Michael Rennie Was Ill...

It turned out to be kind of an oddly busy day.

 I woke up to a text from my buddy LuAnn asking if I wanted to have lunch. I hadn't slept well the night before and didn't wake up until my phone--set to buzz every ten minutes when I have a text I haven't looked at--had been grousing at me for about an hour. I texted back a yes and then got in the shower to get ready.

We had lunch at a sort-of aryuvedic restaurant which has a lot of vegetarian and vegan food. I had a grilled cheese and masala fries and LuAnn had a masala dosa and idli sambhar with some other stuff on the plate.

We sat and caught up on things since I haven't seen her in a couple of months, what with life continuously getting in the way.

I got home a bit after 1:00 p.m. and did the cat revolving door thing, letting them out, then in, then out, then in again. They have these new treats that they love and, since they get a treat whenever they come in, they've been going in and out about thirty times a day. When I got tired of doing that, I shut the front door for good and they jumped up on the bed and went to sleep.

I also wanted a nap, but too bad because it was time for UPS to come by--twice, two different UPS deliveries--and FedEx, too. (We got a box with a rug I had ordered and two boxes of rags for the studio and a box of glazes and underglazes.)

After that, I finally got a nap! I woke up about 90 minutes later when Dave texted that he was going to be home early. When he walked in the door, I realized that I had just completely spaced that there was this meal called dinner that I was supposed to make. I said, "I completely forgot to make dinner!" and he said sadly, "I noticed," because he was hungry. (His lunch was a bowl of vegetable soup and some quinoa with stir fried vegetables, so not very filling.)

We went out for a couple of slices of pizza and a salad.

Then we did something we haven't done in awhile:

We went to see a movie! There was a movie showing at the KiMo theater downtown at 6:00, so we went down, bought our tickets and some popcorn, and went to sit up in the balcony, first row of course.

The KiMo is kind of awesome. It was built in the late 1920s in a very southwest style, a mix of Native American motifs and art deco designs, sometimes called "Pueblo Deco."

The theater was quite empty, so I took several pictures. You can see some of the detail--the cow skulls and the clouds and the swastikas (an ancient symbol that, of course, predates the Nazi use). This is isn't a very good pic, but my camera doesn't much like the dark.

And how could I pass up the chance at a duo "selfie"?

What movie did we see?

The Day the Earth Stood Still. I had never seen it but Dave had. (My only familiarity with the film is from the opening lines of The Rocky Horror Picture Show's first song, Science Fiction/Double Feature, "Michael Rennie was ill the day the earth stood still / But he told us where we stand.") I really liked it! The story was good and it kept me engaged. I really had no idea what to expect and no idea how it would end. I also thought Michael Rennie did a terrific job as the alien from outer space (who apparently learned English from listening to BBC broadcasts).

Good job, Klaatu!