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Nov. 25th, 2023 10:11 pmGot quite a bit done today, considering. I managed to finally clean out and straighten the top portion of my closet - and utilized the organizers I'd purchased, which sort of work just not as well as I'd hoped. It is neater at any rate, and nothing is falling from the shelf like before. I may actually be able to find things.
Also, received the three new blouses that I'd purchased on Thursday night. Two are button down work blouses, the third is an exercise, around the apartment long-sleeved t-shirt. I was surprised I got them today - considering I purchased them online on Thursday.
After organizing the closet, I decided I definitely did not need more shirts or sweaters or pants, at the moment. I don't have much space for what I have. Also, there's a lot I have to get rid of. A couple of things I'm hoping to donate to the Church's Unifair, considering I've never worn them.
Making headway with the Barbara Streisand Memoir - which is well done. In it, she focuses heavily on her process, how she sings her songs, puts them together, gets her arrangements, and how the musical Funny Girl was put together. There's a lot of false information floating around regarding it - I know I read some of it online, and listened to it on Youtube.
According to Streisand, there were only four auditions, not twenty. Her manager says there were seven, she only remembers four. And feels seven is an exaggeration. Also only ten curtain calls, not twenty, which she also feels is a gross exaggeration.
The story behind the departure of Sydney Chaplin, her leading man (also the son of Charlie Chaplin) - is complicated, and not at all what some folks on Youtube think or various others. ( Read more... )
And she relates her meeting with Judy Garland - how famously they got along, and actually adored each other. Which makes sense - their acting and singing styles are very similar. They were also huge fans of each other's work. Both act their songs, and both are belters, with the ability to draw in an audience, and move an audience to tears. I actually cried during this segment of the audio book - because Garland died not long after they met and became best friends. They'd talk frequently. Then a mere year or so later, Garland died. It was devastating. When she sang with Garland on her show, Garland grabbed her hand and wouldn't let go. Garland also came up with the number. Garland drank this sweet wine, which she offered to Streisand, but Streisand didn't drink. The lines on that episode of the Garland Show weren't theirs but actually written by Mel Torme. Streisand states people think we didn't get along or were jealous of each other - and nothing could be further from the truth. They loved each other. And were fast friends, and supporters of each other's work. She said the thing about meeting famous people - is all they are is human beings like you. With the same foibles and issues.
This audiobook is really good. It has selections of her songs as well. She gives them as examples. So you hear the song People or snippet of it, and the song "Cry Me a River" showing how it works, or "Happy Days are Hear Again". Possibly the best Memoir I've listened to (or read) for that matter, and I've still 40 some hours to go.
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Television Shows
1. The Gilded Age Season 2 - this is boring. I kept going to sleep during it. It makes Downton Abbey relatively action packed by comparison.
I've decided to give up.
2. Great British Baking Show - the Early Seasons (It's on Roku, not Netflix), and I was watching the very first season, when they traveled about the country side. And only had ten contestants and let two people go each round, due to the fact that they were traveling around the countryside with their tents. It's also a lot rougher in regards to camera work inside the tent. And there's more focus on the history of cakes, cookies, etc in Britain and who invented them. (Which is fascinating. Did you know that cakes were basically created by women, when men stopped being the sole chefs in the kitchen? Also the biscuit (cookie in the US) was created when more people traveled, as a travel ready snack. And, apparently cakes were outlawed by the Puritans due to the view that sugar raised the blood and made people do nasty things. (I think they were afraid of diabetes?). And Queen Victoria created the multi-tiered wedding cake.)
I like the early seasons better than the later ones. And I'd not seen or found this one. Doesn't have that many commercials either - so quite watchable.
3. Fall of the House of Usher
The later episodes are better than the early ones. They are actually kind of scary. And kind of gruesome. Roderick Usher is being haunted by his children. Each killed in a different manner by the demon he and his sister made their devil's bargain with ages ago. A lot of Poe's work is threaded through the series.
I'm not sure the series completely works though. It's not quite clear what bargain Madeline and Roderick made with Verna, or why Verna is now collecting her lump of flesh. I'm hoping it will be revealed in the last episode. I've one to go.
Will state that Bruce Greenwood, Mary McConnell, and Mark Hamill are quite good in their roles, as is Carl Lumbly.
