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Well, you've read the notes, the notes were slightly boring and won't be again, and now it is time for you to post until the boring cows come home.
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And the word of the day is: STERNUTATORY!
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So, there I was, 11:58 and ready to post the notes at the stroke of midnight. I went and brushed my teeth and when I came back the Internet and Time Warner were down. I called Time Warner and there was already a pre-recorded message saying there was an outage in my area - which means it was deliberate and they were doing whatever sort of work they occasionally do without letting anyone know. I waited for an hour, nothing changed, so I went to sleep. I just woke up, and voila, back to normal. Go know.
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First post huzzah!
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TOD:
South Pacific is my favorite R/H show, although I like them all. Of course the music is why it is my favorite, and I do like the love story and the setting....
BUT my favorite R/H song - and it's hard to choose a favorite - after thinking long, it is "Love Look Away."
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My favorite R&H musical?
CAROUSEL
The songs are magnificent, and Billy's final line ("I loved you, Julie. Know that I loved you.") always brings a tear.
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We are supposed to get our area rugs today.
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From the movie:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpSpRW8c-E0&feature=related
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TOD
My favorite show is The King and I.
My favorite score to listen to is South Pacific
My favorite songs is You'll Never Walk Alone from Carousel
Sometimes when I listen to an R & H score I like to "mix & match" Take cuts from various recordings and make my own cast album.
ie: South Pacific: I like Ezio Pinza the best as Emile so I would use his solos. For his duets with Nellie I use the soundtrack.
I spread by Bloody Mary recordings out amoung Juatina Hall, Pat Suziki & Muriel Smith.
I like Sean McDermott for Cable
and for the fun of it I like Alec Baldwin for Billis
and Julie Andrews as Liat
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From the movie:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpSpRW8c-E0&feature=related
Did the original Broadway version have the dream ballet or was this invented for the film?
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I think it ended Act One, sort of like Curly's dream ballet, but it was different in the revised stage version.
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DR JOSE is suddenly younger than springtime.
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You never know what you will find searching the web. Looking whatever happened to the stars of Flower Drum Song
Anyone ever heard of a film called Supercock
It was directed by Gus Trikonis (West Side Story) and Nancy Kwan (Flower Drum Song) and Ross Hagan
It was also called
A Fistful of Feathers (probably a play on A Fistful of Dynamite aka Duck You Sucker)
Fowl Play
Superchicken
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From the movie:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpSpRW8c-E0&feature=related
Reiko Sato was dubbed by Marilyn Horne and passed away at the age of 50
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At the moment, my favorite R&H score is The King and I, although I do have a soft spot for The Sound of Music.
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And I am off to work. DR DRUXY will soon have carpet, so hopefully we will have photos.
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Saturday morning greetings! It's another beautiful day in SW Ohio - perfect for going to Oxford for dinner and a Miami University Men's Glee Club concert this evening.
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Good morning! It's raining, yeah! It's been very dry here and we really need the rain.
Off to Lowe's to play with power tools....laters
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Good morning, all! I have a day at the NYPL and an evening with our DR Ben to watch the wonderful Helen Mirren as Margery Pinchwife, the eponymous character of Wycherly's bawdy comedy The Country Wife. On my walk to NYPL today, I will stop by the pharmacy for more drugs, and at Lincoln Center, I'll begin my last foray through the 1903-1905 Townsend Walsh scrapbooks for BABES IN TOYLAND. I need to get my footnotes all in line and I pray to God the missing scrapbook, mislaid since their move back to Lincoln Center in 2002, has been located and is back to its corrrect shelf space.
TOD: OKLAHOMA!, which I think is still as fresh as it was in 1943, is my favorite score and my favorite show is probably CAROUSEL. The great revival of SOUTH PACIFIC last year proved the show was much greater than I had lately thought it to be. I don't have a favorite song: I loved Richard Rodgers' music. Period.
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Amazon.fr sent me yesteday the most wonderful recording Folies dansantes chez Offenbach, which is a new recording of the stock dance arrangements from Offenbach's shows - polkas, quadrilles, waltzes, etc. - published between 1850-and 1880. On the PHI editions of BABES IN TOYLAND and THE LADY OF THE SLIPPER, we had planned to include the stock dance arrangements for those shows, so I'm happy that the new Offenbach Edition is setting a precedence for this.
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Good Morning!
I'm up, I'm up... And I think I can safely advise my fellow DRs that Absinthe is most definitely a once-in-a-long-while libation. ::)
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As for the Topic of the Day...
The King & I is my favorite.
I do like the score to/for Carousel, but whenever I've seen the show live (on stage), it's always seemed just a bit too long or something else to me. -And I'm still not sure if it's the piece or the productions I saw.
And, yes, of course, Flower Drum Song/i] will always hold a special place in my heart.
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DR JOSE is suddenly younger than springtime.
-Because of the absinthe?
;)
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(http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e49/JoseSPiano/FigAb.jpg)
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Well, I need to get some coffee and some breakfast - and most definitely in that order - and then I'm heading to the downtown farmers market for a bit of wandering and wondering. -And then I have a feeling I'll be spending a few hours back here at the apartment before I head in for tonight's show (no matinee today).
Laters...
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It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood. I don't have any plans until this evening when I will spend a sparkling night with DR Elmore gossiping and laughing and watching The Country Wife.
I will now go outside and take advantage of the beautiful weather.
