Not Sleeping

[poliphilo]

I don't sleep well these days. I'm not complaining; I'm just stating it as a fact.

I took extra pain killers last night. They didn't send me to sleep. They just made my head buzzier.

I lie awake and plot my novel.

The man next door works unsocial hours and has a terrible cough. Huh-hurr, huh-hurr, huh-hurr.

Those people with the yard dogs- how can they stand that incessant racket up close? They must be old and deaf.

The less I sleep the more intensely I dream. Last night Laurence Olivier was directing me in Macbeth. He was explaining his own greatness to me. "Maybe it's not where I come from," he said. "It's from whence I came."

Comments

[humblenarrator.livejournal.com]

off topic, but thought of this (http://legnangel.livejournal.com/564026.html) and thought of you.

at least you have something interesting to plot while you're not sleeping. i quite enjoyed purchas...

[humblenarrator.livejournal.com]

er...found this and thought of you.

[jackiejj.livejournal.com]

I guess it's--three in the morning where you are, and I do hope you are sleeping well, or at least having more interesting dreams!

Paul Brucker sends hello from long-ago Carriage House, etc.

[(Anonymous)]

Tony: What a pleasure it is to read about your journey through day to day and your reflections on what this means and feels for you. I read your entries every now and not very then, but it warms me to read your sensitivty and intelligence. I'll be in touch to see how I might enter this community of correspondence instead of simply ruminating silent and sometimes aloud to nobody who really seems to -- violin music, please -- listen, understand or care.

Paul

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Those are great. Thanks for drawing them to my attention.

I'm glad you liked Purchas.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Thanks. I slept a bit better last night. My arthritis is playing up, probably because of the turn of the season. The air is damper or drier or colder or warmer or something....

Re: Paul Brucker sends hello from long-ago Carriage House, etc.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Hey, Paul, how good to hear from you!

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And a basic account doesn't cost a dime.

[lblanchard.livejournal.com]

"The less I sleep the more intensely I dream. Last night Laurence Olivier was directing me in Macbeth. He was explaining his own greatness to me. 'Maybe it's not where I come from," he said. "It's from whence I came.'"

That would explain his greatness, then: being able to say that with a straight face.

After I read his autobiography, I had more respect for Vivien Leigh and less for him.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

I understand Olivier's importance, but I think he's over-rated. He may have been the finest stage actor of his generation but he never mastered the art of screen acting.