllis: "It's hard to explain to people who haven't reproduced"--The Mary Tyler Moore Show

    Dreamed of a group of romantics travelling through England in the late 18th century and being given pyrotechnic rockets by their admirers.

    Dinner was butter chicken.

September 21, 2011

    Dreamed of living in Fredericton with a group of graduate students; spotting actor Danny Aiello when he was young, in a 1970s TV show about beach bums.

    Dinner was pizza.

    I missed the first Toronto City Opera rehearsal last night (they started earlier this year), but I was sick anyway.  I can't register online because all the places are (just officially) taken.

September 20, 2011

"Wonderful news, Homer!"

"Does it involve pies?"

--The Simpsons

Lou Grant (watching TV): "Is there anything real on?  Like a western?"

--The Mary Tyler Moore Show

    Dreamed of driving toward a hellish-looking Chinese industrial area at night; a real-life version of the Acme freezer on Wile E. Coyote's back which ground ice cubes and sprayed them forth as snow for him to ski on.

    Went to St. Mike's for another appointment with Dr. Scholzberg the haematologist.  There was lots of waiting and I had a book, but my cold has me so worn out that I didn't feel like reading!

    Went to Tilley's and got a new spring-autumn hat.

    Dinner was pork roast.