February 8, 2011

    At last night's choir practice we started Verdi's Rigoletto.

    Dreamed of a place known as W.W. [like B.C. or P.E.I.]; trying to figure out what the initials stood for.

    Helped unload the Toronto City Opera costumes at the Bickford Centre. (I also tried on my Die Fledermaus costume, which includes white gloves!)

    Dinner was sausage and mash.

    Rehearsed Madama Butterfly. (I tried on my kimono first.) I've ended up carrying in the table with Pinkerton's photo during the first intermission.

February 6, 2011

    Dreamed of a movie where a planeload of people landed on a Swedish island and got taken hostage; the Russian in Rocky IV (Dolph Lundgren) saying "I must break you."

    Baked raisin bread.

    Dinner was lobster rolls.

    Finished the fame issue of Lapham's Quarterly.  For the first time since getting the first issue two years ago, I'm all caught up!

    Started reading Merchant of Dreams, a biography of MGM studio head Louis B. Mayer.  In the first chapter it calls New Brunswick a "state"!

    Our Coro Verdi concert had to compete with the Super Bowl, and there were more people in the choir than in the audience!

February 5, 2011

"A woman with nine children ought to have more sense."

"If I had more sense I wouldn't have had nine children!"

--Carousel

"Money thinks I'm dead!"--ibid.

    Dreamed of a schoolteacher getting me to join a group of people lobbying for reform in coastal land use; arriving and finding the teacher in a foul mood; Ava Gardner.

    Went to an Aspergers Meetup at Neisau's place.  We played The Amazeing Labyrinth again.  Neisau's daughter Autumn was selling candy bars for school fundraising and most of us bought a couple.

    Dinner was Chinese food. (My fortune cookie said "Rome was not built in a day.  Be patient."

    Rented the DVD of the movie version of the Rodgers & Hammerstein musical Carousel  (for the second time).  It's a classic show.

February 4, 2011

Popeye the Sailor (to Swee'pea): "I forgives ya for me spankin' ya!"--Never Sock a Baby

    Dreamed of the Parker Brothers game Careers; a non-existent episode of The Mary Tyler Moore Show where Murray inherited a British title and a state-of-the-art outfit of ham radio broadcasting equipment.

    Dinner was lasagna (which we bought oven-ready for just a dollar).

    Joined the Move Meetup to see Darren Aronovsky's Black Swan at the Varsity.  Believable but too grim for me, with lots of bleeding in closeup. (When I told Moira I was going to see it, her response was "Ugh!") I left in the middle [after I finished my popcorn].

February 2, 2011

 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.

February 1, 2011

    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.)

January 31, 2011

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.]