On Sunday morning in my Christian’s Translations blog I published “Time Goes By”, my translation of “Le temps passe” by Boris Vian. I might have time to post the lyrics on Facebook tomorrow.
I memorized the fourth verse of “La main du masseur” (The Hand of the Masseur) by Serge Gainsbourg and worked on revising my translation.
I played my Gibson Les Paul Studio electric guitar during song practice and it sounded good. I wish it had sounded that good when I was recording in the fall.
I weighed 86.7 kilos before breakfast, which is the heaviest I’ve been in the morning since January 19.
Last night I fell asleep at the computer for two hours and so it was too late before bed to get caught up in my journal. Today at midday I worked on that instead of trying to fill holes and cracks in my bathroom. I think I need to wait until the snow melts on the deck before I bring the ladder in anyway, since last time I spent half the time clearing the snow off and mopping the melted snow from the floor.
I weighed 87 kilos before lunch. That’s the most it’s been in the early afternoon since January 6. I had whole wheat saltines with five-year-old cheddar and a glass of low sugar iced tea.
In the afternoon the roads were still too snowy for bike riding and so I stayed home.
I weighed 87.3 kilos at 16:30. November 27 was the last time it was that high in the evening. Since I haven’t been able to ride my bike downtown and back because of the snow I notice my weight gradually increasing.
I was caught up on my journal at 18:40.
I converted the Woodstock documentary to WMV and imported it to Movie Maker. To-morrow I’ll edit out everything but the girl with the rainbow umbrella at the end.
I wanted to make a small video of parts of season 3, episode 2 of Batman that feature Batgirl. The downloaded file was in MKV but Total Video Converter wouldn’t convert it so I had to convert it to WMV in Cloud Convert.
I reviewed the song practice videos of my acoustic performances of “Sixteen Tons of Dogma” on September 3 and 4. On both days I started out with the Gibson electric but broke strings and so I had to switch to acoustic. On September 3 the take at 18:00 had fumbles but I didn’t start again and just played through. On September 4, after 20 minutes I was still redoing takes and left off for dinner at 36 minutes into the video.
I made pizza on a slice of multigrain sandwich bread with Bolognese sauce, parmesan, oven fries, and five-year-old cheddar. I had it with a beer while watching season 3, episode 3 of Batman.
At the end of episode 2, Lorelei Circe the Siren had just used her siren song to take control of the mind of Commissioner Gorden and now he is her willing slave. She has him call Batman and have him meet him in Barbara Gordon’s apartment. Batman and Robin go there and when Robin questions the location Bruce reminds him that they are duly deputized minions of the law and they don’t question where their superior orders them to go. This is the first time Gordon is referred to as outranking Batman. At Barbara’s apartment, Chief O’Hara has also come looking for Gordon. But meanwhile in the parking garage below, Circe and Gordon are lurking around the Batmobile. She reminds him that his primary mission is to discover the location of the Batcave and the identities of Batman and Robin because that will render them powerless. Meanwhile Batman and Robin leave Barbara’s apartment. Soon after that O’Hara leaves and says he’ll call if he hears anything. She says she’ll get the message even if she’s out and shows him the super modern technology of the answering machine attached to her phone. She says it will answer with a recording of her voice. Then she adds that she’s glad it won’t be Lorelei Circe’s voice because then all the windows would break. Barbara has to explain to O’Hara that Circe is a world famous chanteuse now appearing in Gotham. She says she has a range of seven octaves and can sing notes only dogs can hear. Barbara remembers that Lorelei was a mythological siren in German lore, then associates her with Siren who she met in the Riddler’s lair. She read that Circe is staying at the Grotto Arms and as Barbara changes to Batgirl we hear a new song by Billy May, “Batgirl, Batgirl, where do you come from where do you go? What is your scene baby we just gotta know. Batgirl, Batgirl, are you a chick who fell in from outer space or are you real with a tender warm embrace. Whose baby are you Batgirl?” The lyrics seem out of place. Later Circe is in her grotto with her two henchmen. She says “Evil is what makes the world go round and I want to be evil. I want to become the wickedest woman”. Batman and Robin arrive in the Batcave and go upstairs to Wayne Manor for lunch while Alfred remains in the cave doing some dusting. While he’s doing that Gordon emerges from the trunk. This isn’t the first time someone has hidden in the Batmobile trunk. First of all why isn’t it locked like it is for most cars. The last time it happened the Batmobile had an alarm that notified Batman and Robin that someone was in the trunk. So anyway Gordon gets out and