Well, dear readers, I cannot stop yawning. Yes, you heard it here, dear readers, I, BK, cannot stop yawning. The problem with yawning is that once you start, that’s it. So, pardon me while I yawn my way through these here notes. Of course, every time I yawn I stop typing and that is making these here notes very herky jerky and also jerky herky. It’s not that I’m bored or anything or even that I’m so tired, but I’m just a yawning maniac right now. Perhaps I should go outside and yawn on the lawn. Or, perhaps I’ll get up when the sun is rising and yawn with the dawn. Or, maybe I’ll put on Butterflies Are Free and yawn with Goldie Hawn. Speaking of Goldie Hawn, yesterday was a day that just went its own way and nothing I did could change that fact. I did get a wonderful night’s sleep, and then, of course, was completely behind the entire day. For most of the morning I was on hold trying to get through to Mitsubishi to order the replacement lamp for Ye Olde TV. It was most annoying. I then packaged up several orders, then began the arduous task of updating the Brain script, as I had to e-mail it to two interested parties. I thought I’d already done most of the updating, but that simply wasn’t the case. So, I methodically went over every page and conformed both dialogue and stage direction to what we did in the production – all the changes, the different bits of business, and the cuts. In the middle of it, I took a break and went to the mini-post office so I wouldn’t have to wait in line. I didn’t have to wait in line because the stupid mini-post office was closed – the lady who runs it works whenever she damn well pleases, and it’s most annoying. I picked up some mail but none of the expected packages. I then came home and spent the rest of the day completing the Brain script. It literally took all day and I got not one word written for the book. I finally made some dinner and then sat on my bed like so much fish.
Last night, I watched a motion picture on DVD entitled Move Over, Darling, starring Miss Doris Day, Mr. James Garner, Miss Thelma Ritter, Miss Polly Bergen, Mr. Don Knotts, and Mr. Chuck Connors. It’s not a classic or anything, but it’s occasionally very funny, and it all moves along quickly and has that Fox patina and sumptuousness that I like. The film is a remake of My Favorite Wife, but, more importantly, it was Fox’s redo of the shelved film, Something’s Got To Give, which starred Miss Marilyn Monroe and Mr. Dean Martin. Miss Monroe was fired off the film, and she died soon thereafter. Fox then had a rewrite done and it was given to Miss Day. The difference between Miss Monroe and Miss Day is, of course, night and Day. Miss Day and Mr. Garner are wonderful together and there are quite a few solid laughs, especially with Doris playing a Swedish masseuse. The transfer is truly excellent, very sharp with strong color. After the film, I put on the Marilyn Monroe DVD that features the thirty minutes of Something’s Got To Give’s footage cut together. Miss Monroe is lovely in her scenes, but the whole thing feels heavier than Move Over, Darling, more of a German Chocolate Cake than a soufflé.
I have just yawned seventeen times while writing the paragraph above. Well, why don’t we all click on the Unseemly Button below before everyone else starts yawning.
I need a nice massage and I need to stretch my weary bones from here to eternity and hell and back. Today I shall be catching up on my writing, trying to make up for yesterday’s lack of writing. I’ll be happy if I do five pages, but we shall see what we shall see.
Of course, I’ll have to ship the packages that didn’t get shipped. And I will hopefully receive some of these errant and truant packages I’m expecting.
I’ve been listening to a lot of CDs recently – they’ve been piling up and piling up, and I’ve gotten through a lot of them. Some of the ones I’ve really been enjoying are by a film composer who never really gets enough credit for being great – Bruce Broughton. Most of his film scores are really delightful – he’s got a real gift for good melodies (unlike most people scoring films today). I especially enjoyed his two TV movie scores for Eloise At The Plaza and Eloise at Christmas – they sound like scores written in the 1960s, which, for me, is a good thing.
I will have a new Kritzerland release to announce in the next week or so – our first limited edition title and our first film music-related title. Stay tuned.
Now wait just a darned minute. Let’s all put on our pointy party hats and our colored tights and pantaloons, let’s break out the cheese slices and the ham chunks, let’s dance the Hora and the Piccolino, because today is the birthday of dear reader Matthew. So, let’s give a big haineshisway.com birthday cheer to dear reader Matthew. On the count of three: One, two, three – A BIG HAINESHISWAY.COM BIRTHDAY CHEER TO DEAR READER MATTHEW!!!
Well, dear readers, I must take the day, I must do the things I do, I must, for example, write, jog (weather permitting), ship packages, hopefully pick up packages, and drive about in my motor car. Today’s topic of discussion: It’s Ask BK Day, the day in which you dear readers get to ask me or any dear reader any old question you like and we get to give any old answer we like. So, let’s have loads of lovely questions and loads of lovely answers and loads of lovely postings, as I stifle yet another yawn.