"They're less likely to throw you out, if you come bearing food."

I'm only too aware that it's been over three weeks since I last posted anything or read anything on LJ, which is really embarassing and pathetic. It's not quite as pathetic as the reason for my laxity, though -- sheer, unaccountable, unending exhaustion.

However, to quote a favorite line from the old sit-com Night Court, "I'm feeling much better, now!" Maybe the new meds the doctors have been prescribing are finally doing some good, or maybe it's just that the summer is quickly drawing to an end (meaning an eventual end to hot weather and hiding out alone in my apartment), but I actually woke up last Tuesday morning feeling somewhat hopeful and ambitious, rather than utterly exhausted, for the first time in more than a month.

So, for anyone who's been wondering, I'll try to fill in a few of the blank spaces from the past weeks, just in case I actually learned something in between feeling sorry for myself. ( Read more... )

To be continued . . .

"A Fair to Remember . . ."

Continued . . .

When Mom got home from work Friday evening (July 23rd), my sister and I were ready with a quick supper of formerly-frozen pizzas for the family (btw, that square thin-crust pizza from DiGiorno is really good!), so that the parents and Sis and I could make an early evening showing of "De-Lovely" at a nearby multiplex.

All four of us very much enjoyed "De-Lovely", though I at least was not quite prepared for the rather surreal way the musical numbers and Porter's life were blended into one another. But when I got into it, I loved it. Even if the story hadn't been so compelling and the major actors so very good, I'd have been content just for the chance to hear all those Cole Porter songs again. As it was, I felt more than satisfied. (If you go to see it, be sure to listen for Cole Porter himself singing "You're the Top" over the end credits.) ( Read more... )

To be continued . . .