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June 21, 2010:

CARAMELS

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Well, dear readers, I must write these here notes in a hurry for I must be up at six in the morning to announce the new Kritzerland limited edition CD. I actually woke up at six yesterday morning for no reason whatsoever, so I’m actually quite tired right now. So, I had a perfectly busy Father’s Day. I spent from six to eight putting labels on 200 boxes. Then I went back to bed and slept until eleven. Then I had some nice telephonic conversations, answered e-mails, and put labels on another four hundred boxes. My darling daughter called to wish me a happy Father’s Day. Then I went to dinner with a friend. We went to the nearby Studio CafĂ©, where we split my beloved drumettes, and I ate the barbecue chicken sandwich, which I’m quite fond of. That came with a little salad, and we also split some sweet potato fries – I didn’t eat all that many of them, so that was good. Then said friend helped me get the mattress of the bed so we could put the new bed skirt on the bed – that’s all done now. I printed out more orders (we’re down to less than 200 copies of Promises, Promises now), then I listened to two-thirds of the new master, which sounds quite good. Then Jane Lanier came by with four count them four boxes of her incredible homemade caramels – I’d ordered them a week ago and now I have them and now I can EAT them and EAT them I shall. I’ve already had six, as a matter of fact. After all that, I sat on my couch like so much fish.

Last night, I watched a motion picture on DVD entitled Gamera. This is the original version from the late 1965 – it was made by Daiei studios as a rival for Godzilla, but was much more of a kid’s film – after all, Gamera is a giant turtle. It looks much more like a film from the late 1950s. Shot in scope and black and white, Gamera is quite cheesy and never quite reaches the artistic heights of the original Godzilla film, the Japanese version, Gojira. But it’s fun in its own way, has good music, and some of the worst performances in the history of film by the few English cast members – who were all living in Japan and weren’t really actors at all. Still, you’ve got to love any movie that features at its core a flying giant turtle. The transfer is decent and properly presented in anamorphic scope, with subtitles.

After the movie, I gave a few last minute fixes for the booklet, wrote the blurb, and got everything prepared to announce first thing this morning.

All in all, it was a very busy day, and it’s going to continue being very busy all the livelong week. Well, why don’t we all click on the Unseemly Button below because I have to be up at six and I need to get at least six hours of beauty sleep or I shall look like Golda Meir.

Today, yes today, today will be a day and then some. I must be up at six, at which time I’ll announce the new title. I’ll then try to get a head start on addressing packages, my goal being to get 100 done before the helper arrives. That will, at least, make a dent in our pile o’ invoices. Of course, I’ll also hopefully be printing out lots of new orders, too. We’ll probably work at least four hours, and maybe even five to try and get it all done, and I’ll pay the helper a little extra for the extra time. I’d rather finish it up than have it go to another day, but it’s a lot of addressing and a lot of printing postage and attaching, so we’ll just have to see how we feel. Then, I’ll be going to a reading of a new play by Sam Bobrick – first Barry Pearl and I will sup.

Tomorrow, I have a lunch meeting and lots of errands and whatnot, and Wednesday I have another lunch meeting, and then something happening in the later afternoon, although I can’t remember what at the moment, which serves me right for not at least writing something down – I don’t think it’s definite, whatever it is, so I’m sure I’ll get an e-mail about it.

Well, dear readers, I must take the day, I must do the things I do, I must, for example, announce a new title, address packages, train a new helper, address more packages, put postage on packages, sup, and see a reading. Today’s topic of discussion: Who (or what) are you all-time favorite monster creations – what films, what actors (if they were played by actors) and what would you recommend most to people? Let’s have loads of lovely postings, shall we, whilst I hit the road to dreamland.

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