Tu 5/21/19

Tu 5/21/19

Up 630am; rain last night, today cloudy and windy- to 60's. Over an inch of rain predicted for tonight. Hope there's no water downstairs.

Watched Netflix disc, 'DHEEPAN' (Palme d'Or winner, Cannes Film Festival- 2015)
A Tamil- Sri Lankan Freedom Fighter, a local woman, and a nine year old girl meet in a refugee camp and pose as a family to flee the country. They end up in suburban France in a low income housing project where Dheepan works as a janitor. Local drug gangs make their lives almost as dangerous as the civil war from which they fled. A truly extraordinary film!

The actor that played Dheepan was an ex- Tamil fighter who was a writer and playwright in the revolutionary movement and lived as a refugee in France.

Tamil (Tom-ill)- Hindu vs. Sinhalese- Buddhist in Sri Lanka- Ceylon; 75% of population is Sinhalese, 'White Van Disappearances'.

Then watched the next two episodes of 'SNEAKY PETE' (Amazon Prime).

Wrote a rather long response to Janny. I told them that we should meet after the installation next Monday and they can help me fill out the last death benefit form (I hope!).

3pm:  Back to Walmart for more tall tales and then to Planet Fitness/ Wabash PO to mail the disc.

I finally got the correct cord. I should have checked the available cords, and I could have saved at least one trip.

45" Walk (THE SOCIETY). 45" Recumbent Bike (skimmed 'THE LEAVERS'). 45" Cross (The last episode of 'THE SOCIETY'....one of the girls recognizes a bus driver from an old photo....can't wait for another season!!!

Home to hook up the new speaker bar. It was some effort, and I still don't understand why the speaker won't turn on when the TV is activated, but I'll live with it.

A music doc on Netflix- 'THE LION'S SHARE'.  A white South African writer tries to shed light on the story of who made the money on the song, 'The Lion Sleeps Tonight'. It's a song that was written and sung by a man in the late 1930's and he and his family didn't get a dime. And in the end, they still didn't get all that much.

Heavy storms rolling in, but we're only supposed to get an inch. Hope no leakage issues. I'm booked all day tomorrow.

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