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Monday, the 25th!

 Saturday night TianTian and I went to the in-concert performance of Act II of Die Walkurie at the Disney with Dudamel conducting.  We sat in my 'usual' season ticket seat for the 8 Friday morning series for this one.  Then, Sunday, we sat up above, in the terrace section where there was a great, panoramic view of the orchestra and front of the hall but far away from the sub-titles which, fortunately, I really did not need for Act III.  Wonderful music in an acoustically superior venue but where vision is required, there is something lacking......ah well.....I know this opera - I've seen it at least 10 times in my life........and I do hope to see it again. On Saturday, we did a restaurant in the Emerson, across from the Broad.  I had rack of lamb.  Last night at Fia Steak, walking distance from home in Santa Monica, I had beef Wellington.  Today, Katherine, TianTian and I do a Michelin starred Chinese restaurant in Temple City.  Tomorrow I diet.
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25C at 10:10!

 It was sunny outside when we got up. I wore my Moncler vest over a Brooks Brothers long-sleeved shirt and a black thermal long-sleeved under shirt....and it was too hot on my way home after the walk. Soon I have to get my ass in gear and do some research and writing regarding the answering of my violation by the City of Santa Monica re the trees......but before that, long-hand writing in my hybrid diary.    That'll be it for today....onwards to the diary!
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an alarm went off at 7am

SimpliSafe appears to be  complexly sensitive:  The alarm went off because there was some motion outside.  What motion?  Who the hell knows.....but it did force us up earlier than we had anticipated and it was, per chance, one of those rare early mornings - the sun was out and it was already warm enough not to totally bundle up prior to my early morning walk! There were only 2 Trader Joe's cashiers open as I was third on line.... The alarm went off again as I came home.  This time I entered the PIN and it went off.  Why it responded this time and not previous times I'll never know. It is going to be quite comfortable out this afternoon - time to alter plans and take advantage of being out later on today.......an early Big Mac lunch (for free since I have monthly coupons) and then a photo shoot this afternoon???? Let us see.....
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We deserved a break today!

 Fast food?   Ha! Our local Mickey D, 3 blocks away, newly refurbished and set up for automation in a neighborhood where it appears that no one wants automation, they prefer a real live cashier/order taker, it took 23 minutes after I got my time stamped receipt of purchase for the guys in back to do the order and bring it up front.......fast??????? And yet, with the bargain items added to the nearly a full meal for two Big Breakfast, we paid a bit over $15 for a very big, add to life routine once a month  meal.....welcome back to our lives McDonalds.....we used to go from GZ to HK through GZ East station on a monthly basis, stopping at the station McDonalds for an early breakfast (before indulging in breakfast # 2 on board the train dining car).
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It's 11:40am on Saturday morning......

 I MUST PRACTICE PIANO TODAY......EVEN IF FOR JUST A BIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Why have I been putting this off? Frankly, I have, in essence, been in a long-term procrastination-like malaise with little intention of changing.......hey, I like being lazy, doing nothing! Today, though, I intend to change things....time to get off my ass and be productive....... But will I??????????????????????
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~60F in the morning is still too damned cold!

I'm in bed earlier.....I got out of bed later, this morning.  I was up to pee too damned often.  Yeah, of course I toked a couple of times after peeing.  Anyway, without any school this morning and with an 11am volunteer job for the two of us at the Foundation Office of St John's Hospital, I put on the jacket (not the vest) and walked to get the SM Daily Press freebee prior to breakfast. Will the sun come out later today?  Who the hell knows!  It is now 10:21am and 'it feels like' 63 degrees.  It is colder inside our home - I should move the vent direction to get more heat when the heater is on.  Operavore is on.  Later I will watch the condensed Dodger-Giants game from yesterday....and play piano.......and sketch........ 
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4 LAPD cars on the ground while a helicopter flies overhead.....

 Katherine called out:  'Larry, come here and look - this is an emergency'.  Was it a bank robbery?  Was there a police chase?  I'd assume so since we are Santa Monica and SMPD territory, not LAPD.  Regardless, we had Jose and more installation work for our home security unit and less than 10 minutes later 23d Street was blocked off and 4 policemen, guns in hand, were on our street. We'll find out what happened in the news - helicopter is gone but police are still here.   And the day will have to get back to 'normal' ? Oh......we heard a real interesting rumor today:  That not only will UCLA buy out St Johns Hospital but our entire block will eventually be bought out by the city to build a parking structure........hey, that makes sense!   Consider the possibilities..............
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