The Long, Hot Summer

"Am I a sentimental old fool?"
-Orson Welles
in the 1958 film
"The Long, Hot Summer"

Last night I saw the 1958 film "The Long, Hot Summer" starring Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward. The theme song was sung by Jimmie Rodgers. I liked his voice. I could not find a recording of him singing "The Long, Hot Summer" but here's an audio of him singing 'Secretly':
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zub0Cx1DUY

If you haven't seen the movie I'd suggest you see it. It still holds up with the test of time. Check out this clip:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hr0IeZXtMrA
The story combines two William Faulkner stories.

It's amazing to see Paul Newman and JoAnne Woodward in the story and realize they were married for 50 years. The two worked together in this film in 1958 and were married that same year.

Twenty-five years ago today:

May 1, 1984
It rained today.

I saw a big 'rat' on the way to work. Gross! I wondered if it had any significance for my forthcoming day.

I telephoned Chris Cordellos at 12:20PM. Once again he could not say much. When I called at 2:30PM at the US Coast Guard Base he was able to talk.
"I laid it on the line with Jim. I even tried fixing him up with Leandra," Chris said. Chris implied that the 'set up' with Leandra was Jim's request.
"Leandra and Jim went to bed together and Jim couldn't get into it. Jim told me he felt bad. Leandra told me all about it, too. Can you believe it?"
"I guess I can believe it," I said.
"Yeah, I'm leaving this base and transferring to Guam for a year," Chris announced.
He was only kidding about the Guam part. I'm so gullible that I believed him.
"It was a bad day. Some officer kept giving me a bad time. I'm still a little shaky. Who knows if I will get my time off request from May 23rd to 30th now," Chris said as he continued to complain about his unknown future.

Since the rain continued after my work day I did not bother to go for a ride. I simply ate dinner, lounged and watched a taped soap-opera episode of "The Young and The Restless" with mom. It was relaxing. I was feeling a little O.W. (overweight). I don't think I look it.