Friday, March 29, 2019

March 4, 2004

"Aye, laddie, do nae be ashamed.  'Tis the hardest thing in the world to give up everything, and it's usually the only way we can get anything"--Brigadoon

Dreamed of holding the actual Monty Python album Matching Tie and Handkerchief (a record with three grooves instead of two); looking at the range of courses available at my old high school (stuff like costume design!) and thinking, "They didn't have stuff like that when I was there."

Saw Days of Thrills and Laughter, a compilation of clips from silent comedies and cliffhangers.  Too much narration.

Finally started typing up my November diary entries.

Dinner was chicken.

Saw Vincente Minnelli's film of the Lerner & Leowe musical Brigadoon, about a Scottish village frozen in the 18th century that rises out of the mists once every century.  Too cute by half.  It reflects the post-World War II zeitgeist, with a sense of vague disappointment in the here & now and nostalgia for a more "innocent" time.  Today's stars aren't sexy like Cyd Charisse was in the '50s. (It's in the moves!)

Baked whole wheat bread.

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