I finished working out the chords for “Amour jamais” (“No More Romance”) by Serge Gainsbourg. I ran through singing and playing it in English and French. It’s ready now to be uploaded to my Christian’s Translations blog.
I played my Gibson Les Paul Studio electric guitar during song practice for the second of two sessions and it still sounded great.
I weighed 85.65 kilos before breakfast.
Around midday I started packing up my laundry and it was already after 13:00 when I headed for the laundromat. While my stuff was in the wash I went home and shaved. While my things were in the dryer I went home and showered. It was already after 15:00 when I got my clean and dry clothing and bedding home.
I weighed 85.45 kilos at 15:30, which is the lightest I’ve been in the early afternoon since December 13. For a late lunch I had a toasted Montreal style bagel with Dijon, salami, five-year-old cheddar, and a glass of low sugar iced tea.
When I got up at 18:00 it was too late to take a bike ride.
I weighed 85.7 kilos at 18:15. That’s the most it’s been in the evening since December 16.
I was caught up in my journal at 19:00.
I finished frame 9 of my second rainbow wave animation and started on frame 10.
I published my Movie Maker project for the acoustic version of my song “Vomit of the Star eater” and uploaded it to You Tube. Next I’ll start a project for my electric version.
My daughter received the humidifier that I bought from Best Buy online two weeks ago. I thought for sure that order was lost and so yesterday I bought another and sent it by mail. I think she can use two and so that’s fine.
I made pizza on two halves of my last Montreal style bagel with a slice of salami over each hole, Italian sausage pasta sauce, and five-year-old cheddar. I had them with a beer while watching season 1, episodes 25 and 26 of Batman.
In episode 25, the Joker robs a furrier shop full of wealthy customers. He has his men fire his trademark confetti at them, wrapping them up in festive ribbons. He uses a magnet to steal the pins from the hair of the wife of Belmont the banker. Commissioner Gordon learns of this and also that Joker has stolen a hole from a golf green. He calls Batman. While Batman is on his way there a package arrives at Gordon’s office. Batman has everyone stand behind the Batshield while he opens it. It is an inflating genie and a recording of Joker’s voice. He tells a joke: “Did you hear what the maid said when the duchess asked her if she’d given the goldfish fresh water? No, he still hasn’t used up the water he had yesterday”. The golf course theft makes Batman think it has something to do with the Maharaja of Nimpa and his solid gold bejewelled gold clubs. He has just arrived today and plans on playing golf with the Gotham mayor at the Winni Coto Country Club. Batman and Robin arrive at the country club and observe the Maharaja’s game from a distance. After he sinks a putt, knockout gas emerges from the hole. The Joker’s men steal the golden clubs and then they steal the maharaja. He is loaded into a van and the Batmobile follows but the van disappears on the golf green. All they find is a toy version of the van and inside is a note from Joker: “Did you hear about the kid who wanted to sell his dog for $50,000? He traded it for two $25,000 cats but you can’t make that deal for the maharaja because we have plenty of cats. Batman thinks it could be the abandoned refinery Katz Katz and Katz. They go there and enter the spooky place. After a while they hear the Joker’s laugh. They see him playing cards with his thugs. They burst in but Joker is protected by impenetrable glass. Batman and Robin are caught off guard and tied up. Joker and his men want to kill the heroes right away but as usual, the girl in the gang, this one is Jill, is sympathetic towards Batman. The female criminals of this fictional universe seem to be inherently good. The Joker agrees to give the dynamic duo a sporting chance. They are placed at the bottom of an oubliette with poison gas rising from below. That’s the cliffhanger.
In episode 26, Batman and Robin are at the bottom of a pit with poison gas slowly rising. They press themselves back to back and begin to walk up the side of the wall. I remember being very impressed with this escape when I was eleven and after all these years it’s the one that comes the most to mind when I think of the Batman’s escapes in this TV series. When Joker sees them getting away he and his gang escape as well. Back at the Batcave Batman analyzes the traces of gas from the golf hole and when he finds out what kind of gas it is he says it is only available at the Ferguson Novelty and Magician’s Supply. They go there as Bruce Wayne and Dick Grayson. Dick asks the clerk about the sign advertizing a “one way glass reversing refractor”. She explains that it’s a prism, which when placed flush against a one way glass will by refraction enable one to look through the one way glass in the direction opposite to the one for which it was designed. Bruce tries it out on the wall mirror and sees Joker’s men and the maharaja on the other side. Later Batman deduces that the underground prison room must be under the hill behind the Ferguson Building. Batman says that he saw a large grill in the back when he looked through the refractor. He concludes that it is part of the ventilation system. He then calculates where in the hills such a system would end. He then goes there and they slide down the shaft to Joker’s hideout. The big fight occurs while confetti flies everywhere. Joker’s gangsters are beaten but Joker and Jill get away. There is no trace of the maharaja. Batman calls Gordon who has been holding off on notifying Washington about the maharaja’s abduction. He reports that there has yet been a ransom demand. While they are talking the Joker calls and it is arranged for Batman and Joker to talk. Joker puts the maharaja on the line. The maharaja says he will cash the ransom cheque himself for half a million. Batman says he wants no part of it but the Joker tells him that he has to be there to endorse the cheque, otherwise no maharaja. Batman gives in and says he’ll do it the next morning at Gotham City State Bank. The next day the maharaja arrives without the Joker. The money is there and Batman endorses the cheque. Batman wonders why the maharaja is going to give Joker the money even though he is already free. The maharaja says he made a bargain with the Joker and it is a matter of honour to fulfill his part of it. While they are talking, Batman secretly pokes a long dagger into the maharaja’s robes. It goes a long distance before pricking him and suddenly Batman and Robin attack the maharaja and his men and confetti stuffing comes flying out of the maharaja’s robes. Finally it is revealed that the maharaja is really the Joker in disguise and always has been. They have never been seen together. A while ago Batman called Nimpah and found that the real maharaja is on a hunting trip.
Jill was played by Jane Wald, who studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. Her film debut was a small part in What a Way to Go in 1964. She became known as a Hollywood glamour girl and made appearances as eye candy in a few films such as Dear Brigitte and Under the Yum Yum Tree. She did not get a chance to show off any acting talent in any films. She turned Playboy Magazine down three times. In retrospect she regretted not having taken advantage of her body.
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