Anthony has 4 more shows (two today and two tomorrow) and then he will begin the journey back to New York
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And the word of the day is: STERNUTATORY!
And The Song Of The Day Is; ADELAIDE'S LAMENT
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Good morning!
A beautiful spring morning in North Carolina! Once again, not a cloud in the sky. A bit too cool to have the windows and doors open, but otherwise, it's just glorious. Rain tomorrow.
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My favorite R&H show is CAROUSEL. I love every song in the score, and the show moves me to tears in a way the other shows don't.
As for my favorite song, like DR JRand it's "Love, Look Away" which is just achingly beautiful.
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On TV TOnight!™
NBC - KINGS
CBS - 48 HOURS MYSTERY
FOX - NASCAR race
HBO - GREY GARDENS
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I am taking the day off today. I have some special DVDs and Blu-rays I want to watch, and I also still have some shows on the DVR (FLASHPOINT, HARPER'S ISLAND) that need to be watched and cleared off leaving room for others.
So, I'm looking forward to enjoying my Saturday without a notepad in my lap and a pen in my hand.
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Page Two Dance!!!
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DH Richard has officially recruited me to his daily walking regimen - short walks around the neighborhood several times a day. I joined him last night and this morning and I'm already feeling it in my legs - in a good way. Now, where do you suppose I put that pedometer?
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I'm also trying to learn to Twitter...
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I'm heading down now to check the mail and then get started on lunch preparation.
WBBL.
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*** Vixmom News ***
I just talked to the vixter. vixdad is at the hospital. Debby may come home today (and do Dallas?). She is up, alert, but still not eating solid food. The operation was done the easy way without a big incision and seems to have gone swimmingly.
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Continued vibest to Vixmom and the Vixfamily!
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DR WFO - thanks, again, for the Vixmom update.
Continued vibes to the entire Vixfam!
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Favorite R and H is FLOWER DRUM SONG. This was one of my favorite musicals as a small child, and I love it even today.
It is difficult to pick a favorite song, however...but I will go for Grant Ave. from FLOWER DRUM SONG.
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CAROUSEL
and favorite R&H Song-THIS NEARLY WAS MINE
Second Favorite-EDELWEISS
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The sun is out and I must mow the lawn then shower and hit an estate sale.
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We are supposed to get our area rugs today.
:)
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DR WFO thank you for the update on our DR Vixmom.
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DR Sam are the Wolf spider’s biting you? I’m shocked you have them. We had them in our first Michigan house, scary looking things. Craig & I caught them & put them outside. Bryan who was our official mouse catcher & release person would not go near them. For awhile he wouldn’t sleep in his bedroom since that was their room of choice, not that I blame him. I found a Black Widow in my bedroom when I was young slept in my brother’s room that night.
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I'm up, have answered e-mails, and shall go do the long jog in a few minutes - it looks very pretty out.
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Glad to see the love for Love, Look Away, which has always been and always will be my favorite R&H song, which is why I insisted that my close personal friend, Mr. Guy Haines, sing it.
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And I'd have to say that my favorite R&H shows to listen to have always been Flower Drum Song and The Sound Of Music. I do love The King and I, Carousel, and to a lesser extent, Oklahoma.
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T.O.D.
I, too, would have to pick CAROUSEL as my favorite R & H musical. I love the film. The show always makes me cry.
Favorite song: IF I LOVED YOU
OKLAHOMA (the musical, not the state) could fall off the edge of the planet and I would never miss it. I guess I have just seen too many productions of that show.
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*** Vixmom News ***
I just talked to the vixter. vixdad is at the hospital. Debby may come home today (and do Dallas?). She is up, alert, but still not eating solid food. The operation was done the easy way without a big incision and seems to have gone swimmingly.
Great news!
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The sun is out and I must mow the lawn then shower and hit an estate sale.
Please remember to get dressed after your shower. And if you don't, then come visit me. ::)
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I am having a very hard time trying to pare down my book collection. :P
That is all.
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I am having a very hard time trying to pare down my book collection. :P
That is all.
Why do you want to get rid of some books?
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TOD
My favorite show is The King and I.
My favorite score to listen to is South Pacific
My favorite songs is You'll Never Walk Alone from Carousel
Sometimes when I listen to an R & H score I like to "mix & match" Take cuts from various recordings and make my own cast album.
ie: South Pacific: I like Ezio Pinza the best as Emile so I would use his solos. For his duets with Nellie I use the soundtrack.
I spread by Bloody Mary recordings out amoung Juatina Hall, Pat Suziki & Muriel Smith.
I like Sean McDermott for Cable
and for the fun of it I like Alec Baldwin for Billis
and Julie Andrews as Liat
Where did Sean do SOUTH PACIFIC?
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Why do you want to get rid of some books?
I am trying to use this "down time" to de-clutter my house - and my life. I need to simplify, simplify, simplify.
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I could probably stand to lose 75% of the stuff I've managed to accumulate in my first 45 years.
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TOD:
King and I-- terrific book, South Pacific
Movie-- Sound of Music-- not the sappy play
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Good morning everyone.
Was up till 3AM doing things, ever once in a while I'm still alive enough to do that.
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"Love Look Away" Guy Haines I will always have a crush on you. :-[
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Dear JR, thank you for the wonderful ballet link this morning, what a pleasant way to start the day.
