Well, dear readers, here I sit, contemplating my navel (lavan, spelled backwards). I am contemplating my navel because if I don’t contemplate my navel then I shall have to contemplate the fact that it’s already March. Yes, Virginia, you heard that right – it’s already March and all I have to say is what happened to January and February? So, here I sit, contemplating my navel, for to contemplate the fact that it’s March is madness itself. Speaking of madness itself, yesterday it was still February. The last day of February wasn’t quite the “me” day I’d hoped, but it was still fairly relaxing and I didn’t mind it. I got up early, did the long jog and then went to the editing room for two hours. That went pretty well, then I came home and the Handy Man showed up and began working. He had several things to attend to, all of them bathroom related, mostly to do with the showers in each bathroom. The master bathroom proved to be difficult and it took him quite a bit of time to get it all done, but now everything is working as it should. I then delivered a box o’ CDs to a local dealer, and then I came home. I had some pizza for my meal o’ the day, and it was quite yummilicious. I also shipped out the last of the two big orders and am now all caught up, shipping-wise. By the time all that was done (as well as a couple of other errands) it was somehow eight-thirty, at which time I sat on my couch like so much fish.
Last night, I watched a motion picture on DVD entitled Seven Days To Noon, a British motion picture from the Boulting Brothers, circa 1950. It’s a taut little thriller about a scientist who steals a nuclear device and threatens to blow up a part of London unless the government ceases to make nuclear weapons. It features a superb performance by Barry Jones as the scientist, has a very good score by John Addison, and is directed simply and well by the brothers Boulting. The region 2 DVD transfer is in the ratio of 1.66:1 and enhanced for widescreen TVs. There’s only one problem with that – the film was made in 1950 three years before the first widescreen productions were filmed. It should have, of course, been in the Academy ratio and it’s a major foul-up and a pretty stupid one. Anyone with a modicum of film history and sense should have known better, and even if they were complete morons about film history and film sense, the fact that people’s heads are frequently chopped in half (and not in an artistic way) should have given them a clew. Interestingly, this film was an Academy Award in a category called Best Writing – Motion Picture Story, a category that no longer exists.
After the movie, I took a nice long hot shower, and then listened to a few CDs and, yes, actually relaxed, although the next thing I knew it was time to write these here notes and to contemplate my navel in lieu of contemplating the fact that it’s already March. And may we all march to the tune of a beautiful and rewarding and positive March, filled with wealth, happiness, merriment and mirth and laughter and legs, in that order. In other words, welcome March – excellent vibes and xylophones for a wonderful month.
Today really will be a “me” day. I have no plans, no obligations, no writing to do, no packages to prepare, no telephonic calls to make and no errands to run. I shall probably do the long jog, and then it’s just relaxing, watching DVDs, listening to CDs, with no worries, no stress, no negativity, nothing but a lovelier than lovely “me” day.
Tomorrow begins another busy week, but nothing like last week. I have a few work sessions planned, mostly with Mr. Kevin Spirtas and Miss Linda Purl. I’m hoping to complete the Nudie Musical vocals, although I may record an alternate version of the final song, Let ‘Em Eat Cake – it’s a song I’ve never really been happy with, other than it has a couple of amusing lines. I’ve never liked the tune much, and so I’ve done a total rewrite of the melody and smoothed out some of the lyrics – it’s much better, I think. It was a hard decision, because people know the other song, but it’s the same idea, just done a little better, I think. I can still go back to the other, if necessary, but I’m recording the new version just to have it. And I have a few meetings and a couple of meals to have.
Well, dear readers, I must take the day, I must do the things I do, I must, for example, perhaps do the long jog, I must relax and smell the roses or the coffee or the new mown hay, and I must watch DVDs and listen to CDs. Today’s topic of discussion: It’s free-for-all day, the day in which you dear readers get to make with the topics and we all get to post about them. So, let’s have loads of lovely topics and loads of lovely postings, shall we, whilst we both contemplate our collective navels and welcome March. For those who don’t wish to contemplate their navels, I would suggest contemplating their navals – for those who are nautically inclined.