Well, dear readers, the big question is will I survive this moving from the warehouse to a storage facility, oh, yes, the big question is will I survive this moving from the warehouse to a storage facility. I confirmed with the company that’s doing the move, so that part is taken care of but it’s not exactly cheap, which is, of course, problematic. They went and looked at what had to be moved and I told them what I’d reserved, and they said I could release on of the 10×10 units, so that was at least a bit of good news and will save a little dough. I still haven’t had anyone confirm that someone will be there to organize things, but I’m ever hopeful that one of the nice fellows who did the organizing for the warehouse will be able to – it’s the only thing that makes sense since he knows where everything goes, shelves-wise and CD boxes-wise. Once that part of it is done, I think I’ll be able to lose some of this endless stress. The move isn’t happening today, however, it happens next Monday, so that’s a little breathing room. I’ll go on Saturday and sign contracts and pay for the storage stuff, and then I’ll have to meet them there on Monday to let them in. Happily, all our lockers are on the first floor and not too far from each other. I think I’ll have a friend there, too, who has offered to help. Then the helper’s mom will have to come by, too, to get the key and gate code. So, that’s that tale. I may have to raise some more dough, although I’m not quite sure how to do that, as I’m not about to do another Indiegogo campaign. Maybe I’ll pull a few more items and just offer them right here at haineshisway.com. Just to help pay for the move, as there’s also a ton of other bills due and I can’t get the new releases pressed until they’re taken care of. Yes, stress, endless stress, the kind that makes you simply want to walk in front of a moving vehicle. Otherwise, I am not currently listening to music. I don’t know why, really. I could be listening to music if I actually went into iTunes and chose something to listen to. Okay, I’m now listening to Anna Kuzina classical music – a thirty-something composer who writes very tonal, accessible, and beautiful music that sounds like movie music. The piece that’s playing is called Breath of Life and I could use some, frankly. It’s on the Tube of You should anyone want to hear it. It’s for strings. And earlier, I watched some Jerome Robbins ballets, simply because I cannot get enough. I’ve already written about the ones on the Blu-ray I have, but I also found the complete Fancy Free ballet on YouTube, taped in 1986 for Dance in America. It was wonderful, thirty minutes of pure joy and fun.
Yesterday was a day mostly to do with the move and all its frustrations, from lack of communication on. I got eight hours of sleep, spent two hours dealing with move stuff, ascertained there was no mail or packages, then went to Gelson’s for food. I bought lettuce, bacon, red onion, and bleu cheese crumbles for a salad and came right home and made it, with bleu cheese dressing. I found it quite nauseating – I just can’t do salads of my own making anymore. I couldn’t even finish it and I was so disgusted that I immediately ordered a pulled pork dinner because I got a ten-dollar off thing from Grubhub, so it only cost eleven bucks all in. That arrived forty minutes later and was excellent. Everything was pretty Keto friendly, and I had no need to eat any further food. But for someone who’s supposed to be in ketosis right now, I just don’t see the result – everyone says they lose ten to fifteen pounds right away – they brag about it. Well, I certainly haven’t lost ten to fifteen pounds. I may have lost a few but I can’t do this diet anymore without seeing results and if I don’t see more than I’ve seen I’m done as of next Wednesday and I’ll go back to counting calories, which I know works – slowly, but it works and you don’t deprive yourself of what are, for me, essential things I love – pasta, bread, pizza, rice.
I cast one more person for the Kritzerland show, so we now have a really excellent core cast and now I can concentrate on one or two more great guest stars from New York, New York. By that time, the day was done, and I was pretty much done, frankly. I had a telephonic conversation, watched the ballets, had another telephonic conversation, and then watched a few things on YouTube.
Today, I’ll be up early, for the helper’s mom is coming and we’ll have a little conversation about how things will work. She has to get two books to ship, which is why she’s coming. I’ll hopefully pick up some packages, I’ll continue with Indiegogo stuff and Kritzerland show stuff, most especially choosing songs so we can start getting the tracks done, I’ll eat something – can’t do another salad right now unless I do the Stanley’s chicken Caesar, which I haven’t had in a week now, or unless I figure out something to have that I haven’t had that works for this stupid diet – maybe some salmon from California Pizza Kitchen, since I have gift cards from there. We shall see. In other news that’s actually very exciting, Sony has released another humungous box set – the joke is I search once a week to see what new box sets are coming and this never showed up. It came out on April 12, which is irritating and now Amazon is out of it until May 5 – it’s fine. But what a set – Eugene Ormandy – The Columbia Legacy. That would be a very scary set indeed if it were the entire Columbia Legacy, but this part of the legacy is the mono years. 120 CDs, most of which have never seen the light of day on CD and all of which are newly remastered. It’s very exciting and includes all sorts of amazing goodies, including my very first purchased classical album, The Moldau, which is solely responsible for my love of classical music, thanks to Mr. Williamson in Music Appreciation class in junior high school playing that very performance. I bought the album that evening, or rather my parents did, and if I’m not mistaken, we bought it at a record store in Beverly Hills, possibly Chesterfield. But there are many rare mono things, including a lot of American composers, his great mono Sibelius symphony recordings (I think there are four), and obviously tons of other stuff. You have to get these when they’re issued because they don’t last long and never go into subsequent pressings. The big Andre Previn box I got when it came out is now selling for over $1,000. Some boxes I’d love to have, like the Fritz Reiner box and a couple of others are simply too out of reach, price-wise. Now, if Sony will next do the stereo years, because all those albums need to be remastered and half of them have never been on CD anyway, that would be amazing, although there are purportedly over 200 stereo albums he did for Sony, unless whoever said that was also counting the RCA albums, which I don’t actually care about. When I’ve done all that needs doing, I’ll watch, listen, and relax.
The rest of the week is more of the same and then come Monday it’s the big move. Keep sending your strongest most excellent vibes and xylophones, please.
Well, dear readers, I must take the day, I must do the things I do, I must, for example, be up by nine-thirty, have a little chat with the helper’s mom, do Indiegogo and Kritzerland show stuff, hopefully pick up some packages, eat something that won’t make me want to vomit on the ground, and then at some point, watch, listen, and relax. Today’s topic of discussion: It’s Ask BK Day, the day in which you 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, shall we, whilst I hit the road to dreamland, hoping I pass this stress test soon and that soon I will be relieved of said stress.