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November 24, 2002:

TIME IS A CRUEL MISTRESS

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Well, dear readers, like yesterday, I slept very late, although I did get up at seven because Luckie needed a little constitutional. When we got back from said constitutional I simply got into bed again and fell right asleep. Luckie did, too. She spent the whole night in my room, as a matter of fact – a first. So, now it is ten-thirty and I must hurry and write these here notes and get them posted before I am castigated by one and all and also all and one for being a lazy loafer. O, time is a cruel mistress all right, all right.

Last night I ate a yam. Isn’t that exciting? Isn’t that just too too? Now, yams do have carbs and quite a few, but I was told by an Eileen and Chet Atkins expert that it is perfectly fine to eat a yam every now and then and that it is high in nutrients. Therefore, I ate a yam and felt no guilt whatsoever. I don’t know if I gained a pound or lost a pound and I do not care as the yam was quite good. Why am I talking about yams when time is a cruel mistress?

Yesterday, I picked up the new DVDs of Sunset Blvd. and Roman Holiday. I checked out the transfers of each and they are superb – despite the lack of the camera negative in the case of Sunset Blvd. I would venture to say that this is as good as this film has looked in years. I watched the short documentary, but it’s just talking heads and very dry and a disappointment. There’s a nice bit on Franz Waxman, the composer of the film’s score, and the best thing in the supplement is the scripted pages of the original opening with as much footage as has survived (without sound, unfortunately). I also picked up Shoeshine, directed by Mr. Vittorio de Sica. I’ve never seen it and am really looking forward to it. I’ll have full reports on all three this week.

Well, why don’t we all click on the Unseemly Button below, because time is marching on and conversely on is marching time and, as we all know, time is a cruel mistress, damn her eyes.

Don’t forget, Donald should have a brand spanking new radio show up today – I don’t know its theme, but if I were doing it, in honor of Thanksgiving it would be famous turkeys of the musical theater. Perhaps Mr. Donald Feltham will let us know what he has in mind.

Speaking of Thanksgiving, I only have to work three count them three days and then I get four count them four days off – I cannot wait. After that, I either have one, two, or three weeks of work left and then I shall be able to go back to a heavy writing schedule so I can finish all the projects I’m in the midst of. I’ll also be coming to New York to finalize the Nudie Musical director, and start doing a bit of casting for the upcoming film. I will, of course, keep you posted on all fronts and backs.

Well, dear readers, I must take the day, I must do the things I do, I must write a plethora of pages, I must take Luckie for various and sundried walks, I must watch DVDs, I must, in short, get cracking. Today’s topic of discussion: It’s free-for-all day so let your collective minds run rampant. I shall check back often on your running rampant minds, oh, yes, I shall check back often. And don’t forget, tomorrow night at seven-thirty Pacific Mean Time, it’s our very own Unseemly Live Chat. If we have your AIM usernames, you needn’t send them – if you’re participating for the first time, do send them to me as soon as you can. I hear tell that we are having a very special celebrity guest drop in – one who is currently starring on Broadway, so it’s sure to be wild and wooly and also wooly and wild. Now, post away, you people.

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