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Dear Francois, thank you for the link last night, wonderful way to end the evening (at 3AM when I watched it)
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Dear DAW, I've de-cluttered by 75% since 2002, feels great, some things I think I miss for a moment or two, but it never lasts longer than that.
Will de-clutter one last time in 4 years, if plans hold out I'm moving to Ventura to a very small place within walking distance from the beach.
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DR Sam, I hope you get your place by the beach.
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Dear Jane, someone told me they were wolf spiders, I really don't know, nasty looking ugly brown things.
Had them in the apartment in Hollywood too. We were on the 6Th floor and I think they lived in the l00 foot pine trees right outside the window, and would blow in from the heavy winds. In this building the bottle brush looking tree, touches the bathroom and bedroom windows, again I think that's were they come from.
Every apartment building I ever lived in always had pest control spray every month, and then someone figured out how to make money on a huge settlement for getting sick. Now no one sprays in rental buildings. Too afraid of getting sued.
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I just got off the phone with DR Danise. She says hello & is sorry she doesn't get much time to use a computer. She is still at her friend's with Sheena. On the upside, if there is one to all of her house troubles, is there are people working on her behalf. She has the state, consumer protection, and the inspection department as well as a lawyer.
CONTINUED HOUSE VIBES FOR DR DANISE!!
AND KEEPING HER JOB VIBES! There have been more layoffs at works.
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Dear Jane, me too. Friends have one of the historic houses on Main Street and just bought the other property on the same lot. Both will be rentals, the plan is to file for social security as a widow at 59 l/2 and move to Ventura, and only work 20 hours a week. I'm keeping my fingers very, very crossed.
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Continued house vibes for Danise. And I know work is scary right now.
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I'm optimistic the economy settles down for all of us. Soon.
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Must have breakfast, and go have my mop of a head of hair cut, which is always fun.
Most of Tom's clients are over 70 and love to tell stories and gossip. And he likes to have at least 5 clients there at a time, to keep things very noisy and lively.
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Dear Jane, me too. Friends have one of the historic houses on Main Street and just bought the other property on the same lot. Both will be rentals, the plan is to file for social security as a widow at 59 l/2 and move to Ventura, and only work 20 hours a week. I'm keeping my fingers very, very crossed.
That sounds lovely.
FINGERS CROSSED FOR YOU!
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TOD: Since someone that used to lived with me played Oklahoma on the record player till it wore out. I guess it would be Oklahoma, for fond memories.
But I'll listen to them all, don't know enough to pick one over the other.
And I keep forgetting about the word of the day.
Be back later.
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from FJL « Reply #129 on: Friday 04/17/09 15:04:39 »
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Isn't DEBBIE DOES DALLAS one of the earliest shows to include music by Tom Kitt, now represented to great critical acclaim by NEXT TO NORMAL
Ah, yes. He is credited with music and/or lyrics on five of the tracks. I guess I missed that when I was playing it. btw, they are definitely the best tracks. Except, of course, possibly the "Orgasm Medley".
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And just to prove that JR and I aren't the only ones, Frances herself is mentioned in NEXT TO NORMAL. So there.
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TOD:
I fell in love with The King and I when the movie came out. The libretto to the show was in our English literature textbook in high school. In college, I saw a production in Los Angeles starring Constance Towers and Daren McGaven. Surprisingly, the Night Stalker was a terrific king, and I decided then and there that "Shall We Dance" was the most erotic scene in any musical. (For movies, I'd have to say the final scene on the island between Kiera Knightly and Orlando Bloom in the last Pirates movie.)
Joe and I loved the Broadway version with Donna Murphy and Lou Diamond Phillips, and one of my favorite CDs is the cast recording of it by some record producer or other. I hear Donna doesn't do her own whistling. ;D
Favorite songs? "Love, Look Away", "Hello, Young Lovers", "Younger Than Springtime", "Like a God", "You've Got to Be Carefully Taught", "I Cain't Say No" (and Julie Andrews' version, "I Cahn't Say Cain't")
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Check this ... you may not believe your eyes!
(One of the comments is:
Hey! What a coincidence! The same thing happened over spring break at the Greyhound station in Portlan
So JMK may confirm it!)
That makes me cry but I am so shallow!! ;)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UE3CNu_rtY
AND I don't even care if it is to promote the show ...
SO MUCH JOY!
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Back to my Alphabetical Musicals Project:
After Debby did Dallas I finally got to Les Demoiselles de Rochefort, my favorite Jacque Demi/Michel Legrand score. I first saw it when it came out with subtitles, and later one of the networks aired the British release which had the entire score sung in English. I have it somewhere in a box on a reel-to-reel. Although Gene Kelly didn't do his own singing in the French version (only Danielle Dariuex did--she, by the way, took over for Hepburn when she left Coco on Broadway), he sang on the Englilsh track, as I believe did George Chakiris and Grover Dale.
My memory of the English version is that it was a terrific translation, rendering a lot of the word-play of the original which was lost in the subtitles; e.g, when Maxence says he has he is going to Nante on leave (a perme, he jokes "j'ais une perme à Nante", une permanante = a permanent. The translation changes the city and he sings "I was born to lose in Toulouse". Even the dinner scene, in which the banal conversation is entirely in classical alexandrine verse, is rendered thus in the English. There is even a gratuitous pun when Gene Kelly sings, "So long, Solange."
