The Cheese Stands Alone

 Mo 11/30/20- Buddy's Comeback!! I awoke just before 7am and with great trepidation, I went into the living room. I was honestly afraid that he might have died in my chair during the night, but he was awake and alert. I gave him some Frisky canned food and he ate it all. I guess the thyroid medicine has finally cleared his system and we will be able to have some more time together. I am tentatively ecstatic! Winter is here! Brisk north winds, mostly cloudy with temps only to about freezing.  Then I watched 'THE INVISIBLE MAN' (HBO-Xfinity). A terrific remake of a moldy classic and the film can be seen as a textbook demonstration of the meaning of 'gaslighting'. Elisabeth Moss turns in another stunning performance, but not quite as unhinged or as extraordinary as 'HER SMELL'.  I did THREE MILES ON THE TREADMILL and finished WHITNEY CUMMINGS/ SEBASTIAN MANISCALCO. 3PM: Phone call from Dr. Kirk at Brewer. I'm to call him back on Wednesday to find out if I s...

 Su 11/29/20 Up 8am: Partly cloudy with temps to about 50. ***Buddy ate just a bit of canned food, but not even close to his usual intensity. Disheartening. Watched Netflix disc 'FIVE EASY PIECES'. Definitely a signature film of the sixties as it beautifully highlights the changing values of those times and also demonstrates how far (or how little) we've come today. The film casts aspersions on Feminism and the female sex in general, yet the lead character of Robert Duprea is clearly portrayed as a 'damaged' male and almost cowardly; with Jack Nicholson, Karen Black, and Sally Struthers. I watched The Bonus Features and was amazed by the superior 70's films out of Bob Rafelson's production company.  110pm: A walk to mail back the disc. Up to Monroe and across and down to the PO box at Walgreens, over to Washington and east to Lincoln, and south to Wash. Pk., Across and down the southside, up the hill, Parkview, Fairway and up to 940...ONE HOUR AND 30".....

 Sa 11/28/20 Up 830am: Bright and sunny with temps to the lower 50's. Buddy had thrown up during the night and he couldn't keep down the little bit of food I gave him this morning. I spent a long time writing an email about Buddy's condition to Janny. I've written the note but apprehensive about sending it because it is most unsettling news. Once I hit 'send', there's no turning back and I didn't send it until several hours later. It seems so final, but I guess that's what it is- 'finality'. And, Buddy has been quiet and not his usual self. He hasn't kept down any food.  I watched the last three hours of 'THE VOW'.  I did nine hours of this in 2 days.  My email to Janny about Buddy: "Yesterday I had to take Buddy back to the vet. He was throwing up and I thought that the 'ear/thyroid' medicine did not agree with him. The vet said that the medicine was not working because his hyperthyroidism is too far advanced. She su...

 Fr 11/27/20 Up 625am: Partly sunny with temps to mid 40's. To Fairhills by 715am and home by 8am. $90 at County Market. Then I watched three one hour episodes of 'THE VOW' (HBO-Xfinity). Now we're learning about the sex trafficking's angle. Members who share 'The Vow' are a select and secret group of young women in NXIVM who brand Keith Raniere's initials on their pubic region as a sign of complete devotion to their master.   ***Buddy has been acting very lethargic the last couple of days. This is very out of character. An hour ago he threw up everything that he'd eaten today. I called Brewer and he'll go in this afternoon at 430pm. 1240pm: A walk to clear my head.  Parkview, Wash. Pk., north side, Park south to Outer Park, west to Wiggins back to Wash. Pk., up the hill, Parkview, Fairway and up to 940...ONE HOUR AND 30 MINS... Mp3... 91.9FM. ***I got to Brewer at 420pm and she said that it was probably the thyroid medicine, but since it wasn...

 Th 11/26/20- COVID Thanksgiving Day Up 720am: Overcast to partly cloudy- to 50. Buddy threw up last night, but he's kept down the dry food breakfast. I gave him his 'ear medicine' at 810am. 'NIGHT SINS' by Tami Hoag is the novel before 'GUILTY AS SIN' - the novel that I started a few days ago. Watched 'DEATH AND THE MAIDEN' (Kanopy). Set in an unnamed South American country (probably Chile) after a dictator has been ousted. A man is stranded on a remote stretch of highway and is driven back to his secluded home by a passing motorist. When the two men enter the house, his wife recognizes the strange man as a doctor who tortured and raped her during the facist regime. She convinces her husband to force the doctor to confess his crimes on video tape. Directed by Roman Polanski; with Ben Kingsley, Sigourney Weaver, and Stuart Wilson. The piece originated as a play.  Then I watched the first two episodes of Season #2 'VICE PRINCIPALS' (Free HBO o...

 We 11/25/20 Up 740am: Mist and rain with the possibility of rain all day- lower 50's. ***Wasted time watching "D'Amelio" videos. This family of clowns is trying to become the Kardashians of the Internet. I did locate a YouTube video detailing the procedure to use the Twist-A-Dose medical applicator. It's not too difficult, but why the ear? Watched 'Hillbilly Elegy' (Netflix). I loved the book and I liked the movie. Glenn Close was first rate and Amy Adams performance was both terrifying and pitiful. It got universal bad reviews, but it's more that the film deals with a very difficult subject; 'Family' as the most basic block of 'Tribalism'. "Freedom to be a knucklehead if I so choose"!! Directed by Ron Howard.  On the treadmill for FOUR MILES...Watched Joe Rogan's interview with TOM GREEN. On the show (which was taped two days ago) he said he was going to a Texas ghost town after Joe's interview. I found the new clip ...

 Tu 11/24/20- Buddy To Vet Up 645am to the phone alarm. I got him there by 745am and home by 8am. Watched the Netflix disc 'MY FAVORITE SEASON'. (The post office damaged the package, but the disc played fine. I'm going to tape it up and send it back. Even a postal moron should be able to see that it clearly is a Netflix disc even if the return address is illegible). A family drama about an estranged middle-aged brother and sister who must place their mother in a nursing home, but she wants her independence. Or maybe she just wants one of them to take care of her like she took care of them; Catherine Deneuve, Daniel Auteuil, and Carmen Chaplin, the granddaughter of Charlie Chaplin.  ***Carol has finished trimming the hedge at the abandoned house so I can head out and mail the mangled disc package back to Netflix.  Up Westview and over to Monroe, dropped the disc at the Walgreens box, then down to Kenyon, and up and down to 940. 30 MINS...Mp3-91.9FM. When I got back I calle...