approaches Alfred. He recognizes him as Bruce Wayne’s butler but when he speaks he also recognizes his voice from the Batphone. He concludes that Bruce Wayne must be Batman and is just about to call Circe to tell her when Alfred gives him a 12 hour dose of Bat Sleep. He then takes him upstairs to show Bruce and Dick what has occurred. Meanwhile Circe is about to make a call as Batgirl spies on her from above and when she learns her plans to take control of Bruce Wayne and his fortune, she leaves. Circe calls Bruce and sings to him, immediately placing him in a trance. She orders him to go to his office at the Wayne Foundation. Dick is about to follow when the Batphone rings. He answers as Robin and it’s Batgirl calling from Gordon’s office. She tells him about Siren’s power and her plans for Bruce Wayne. He says to meet her at the Wayne Foundation. Later at the Wayne Foundation Bruce opens his safe for Circe and gives her all of his valuables. Then he begins to sign away his entire fortune to her. Batgirl and Robin arrive and Circe uses her siren call but it doesn’t work on women and Robin is wearing earplugs. She tells them she now owns the building and orders them off the premises. Bruce confirms that she is the new owner and so Batgirl and Robin have no choice but to leave. On the way out however Robin plants a listening device. As for Bruce, since he is now penniless he is useless to her now and so she orders him to leap off the roof. Robin and Batgirl have heard this and head for the roof. Just as Bruce is about to step off, Robin swings in front of him to push him away from the edge. Batgirl and Robin fight Circe’s men, then Circe tells Bruce to fight Batgirl and Robin. Bruce takes a swing at Robin and so Robin punches him. He falls against Circe and knocks her off the edge so that she is now barely hanging on. She asks for help and Robin grabs her wrists but asks why he should help her. She says she might be able to sing an antidote note three octaves above high C but no one has ever done it and her voice would be gone. She says she’d rather die and so he lets go but then she says she’d rather live and will try it. He pulls her up and she sings the note that brings Bruce to normal. She signs Bruce’s fortune back to him. Later Gordon is revived in his office and remembers nothing about Batman and Robin’s identities. Later still in the Batcave, the newly developed Criminal Sensor Bat Indicator plays Penguin’s laugh, indicating that the next adversary will be Penguin. We see Penguin calling a woman with a parasol. She is Lola Lasagna and she is entering her horse in the Wayne Foundation handicap. But that’s for next episode.
Circe was played by the great Dame Joan Collins, who made her theatrical debut at the age of 9. At 16 she began training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts. She made her film debut in the short film Facts and Fancies and her feature film debut in Lady Godiva Rides Again. After appearing as juvenile delinquent Norma Hart in I Believe in You she was hailed as Britain’s new bad girl and started getting high profile offers. Her first Hollywood film was a co-starring role in The Virgin Queen. She co-starred in The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing, Land of the Pharaohs, Fear in the Night, Dark Places, Cosh Boy, Turn the Key Softly, The Square Ring, Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism, and The Loss Adjustor. She starred in Judgement Deferred, Our Girl Friday, The Good Die Young, The Opposite Sex, Sea Wife, The Wayward Bus, Stopover Tokyo, The Bravados, Rally Round the Flag Boys, Seven Thieves, The Road to Hong Kong, Hard Time for Princes, Warning Shot, Subterfuge, Can Hieronymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humpe and Find True Happiness?, Up in the Cellar, Revenge, Quest For Love, Alfie Darling, Zero to Sixty, Empire of the Ants, Esther and the King, I Don’t Want to Be Born, The Big Sleep, Game for Vultures, Sunburn, Nutcracker, Decadence, and The Time of Their Lives. In 1960 she was one of 20th Century Fox’s biggest stars but she left when they gave Elizabeth Taylor the role of Cleopatra over her. She co-starred as Edith Keeler in one of the most remembered Star Trek episodes The City on the Edge of Forever. She starred in The Stud and its sequel The Bitch. She is nicknamed “The British Open” because of her lack of inhibition. When she was cast as Alexis Carington in the second season of Dynasty she elevated the show to number one, won a Golden Globe, and became a household name. At the age of 50 she posed for a 12 page spread in Playboy Magazine. She toured with two one woman shows. She was made a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2015 and said it was the greatest moment of her life. She said “The problem with beauty is that it’s like being born rich and getting poorer”. She said James Dean was not good looking in real life and he was nervous like a better looking Woody Allen. She writes columns and diaries for various papers and magazines. Her younger sister was the best selling author Jackie Collins.
