November 27, 2006

Dreamed of seeing Tony Blair go into his office at night and strip a translucent panel of stickers showing classic art; visiting a remodelled British House of Commons and being unable to walk through the visitor's gallery without stepping on newspapers; mice coming through a hole in the floor to nibble at a bag of dirty clothes; the boxing comic strip Big Ben Bolt; trying to write down a description of the All in the Family episode with this exchange:

Meathead: "Face it, you have a hangup about sex!"

Archie Bunker: "I don't have a hangup about... that."

We went to Yorkdale Mall and I got new pajamas and a robe that smells like hotel towels.

Finally mailed out that Heart of Juliet Jones comic strip package I sold on Ebay.

Dinner was lasagna.

At choir practice we did a baroque song "I Cieli Immensi." Giuseppe was getting frustrated over the tenors' weaknesses.

Started reading the second half of William Wharton's Dad.

November 26, 2006

Dreamed of reflecting that my long time at university was like Ulysses being away from home for twenty years because of the Trojan War; meeting some people in my hometown of Sackville, N.B., who remembered me from my youth; reading a hardcover comic strip reprint in a library.

Went to see Roberto Rossellini's Acts of the Apostles at the Cinematheque.  It's a five-hour miniseries, and I only stayed for the first three hours. (I got sleepy at times.) Too bad they could only find a dubbed print.

Dinner was scalloped potatoes and ham.

November 24, 2006

Dreamed of seeing Lawrence of Arabia in a cinema; going to the washroom during the Jose Ferrer scene (as I've done in real life); the movie being changed into Little Children.

Under the weather.

Dinner was roast chicken.

Saw the DVD of Sidney J. Furie's biopic Lady Sings the Blues, with Diana Ross as Billie Holliday.  Conventional and unsubtle overall, but Billy Dee Williams and Richard Pryor have some nice scenes. (The movie brightened up whenever Williams appeared!)

November 23, 2006

Got my hair trimmed.

Moved the leaves from the front yard to the back.

Went shopping.

Baked white bread.

Dinner was spaghetti.

November 22, 2006

Dreamed of having a combination of white, blue and black pills to take; willing myself to "wake up"; "waking up" on a campground at dawn; a small train from the early 19th century (with an engine like George Stevenson's Rocket); the 1970s sitcom Soap.

Stayed in all day and didn't even get dressed!  I worked some more on clipping and sorting my comic strips.

November 21, 2006

Dreamed of Moira saying we should get our zip.ca movies by downloading instead of the mail. [Prophetic!]

This week I got to Giuseppe's for my singing lesson early for a change.  We went over some of my chorus parts.

Got a Prince Valiant Ebay package from Rick Larder.

Dinner was salmon.  Donald came, but I had to eat before the others because of the opera rehearsal.

At the opera rehearsal, I was already singing some parts from memory. (But I'd learned faster in previous years...)

November 20, 2006

Dreamed of walking through a lane full of gambling joints; a prankster using a croquet mallet to put me in a choke-hold; me grabbing the mallet, then returning it to him; falling down a steep slope next to a golf course and trying to climb back up.

Finally started wearing long johns.

Had another dental checkup.  One of two old fillings will be replaced in the new year.

Dinner was stew.

At choir practice, we've started preparing for the Christmas concert.  We spent most of the evening working on "Adeste Fideles."