I'm sure our French members could point out more examples, but one of the fun things about Demi is his sense of humor--not just obvious things like the deus ex machina fairy godmother in Peau d'Ane arriving in a helicopter, but jokes in the coördination of the sets and costumes in Les Parapluies de Cherbourg. And of course, Les Demoiselles is one long extended joke of potential lovers constantly passing like ships in the night.
I only wish the CD had more of the score and the songs were all in the right order. Hint, hint!
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I am having a very hard time trying to pare down my book collection. :P
That is all.
Welcome to the club! And I got rid of 80 cartons worth of books.
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And just to prove that JR and I aren't the only ones, Frances herself is mentioned in NEXT TO NORMAL. So there.
Frances Farmer appeared in the reading of SHOOTING STAR this week.
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TOD:
King and I-- terrific book, South Pacific
Movie-- Sound of Music-- not the sappy play
Sorry - I saw the national company in 1962 of the sappy play and I think it's much better than the film version.
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And just to prove that JR and I aren't the only ones, Frances herself is mentioned in NEXT TO NORMAL. So there.
Frances Farmer appeared in the reading of SHOOTING STAR this week.
And to think they could have Frances AND Judy, if only they would option my STARCROSSED.
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I walked to the River and along the Hudson. It was wonderful.
I then came home, got the mail, walked over to Time-Warner and paid the cable bill.
I walked down the block and had a small sample of pizza from a man in front of a Pizzeria who was handing out samples.
I then walked through Madison Square Park looking at the Dog Run and seeing happy dogs playing in the sun.
I walked over to 6th Avenue and down the street and came home.
I just paid Con Ed, Verizon and my Equity dues and Anthony's Equity dues. The Internet is a wonderful thing!
I will now take a shower and prepare for my evening with the wonderful, witty and wild Larry Moore.
Later, gaters.
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Thanks for the news on DR Vixmom. Glad she had the easier procedure done.
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YAY for DR Vixmom! I'm so glad she had the easier procedure.
DR WFO, if you talk to her today, tell her she needs to ask her doctor if she should take gall supplements.
:D
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At the office yesterday after luch, I began feeling the oncome of a sore throat. By the time I got home it was worse and then by late evening I had a fever. When I woke up this morning my throat felt like I had swallowed glass shards and I've just felt overall crappy the whole day. I just woke up from a nap and I feel a little bit better.
It sucks because it is such a beautiful day out and I had planned to do some cleaning in the back yard.
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vixmom just called me. She is out of the hospital. The doctors wanted her to get some fresh air and start walking, so vixdad took her to Sunken Meadow Park, and she walked on the boardwalk a while with her walker, came home and called me, and is going to lie down for a while. They want her to stay home from work for two weeks but try to get some walking in. It's not the walking that hurts, she said, but the getting up and down. btw the gall bladder problem was entirely unrelated to the chemo.
Since Joe has been doing his doctor-ordered walking in the same park--although he hasn't been there yet this year--he offered to drive her there during the week. They can both take out their walkers and do a production of The Producers.
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Back from errands and whatnot. Unbelievably awful traffic everywhere in this stupid city. I mean EVERYWHERE. Dead standstill traffic. Apparently, this weekend if rife with expos and big events all over the city. Frankly, I don't care how many of those there are, it doesn't really explain why traffic on the 101 going both east and west would be backed up from downtown LA to the 405 going west, and from the 405 to downtown going east.
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TOD:
While I think I like OKLAHOMA as a stage musical the best, I prefer the score of SOUTH PACIFIC.
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I must now watch a motion picture on DVD - not for pleasure, but for work as regards the next Kritzerland soundtrack release. The LP version of this film soundtrack had most of the tracks in an order completely unrelated to how the music is in the film - sometimes that's fine, but in this case it doesn't make for a good listening experience. For example, the film's musical prologue is first on the LP - the main titles that should follow that track are, in fact, the last cut on side two of the LP. That's just ridiculous. So, I'm making note of the film order and if it plays better that way, I'm changing the track order - if not, I'll leave it as is, save for moving the main title back where it belongs.
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Some clouds have moved into the area, but it's still beautiful out. I enjoyed the fresh air while I cooked lunch.
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vixmom just called me. She is out of the hospital. The doctors wanted her to get some fresh air and start walking, so vixdad took her to Sunken Meadow Park, and she walked on the boardwalk a while with her walker, came home and called me, and is going to lie down for a while. They want her to stay home from work for two weeks but try to get some walking in. It's not the walking that hurts, she said, but the getting up and down. btw the gall bladder problem was entirely unrelated to the chemo.
Since Joe has been doing his doctor-ordered walking in the same park--although he hasn't been there yet this year--he offered to drive her there during the week. They can both take out their walkers and do a production of The Producers.
Thank you William.
You make me laugh through my tears!
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While I ate lunch, I watched last night's FLASHPOINT. It was a rerun, but since I only recently started watching the show, it was all new to me. Henry Czerny was the primary guest star,and like usual with this show, I was wiping away big tears by the time it was over. These poor people pushed into impossible situations and trying anything to keep their heads above water and running afoul of the law.
A really compassionate cop show which is very unique in today's TV climate.
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Next, I watched an episode of NCIS from the Season Two box set. I was way ahead of them in terms of the killer's identity. I didn't have the motive right, but still got a kick out of getting in early on the solution.
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Page Four Dance!!!
