September 26, 2003

Dreamed of starting my diary in the middle, reaching the end and continuing in the beginning.

Finally finished the poll reports at the campaign office.

Baked cheese bread.

Dinner was takeout churrasco chicken.

September 25, 2003

Dreamed of the 1975 Mohammed Ali- Chuck Wepner bout which was the inspiration for the movie Rocky; reading dialogue quotations from the 1970s sitcom Good Times.

Entered the election day volunteer slips in the database and managed to do some of the poll reports.  But it's still pretty frustrating.

Went to the Hummingbird Centre and bought a ticket to see Peter Grimes Sunday afternoon.

I was really exhausted late in the afternoon.

Dinner was lasagna.

Saw the video of the movie of Neil Simon's Barefoot in the Park.  It was rather coy by today's standards.

I also saw a video of John Candy sketches from SCTV.

September 24, 2003

Tried to enter some poll reports on the campaign office database.  But it was too frustrating for me.

Eric finally took me out to lunch. (We went to Harvey's.) He says I'm the best volunteer he's worked with.

Went shopping.

Went to the dentist's office and rearranged next month's appointment so it won't conflict with the Mission:  Possible program.

Phoned Mission:  Possible and confirmed that last week's fax had arrived.

Dinner was meat pies.  We probably won't get them again.

Saw the Brazilian gangster movie City of God at the Music Hall. (It's the first time I saw a movie wearing my contacts.) It's a terrific, funny epic:  really brilliant storytelling.  Well before it was over, I was already thinking that I wanted to see it again. [Still haven't...]

September 23, 2003

Robert Hughes on Goya: "We expect a great artist to change over his lifetime.  But this much?"

Dreamed of getting a whole batch of Cinematheque tickets (which I'll bet doing shortly) and noticing that some of t the tickets were for movies shown months ago; seeing a fox hunt from a distance, led by a middle-aged woman who was an army officer.

Worked three hours straight at the campaign office.  Eric, the campaign manager, has invited me to lunch, but we can't seem to get together at the right time.

Read a Robert Hughes article on Goya in Vanity Fair.

Dinner was spaghetti.

Went to karaoke for the last time before my drama course gets in the way.  I sang "Back in the U.S.S.R.," "Burning Down the House" and "Up on the Roof." There were a lot of students and they didn't applaud much.

Had my contacts in for over six hours.

September 22, 2003

Dreamed of reading a magazine with a pay-TV schedule; going through the clothes in my closet and deciding what to wear.

Started entering the volunteer locations on the campaign office database.  I just about finished it too.

Dinner was lobster rolls.

Put my contacts in twice and even wore them at the campaign office.  My eyes will need a while to adjust:  I've been having slight headaches.

The cool fall weather is here.

September 21, 2003

Dreamed of being in a record store unable to find any music that interested me.

Put on my contact lenses for the first time.  The left one took quite a while. (I need a lot of practice.)

We drover down to Humber Bay.  My contacts feel so comfortable that I didn't feel sure I had them on!

Donald came over for dinner, which was salmon.

On Six Feet Under, Nate met Brenda's parents for the first time.

Lincoln's Virtues takes a rather one-sided view of Lincoln's 1840s "pragmatism" in opposition to the abolitionists. [He blamed the abolitionist candidate for tipping the balance in favour of pro-slavery expansionist James Polk in the 1844 election, like later liberals scapegoating Nader for Gore's defeat.]

September 20, 2003

Stan Laurel: "Promiscuously!"--Flying Deuces

Dreamed of being in Sackville and going out to buy the Saturday edition of The Moncton Times and Transcript; seeing a report that Mr. Cranky [at mrcranky.com] had published his last movie review; going to an airport to catch a plane, being unsure where to go, calling Moncton and finding it was just a short distance behind me; heading to the gate over a sand dune. (I'd seen a news report about people walking on a sand dune during the hurricane.) I may have dreamed more vividly than usual because I forgot to take my Celexa.

Finally finished entering the sign locations onto the database at the campaign office.

I'm reading in Lincoln's Virtues about his opposition to the Mexican War, which reminded me of Howard Dean opposing the Iraq War.

Dinner was roast chicken, which came out quite well in our convection oven.

Baked multigrain bread.

Rented two videos, both for the second time.  Laurel & Hardy's Flying Deuces was an amusing Foreign Legion comedy.  Fred Zinnemann's famous High Noon was rather repetitious, especially the music.