Message 1155

Somehow I seem to have failed to send out a message yesterday, which was the day I had the surgery on my hand and had a new catheter put in. Vanessa gave me a ride to and from PAMF. It is just about time for me to change the bandage on my hand. Last night I went to dinner and a movie with the Morrills and the Ariagnos. We saw Drive with Ryan Gosling and Kerry Mulligan. It was a strange film with lots of violence and no sex. It is hard to figure out what the motivations of the main characters are, but I still give it three stars.

Message 1152

I just got back from having breakfast at Heidi’s Pies with Reggie and Vanessa. I got a message from Helen yesterday that my friend David died yesterday from pancreatic cancer. The service is tomorrow, but I have my hand surgery scheduled for tomorrow, so I am going to ride with Helen and Jim to visit with Joan on Sunday. I realize that in one of my previous message I said a movie title was Bad Company but it was actually Bad Timing. Last night I watched a Netflix DVD of the movie The Bostonians. It is an early Henry James novel made into a film by Merchant/Ivory. It had a very good cast, especially Vanessa Redgrave. I give it four stars. I feel good today.

Message 11153

Josh has informed me what happened to the MNF-Raiders game. They started to air the Raiders / Broncos game on ESPN2 (channel 39) because the Miami / New England game was still finishing up on ESPN (channel 38). After the Miami / New England game ended they switched the coverage of the Raiders game to ESPN (channel 38). The game was also broadcast on CBS (channel 5). I can’t understand how I could have missed this. I searched both of those channels several times and the game was not on whenever I looked. I must have always been looking during the ads. Anyway It is no big deal. Last night I watched a Netflix DVD of the movie Bad Company. It was made it 1980, but I had never heard of it. It had a good, well known cast, but they all looked so young. I did not find it fun to watch because it dealt with an unstable girl and a jealous obsessive/compulsive man. The sex scenes were good, but I only give the movie three stars. I feel good today.

Message 1151

I watched three NFL games yesterday, and they were all good games. I saw the Eagles beat the Rams, the 49ers beat the Seahawks, and the Jets beat the Cowboys. Tonight I will watch the Raiders play Denver. It is good to have the season underway at last. Joshua brought in Chinese food and watched the 49er game with me. The 49ers were ahead the whole game, but it was not until they ran a kickoff and then a punt back for touchdowns within a couple of minutes of each other in the fourth quarter that we were able to relax. In the evening I read some more on my Kindle. I am getting near the end now. I feel good today.

Message 1150

Yesterday I went to the Dutch Goose for lunch with Julian, Annie, Beech, and Beech’s cousin (Vanessa’ brother’s son) Jessie. The kids had a ball playing the machines for junk with the quarters Julian gave them. I never saw such a crowd at the Goose. There were a lot of kids with their parents wearing their soccer uniforms. It reminded me of the old days when Sally and I used to take the three Js to the Oasis. In the evening I watched The Madness of King George on PBS. I had not seen it before even though it was about thirty years old. I give it three stars. I am now watching the Eagles and Rams on the morning NFL game on TV. The score is now 7-7 in the first quarter. I feel good today.

Message 1149

Yesterday I read some more on my Kindle and watched the Friday night shows on PBS. The news seems to be mostly about the 9/11 10-year anniversary. I had a good sleep last night, and I have already done a load of laundry and put it on the balcony to dry in the sun this morning. I was surprised by thunder and lightning last night. It has been a long time since we had any of that around here. I feel good today.

Message 1148

I watched Annie yesterday afternoon while Vanessa took Beech to one of his doctor’s appointments. While she was here I watched Obama’s speech while she watched her Sesame Street video. In the evening I watched part of the Green Bay game with New Orleans for the first game of the regular season. Then on PBS I watched the opera Lucia di Lammermoor. I had never heard of it, but I was curious. It was bizarre with lots of emotion and betrayals and blood. It did not have a happy ending with both Lucia and her lover committing suicide at the end, so I do not recommend it. I feel good today.