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I spent the rest of the afternoon watching MONSIGNOR which I had recorded off the Fox Movie Channel. Christopher Reeve was at the height of his attractiveness in this movie. I wish the movie were more interesting. Hadn't seen it since it first came out and wanted to see if my opinion of it had changed any since I first saw it. It hadn't.
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I know one thing I'm going to watch tonight is QUANTUM OF SOLACE. Or I should say rewatch since I watched it within a few days of getting it. But I have almost no memory of it at all, so I want to see it again to remember what it was about.
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I have another movie I recentlyt received and haven't seen for about 40 years. That'll likely be first on tonight's roster. Haven't decided on a third movie yet. We'll see.
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Heading down now to get a head's start on the evening viewing.
WBBL.
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I must now watch a motion picture on DVD - not for pleasure, but for work as regards the next Kritzerland soundtrack release. The LP version of this film soundtrack had most of the tracks in an order completely unrelated to how the music is in the film - sometimes that's fine, but in this case it doesn't make for a good listening experience. For example, the film's musical prologue is first on the LP - the main titles that should follow that track are, in fact, the last cut on side two of the LP. That's just ridiculous. So, I'm making note of the film order and if it plays better that way, I'm changing the track order - if not, I'll leave it as is, save for moving the main title back where it belongs.
BK
Can You Give Us a small hint about the Soundtrack?
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Good Afternoon!
Well... Just checking in before I have to head to theatre for tonight's performance.
I had originally just planned to spend one or two hours today in downtown Charleston. I ended up walking around for about six hours instead. A truly gorgeous day. And now...
Laters...
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And just to prove that JR and I aren't the only ones, Frances herself is mentioned in NEXT TO NORMAL. So there.
Isn't she, also, in the new Bobby Driscoll musical?
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At the office yesterday after luch, I began feeling the oncome of a sore throat. By the time I got home it was worse and then by late evening I had a fever. When I woke up this morning my throat felt like I had swallowed glass shards and I've just felt overall crappy the whole day. I just woke up from a nap and I feel a little bit better.
It sucks because it is such a beautiful day out and I had planned to do some cleaning in the back yard.
Indeed. We are having a drop-dead gorgeous day, as Ben indicated above, and Joe had planned on washing the cars and/or mowing the lawn. He got up at 7:300, did two loads of laundry, cleaned the kitchen, and then got zapped by his disease: equilibrium loss, fuzzy vision, dizziness, all the usual things that happen when the weather changes from good to bad or from bad to good. He is down for the count, probably for the rest of the day.
At least we have fans in all the windows to air out the house.
~~~~~~ Throat Vibes ~~~~~~
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Found a very nice (some would say, ugly) vinyl recliner from the 1960s at the estate sale. This will be my new TV watching chair.
It needed some cleaning and one day I may have it reupholstered in turquoise vinyl.
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vixmom just called me. She is out of the hospital. The doctors wanted her to get some fresh air and start walking, so vixdad took her to Sunken Meadow Park, and she walked on the boardwalk a while with her walker, came home and called me, and is going to lie down for a while. They want her to stay home from work for two weeks but try to get some walking in. It's not the walking that hurts, she said, but the getting up and down. btw the gall bladder problem was entirely unrelated to the chemo.
Since Joe has been doing his doctor-ordered walking in the same park--although he hasn't been there yet this year--he offered to drive her there during the week. They can both take out their walkers and do a production of The Producers.
Thank you William.
You make me laugh through my tears!
DITTO!
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After looking around a few thrift stores I headed over to the Indian restaurant on the north side. I was
hitting on chatting with one of the Punjabi guys who works there and inquired as to whether he knew Hindi and/or Urdu as I had some vintage Bollywood movie booklets I wanted him to decipher for me (sort like coming over to see my etchings 8) ).
Just as I had Vikram in the palm of my hand (figuratively speaking) in walked an older Indian woman. Vikram new her and a let me know that she would likely be a good one to have do the translating, and he offered to go and speak to her for me. She was meeting a group of friends for lunch so of course I didn't want to bother her.
Vikram insisted, telling me that she loves old Bollywood movies and she is a professor at the college.
Looks like I will be going to memsaab Kantal's house for dinner and translation later on this week.
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DR Dan (the Man) there seems to be a lot that going around. Feel better soon!
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Kantal is actually quite a fascinating lady and I know I will enjoy getting to know her. She is working on her second novel, which depicts the pllight of widows after the Partition in India in 1947.
Kantal was actually witness to that historic and tragic moment and she lost much of her family during it. She was only ten years old at the time.
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Looks like I will be going to memsaab Kantal's house for dinner and translation later on this week.
:D
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She also told me a funny story about how, when she was 12, she was going to run away to Bombay with a group of prostitutes who she thought were movie stars.
Turned out they only worked as extras. :D
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I remember our Wolf Spiders as larger than this, but then I have a small hand.
(http://www.ipm.iastate.edu/ipm/hortnews/files/images/wolf%20spider_0.preview.jpg)
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DR MBarnum you are going to have a wonderful evening with Kantal. :)
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vixmom just called me. She is out of the hospital. The doctors wanted her to get some fresh air and start walking, so vixdad took her to Sunken Meadow Park, and she walked on the boardwalk a while with her walker, came home and called me, and is going to lie down for a while. They want her to stay home from work for two weeks but try to get some walking in. It's not the walking that hurts, she said, but the getting up and down. btw the gall bladder problem was entirely unrelated to the chemo.
