On
Wednesday morning I finished working out the chords for “Les beaux lolos de
Lolas” (Lola’s pretty titties) by Serge Gainsbourg and posted it on Christian’s
Translations.
I continued typing and researching
my lecture notes. The more I research the things my professor and TA say the
less confidence I have in their abilities as teachers.
I washed another section of my
bedroom floor under the antique dresser in the northeast corner. By
coincidence, in one more session there I’ll be done with the bedroom floor and
there’s also only one left for the kitchen hallway.
For lunch I had a toasted ham and
cheese sandwich.
In the afternoon I did my exercises
while listening to Amos and Andy. This story begins with Sapphire insisting
that Kingfish buy her a new Easter outfit. He goes to the lodge to look through
the unclaimed items drawer to see if there’s anything he can pawn. He finds a
pistol but since he might not be able to get much for it in a pawnshop he tries
to convince Andy that there’s an axe murderer loose in Harlem and he has the
authority to deputize Andy. He swears Andy in and gives him the gun but asks
for $80 for the license. Andy doesn’t take the bait. Kingfish goes to a local
pawnshop where a nervous clerk is about to close. He says to her, “I have a gun
and I want some money” but the clerk faints in fear. Kingfish leaves, the clerk
comes to and immediately calls the police with Kingfish’s description. When
Kingfish hears the cops are after him he tells Sapphire he’s leaving town but
Sapphire calls the police because she doesn’t want him living as a fugitive. In
court Kingfish gets off because he didn’t steal anything from the store after
the clerk fainted. Sapphire feels bad because he’d done it all to buy her an
Easter outfit. He comes home with a lot of parcels from a big clothing store
and Sapphire is excited but he bought an Easter outfit for himself.
I finished typing my lecture notes
and posted my blog.
For dinner I had the last quarter of
the pizza I’d made last Saturday with a beer while watching an episode of
Zorro. This story begins a new and introduces an extremely flamboyant new
female character. Theresa is a tamale peddler with an over the top personality
in the plaza. She hawks her wares with a song and Sgt Garcia sings along but
then tells her that he’s been ordered to tell all the peddlers that they have
to close down their stands for good at sundown. Theresa attacks Garcia. Diego
breaks it up and Garcia explains that the new governor of Monterrey wants all
of the stands shut down. Theresa's boyfriend Joaquin arrives and pulls a knife
on Garcia because he thinks he's been involved in the brutal activities of the
special detail of soldiers that the governor has dispatched. The sp0ecial
soldiers come and begin tearing down the stands. When they get to Theresa’s
stand she attacks them and is arrested. Bernardo knocks Joaquin out to keep him
out of trouble. Diego talks with Governor Rico who claims that letting the
peasants sell their wares in the plaza invites criminality. He won’t budge but
allows Diego to pay Theresa’s fine. Garcia and Reyes tell Diego that these new
especiales are the scum of the garrison. Reyes is very unhappy with the
situation and wants to go back to Los Angeles. Later Joachim bumps into one of
the especiales and is told to get out of the way. When he won’t back down a
group of them beat him up and put him in solitary confinement. They won’t allow
Diego to pay his fine until he has been whipped at dawn. Zorro comes that night
and rescues him. Joachim shoots one of the especiales before escaping because
he is about to shoot Zorro. Zorro takes Joachim to the hills and tells him to
stay there.
Theresa is played by, actor, singer
and Star Trek alumnus Barbara Luna.
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