August 11, 2006

Dreamed of Tom Cruise filming a movie on the campus of my alma mater Mt. Allison University, including a shot where a whole building got blown up; an actual panel from the "Work Is Hell" series in Matt Groening's Life in Hell comic strip, in which Akbar and Jeff are Binky's bosses, with one of them saying to him "Move it!" and the other saying "Yeah, move it!"

Became a member of the website youtube.com allowing me to download a wide range of short movies.

Dinner was sausage and mashed potatoes.

These days when I sing I always seem to end up with the hiccups!

August 10, 2006

Dreamed of someone saying that SCTV costumer Juul Haalmeyer had been murdered and me pointing out that I'd processed a contribution by him to a recent NDP campaign I was doing volunteer work in. (Which is true!)

Father and I did the book accounts for May through July.  We made a consistent profit of about $200/month.

Got a big load of Terry and the Pirates and Steve Canyon Sundays.  It's the last big Ebay purchase I'll be making for a while.

Dinner was fish.

Went to a choir rehearsal for the mass Sunday. (I got some more signatures for Masami's get-well card.) Giuseppe couldn't make it and Oksana conducted instead.

August 9, 2006

Dreamed of trying to finish lacing my shoes.

Went shopping.

Went out and bought a get-well card for Masami.

Dinner was pork chops.

August 8, 2006

Another Tuesday singing lesson.  This time I overslept and was late.  Giuseppe gave me a new Tosti song to learn.

Dinner was reheated chicken.

Saw the DVD of the Russian fairy tale movie Father Frost.  Kinda cute in an odd, oversized way.

Baked rye bread overnight.

August 7, 2006

Dreamed of returning with the parents to our old home in Sackville, N.B., after being away for a year, only we couldn't get the tenants to leave, so we'd have to camp out in the open for another year; the song "Goody, Goody"; visiting our Sackville house today and finding that the new owners had opened up the attic; driving along Sackville streets. (I've never learned to drive.)

Cut back the bushes growing near the fence.

I think my singing voice is improving.

Went to a Low-Key Social Meetup at the Bishop and Belcher, where we played board games.  I played Scrabble and Apples to Apples.

Dinner was Arby's.

Saw Kenzi Mizoguchi's Story of the Last Chrysanthemums, a sad tale of a kabuki actor and his muse.  I saw it at the Cinematheque with several others as part of a Linkup event.

August 4, 2006

Country song title: "God Forgives Me, Why Can't You?"--Tender Mercies

Dreamed of going to see our old home in Sackville, N.B., around sunrise when nobody was awake; seeing a new clump of trees that we hadn't planted; preparing to write a thesis on Chinese folklore.

Went to see my shrink Dr. Hassan.  I mentioned that he resembled Erland Josephson as the husband in Scenes From a Marriage.

Dinner was McDonald's.

Saw the DVD of Bruce Beresford's Tender Mercies (for the third time). The rest of the family loves it, but I only like it.

Started to leave for karaoke, but I had a headache and realized it would just get worse if I went, so I returned home.

August 2, 2006

Woke up before 05:00.  I felt so angry that I put a fist through my wall! (I was angry about people being passive in the face of the unacceptable.)

Finished Emily of New Moon.  It's even better than Anne of Green Gables.

This week's singing lesson was on Wednesday.  Giuseppe compared the opening note to holding a tomato.

Started reading L.M. Montgomery's The Blue Castle for the Book Club Meetup.  I read over 50 pages!

Got a big pile of Ebay comics from Barry King in Korea.

Afternoon nap.

Dinner was spicy KFC. (I had only two pieces.)

In the evening there was a lightning storm with hardly any thunder!  I rehung the dreamcatcher on my wall so that it covered the hole.