Dreamed of wearing a set of pajamas that didn't match; watching a weak comedy sketch that was clearly improvised; Miami Vice actor Don Johnson; the movie Spartacus.
Voted in Canada's federal election around 13:00. (Mother isn't voting this time!)
Cleared the garden of vines. What a tangle!
At the opera rehearsal for Carmen we did the Toreador song and "Over the Hill."
Dinner was turkey casserole.
Started reading Don't Know Much About Mythology.
Donald made it for Thanksgiving dinner, which was turkey.
Used the new printer's copy function for the first time, to copy the "Vi Ravviso" score.
Spaceship captain: "Uh..."
"Accepted."
--Wall-E
"Try blue, it's the new red!"--ibid.
"I don't want to survive, I want to live!"--ibid.
Saw the animated sci-fi feature Wall-E at the Revue. Pretty clever and imaginative. I liked best the early scenes set of a deserted earth; the later part in the space colony was more conventional.
Dinner was steak.
Saw the DVD of the famous Whacking Day episode of The Simpsons.
Saw the Rin Tin Tin canine adventure Clash of the Wolves on an American Film Archives DVD It owed a little something to Jack London.
Didn't get to sleep till after 04:00.
Dreamed of taking a shower with a bundle of clothes I wanted to wash; hiking to a small meadow on a really steep hill.
Saw the Met production of Richard Strauss' opera Salome at the Yonge & Eglinton. No pleasant. It embodies a subtext of sexual hysteria, which I suppose goes back to the gospel. Sort of the Girls Gone Wild of its time.
Dinner was McDonald's.
Saw another DVD of rare silent movies from the American Film archive, including some really early colour films and a modernist documentary showing life on the streets of the Bronx.
Started reading the summer issue of Lapham's Quarterly, whose subject is nature.
Leafletted between Winona drive and Atlas Avenue, north of St. Clair Avenue.
Dinner was spaghetti.
Saw the DVD of Carlos Saura's movie Blood Wedding, a flamenco ballet based on Federico Garcia Lorca's writing. Pretty arresting.
Went shopping.
Dinner was fish sticks.
Saw the DVD of the Harold Lloyd silent comedies The Freshman and The Kid Brother (both for the second time).
"If I'd forgotten myself in the park I'd remember it"--ibid.
Dreamed of a non-existent chapter of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer involving existentialism.
At today's lesson we started on Bellini's "Vi Ravviso." Giuseppe was impressed that I'd written out the simple "Wohin?" score by myself.
Returned to labelling pamphlets at the St. Paul's NDP campaign office.
Dinner was the rest of the stew.
Saw the DVD of the Astaire-Rogers musical Top Hat yet again.
Baked whole wheat bread overnight.
