Wednesday, February 1, 1989

Rick's Cafe ...

For the first day of February, and since we had no classes today, J.P. and I made our way into Hull by walking through the shops along Newland Avenue. Our goal was to buy some of the books that we need to read for Literature class, however, we ended up buying everything but.

I found a great poster from "Casablanca," featuring Humphrey Bogart, Paul Henreid and Ingrid Bergman standing in front of Rick's Cafe Americain. (Editor's Note: This poster, now framed, still hangs in my living room.) I also bought four Peanuts books, the remaining James Bond books I needed (Casino Royale, From Russia with Love, Octopussy), and various other provisions. It was a good sortie, despite failing on our intended targets.

We took the bus back to The Grange Halls, and there were these two knobhead kids sitting in front of us who almost got their necks broken. However, we decided against this action since there were legal implications and we did not wish to create an international incident. Returned home with our contraband, and soon after headed off for dinner.

After dinner, when I probably should've started reading "Mrs. Dalloway," I instead began to work on a new tape for Chris Mulvihill and my friends at Millersville University.

At 10.15 p.m., Viv and I went down to watch "Thirtysomething" on our hall's new huge color TV. Took care of Shannon the Hamster, then went to bed.

Saturday, January 14, 1989

The Heat is On ...

I woke up later today because I could. Arose around 11 a.m. when the plumber knocked on my door. He came to turn on my heater (finally!), so I told him to come back in a few minutes when I was "decent."

He came back about 2 hours later, after I had eaten lunch and was working on my report.

I spent the entire day in the Halls, working on my Social-Political Structures paper, on Individuals and Society... or thinking about working on my paper. At 6.45, after dinner, Viv and I went to the TV room and watched "You Only Live Twice," which was this week's Bond movie on TV. It was quite good, but again, now I'm seeing that it's quite different from the book.

After the movie I returned to my room to work on the paper, until I was convinced that I had done a good bit of it. I'll finish it tomorrow. J.P. told me he hasn't started his yet. I hope he knows what he's doing.

Spent the rest of the evening, as usual, with Viv.