I memorized the second verse of “L'homme de l'ombre” (The Man of the Shadows) by Serge Gainsbourg. There is only one verse remaining to nail down.
I weighed 85.05 kilos before breakfast, which is the lightest I’ve been in the morning since December 23.
Around midday I rode down to No Frills where I bought six bags of cherries, three bags of red grapes, a pack of raspberries, some bananas, a sack of potatoes, a pack of three rib steaks, dental floss, spoon size shredded wheat, low sugar iced tea, two containers of skyr and a bag of Miss Vickie’s chips.
I weighed 85.4 kilos at 14:24. January 8 was the last time it was that low. For lunch I had saltines with five-year-old cheddar and a glass of low sugar iced tea.
I took a siesta and got up too late to take a bike ride.
I weighed 85.2 kilos at 16:51.
I was caught up in my journal at 18:21.
I made about four more frames for my second rainbow wave animation. A couple more and I’ll upload the recent ones to my “Seven Shades of Blues” Movie Maker project to see if I’ve made enough.
I reviewed the song practice videos of my performances of “Annie C’s Aniseed Suckers” and “Les Sucettes” from September 28 to October 5. I played “Annie C’s Aniseed Suckers” on my Martin Road Series acoustic guitar on September 28 and October 2. Both times the final takes weren’t bad. I played it with my Gibson Les Paul Studio electric guitar on September 30 and October 4. On September 30 the take at 36:00 had some errors. On October 4 the take at 17:30 didn’t sound bad. I played “Les Sucettes” with the Gibson on September 29 and October 3. On September 20 the take at 33:30 sounded okay but there were some wrong chords. On October 3 the take at 17:45 wasn’t wonderful. On October 5 I played it on my Kramer electric guitar and the take at 33:00 didn’t sound horrible. On October 1 I played it on the Martin and the take at 30:30 was okay.
I made pizza on a slice of multigrain sandwich bread with Italian sausage sauce, sautéed onions, my last burger sliced and five-year-old cheddar. I had it with a beer while watching season 2, episode 41 of Batman.
This is continued from episode 40. Robin has been given Cataphrenic, a drug that reverses one’s personality so that now he is a criminal in the service of Catwoman. He has helped in the capture of Batman who is now tied to the floor with a large blade suspended above him by a rope that Robin is slowly cutting. Catwoman offers Batman the option of also taking Cataphrenic and joining her. He only agrees in order to prevent Robin from having a murder charge on his head. He asks if he can take a headache pill before she administers the drug. She says okay because she thinks all men are hypochondriacs but it’s fairly obvious he is taking an antidote. He pretends to be affected and behaves the opposite of his personality. He calls her Catbaby. They drive in the Batmobile across the bridge to Short Island Sound to the Old Criminals Home. In this universe, with Gotham as a parallel New York, New Guernsey is the parallel of New Jersey and Short Island is the parallel of Long Island. Commissioner Gordon has just heard that Batman has turned criminal and sends out an all points bulletin that he is wanted dead or alive. That seems harsh since all they’ve seen is Catwoman riding in the Batmobile with Batman, which in itself wouldn’t even prove that Batman has gone bad and he certainly has yet to commit any crime, let alone endangered the public. At the Old Criminals Home Catwoman and Batman go to see Little Al. They give him the $1 million and he gives her the map of the Gotham Mint. An anonymous tip gives Gordon the address of the Catlair. Meanwhile at the Catlair Pussycat is alone, holding a picture of Robin and singing “Maybe Now” by Lesley and Michael Gore. Then Robin emerges from his bedroom and asks for a smooch. She says, “I don’t even know you”. He tells her that kissing is great way to get acquainted. She says she’s not the type of girl to kiss on the first crime. They are about to kiss when Gordon arrives to arrest them. Catwoman and Batman watch the arrest from the bushes outside. They need a place to lie low until morning when they rob the mint so Catwoman gets Batman to concentrate to try to remember where the Bat Cave is and he does. When she’s not looking he sprays her with Bat Gas and then with waking gas when they get to the Bat Cave. Commissioner Gordon does something he’s never tried before and puts a trace on the Bat Phone. An alarm goes off in the Batcave and Batman reroutes the signal so that Gordon traces it to the address of Pat Pending the inventor. In a ridiculous scene Gordon and O’Hara burst in to arrest Pat as Batman even though he is a pudgy old man. They also think his 35 year old assistant Rudy is Robin. Before Batman and Catwoman leave the Batcave, Batman leaves a note under a vial for Alfred. The message is to take the antidote to Robin at police headquarters. The next morning Catwoman, Batman and the tabbies are gathered outside the mint. The map shows a secret entrance that looks like part of the wall. Catwoman hits it with a hammer and it falls open. Inside, Catwoman blows the safe with a noiseless explosive called Silentmite. From inside the safe emerges Robin, no longer under the influence of Cataphrenic. Batman reveals that he was never under its influence because of the pill he took beforehand. Catwoman has her men attack while she escapes in the Batmobile. Batman and Robin pursue her in a police car and Batman gives Robin a remote control device to manipulate the Batmobile and make it slow down. She pulls into a warehouse on the waterfront and climbs the stairs to the roof. Batman follows on foot. She calls from the roof that he’ll have to come and get her. She says he’ll never catch her alive. She runs across the roof to a ladder leading to a higher roof and then to another that looks down onto the West River (parallel of New York’s East River). She says she could swim for it but he says she’d never survive the fall. She says anything’s better than another stint in prison. He says he’ll do everything he can to rehabilitate her. She says “Marry me”. He says “Everything except that”. He says a wife would impair his crime fighting. She says she could help him and be invaluable as a former criminal. He asks “What about Robin?” She looks disgusted and says, “Robin? Oh, I’ve got it. We’ll kill him”. Batman says “I see you’re not ready for life in society”. She says “I guess you’re right”, then falls backward into the river. Batman takes out his Batkerchief to dry his tears.
Catwoman’s tabby henchman Spade was played by Jock Gaynor, who began as a pitcher in minor league baseball. He started in show business as a set designer. In his TV debut he played Deputy Heck Martin in the first season of Outlaws. He played Dr. William Scott on the soap opera The Doctors. His only starring role was in the 1974 horror film The Deathhead Virgin.
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