Since Joe has been doing his doctor-ordered walking in the same park--although he hasn't been there yet this year--he offered to drive her there during the week. They can both take out their walkers and do a production of The Producers.
Thanks for the updates!
~~~Continued Recovery Vibes for DR Vixmom!!~~~
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We are having a drop-dead gorgeous day, as Ben indicated above, and Joe had planned on washing the cars and/or mowing the lawn. He got up at 7:300, did two loads of laundry, cleaned the kitchen, and then got zapped by his disease: equilibrium loss, fuzzy vision, dizziness, all the usual things that happen when the weather changes from good to bad or from bad to good. He is down for the count, probably for the rest of the day.
At least we have fans in all the windows to air out the house.
~~~Vibes for DR WFO's Joe!!~~~
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I just got off the phone with DR Danise. She says hello & is sorry she doesn't get much time to use a computer. She is still at her friend's with Sheena. On the upside, if there is one to all of her house troubles, is there are people working on her behalf. She has the state, consumer protection, and the inspection department as well as a lawyer.
CONTINUED HOUSE VIBES FOR DR DANISE!!
AND KEEPING HER JOB VIBES! There have been more layoffs at works.
~~~House and Job Vibes for DR Danise!!~~~
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At the office yesterday after luch, I began feeling the oncome of a sore throat. By the time I got home it was worse and then by late evening I had a fever. When I woke up this morning my throat felt like I had swallowed glass shards and I've just felt overall crappy the whole day. I just woke up from a nap and I feel a little bit better.
It sucks because it is such a beautiful day out and I had planned to do some cleaning in the back yard.
~~~Feel Better Vibes for DR Dan (the Man)!!~~~
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Did I miss anyone?? ;D
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in re: Les Demoiselles de Rochefort
Of course, what would be great to have would be a 2-CD set with both the French and the English soundtracks.
Hint, hint!
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Thanks for all the vibes, George. You must be exhausted!
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Thanks for all the vibes, George. You must be exhausted!
Not at all!
;)
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Well, now it's time for me to leave work, get something to eat, then work concessions for Masterworks Choral Ensemble: Spring Time: Modern Style (http://www.washingtoncenter.org/calendar/calendar_detail.asp?event_id=1033).
We all long to return to a simpler time, a more innocent age. So it was with John Rutter when he decided to compile a collection of his favorite folk songs from the British Isles. As he puts it, traditional songs form a “common musical currency.”
For Springtime, Masterworks performs Rutter’s collection, “The Sprig of Thyme,” alongside Jonathan Willcocks’ modern composition, “Lux Perpetua.” In “Lux Perpetua” the solemn threat and heavy tread of war is powerfully interspersed with tender prayers for peace. This timeless work calls us to reflect on the significance of peace and unity in our lives today.
I don't know how much of it I'll actually get to see. When working concessions, we have to have things cleaned up before we can go in to watch. And if there's an intermission, we have to leave before the end of the first part/act to set up for intermission. Fortunately, this isn't a performance that I specifically asked to see, but I will be able to hear it from the lobby.
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Have a good rest of the day, all!
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But before I go...
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PAGE FIVE MASTERWORKS CHORAL ENSEMBLE DANCE!!
(http://www.mce.org/images/Choir2.jpg)
:D
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We are supposed to get our area rugs today.
:)
;D
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Just for fun.
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rWY3qGfe6gc/SemOBfjNI-I/AAAAAAAAB2s/EnRVLNyICZE/s1600/08718189.jpg)
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Rugs look great.
Mover arrives at 8 am tomorrow (fingers crossed).
Move out of the hotel and into the house on Monday.
:)
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DR Druxy next time we move I hope we too can stay in a hotel until the furniture is in the house. Hmmm, maybe I should be careful what I wish for. The next time we move I don't think we will purchase a new house until this one closes.
Vibes tomorrow!!!
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"Movin Out" page 5 dance
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjYKqrf8fuI&feature=related
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Well, now it's time for me to leave work, get something to eat, then work concessions for Masterworks Choral Ensemble: Spring Time: Modern Style (http://www.washingtoncenter.org/calendar/calendar_detail.asp?event_id=1033).
We all long to return to a simpler time, a more innocent age. So it was with John Rutter when he decided to compile a collection of his favorite folk songs from the British Isles. As he puts it, traditional songs form a “common musical currency.”
For Springtime, Masterworks performs Rutter’s collection, “The Sprig of Thyme,” alongside Jonathan Willcocks’ modern composition, “Lux Perpetua.” In “Lux Perpetua” the solemn threat and heavy tread of war is powerfully interspersed with tender prayers for peace. This timeless work calls us to reflect on the significance of peace and unity in our lives today.
I don't know how much of it I'll actually get to see. When working concessions, we have to have things cleaned up before we can go in to watch. And if there's an intermission, we have to leave before the end of the first part/act to set up for intermission. Fortunately, this isn't a performance that I specifically asked to see, but I will be able to hear it from the lobby.
I would enjoy hearing the Masterworks summer Show Tune Concert in June. George, is that also at the Washington Center?
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Where is everyone? ??? You would think it was a Saturday!
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Hmmm
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At this rate we are going to be in
(http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u271/actr2000/cinerama.jpg)
all evening!
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MOVING IN VIBES TO DR DRUXY!
FEEL BETTER VIBES TO DR WFO'S JOE!
