The Cheese Stands Alone

Sa 4/7/18 Up 545am; reading the phone, 3-4am; sunny and cold, to about 40. Netflix disc, 'MAUVAIS SANG'. From wikipedia- "In Paris of the not-too-distant future, a mysterious new disease named STBO is killing young people who make love without emotional involvement. A serum has been developed, but it is locked away in an office block, out of the reach of those who need it most. An American woman blackmails two aging crooks, Marc and Hans, into stealing the STBO serum. Marc recruits Alex, a rebellious teenager whose father worked for him before getting himself killed. Although Alex has a girlfriend, Lise, he ends up falling for Marc’s young lover, Anna..."   This is a very bare-bones and starkly objective idea of what the film is about. This interpretation misses all the  dreamlike/ otherworldly/ more druggie than psychedelic aspects of the movie. Then, #3 of Season 3, 'BOSCH'; (1015am). And then, CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM; (LD gets his f...

Fr 4/6/18 Up 610am; partly cloudy, windy, to low 40's; chance of snow showers or light rain later tonight. Netflix series, 'COLLATERAL'. Pizza delivery guy is gunned down on a south London street- more to it than meets the eye, possible political connection. Will watch more of this! Ordered a Blue Tooth ear plug headset from Best Buy. Will pick it up today ($19.00)- going to the 'Y'. Set up the Ameriprise Account so that I receive text messages when anything is done. Stock market is gyrating due to the 'Trump Tariff War', and I'm down from the high about seventy grand. If this is just his way of negotiating, I'm hoping that we might see a bounce, but I'm not holding my breath. Republicans in power always is negative. 9am; another, 'GYPSY', 10am; another 'BOSCH'. 11am; reading THE SECRET HISTORY. 130pm on the road to Best Buy to pickup the blue tooth ear buds, and then to the 'Y'. I tried to get a 'face cover...

Th 4/5/18 Up 645am; Mostly Bright and cold- to low 50's. 'SULLY' (Xfinity); 745am. Clint Eastwood directs another crowd pleaser. A man just doing his job, but to an extraordinary level of expertise. Notice how management tried to favor the computer simulations so that 'operator error' could be demonstrated so that they could avoid any responsibility. Checking out Bluetooth Ear Buds; Should I do Prime or Best Buy? Free shipping with Prime- how come not used books?? 1050am- rest of 'ROUGH NIGHT'. The only remarkable thing was that Lenny Kravitz's daughter was in the film (learned this on the wikipedia article on the film)...whatta stunner! Then, CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM (Drunken limo driver/ John McEnroe/ burial plots..."I'm not gonna be next to Ted Dansen"!). 130pm Monroe PO/ Library to return CD's at box/  FitClub South, but I turned the wrong way on Chatham and was at Iles before I realized I was going the wrong way. Got a call...

We 4/4/18 Up 545am- reading the phone since 5am. Bitterly cold and very strong winds; partly cloudy- 20's to about 40. Listened to the Terry Gross interview with Madeleine Albright. 'KISS KISS BANG BANG'; (Xfinity) A clever and very enjoyable spoof on the Detective/ Noir Genre. Robert Downey Jr. was perfect for the role. Put SwiftKey and Tiny Scanner on the new phone. One more, CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM (Bathroom Monitor, Cha Cha). Then 2 episodes of, EASTBOUND & DOWN. This was the beginning of the fourth season, and Kenny is married to his sweetheart and has two kids, but the suburban life doesn't fit. He strikes back by becoming famous on a TV Sports Talk Show as a 'quick witted bully'.  2pm; playing with the phone. Gonna try LA Fitness and see how it affects my 1 GB of data. 245pm; at LA Fitness and when I was ready to workout I asked the girl at the check-in desk to set my phone so that I could get the Internet without wifi. I don...

Tu 4/3/18 Up 645am; reading THE SECRET HISTORY, 330am-430am. Heavy rain around 4am and possibility of rain till late afternoon. 50's, but damp and chilly. Watching Netflix disc, 'SEE THE SEA' (1997; Francois Ozon). Only fifty-two minutes, but short, sweet, and diabolical. A young woman and her ten month old baby are living at a French seaside cottage, and they're visited by a dangerous female hiker. "Aren't you scared"?, "No, I do the scaring"; dip a toothbrush in the toilet. Then, watched 'SHAKES THE CLOWN' on YouTube; bad reproduction, but I love this film.... "You silent motherfuckers"!!!! "I was with Pete, he had an angina attack", "No way!! Pete's a man"! CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM; (The Law of Samples/ stolen bouquet at roadside memorial). And then, 2 episodes of EASTBOUND & DOWN. 3pm- to Wabash PO and Planet Fitness. Dark, gray, and freezing mist from time to time- supposed to be...

Mo 4/2/18- Westside 130pm; cap adjustment Up 630am; finished 'HOWLIN' AT THE MOON' 3am-4am. About an inch of snow fell yesterday, just on the grass. Teens early, to mid forties with rain beginning late this afternoon. Watching Xfinity, 'EMPIRE'; (2002- John Leguizamo/ Peter Sarsgaard/ Sonia Braga/ isabella Rossellini/ Denise Richards). Puerto Rican, mid-level drug dealer from South Bronx gets taken by a Wall Street con artist, and he loses everything. "Greed is Healthy". Switched out some record album wall art- looks mighty fine. Cut the ties with ATT, wrote the chat wrap, and one more CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM (The Dry Cleaning Law/ Masturbating on the bed) . 120pm to Westside, then UPS Store on Wabash, then LA Fitness. The dentist only took a few minutes and work was done by the hygenist? that always wears the face mask. Just a little too much adhesive on the edges of the cap. I brought my own green flossing tool, and it worked fine. Then, the ...

Easter Sunday 4/1/18 Up 545am; reading HOWLIN' AT THE MOON from 5am.  Cloudy and cold; mid 30's and one to three inches of snow for later this afternoon and tonight. Wow!! Sounds like an April Fools' Joke. PARIS TROUT on YouTube (7am). "I end all my connections with everything that come before". Faithful to the novel, except the ending. More or less, they both work. Spent far too much time trying to get the weather app off of the new phone. Will have to hit Xfinity tomorrow after the visit to the dentist at 130pm. Watched episode #1 of, 'MOSAIC' on HBO. I wouldn't have wasted my time had I known that all I could get was just this episode. I suppose it's a nice way to entice you into picking up HBO. 1215pm- Called Xfinity General Number and clerk said they'd be open. Kinda questionable, but I think I'll drive out there and then hit Planet Fitness on the way back. And, one to two inches of snow is on the way.   When...