Ah, two days left. This six day break is flying by. Damn it. I wish work would fly by. It does when I'm busy and in the zone, not when I'm waiting for people to send me stuff and make up their minds.
Also, received the three new blouses that I'd purchased on Thursday night. Two are button down work blouses, the third is an exercise, around the apartment long-sleeved t-shirt. I was surprised I got them today - considering I purchased them online on Thursday.
After organizing the closet, I decided I definitely did not need more shirts or sweaters or pants, at the moment. I don't have much space for what I have. Also, there's a lot I have to get rid of. A couple of things I'm hoping to donate to the Church's Unifair, considering I've never worn them.
Making headway with the Barbara Streisand Memoir - which is well done. In it, she focuses heavily on her process, how she sings her songs, puts them together, gets her arrangements, and how the musical Funny Girl was put together. There's a lot of false information floating around regarding it - I know I read some of it online, and listened to it on Youtube.
According to Streisand, there were only four auditions, not twenty. Her manager says there were seven, she only remembers four. And feels seven is an exaggeration. Also only ten curtain calls, not twenty, which she also feels is a gross exaggeration.
The story behind the departure of Sydney Chaplin, her leading man (also the son of Charlie Chaplin) - is complicated, and not at all what some folks on Youtube think or various others. ( Read more... )
And she relates her meeting with Judy Garland - how famously they got along, and actually adored each other. Which makes sense - their acting and singing styles are very similar. They were also huge fans of each other's work. Both act their songs, and both are belters, with the ability to draw in an audience, and move an audience to tears. I actually cried during this segment of the audio book - because Garland died not long after they met and became best friends. They'd talk frequently. Then a mere year or so later, Garland died. It was devastating. When she sang with Garland on her show, Garland grabbed her hand and wouldn't let go. Garland also came up with the number. Garland drank this sweet wine, which she offered to Streisand, but Streisand didn't drink. The lines on that episode of the Garland Show weren't theirs but actually written by Mel Torme. Streisand states people think we didn't get along or were jealous of each other - and nothing could be further from the truth. They loved each other. And were fast friends, and supporters of each other's work. She said the thing about meeting famous people - is all they are is human beings like you. With the same foibles and issues.
This audiobook is really good. It has selections of her songs as well. She gives them as examples. So you hear the song People or snippet of it, and the song "Cry Me a River" showing how it works, or "Happy Days are Hear Again". Possibly the best Memoir I've listened to (or read) for that matter, and I've still 40 some hours to go.
***
Television Shows
1. The Gilded Age Season 2 - this is boring. I kept going to sleep during it. It makes Downton Abbey relatively action packed by comparison.
I've decided to give up.
2. Great British Baking Show - the Early Seasons (It's on Roku, not Netflix), and I was watching the very first season, when they traveled about the country side. And only had ten contestants and let two people go each round, due to the fact that they were traveling around the countryside with their tents. It's also a lot rougher in regards to camera work inside the tent. And there's more focus on the history of cakes, cookies, etc in Britain and who invented them. (Which is fascinating. Did you know that cakes were basically created by women, when men stopped being the sole chefs in the kitchen? Also the biscuit (cookie in the US) was created when more people traveled, as a travel ready snack. And, apparently cakes were outlawed by the Puritans due to the view that sugar raised the blood and made people do nasty things. (I think they were afraid of diabetes?). And Queen Victoria created the multi-tiered wedding cake.)
I like the early seasons better than the later ones. And I'd not seen or found this one. Doesn't have that many commercials either - so quite watchable.
3. Fall of the House of Usher
The later episodes are better than the early ones. They are actually kind of scary. And kind of gruesome. Roderick Usher is being haunted by his children. Each killed in a different manner by the demon he and his sister made their devil's bargain with ages ago. A lot of Poe's work is threaded through the series.
I'm not sure the series completely works though. It's not quite clear what bargain Madeline and Roderick made with Verna, or why Verna is now collecting her lump of flesh. I'm hoping it will be revealed in the last episode. I've one to go.
Will state that Bruce Greenwood, Mary McConnell, and Mark Hamill are quite good in their roles, as is Carl Lumbly.
Ah, two days left. This six day break is flying by. Damn it. I wish work would fly by. It does when I'm busy and in the zone, not when I'm waiting for people to send me stuff and make up their minds.