I memorized the third verse of “Shush shush Charlotte” by Serge Gainsbourg. There’s just one verse left to learn and I should have that done tomorrow.
I video-recorded about half my song practice and audio-recorded the whole rehearsal. I made a lot of mistakes and spent the first half-hour on three songs.
I weighed 85.4 kilos before breakfast.
Around midday I washed and scrubbed more of the floor to the left of the fridge. I finished removing most of the old glue that was still stuck on the floorboards that I’d scrubbed yesterday. Then I reached under the radiator to the wall behind it. I’ll give that part another scrub tomorrow before scrubbing the next seven dirty boards to the left.
I weighed 85.4 kilos before lunch. I had a slice of spelt bread with five-year-old cheddar and a glass of pomegranate lemonade.
In the afternoon I ventured out into the heat and took a bike ride downtown. It was a sweaty ride but not unbearable.
I weighed 84.6 kilos at 17:00.
I got caught up on my journal at 17:52.
I finished looking at the collection of torture clips on YouTube and settled on the clip from the Japanese film “Welcome to the Quiet Room”, which is the one I was drawn to in the first place. I downloaded it with 4K Downloader, then imported it into Windows Movie Maker. I published it there to change it into a compatible format and then imported the converted clip into my Movie Maker project of making a video for my song “Instructions for Electroshock Therapy.” I copied the clip to the end of the timeline and then removed everything but the parts that show the patient restrained. I’ll insert it into the main video tomorrow.
I worked on one of the poems from my series “My Blood in a Bug.”
I made pizza on a roti with four-cheese sauce, French fries, and extra old cheddar. I had it with a beer while watching six more episodes of the Aquaman cartoons from the 60s.
In story fifteen, Aquaman notices icebergs have drifted south and are melting, which will raise the sea level. It may mean the polar caps are melting, which would submerge all the continents. Aquaman and Aqualad head for the North Pole to investigate and find a ringed spherical spaceship using heat rings to melt icebergs. They are invaders from Saturn and their plan is to flood the earth before conquering it. Aquaman has sharks sever the cables that power the rings. The cables are now live wires and Aquaman’s pet walrus Tusky bites into one. Because of the electrical shock Tusky can’t let go as he is pulled up into the ship. The Saturnians send mini-subs to attack but Tusky hides in one of them. The subs shoot rings of light that are harder than steel. They surround Aquaman and trap him, then begin to shrink. But Tusky pulls a lever in the sub he’s in to turn off the rings. All but one sub is destroyed and when Aquaman opens it up he is surprised to see Tusky. Aquaman has whales ram the Saturnian ship and their leader decides to blast off back to Saturn.
In Story sixteen, the Brain wants to conquer Atlantis and from his underwater ship activates his sonic brainwave gun. When Aquaman comes to investigate the strange sub, several missiles are fired. Aquaman has whales and dolphins knock them off course. The Brain fires the sonic brainwave and takes control of the sea creatures. The Brain sends his minions to attack with ray guns but Aquaman, his sidekick, Tusky, and the seahorse steeds easily dismiss them. But Aquaman is stunned and Aqualad is captured and brainwashed to attack Aquaman until Tusky slaps him in the head with his tail and the mind control is broken. The Brain tries to turn his weapon on Atlantis but two whales ram his ship and it explodes.
In story seventeen, the Fisherman and his half-human-half-hammerhead minions plant a bomb in the Aquacave inside of the remote control that Aquaman uses for his ocean monitor. When Aquaman, Aqualad, and Tusky return to headquarters, Tusky senses something wrong with the remote and he grabs it to take it out of the cave. After the explosion they find Tusky buried in coral but safe. The Fishermen has his hammerheads attack Aquaman while he uses his sonic cannon to crack the dome around Atlantis. But Aquaman has two whale sharks destroy the cannon. Then the Fisherman uses his signature weapon, his fishing rod. Aquaman is snagged by the steel-hard line and so he has a giant clam come to sever it. The fisherman shoots a net at Aquaman but it is intercepted by a large tuna. They become tangled together and descend but only the tuna comes up.
In story eighteen, a villain named Mephisto, who wears a devil costume plots to drop a sleep gas ball into the machine that extracts oxygen from the sea and pipes it to Atlantis. His plan is to put the people of Atlantis to sleep and then conquer it. But Mephisto’s two marauders encounter Aqualad and Tusky, who take the sleep gas ball away from them. Aqualad is hit by a vibro-beam and a marauder grabs the sleep ball again. Aquaman stops the men but not before they drop the pill in the oxygen machine. Since the entrance to the machine is too small for Aquaman, Aqualad goes in to grab the ball before it dissolves. Aquaman destroys the minion ships and then goes after Mephisto. Mephisto aims to destroy the Atlantis dome with a vibro-beam, but Aquaman has a whale knock the gun out of commission. Mephisto catches Aquaman and Aqualad in a tangler net but a sawfish comes to free them. Aquaman has a whale ram Mephisto’s ship and it explodes.
In story nineteen, The Black Manta, Queen Vassa, and The Brain meet to plot combining their powers to defeat Aquaman. The Brain’s plan is for Vassa to attack Aquaman’s detection system, while Manta attacks Atlantis with his new gas weapon, and The Brain will destroy Aquaman. Vassa’s whale-sub shoots torpedoes at Aquaman and Aqualad. Aquaman destroys them by throwing hard water balls but Aqualad is stunned by an explosion. The whale sub retreats. Mera sends a message that Manta is attacking Atlantis with bubbles that burst into flames. Aquaman has dolphins come to catch the bubbles on their noses and divert them. Aqualad puts out the flames on the dome by having a lot of fish sweep past them twice. I don’t know what that was supposed to do. The Brain’s men stun Aquaman and capture him. The Brain plans to entomb Aquaman in a rock of salt. But Aquaman has a whale ram Brain’s ship and then Aquaman breaks out of the trap. Manta destroys Brain’s ship and then Vassa destroys Manta’s. Vassa gets away.
In story twenty, Mera and Aqualad are returning to headquarters when they see Torpedoman. Aqualad tells Mera to get Aquaman while he trails Torpedoman. But Mera sends Tusky to fetch Aquaman while she follows Aqualad. In an undersea junkyard Torpedoman meets two other metal villains, Magneto and Claw. They plot to defeat Aquaman together. When Aqualad sees them his seahorse steed is spooked and throws him. He hits his head on a rock and is stunned, but Mera sweeps down to save him. However, Claw captures both of them and they are imprisoned. When Aquaman comes, Torpedoman attacks him with a giant wrecking ball. Aquaman spins and creates a wave that sweeps Torpedoman away, then he rescues Mera and Aqualad. Octopuses cover Magneto in junk and he can’t get out. Aquaman defeats Claw simply by stretching his arm and snapping it back. Aquaman and his sidekick escape Torpedoman in a cave and when Torpedoman attacks, Aquaman pushes him into an endless maze of caverns that he won’t get out of.
Both Mera and Vassa were voiced by Diane Maddox.
The Aquaman series was developed by Lou Scheimer, who started out as a voice actor, beginning with the voice of N’Kima, Tarzan’s monkey companion in “Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle”. He co-produced the Star Trek animated series, for which he won a Daytime Emmy. He was executive producer of “He-Man and the Masters of the Universe” and also co-wrote the theme song. He did many of the voices for the shows he produced because voice actors were contractually obligated to do no more than three voices on a given episode.
Before bed, I checked for bedbugs and didn’t find any. If the pattern holds though I’ll find one next time.
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