On
Thursday morning I didn't notice that it was any easier to walk or stand than
it had been on Wednesday but Wednesday had been an improvement on Tuesday. I
was okay with a plateau for a day or so as long as it wasn't getting worse.
I finished working out the chords
for “J’entend des voix off” (I Hear Them Mouth Off) by Serge Gainsbourg and ran
through the song in French and English.
I worked on updating my journal.
I had roasted peanuts and yogourt
for lunch.
I worked more on my journal.
Since I would have to work that
night and there would be no time to cook dinner at the usual time I started
grilling pork ribs in the early afternoon.
I turned the oven off when I took a
siesta and then flipped the ribs and turned the oven back on. I also boiled my
last potato.
I worked for Yang Cao at OCADU. They
were working on portraiture and so I didn't have to bother to take my clothes
off, which is better for a night class because then it doesn't take me as long
to leave and get home.
Yang seemed frustrated that his
students are not understanding alignment. He told them they'd better learn it
now before the bad habits become ingrained.
I got caught up on my journal.
About a third of Yang’s students are
Chinese and when he instructs them one on one he speaks in their common
language. He seems friendlier and smiles more when he's speaking Chinese.
Yang plays generic soft jazz in the
background while he’s teaching and only one student was listening with
headphones to her own music.
Yang let me off five minutes early
and I was out of there before the half hour.
It was biting cold when I left the
college. On the way home the freeze was burning my face and pinching my
nostrils.
I had a late dinner of a potato,
pork ribs and gravy while watching Zorro.
In this story Sgt Garcia returns to
Los Angeles after having been away for two weeks. He had ridden to escort Padre
Simeon back from the port on his return from Spain. The padre had gone to Spain
to collect a sacred golden chalice for his church. But on returning they find
that much of Los Angeles including the garrison has been quarantined because of
a measles epidemic. The only soldier not infected is Corporal Reyes and so he
has to live in a small tent outside of the garrison gate. That means that the
very large Sergeant Garcia has to share the tent, which pushes Reyes outside.
During the day Garcia forces Reyes to parade by himself in preparation for the
upcoming annual military day. Meanwhile the padre comes home and proudly shows
his servant Carlos the chalice. Carlos however is a reformed criminal and he
has a relapse upon seeing the golden object. He forces the padre into a cabinet
and locks it. Then he puts a measles quarantine sign on the door of Simeon's
home and makes off with the chalice. When Diego comes to see the padre he finds
it strange that the priest would have contracted measles so quickly after
returning to Los Angeles. He ignores the quarantine sign and goes inside to
find the padre still alive but weak from lack of oxygen. When Diego learns that
Carlos has stolen the chalice Zorro pursues him and finds him in a foundry
about to melt the chalice down. Because Simeon had put so much faith in Carlos,
Zorro does not treat him as he does his usual opponents and rather appeals to
his conscience. Carlos attacks and Zorro evades Carlos, flips him and lightly
fights with him until Carlos finally agrees to return the chalice. Zorro lets
him go but makes sure that Carlos sees that he is still being watched. Carlos
returns the chalice.
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