2006/09/13
A Birthday With Audrey Hepburn
I was with Dennis here in Winnipeg when I turned 18. Yesterday, I turned 59 without him. Considering that it was my first birthday without him in 41 years, it went fairly well. This is the last year of my fifties decade. I always have more trouble with the last year of a decade than with the first. It always feels like new beginnings if it's the first year of a decade. And, of course, reaching the ripe old age of sixty next year, I'll be eligible for Canada Pension! Woo hoo!
I started the day off much like many other days with Scrabblegrams and Sudoku in the paper. My sister Dee phoned with birthday greetings. Thanks, dear. Then I went to substitute at my old school, with a stop on the way to get coffee and lunch from Tim Hortons. I love my Timmy's. I saw a t-shirt at the mall that said, "Okay, just give me my Timmy's and nobody gets hurt!"
A walk with Suzie and a meeting with a friend, B. started off the evening. When I got home there were some little treats on my doorstep from my friend, W. I ordered pizza and watched the finale of BB7 with a couple of glasses of wine. Turns out Mike Boogie won after all. He did play well, although he owes a lot to his fellow Chill Town member, Dr. Will. I phoned Charlene, the other BB fan in the family, and spoke to her for a while. She is glad to have her new job and the kids are glad to be back at school - well, glad to be back with their friends.
Margot phoned to say she had sent me a gift, but it might not arrive until the next day. Thanks to Gary and Jack for the e-cards and to my wonderful son-in-law, Joel for a very newsy e-mail. Joel has a respiratory infection. Get better soon, Sweetie.
Then I watched the movie, "Breakfast At Tiffany's." I love watching Audrey Hepburn movies. I saw BAT when it came out in 1961. I was fourteen and I wanted to be Audrey Hepburn. I was quite surprised that it was about as good as I remember it. I had forgotten that it was written by Truman Capote and directed by Blake Edwards. The only part of the movie that was dated was the character of the upstairs tenant, Mr. Yashumoto. It was such a stereotype played by Mickey Rooney!!! with huge buck teeth. Not very politically correct. I think it would have been just as funny if it had been played by a Japanese actor and played straight, not as a farce. But I guess this early Edwards predicted his later Pink Panther series with Peter Sellers who also played Inspector Clouseau very much as farce.
Anyway, it was a nice ending to the day. I had bought myself a new pen for my birthday. He bought me a cartridge pen for one of my recent birthdays. He said," A writer needs a good pen." The pen started leaking when I was in BC, so I had to throw it out. I think if he had been here, he would have bought me a new pen.
I see that Ken Kirkwood is still doing well with his medical treatments. Best wishes to Ken and Helen.
Bye for now, all. Remember to tell your loved ones how much you love them!
Life is a moderately good play with a badly written third act. ~ Truman Capote
A Birthday With Audrey Hepburn
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I started the day off much like many other days with Scrabblegrams and Sudoku in the paper. My sister Dee phoned with birthday greetings. Thanks, dear. Then I went to substitute at my old school, with a stop on the way to get coffee and lunch from Tim Hortons. I love my Timmy's. I saw a t-shirt at the mall that said, "Okay, just give me my Timmy's and nobody gets hurt!"
A walk with Suzie and a meeting with a friend, B. started off the evening. When I got home there were some little treats on my doorstep from my friend, W. I ordered pizza and watched the finale of BB7 with a couple of glasses of wine. Turns out Mike Boogie won after all. He did play well, although he owes a lot to his fellow Chill Town member, Dr. Will. I phoned Charlene, the other BB fan in the family, and spoke to her for a while. She is glad to have her new job and the kids are glad to be back at school - well, glad to be back with their friends.
Margot phoned to say she had sent me a gift, but it might not arrive until the next day. Thanks to Gary and Jack for the e-cards and to my wonderful son-in-law, Joel for a very newsy e-mail. Joel has a respiratory infection. Get better soon, Sweetie.
Then I watched the movie, "Breakfast At Tiffany's." I love watching Audrey Hepburn movies. I saw BAT when it came out in 1961. I was fourteen and I wanted to be Audrey Hepburn. I was quite surprised that it was about as good as I remember it. I had forgotten that it was written by Truman Capote and directed by Blake Edwards. The only part of the movie that was dated was the character of the upstairs tenant, Mr. Yashumoto. It was such a stereotype played by Mickey Rooney!!! with huge buck teeth. Not very politically correct. I think it would have been just as funny if it had been played by a Japanese actor and played straight, not as a farce. But I guess this early Edwards predicted his later Pink Panther series with Peter Sellers who also played Inspector Clouseau very much as farce.
Anyway, it was a nice ending to the day. I had bought myself a new pen for my birthday. He bought me a cartridge pen for one of my recent birthdays. He said," A writer needs a good pen." The pen started leaking when I was in BC, so I had to throw it out. I think if he had been here, he would have bought me a new pen.
I see that Ken Kirkwood is still doing well with his medical treatments. Best wishes to Ken and Helen.
Bye for now, all. Remember to tell your loved ones how much you love them!
Life is a moderately good play with a badly written third act. ~ Truman Capote
A Birthday With Audrey Hepburn
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