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November 30, 2021:

THE LAST OF NOVEMBER

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Well, dear readers, can it really be the last of November? A few days ago, it was The Last of Sheila and now it’s The Last of November, which means that on the ‘morrow we’ll be in the last month of 2021, and doesn’t that just boggle my already boggled mind? It does, and I don’t care who knows it. But I’m ready for December and, of course, it is my fervent hope and prayer that December will be a month filled with health, wealth, happiness, creativity, and all things bright and beautiful. It’s my birthday month, too, and soon I’ll be a new age and yet I will not be New Age, if you get my meaning, which I know you do because who is smarter than you dear readers? No one, that’s who. And I am sitting here like so much fish, listening to music, in particular Louis Glass’ beautiful third symphony. I only have this one CD in Music so I must see if I have any others. Prior to listening, I attempted to watch stuff but had little success. I started with a Ghibli movie called From Up on Poppy Hill, directed by the son of Miyazaki, Goro. I didn’t get more than ten minutes in – I do like the film a lot, but just wasn’t in the proper mood. So, I checked out the Blu-ray in steelbook packaging for Spirited Away – beautiful transfer of a wonderful movie, but looking nothing like actual film, having just seen a brand spanking new 35mm print of it. After that, I went back to Willard and watched thirty more minutes of that – what a weird film, poorly directed by Daniel Mann, but I think it was a hit when it came out – yes, actually it was a big hit, spawning a sequel, Ben, and who knew there was a remake in 2003 starring Crispin Glover? The best thing about it is Elsa Lanchester, but she goes away about forty-five-minute in. Ernest Borgnine seems to be wondering how he got stuck in the movie, Bruce Davison is all tics and mannerisms as the weird boy who cultivates closeness with rats. Alex North’s score is certainly interesting, and the lead rat won a Patsy Award for his performance. I’ll try to finish it up today.

Yesterday was kind of an okay day. I got six-and-a-half hours of sleep, got up, answered e-mails, had a long telephonic call from the folks who are licensing Nudie and Creature, mostly about the deliverables – I now understand it all and as soon as I get the two Creature video files then it can all go off to them. I’ll also be speaking to them to see if they’d like to handle Tonight’s the Night, Revenge, and the Outside the Box series. I’d rather have someone else do what they do, than me just uploading it to Amazon. I just went down the imdb rabbit hole, adding Tonight’s the Night – very complicated process, which they should simplify. But they don’t. As soon as I post these here notes, I’ll do an entry for Revenge. Wish I’d thought of it before.

I picked up a couple of packages, including a new leather jacket, which I quite like and which I think is rather like one that elmore got. I got a Subway pastrami sandwich – normally I do Togo’s for those kinds of sandwiches, but I was there, and it was handy, so I got that to go. I came home and ate it – I don’t think there was more than two or three ounces of pastrami, so it was mostly lettuce, tomatoes, onion, pickles, and mustard. It wasn’t terrible, just not terribly filling or satisfying.

Then I did some writing, and that ended up being most of my day and evening and I finished everything I needed to do. And then I began listening to Louis Glass’ music. He’s quite a pastoral and tuneful composer.

Today, I’ll be up when I’m up, I’ll do whatever needs doing, I’ll start laying out the Kritzerland young people show so that it’s organized, and I can begin choosing the songs. That will take a while. I’ll hopefully pick up some packages and hopefully the most important envelope (the less important one came yesterday), I’ll eat (I have stuff for sandwiches and also pasta, but I think I’ll save the latter for Wednesday), and then at some point I can watch, listen, and relax.

The rest of the week is more of the same. Tomorrow is a work session for the holiday show, Thursday may be a meal, and then it’s just doing whatever needs doing. The weekend will be restful, I hope, because then we’re into the big Kritzerland rehearsal week, which includes my birthday.

Well, dear readers, I must take the day, I must do the things I do, I must, for example, be up when I’m up, do whatever needs doing, organize the young people show, hopefully pick up packages and an important envelope, eat, and then watch, listen, and relax. Today’s topic of discussion: What are your favorite films featuring rodents of any shape and size? Let’s have loads of lovely postings, shall we, whilst I hit the road to dreamland, as we have The Last of November and then move right on into a little month I like to call December.

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