February 23, 2011

    Yesterday I saw the DVD of Jacques Tourneur's The Cat People (for the second time). Great scene in the swimming pool!

    Dreamed of reading the showbiz magazine Variety at the York University library (which I used to do in the 1990s); 1930s movie star Jean Harlow (whom I was just reading about in the Louis B. Mayer biography); shopping for an HD TV set. (The night before I dreamed of Debussy's Arabesque #1.)

    Dinner was pork roast.

    Performed Die Fledermaus.

    Tried some new computer games like Treasure Isle and Yoville, but they didn't interest me much.

February 21, 2011

"The guy who kills me--I want him to do it because he hates my guts, not because it's his job"--Dog Day Afternoon

    Dreamed of the actual Warner Brothers cartoon Big House Bunny, where Yosemite Sam fired the prison cannon and ended up launching Bugs Bunny, who said "Bon voyagee!"

    Dinner was pork chops.

    Saw the DVD of Sidney Lumet's tour de force Dog Day Afternoon (for the third time). It's perversely funny and very believable.  The moral is that Americans are crazy, especially New Yorkers in the summer heat. (See also Do the Right Thing.)

    I've finally decided to quit the online game Cityville.  I've built just about all the structural types that are available, except for stuff that costs over 500,000 coins. (Having only three neighbours limited what I could do.)

    I've started the Frontierville game again. (They now have the giant homestead size I was waiting for.)

February 20, 2011

    Last night I saw the DVD of the John Cassavetes documentary A Constant Forge, which went on for over three hours!

    Managed to get through Die Fledermaus, though my nose was running during the second act. (My family saw this performance.)

    John and family brought a vegan dinner over, and afterward I sneaked out to McDonald's once again.  Someone complained about my interrupting his dinner by blowing my nose, and I testily replied, "I'm sorry!" What was I supposed to do, leave it unblown?

    Saw the DVD of the Mystery Science Theatre 3000 version of Robot Vs. the Aztec Mummy, from the famous Mexican B-movie series.

February 18, 2011

    Dreamed of meeting sex advice columnist Dan Savage (whom I read online).

    Dinner was fish.

    Performed Die Fledermaus.  I'm not feeling well, so I told them I'd miss Madama Butterfly tomorrow and focus on being rested enough for Fledermaus Sunday. (I can't miss that one because I do a couple of dances with partners, but I can miss Butterfly.)

    Baked white bread overnight.

    Lay awake for quite a while.

February 17, 2011

    At last night's Madama Butterfly premiere, my slippers turned up after all.

    Dreamed of having a fingernail that was trimmed on one side but not the other.

    Yesterday we had Indian food and today we finished it. (There wasn't quite enough.)

    Dress-rehearsed Die Fledermaus.

    I can't wait till the opera's over! (Maybe I should have skipped this year.) I've always liked rehearsing more than performing, of course.

February 15, 2011

    Dreamed of the song "Three Coins in the Fountain."

    Bought a new glasses case at Hakim Optical.

    Dinner was scallops.

    Dress-rehearsed Madama Butterfly.  I left my slippers in the auditorium afterward!  Hope they turn up tomorrow:  I'm wearing them in the show as part of my costume.  We had to put on our own eye makeup.

    I also signed up for a couple of Giuseppe's master class sessions. (Maybe I am serious about my singing after all.)

    Am I coming down with a cold?

February 14, 2011

    Last night I went to a Games Meetup at the Fox & Fiddle. (I played the Amazeing Labyrinth and Scrabble.) On the way back I lost my glasses case!

    Dreamed of Jack Palance saying "Believe it--or not!" on the actual 1980s TV show.

    Dinner was pork steak.

    I also dreamed of pulling out a few of my teeth, which were the worse for wear (far more so than in real life).

    At choir practice we got into the second act of Rigoletto. (Beatrice has called for a meeting to discuss Coro Verdi's future.)