You are worth your weight in gold, you are worth your weight in sorrow, baby

[sovay]

Guess who has two thumbs and parents who gave them a book on Dorothy Arzner for their birthday?



Strictly speaking, I also have a book on Norman Bel Geddes and several cards and an IOU from my brother and his family for the original cast recording of Gian Carlo Menotti's The Consul (1950). It was a quiet day, which was not a bad thing after the intensity of the weekend. We had dinner with my family, surf and/or turf as was variously preferred; I had lobster Madison-style, which means I tore it satisfyingly apart with my bare hands. My mother baked a hazelnut-flour cake and my brother layered it with whipped cream and raspberries. My father took the back off Bertie Owen and blew out his fan with a can of compressed air and a dramatic clog of cat fur shot out, which explains the overheating. I just have to survive the work week until Friday, when a college friend has bought me birthday tickets to Les contes d'Hoffmann at the Met. I don't know how the year is going to go, but I am doing my best to be here.

Comments

[thisbluespirit]

Aww, it all sounds v nice. I'm glad to hear it.

[shewhomust]

You look very contented! And I'm glad Bertie Owen has coughed up his furball.

[lilysea]

Guess who has two thumbs

I'd never heard this phrase before Dreamwidth. Do you know where it comes from? ^_^

[asakiyume]

Some people's parents understand their offspring pretty well ;-)

One of the best lines in "Shampoo," btw.

[cmcmck]

Reading! Such a great position to be in.

Also, nice to put face to username! :o)

[gwynnega]

Yay Dorothy Arzner book! I'm glad your dad was able to fix Bertie.

[pameladean]

That's an absolutely lovely photo, but I can't help feeling that it is missing a cat.

I'm very glad Bertie Owen could be cured with comparative ease.

P.

[dooriya]

happy belated! sounds like it was tasty :)

[heliopausa]

Lovely! The photo, and the description of all the gifts and goodnesses, and especially your closing resolution! :)

[a_reasonable_man]

Somehow or other I lost track of your birthday, which is an unreasonable thing to have done. Happy unbirthday, or recent post birthday, or day before Friday the 13th!