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May 1, 2012:

THE LUSTY MONTH OF MAY

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Well, dear readers, I had intended to write an absolutely wonderful and nostalgic notes but I waited too long and now it is late and I don’t have time, so I’ll do today’s notes tomorrow and tomorrow’s notes today. That way we’ll be both ahead and behind, which is what we all want to achieve in our lives, after all. Right now I’m doing my periodic “repair permissions” on the computer. I have no idea if the permissions need repair but I was once told by a Mac person that it was good to do it every few weeks, because some of those darned permissions get persnickety and need repairing. Delinquent permissions have been repaired and I feel really good right now. It’s just such a tonic to have repaired permissions. What the HELL am I talking about? Don’t I have notes to write? I do and I shall but not the wonderful and nostalgic notes – those will come tomorrow while tomorrow’s perfunctory notes will come today.

First of all, has anyone noticed that it’s May? It’s May, it’s May, the lusty month of May, can you believe it? April is but a thing of the past and May is here and it is my fervent hope and prayer that May will be a month filled with health, wealth, happiness, creativity, and all things bright and beautiful.

Yesterday was quite an okay day. For example, I got up. That was okay. I answered e-mails and did some other work on the computer, and then I went out and had a sandwich and fries, after which I picked up some packages. Then I did some errands and whatnot, then came back home. Then our singers began arriving and we had our first Kritzerland rehearsal, which was, as always for the first one, really rough, but the show will be a good one – hearing the song selection was fun because frankly I was worried about this one. First up was Melody, who ran her two solos. Then Jane Noseworthy arrived and ran her two solos. Beth Malone was supposed to be next, but she got stuck at an audition that ran long, so Jane and Melody ran the trio by themselves. Then John Massey arrived and did his two solos, after which Damon Kirsche arrived and they ran their duet. Then Damon ran his two solos – the poor boys in this particular show really have the wordy songs – and Damon not only has two really wordy songs, but they’re really LONG wordy songs – still, it’s thrilling to hear him sing them. Then Beth arrived and we ran her three solos and her part of the trio. I just love this woman and her voice – what a talent. And I have to say I was VERY happy with our musical director, Tom Griep – a terrifically nice guy, creative, calm, and easy-going, in fact, everything I like in an MD. The rehearsal ran a wee bit long, but I was very happy.

Then I finally sat on my couch like so much fish and watched the first Wallander film of series two. I had great trepidation, oh, yes, I had great trepidation because I knew there would be a big hole at the center of the show, due to them losing two key cast members – one to a fictional death at the end of series one, and one to a real-life death shortly after the series one wrapped. But I have to say, even though I felt a great sadness and missed those characters, the film was so compelling and wonderfully done, that I breathed a large sigh of relief. They’ve introduced two new characters, a female cop and a male cop – they’ll take over for the missing folks, but they’re completely different in type and tone. The most wonderful moment in the show came at the halfway point in the very tense and dramatic show – Wallander is asked if he has any children. He looks at a framed photo of the actress who played his daughter – they don’t cut to a close-up, they don’t make a big deal out of it, but the subtle melancholy look of utter sadness on Wallander’s face was extremely touching. I think that’s probably all the reference we’ll get, although I have no idea if they will make further references in the other films. It was quite wonderful to come back to the series and the acting, as per usual, was superb. The music was not quite as good as series one – a new composer for series two. I haven’t really mentioned the transfers, but I have to say that these DVDs upscaled look really terrific and just a notch below a Blu-ray.

After that, I did some more work on the computer, lost track of time, took a nice hot shower and then realized it was too late to write the notes I’d intended to write, which I’ll do tomorrow, since I’m writing tomorrow’s notes today. Well, why don’t we all click on the Unseemly Button below because I really must get a good night’s beauty sleep.

Today, I shall have a visit from the helper, I shall eat, I shall hopefully pick up some packages, I shall do errands and whatnot, I shall prep our new release announcement, although I really am not comfortable doing the announcement until we’ve had our final approvals – hopefully that will be today or tomorrow. Then I’ll do some writing, then watch another Wallander and Sunday’s Mad Men.

Tomorrow and the rest of the week is more of the same – meetings, meals, and rehearsals. I may try to see Teddy for a haircut, too.

Well, dear readers, I must take the day, I must do the things I do, I must, for example, have a visit from the helper, eat, hopefully pick up some packages, prep, write, and watch. Today’s topic of discussion: What were your favorite movie theater treats – the things you bought at the candy counter when you were a young moviegoer? Let’s have loads of lovely postings, shall we, whilst I hit the road to dreamland where it is my fervent hope and prayer that May will be a month filled with health, wealth, happiness, creativity, and all things bright and beautiful.

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