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6 Tevet/23 December, 2009
Dec. 23rd, 2009 10:18 pmMy grandmother’s surgery went well –she had a valve replaced and a bypass too. Papa was pretty much pacing until the doctor called after 3.
Today is Mama’s 53rd birthday. I got her a CD of classical music arranged in special de-stressing way (I found it in SoHo) and a CD of Shostakovich’s Jazz suites. She always criticizes all the presents, no matter what we give her, so we just ignore that part. Papa gave her a biography of a famous Russian actress and they bought a new wedding band earlier this week that is all shiny. In the evening we had a small festive dinner with shrimp, Russian salad etc with a really good cake. Unlike last year, where we spent her birthday in Manhattan, this time we just stayed home.
The doctor I went to Monday called me this morning, turns out it wasn’t an infection after all; I guess antibiotics are for fun of it. I still need to finish them, though. If some of my symptoms won’t subside I might need a referral to a specialist next week. We’ll see how it goes.
Ciaran Hinds is playing Aberforth in the “Deathly Hollows.” I find that really exciting. He is always interesting – from when he was Caesar in “Rome” to “Persuasion” to “Mayor of Casterbridge” to “Jane Eyre.” Too bad he doesn’t have any scenes with Alan Rickman, that would have been fun.
I am almost done with “Into the Forest” book, I’ve been dragging my heels on it lately – it sort of lost me half way through. I need an interesting book to read, something to be excited about but with Christmas and New Year coming up I know I’ll get some books as presents. Papa always has an interesting pick for New Year’s present. I think when next year starts I’ll start on “Paradise Lost” again, as per 5770 plan.
I bought another song on iTunes today, "No I Don't Remember" by Anna Ternheim. It was on the last "Dollhouse" episode. Just as I bought a song from "Dollhouse" last week. I end up really liking the music montages lately.
Today is Mama’s 53rd birthday. I got her a CD of classical music arranged in special de-stressing way (I found it in SoHo) and a CD of Shostakovich’s Jazz suites. She always criticizes all the presents, no matter what we give her, so we just ignore that part. Papa gave her a biography of a famous Russian actress and they bought a new wedding band earlier this week that is all shiny. In the evening we had a small festive dinner with shrimp, Russian salad etc with a really good cake. Unlike last year, where we spent her birthday in Manhattan, this time we just stayed home.
The doctor I went to Monday called me this morning, turns out it wasn’t an infection after all; I guess antibiotics are for fun of it. I still need to finish them, though. If some of my symptoms won’t subside I might need a referral to a specialist next week. We’ll see how it goes.
Ciaran Hinds is playing Aberforth in the “Deathly Hollows.” I find that really exciting. He is always interesting – from when he was Caesar in “Rome” to “Persuasion” to “Mayor of Casterbridge” to “Jane Eyre.” Too bad he doesn’t have any scenes with Alan Rickman, that would have been fun.
I am almost done with “Into the Forest” book, I’ve been dragging my heels on it lately – it sort of lost me half way through. I need an interesting book to read, something to be excited about but with Christmas and New Year coming up I know I’ll get some books as presents. Papa always has an interesting pick for New Year’s present. I think when next year starts I’ll start on “Paradise Lost” again, as per 5770 plan.
I bought another song on iTunes today, "No I Don't Remember" by Anna Ternheim. It was on the last "Dollhouse" episode. Just as I bought a song from "Dollhouse" last week. I end up really liking the music montages lately.
