long days journey into night

 in the evening i watched a DVD movie, a recent purchase from amazon, 'long day's journey into night'. i wanted to see it as Katharine Hepburn is in this film adaptation. i had read about Eugene O'Neill, who wrote this play, and seeing this movie i saw how much of it was inspired by gene's own life. this was no doubt true when we hear the background of the dad, mention of his being an actor and playing the same role for a long time because it paid really well. Katharine was good in this one, especially in scenes where she fell on the floor and struggled to get back into her chair. in one scene, i said 'guess she finally found the wedding dress she had spoken of'. other things that stuck with me were scenes when people drink from a liquor bottle and then replace it with water, then eventually the dad catches on to how it was watered down. another was when the dad tried to play a card game with his younger son and they ended up arguing, never really got the game started at all. i had heard of both actors playing the sons, but i recognized Jason Robards as the elder son better than Dean Stockwell as the younger one. the voice was familiar with Robards. in many cases, i said what was discussed by the family could be described as 'you can't handle the truth', a line from a different movie of course. this wasn't the only thing on the docket for the day. there was also going to a bar to see a basketball game before midday, in the national tournament. the Iowa women were playing Murray state, in the first round, in Oklahoma. i didn't make it in time for the start of the game, as i was at a copy store printing an event ticket. but it was near the end of the first quarter, so i didn't miss much. Iowa led by twelve at the half, and went on to win, 92-57. they really poured it on in the second half. i looked up one thing on my phone while there, about their opponent. Murray state is named after the Kentucky city the school is in, and it started as a normal school or teacher college. around halftime i ordered food, liked the mushroom and Swiss burger. also had some grain belt beer in the bottle. during my walks i found 96 cents.