Well, dear readers, Thanksgiving has come and gone and so have I. Right now, I am listening to the symphonies of Sergei Prokofiev, a wonderful composer of the Russian kind – both classical music and film music, as well as ballets and operas – a very prolific gentleman with his own very unique musical voice. I haven’t heard his seven symphonies in a while – listening to them via conductor Gennady Rozhdestventsky and a good Russian orchestra, so it definitely has the right feel. I recently downloaded the seven symphonies conducted by Neemi Jarvi, who is not Russian, played by a Scottish orchestra. I’ll get around to that, but I wanted the real deal. Anyway, let’s talk about the thoroughly weird Thanksgiving Day I had. For whatever reason, I could not fall asleep and didn’t do so until seven in the morning. I felt I needed to cancel the Wechter party because being that tired, I did not want to do the two forty-minute drives. I slept until almost one, so that was at least five and a half hours of sleep. I got up, and knowing I had nothing in the house to eat, I booked a table for two at El Torito, a one-minute drive. I let dear reader Jeanne know but when I got up, I had a text saying she wasn’t up for going. So, I changed the reservation to one. Unfortunately, I had the phone on silent and so never got the messages she left saying she’d changed her mind. I wish she’d sent a text, as I would have seen that. Anyway, I moseyed on over to El Torito for my 3:00 sitting. I sat. The food is all buffet style, so I got up, grabbed two plates, and began. They were waiting on a new turkey at the carving station, so I had a little slice of ham, some cranberries, a couple of bites of yams, a small roll, and stuffing and gravy. That was one plate – plate two contained a little salad with Ranch dressing and one teeny-tiny piece of a cheese enchilada – literally one bite. I sat down and ate the bit of enchilada and some of the salad. Then I ate the slice of ham, the cranberries, the little bits of yams, and then the stuffing and gravy. Then I got one piece of turkey, more stuffing and gravy, and some corncake. I hate half the piece of turkey, half the more stuffing and gravy, and all of the corncake. Even though I don’t consider that a lot of food, I could eat no more, not even dessert. I felt like I’d eaten five big meals. I took my pills, then waddled out to the motor car and came home. After getting rid of the most spam I’ve ever seen – all Black Friday things – I sat on my couch like so much fish and turned on the Firestick. Thirty seconds later I was out like a light until six-thirty. I finally talked to dear reader Jeanne, and also Doug Haverty, who’s in Florida, then I decided to watch another 2025 motion picture.
Kiss of the Spider Woman was the choice. I liked the 1985 film with William Hurt and Raul Julia. I thought the musical version managed to somehow walk its tightrope really well and was excellently directed by Hal Prince, with a terrific cast, including Miss Chita Rivera. And now we have this version. The two leading men are very good, but I have never been a fan of Miss J-Lo and Chita she isn’t. The choreography is typical of today, although one number they do go for a real Jack Cole vibe. But for whatever reason, none of it really lands, at least not for me. Well, for me, and the millions who didn’t go to see it – a major box-office bomb. J-Lo bragged that the numbers were all shot in one take. That’s amusing, as there are tons of angles and edits.
After that, I was just zonked, so Prokofiev is keeping me up and with it.
Today, I’ll be up when I’m up, I’ll do nothing but get people music and perhaps list a couple of items on eBay for Black Friday. Mostly, I’ll just rest my weary bones, eat something, and then watch, listen, and relax.
Tomorrow and the rest of the weekend are more of the same, then we have our first Kritzerland rehearsal on Monday and on Tuesday we’re back rehearsing the play.
Well, dear readers, I must take the day, I must do the things I do, I must, for example, be up when I’m up, get people music, list a couple of items, rest, eat, and then watch, listen, and relax. Today’s topic of discussion: It’s Friday – what is currently in your CD player and your DVD/Blu and Ray/streaming player? I’ll start – CD, seven symphonies of Prokofiev. Streaming, another current movie – Frankenstein just showed up, so maybe that. Your turn. Let’s have loads of lovely postings, shall we, whilst I hit the road to dreamland, happy to at least have had the turkey day.