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.]

January 30, 2011

"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.

     

January 29, 2011

"I never fell apart because I never fall together"--Andy Warhol

    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.