Topic: THE OKIE DOKE DAY (Read 12508 times)

bk · « **on:** July 28, 2013, 12:13:14 AM »

Well, you've read the notes, the notes were okie doke, and now it is time for you to post until the okie doke cows come home.

bk · « **Reply #1 on:** July 28, 2013, 12:14:08 AM »

And the word of the day is: PICA!

singdaw · « **Reply #2 on:** July 28, 2013, 12:36:03 AM »

Enjoyed today's songs, bk.

George · « **Reply #3 on:** July 28, 2013, 01:21:52 AM »

Yesterday, I wrote:

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Today, the family is going to my parents' house for a barbecue and to meet my parent's foreign exchange teacher. She's from Japan and supposedly can speak English fairly well. If I remember correctly, she's over here for a two or three week immersion course so that she can be more proficient in teaching English when she goes back to Japan.

And Jane wrote:

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I've never heard of a foreign exchange teacher. I like that. How did they find each other?

My mom volunteers at the local senior center and some posted a notice that they needed host families for the teachers. My mom volunteered. And I didn't remember correctly. Sue (the English name she goes by) is actually Chinese, not Japanese and she's not taking classes, she's actually teaching beginning Chinese to students here in the US. Anyway, she's very nice and she does speak and understand English very well.

George · « **Reply #4 on:** July 28, 2013, 01:25:07 AM »

Several friends of my parents also came over. Two of them, Margita (who lives in Spokane and one of her sons and grand kids live in Olympia), and Judy (who lives in Tacoma) have known my parents since we all lived in Germany in the same apartment building when my dad (and their former husbands) were in the army in the late 1960s. And Mona (who lives just a few blocks from my parents) and John and Anna (who just live a few miles away) have known my parents since we lived in Colorado, in the early 1970s. They've all gotten to know each other over the years. A very good time was had by all.

George · « **Reply #5 on:** July 28, 2013, 01:30:26 AM »

I came home at about 8:30 or so and was just going to close my eyes for a bit (I was getting tired at my parents house...probably from all the food

) and I promptly fell asleep until about midnight!

George · « **Reply #6 on:** July 28, 2013, 01:37:16 AM »

I'm now watching "The Doctors Revisited: The Seventh Doctor" and the classic Doctor Who episode, "Remembrance of the Daleks," except that the Comcast description says, "The seventh Doctor (Sylvester McCoy) faces the Rani, his most scientific foe." There are no Rani in this episode.

And I HATE that during this whole series they've stretched the full-frame picture of the classic episodes to fit the widescreen TV. They don't have the black bars on the side. It's VERY annoying.

George · « **Reply #7 on:** July 28, 2013, 01:45:45 AM »

And now, to bed.

Ben · « **Reply #8 on:** July 28, 2013, 03:08:45 AM »

Morning all.

That is all.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #9 on:** July 28, 2013, 04:35:26 AM »

Good morning, all! I am going into Toyland today. I'll be there tomorrow and Tuesday, I believe; I've got one number in ROBERTA needing a fix, which means cutting and pasting a section from another part of the orchestra part onto the ending, then photocopying a new orchestra part, taping it together and sending all these new parts to Dublin.

I am also going to work on correcting the orchestra parts for DEAREST ENEMY, so there will be a set of corrected masters to handover to Rodgers & Hammerstein. I currently have a lot of free time to do that.

That's my day and tomorrow and . . .

elmore3003 · « **Reply #10 on:** July 28, 2013, 04:48:24 AM »

Last night I tried to watch a movie called Ladies In Lavender, but the damned CD wouldn't play. So, instead I watched the first episode of Season 2 of Larkrise to Candleford, which turned out to be a Christmas ghost story that was both funny, quirky, and really frightening at moments. The carols, played on accordion and banjo, were a lot of fun as well.

Kerry · « **Reply #11 on:** July 28, 2013, 05:28:43 AM »

Sunday, Sweet Sunday. No funny papers to lie or fly around the house, though.

Jrand74 · « **Reply #12 on:** July 28, 2013, 05:54:55 AM »

Nothing could compel me to watch a movie or read a book titled THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO.

Jrand74 · « **Reply #13 on:** July 28, 2013, 05:55:13 AM »

Or one titled THE SISTERHOOD OF THE TRAVELING PANTS.