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It was overcast in Tacoma today, but it is supposed to be sunny and in the 70s tomorrow. Naturally, I am scheduled to attend a matinee of ON GOLDEN POND.
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I certainly hope we can get a few more pages before BK returns!
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I saw a guy at breakfast today that had my Buffalo Bill hair and beard, but he was bigger than two of me.
Ah, let me clarify, he was not having breakfast at my kitchen table.
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Back from many errands, which did not include doing the audio layback - I am now officially irked.
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Must get back to the movie - it's going to be impossible to get the CD in movie order because tracks were edited to other tracks or pulled apart - I am going to take one cue, which is almost six minutes long in the film and which are two separate tracks on the CD and I'll put those back together like they are in the film.
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I say, dear chaps and chapettes, we really must get on to page six.
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I have another movie I recentlyt received and haven't seen for about 40 years. That'll likely be first on tonight's roster. Haven't decided on a third movie yet. We'll see.
Let me know what you think after you've seen it. ;)
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I say, dear chaps and chapettes, we really must get on to page six.
Why yes, by jove!
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After looking around a few thrift stores I headed over to the Indian restaurant on the north side. I was hitting on chatting with one of the Punjabi guys who works there and inquired as to whether he knew Hindi and/or Urdu as I had some vintage Bollywood movie booklets I wanted him to decipher for me (sort like coming over to see my etchings 8) ).
Just as I had Vikram in the palm of my hand (figuratively speaking) in walked an older Indian woman. Vikram new her and a let me know that she would likely be a good one to have do the translating, and he offered to go and speak to her for me. She was meeting a group of friends for lunch so of course I didn't want to bother her.
Vikram insisted, telling me that she loves old Bollywood movies and she is a professor at the college.
Looks like I will be going to memsaab Kantal's house for dinner and translation later on this week.
Curses! Foiled again.
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Everybody get off their bloody arse.
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good evening!
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The long awaited power tool training (which to me implies hands on, showing how to use the tools) turned out to be more of a tour of the tool aisles and explaining what each tool does. There was a lot of time for questions and I got some answers and tips that will help me finish my projects.
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DR Ben just left, after two hours of the delectably naughty bawdy The Country Wife starring the young and beautiful and very funny Helen Mirren, and pecan pie, preceded by a loverly meal, wonderful visit, and lots of dish.
Dear God, please heal DR MBarnum's erotomania.
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There were about 10 of us and it was nice to meet the other women who will be working on the build on May 9th. Everyone was there to learn because they had their own projects going on as well as the Habitat build
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mmmm pecan pie.. I love pecan pie...especially chocolate bourbon pecan pie
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I figured hands on training with the tools. You should learn a lot when you work with Habitat.
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I think so too, DR Jane. On the 9th of May we'll be working with Lite Forms. http://www.liteform.com/ The Habitat people said they are really fun to work with, sort of like playing with Legos. sounds good to me
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Not much to say, but a post will help us reach Page Six.
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I think so too, DR Jane. On the 9th of May we'll be working with Lite Forms. http://www.liteform.com/ The Habitat people said they are really fun to work with, sort of like playing with Legos. sounds good to me
Have a blast :)
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'night
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'night
Jane
You're leaving us quite early,don't you think?
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Page Six, and I helped. :)
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G'night!
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I spent the evening watching three movies. I can't say much about the first one except that it was a thrill to see it again after so long. I had forgotten so much in decades away from it.
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The second one was QUANTUM OF SOLACE on Blu-ray which I was watching for the second time. I liked it a little more this second time around. I still thought Bond's final fight with his nemesis was ludicrous and the Bonds girls weren't very interesting at all.
But now that Bond has put Vespa Lynn behind him, maybe the next one will be a little lighter in tone.
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I finished my evening with the 1931 PRIVATE LIVES from the Warner Archive collection. Yes, it's an old video master cluttered with age specks and debris (though the second half of the film looks better than the first). And the primitive sound of the time is hissy and fizzy.
But sharpness is OK and it looks certainly as good as the TCM broadcast version. In fact, this IS the broadcast version since the disc begins with the Turner logo.
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I'm getting sleepy and it's only 11.
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Had a wonderful evening! Dinner at Artie's with physical dish(es) and other dish then a 1977 BBC Production of
The Country Wife (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Country_Wife)
It's a play I read in college and have never seen. Thank God for those Brits and Restoration plays. I don't know that many American actors could pull this off anymore. It's a lost art doing this kind of theatre.
At Intermission we had Little Pie Shop Pecan Pie and Hagen Daz Vanilla Ice Cream. I shall need an hour on the bike tomorrow to make up for that little treat.
Thank you, Elmore for a wonderful evening. The day was gorgeous and the film was a lovely way to end it.
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Page Six, and I helped. :)
Reminds me of the old commercial "Shake and Bake for Chicken and I helped!"
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Sounds like a wonderful time, DR Ben
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Have a couple of computer items to tidy up and then I'm heading down to bed.
Good night!
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DR MBarnum you are going to have a wonderful evening with Kantal. :)
Yes, but I would have had an even better evening with Vikram!
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She also told me a funny story about how, when she was 12, she was going to run away to Bombay with a group of prostitutes who she thought were movie stars.
Turned out they only worked as extras. :D
How was she finally able to determine the difference?
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I enjoy Dame Helen Mirran's performances, but I am distressed at her anti-American sentiments expressed here and there. If that is the way she feels, she can stay home and earn her money in the Old Country.
