I played my Gibson Les Paul Studio during song practice and the B string went out of tune constantly the way my Martin used to before I got it re-fretted.
I weighed 86.35 kilos before breakfast.
Around midday I finished applying the third and final coat of primer in my bathroom. The six metal shelf brackets could use another coat but I want to prime my mirror frame, my lazy Susan, and my rack first. I think I have enough primer left. But first I have a few other things to do. I need to get two front tooth fillings fixed, get my motorcycle jacket repaired, and buy two filters for my humidifier. Then I’ll get some glue to repair my mirror frame.
I weighed 86.95 kilos at 14:30. I had whole wheat saltines with five-year-old cheddar and a glass of iced tea.
In the afternoon I took a bike ride downtown and back. I was at Yonge and College when the red turned to green and I started my first pedal. At that moment a guy just stepped in front of me crossing Yonge against the red light and I bumped into him. He just said, “I’m so sorry! I got off on the wrong side.” No kidding.
I weighed 87 kilos at 18:15.
I was caught up in my journal at 19:36.
In the Movie Maker project to create a video for the studio recording of my song “Paranoiac Utopia” I started replacing the sections that I’d partitioned yesterday of the concert video with sections of the exact same duration from my August 22 video. In the concert video there are people accompanying me whereas in the studio recording I’m alone. So all of the parts where I’m not shown alone have to be replaced. I added about five parts of the August 22 video and so far it’s working out very satisfyingly.
I uploaded my Élisa (Gibson electric) video to YouTube. Tomorrow I’ll start an October 5 Song Practice Movie Maker project.
I made pizza on a slice of multigrain sandwich bread with marinara sauce, basil pesto, two sliced cheddar sausages, and five-year-old cheddar. I had it with a beer while watching episode 8 of Checkmate.
A man climbs a fire escape to enter the bedroom of Angela Kendricks. She wakes to see him going through her drawers and she screams. He escapes with her wallet, which contains her only picture of her late husband Paul. The next night she is walking home from work at a beauty salon when the same man is on the roof of a condemned building and knocks a piece of it down to narrowly miss her. She is so shaken by these two experiences that her colleagues call Checkmate. Jed takes the case and meets with Angela. She says her husband was in the Marines and was killed in a munitions explosion in Japan. She was only married to him for a few days before they sent him overseas with the 6th Marine. Nine months later she had a baby. She received a telegram from the Marine Corps notifying her of his death. She rents a room from Mr. and Mrs. Nelson and they care of her baby while she is working. The next day Jed learns that there is no record of a Paul Kendricks being in the 6th Marine. When Dr. Hyatt digs deeper he finds that there is not even anyone in the entire Marine Corps with that name. That night Angela sees a man looking through her window and immediately leaves with the baby. She goes to Checkmate where Hyatt volunteers to put her up and to take care of the baby with the help of his houseboy. Since the only things stolen from Angela are items that connect her with her husband and with no record of Paul’s existence, let alone his death. Jed, Don, and Hyatt suggest there is a strong possibility that Angela’s husband is still alive and is responsible for the thefts. They ask for Angela to act as bait to flush out whoever is behind this. The next night she goes to her favourite Chinese restaurant in her neighbourhood and is approached by a man named Hal Smith who claims to have been a friend of her husband. Meanwhile Jed is sitting at the bar and listening as well as he can. Hal says he has some books and records that belonged to Paul. He invites her to come with him now to retrieve them. She nervously plays along and leaves with him while Jed follows. Hal tries to force Angela into his car but Jed stops him and takes him to the police. Jed and Don search Hal’s place and find a locker key. They track down the locker and inside discover a bag containing all the items that he stole from Angela. Hyatt analyzes the death notice that was sent to Angela and it's a forgery. They learn that Hal Smith was a company clerk with the Marines and had access to official stationary. Don shows one of the Marines at the 6th the photo of Paul Kendricks and he recognizes the man as Vincent Carr. Vince had a wealthy oilman for a father but tried to keep it a secret. He was killed in the munitions explosion a year ago. Don figures that Hal’s scam was to get rid of Angela and to present the baby to Vince’s father with proof of the familial connection so as to get money from him. Meanwhile Hal Smith has been released from jail and we learn that Hal has a secret connection with the Nelsons. Angela still thinks Hal is in jail so she decides to return to the Nelsons and to have Mrs. Nelson care for the baby again. When Angela walks in she sees Hal there. She runs to the kitchen and Hal knocks her out, then he turns on the gas. Then Jed and Don arrive but are told that Angela left for work. Don smells gas and they insist on checking it out. They catch Hal before he can escape. Later Angela is packing for Texas to go with the baby and live with her late husband’s family because now the baby is heir to the Carr oil empire. Jed decides to fly to El Paso with Angela.
Angela was played by Margaret O’Brien, who made her film debut in Babes On Broadway in 1941 at the age of 4. She co-starred in Meet Me in St Louis at the age of 7 and won a juvenile Academy Award for her performance. It was stolen by a maid and lost for fifty years until it was found and returned to her by some collectors. She co-starred in The Canterville Ghost, Our Vines Have Tender Grapes, Little Women, and Bad Bascomb. She played Adèle in the film adaptation of Jane Eyre. She starred in The Secret Garden and Music For Millions. After having been one of the most successful child stars of the era, the only way she could break into adult roles was through television.
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