Well, dear readers, I must write these here notes in a hurry because I had a telephonic call just as I was about to start and that lasted thirty minutes. So, let’s just cut to the chase, shall we? The chase began with getting about ninety minutes of sleep and not being able to fall back asleep. I finally did get two and a half hours more, for a total of four, but I was pretty trashed. But we had a partial modern major miracle, so that was excellent. I decided not to order food, so I made some Wacky Noodles and they were pretty okay, but I think I have to take a break from pasta and I think pasta wants to take a little break for me. OH, and aa I write these here notes, I am listening to conductor Louis Lane, who’s a favorite of mine, do a delightful suite from Gian Carlo Menotti’s classic Amahl and the Night Visitors. I always wanted to do a modern version of that wonderful short opera and I think I even pitched it somewhere in the 1980s – I wanted to call it A Mall and the Night Visitors. I love Menotti’s music, I must say, and I have said. Where was I? Oh yes, yesterday in a hurry. After food, I sat down for a minute in the living room in the armchair and I was out like a light for over an hour – first time I’ve ever dozed off in an armchair. It IS a comfy armchair, though. Then I had the chocolate mousse from Hugo’s and that was very good but I could only eat half of it. Then I sat on my couch like so much fish.
Last night, I watched a motion picture for the year 2025 entitled The Rule of Jenny Pen. The trailer made it seem like a fun, over-the-top horror movie and I do enjoy those if they’re not violent. Think Get Out or Orphan or M3GAN. Well, folks, they lied because it is anything but a fun, over-the-top horror movie. The fact is, it’s a downbeat movie about old people in a home where one of the patients has a hand puppet doll named Jenny Pen and he’s a bit crazy and gives everyone a hard time and torments a couple of people in very nasty ways. It’s played by John Lithgow, and he’s excellent, and the other lead, a judge who’s had a series of strokes, is played by Geoffrey Rush, also excellent. It’s a New Zealand production. But the whole thing is just so unpleasant and I’m not a fan of elder abuse movies anyway. There’s no violence or anything, but it is poorly paced, repetitious, and I was very disappointed in it. And it’s a textbook example of what happens when your trailer lies to the audience – and what happened was the film was a total box office bomb. I would avoid at all costs.
After that, I wanted to get rid of the sweetness of the mousse, so I ordered some onion rings from a nearby jernt. They arrived pretty quickly, and they were pretty good. I ate about two-thirds of them, and it did get rid of the sweet taste of the mousse but unfortunately replaced it with the taste of onion rings. I’ll let it keep digesting before going to bed.
Today, I’ll be up when I’m up, I’ll do whatever needs doing, I’ll hope for the arrival of that which needs arriving and more importantly I’ll pray for the rest of a modern major miracle – if it comes through I’ll actually be stress free for a while and won’t THAT be swellegant? I’ll probably have a sandwich for food – thinking I might go to Gelson’s and get some microwave bacon, some lettuce and tomato and an avocado and make a couple of BLTA sandwiches on white toast. I do love a good BLTA and I’ve never actually made one. I’ll do some writing, I finished casting so I can now choose songs. And then I can watch, listen, and relax.
The rest of the week is more of the same, still thinking about a meal or two out somewhere as I’m a bit tired of eating every meal in the house, and then we’ll get our flyer done and get tickets on sale.
Well, der 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, hope for an arrival, pray for the rest of a modern major miracle, eat sandwiches for food, write, choose songs, and then watch, listen, and relax. Today’s topic of discussion: What are your favorite side dishes for things like burgers, hot dogs, and like that? Fries? Onion rings? Potato salad? Coleslaw? Cole Porter? Let’s have loads of lovely postings, shall we, whilst I hit the road to dreamland, reiterating that it is never a good idea to lead your intended audience down the wrong path. Don’t say it’s a thriller if it isn’t. Don’t say it’s a horror movie if it isn’t. Don’t like it’s going to be wickedly over-the-top fun if it isn’t.