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I received my INSIDE DAISY CLOVER cd and it is quite the listening experience. I am surprised that professionals other than MR BK were not able to identify Ms Joanie Sommers as the "ghost" on the one track.....I recognized her immediately!
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I am following DR GINNY on Twitter......I hope DR JOSE is not in the grip of absinthe AGAIN tonight!
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Just so you know...DR ELMORE don't watch this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuyuiI5uDns&feature=related
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Important FaceBook information for all:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iROYzrm5SBM&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fhome.php&feature=player_embedded
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Well, now it's time for me to leave work, get something to eat, then work concessions for Masterworks Choral Ensemble: Spring Time: Modern Style (http://www.washingtoncenter.org/calendar/calendar_detail.asp?event_id=1033).
We all long to return to a simpler time, a more innocent age. So it was with John Rutter when he decided to compile a collection of his favorite folk songs from the British Isles. As he puts it, traditional songs form a “common musical currency.”
For Springtime, Masterworks performs Rutter’s collection, “The Sprig of Thyme,” alongside Jonathan Willcocks’ modern composition, “Lux Perpetua.” In “Lux Perpetua” the solemn threat and heavy tread of war is powerfully interspersed with tender prayers for peace. This timeless work calls us to reflect on the significance of peace and unity in our lives today.
I don't know how much of it I'll actually get to see. When working concessions, we have to have things cleaned up before we can go in to watch. And if there's an intermission, we have to leave before the end of the first part/act to set up for intermission. Fortunately, this isn't a performance that I specifically asked to see, but I will be able to hear it from the lobby.
I would enjoy hearing the Masterworks summer Show Tune Concert in June. George, is that also at the Washington Center?
Yes. As far as I know, they always perform their major concerts at the WCPA.
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Page Six, and I helped. :)
Reminds me of the old commercial "Shake and Bake for Chicken and I helped!"
I KNEW that somebody, somewhere was bound to catch my drift. :)
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Good Evening!
Well, at least I had a wonderful post-show meal at FIG tonight...
The technology gods were not with me tonight in the pit. A very frustrating evening. However, we did have a pretty full house, and we got a standing ovation tonight.
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DR WFO - Thanks for the update on DR vixmom.
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~~~~~CONTINUED RECOVERY VIBES TO DR VIXMOM~~~~~
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~~~~~GOOD HEALTH VIBES TO DR WFO'S EVER-LOVIN' JOE~~~~~
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~~~~~CONTINUED HOUSE, HOME AND JOB VIBES TO DR DANISE~~~~~
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DR MBarnum - Does Kantal have a son? ;)
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~~~~~GOOD THROAT HEALTH VIBES TO DR DAN (THE MAN)~~~~~
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So...
I headed back to FIG tonight to de-frustrate myself after tonight's show...
-Negroni
-Salad of Wadmalaw Lettuces
-Charnonnay
-Salmon, with polenta, shiitake mushroom and spring onions
-Orange Muscat (Electra)
-Chocolate-Caramel Pot de Crème with Fleur de Sel, Strawberries (macerated in balasamic vinegar)
-Sip of Michael's Pear Brandy
:) :) :) :) :)
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*And I have to thank Andrew (one of my bartenders) for pulling some strings in the kitchen tonight. The Salted Caramel-Chocolate Pot de Crème is actually not on the menu yet. A few nights ago, I noticed that some of the staff were sampling the new dessert. Well, tonight I figured I might as well ask if there was still a "sample" in the kitchen, and, lo and behold, there was!
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3596/3454208733_be306a34e7.jpg)
YUMMERS!!!!!!!!!!!!
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!!!!!!!Welcome to Page Seven!!!!!!!
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PAGE SEVEN ANDREW-IN-MOTION DANCE!!!!
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3553/3454238943_343e5ddd21.jpg)
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DR Jane - While I was walking around the Farmers Market this morning, I came across these:
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3636/3455072694_bae59217e5.jpg)
*I figured DD Sherlock would appreciate the DogFood Porn. ;)
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Important FaceBook information for all:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iROYzrm5SBM&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fhome.php&feature=player_embedded
Oh my gosh, that was great!!!
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In other news...
As I was walking around downtown Charleston, I noticed there was a very pleasant scent in the air; it very floral and fresh. Each time I passed by some flowers, I gave them a sniff to see if they were the source of the very pleasant odor. Well, after a while, I suddenly realized what the scent was: lemon. Then I remembered that I had bought a Yuzu scented soap at the Farmers Market, and since it was warm and sunny, it was being gently warmed in by bag which caused it to "diffuse".
I'm just amazed it took me four hours to realize that. ::)
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I haven't even started the notes yet. I just can't seem to catch up on time.
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WHOA! I didn't realize it was this late already. -I have some friends coming up from Savannah tomorrow morning, and we're supposed to do brunch, so...
Goodnight.
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I was the head concessionaire this evening for the Masterworks Choral Ensemble. There had been two other concessionaires signed up to work with me, but they didn't show up! How rude! Anyway, four of the regular ushers volunteered to help and we were able to handle the crowd. I didn't go into the house to watch, but listening in the lobby, they sounded pretty good.
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The last 2 days have been butt heads about getting on the internet.
I don't know where the problem is coming from. I have AT&T internet, the phone is always fine.
Must read notes.
Hello everyone.
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Hi, Sam. :)