Jrand74 · « **Reply #14 on:** July 28, 2013, 05:55:29 AM »

Nice songs in the notes!

elmore3003 · « **Reply #15 on:** July 28, 2013, 06:09:53 AM »

Greetings from Toyland! Two speedy bus rides, the 104 to Lincoln Center and the 7 to Toyland.

I have my work all lined up and I can begin as soon as I've had some breakfast.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #16 on:** July 28, 2013, 06:27:54 AM »

Good morning, all.

Had a long, exhausting evening, alternating between enjoyable and boring, and by the time I was back home and winding down and saw that TCB had heroically gotten us to the top of page five, I was so sapped that I could say nothing, just shut the computer down and went to bed.

Only one dream that I can recall. What I can't recall are the specifics which I think would be fairly interesting.

More coffee!

ChasSmith · « **Reply #17 on:** July 28, 2013, 06:33:04 AM »

Okay, I think I am finally interested in DRAGON TATTOO.

I've let months (years?) of people's talking about it kind of go by me, but BK's summary of what's good, etc., in today's notes has finally focused my sights on the thing.

Can't say how soon I'll get to it. But it'll happen.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #18 on:** July 28, 2013, 06:39:43 AM »

Also liked BK's off-the-cuff short list of films one doesn't tire of.

BTW, there's video of someone from Criterion speaking at a conference or something in which he says they have SUNDAYS AND CYBELE on the docket. I hope I didn't dream that...

ChasSmith · « **Reply #19 on:** July 28, 2013, 06:40:58 AM »

Nice clips -- and the piano girl song is especially beautiful.

Laura · « **Reply #20 on:** July 28, 2013, 06:50:04 AM »

Good morning.

Michael · « **Reply #21 on:** July 28, 2013, 06:51:22 AM »

attempted to watch a film called Cabin In The Woods. I was with a group of people. Once person fell asleep within the first ten minutes and the others thought the premise was stupid and we stopped watching after 20 minutes. No great loss

Michael · « **Reply #22 on:** July 28, 2013, 06:51:32 AM »

Good morning to all

Jennifer · « **Reply #23 on:** July 28, 2013, 07:02:56 AM »

I really liked the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo books. And I did enjoy the Swedish movie. But for me it was way too violent.

ArnoldMBrockman · « **Reply #24 on:** July 28, 2013, 07:58:55 AM »

Quote from: bk on July 28, 2013, 12:14:08 AM

And the word of the day is: PICA!

And The Song Of The Day Is: I WANT IT NOW

John G. · « **Reply #25 on:** July 28, 2013, 08:30:32 AM »

Good morning, all.

Slept off an on for 11 hours or so. A little too long, unfortunately, because it means the eye is itchy. I guess it's waiting for the decongestant to kick in.

Hope everyone has a great Sunday.

John G. · « **Reply #26 on:** July 28, 2013, 08:31:51 AM »

Quote from: elmore3003 on July 28, 2013, 04:48:24 AM

Last night I tried to watch a movie called Ladies In Lavender, but the damned CD wouldn't play. So, instead I watched the first episode of Season 2 of Larkrise to Candleford, which turned out to be a Christmas ghost story that was both funny, quirky, and really frightening at moments. The carols, played on accordion and banjo, were a lot of fun as well.

I bought my mom a collection of the Candleford novels for her birthday. She's reading them now and enjoying them.

John G. · « **Reply #27 on:** July 28, 2013, 08:33:10 AM »

Quote from: Jennifer on July 28, 2013, 07:02:56 AM

I really liked the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo books. And I did enjoy the Swedish movie. But for me it was way too violent.

I would love to see the extended Girl movies from Sweden, but the added material is still available only on Blu-Ray and I haven't yet broken down for a Blu-Ray player. I see one in the near future, however. I now own three Blu-Ray discs.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #28 on:** July 28, 2013, 08:38:48 AM »

Oh man, it's a jungle out there, searching through DRAGON TATTOO listings.
BK, is this the Blu-ray set that's the one to get?

http://goo.gl/f89dvQ

Jrand74 · « **Reply #29 on:** July 28, 2013, 09:26:41 AM »

PICA or ELITE

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