By the time I rolled out of bed, the sun was out and the snow was sparkling like millions of tiny crystals on my porch. I celebrated with breakfast and another episode of Tiny Toon Adventures. "Music Day" gives us three tales that touch on different aspects of music and performing it. Buster goes up against an obnoxious children's singer in "Ruffled Ruffee." Lil' Sneezer wants to practice his trumpet, but ends up spreading the smell of the Limburger cheese he ate beforehand into the school cafeteria in "The Horn Blows at Lunchtime." Shirley's looking forward to dancing in "Loon Lake," but the snobby swans in her ballet class make fun at her. Babs sticks up for her best friend by humiliating them during the show.
As soon as I finished eating, I went outside. While the snow was melting fast, it still wasn't fast enough for me to get to work with dry feet. Someone (possibly Richard) did come up here and shovel last night...but that was well before the storm ended. I shoveled again, at least what needed to be shoveled. The steps are in direct sunlight and actually weren't that bad. The sun itself felt nice and warm, and it had to be in at least the upper 40's.
Spent the rest of the morning and early afternoon writing. Obi-Wan goes off into town, leaving Han and Leia to do their own shopping. Leia asks a seamstress to make Han some new clothes, since his are in tatters. Once they're done, they head to the main market at the wharf to pick up supplies, arguing all the way over girls looking at him and whether or not he's really royalty.
Broke for lunch at 1. Did an episode of Rick Steves Europe while I ate. Rick makes a visit to Paris in the springtime, checking out its quaint neighborhoods, with their fromager (cheese shop) and boulangeries (bakeries). He strolls in a church with a huge pipe organ and checks out the old masters at the Louvre.
By the time I headed off to work, almost everywhere I shoveled earlier was dry, or at least the snow was gone from it. The Acme wasn't bad, either. The parking lot was being shoveled and plowed even as I arrived, and really there wasn't much left. I did carts when I came in and before I left, cleaned up a spilled bottle of Gatorade, bagged, and gathered baskets, but I mostly spent the afternoon finally finishing the candy. I think the head bagger may have done some earlier, but there was plenty left for me to do. We were off and on busy; I bagged when I wasn't doing candy. The afternoon bagger called out again, and this time, I don't think we really needed him.
Finished up the second Paris Rick Steves episode while heating up leftovers for dinner. This time, Rick heads for the Eiffel Tower, taking the elevator as far up it as he dares. After he returns to the ground, he checks out the masterpieces of Belle Epoque artists at the Orsay Museum, then explores several mansions owned by the titled and wealthy of the period. He also checks out the Latin Quarter, aka Paris' college area, the home of its cafe scene.
Played some Lego Star Wars after dinner. Finished up "Darth Vader" and "Through the Jutland Wastes" and got all but one piece on "Bounty Hunter Pursuit." (Just missed it on the last named - next time!)
Ended the night online while watching Thor: Ragnorok. Thor (Chris Helsmworth) is still looking for the Infinity Stones. After defeating a fire demon who threatened to bring around Ragnorok, the destruction of Ashgard, he and his brother Loki (Tom Hiddleston) search for their missing father Odin (Anthony Hopkins). With a little help from Doctor Strange (Benedict Cumberbach), they find him in Norway. Not only is he dying, but with his death, his daughter, the goddess of death Hela (Cate Blanchett) has escaped her imprisonment. She proceeds to destroy Thor's hammer and sends they both out to space. They end up on the junk planet Sakaar, where Thor is forced to fight The Incredible Hulk (Mark Ruffalo) by Scrapper, a former Valkyrie (Tessa Thompson), and the Grandmaster (Jeff Goldblum). He and Bruce do manage to escape, with the help of a team of underground rebels...but now they have to figure out how to get back to Asgard and save their home from both Helsa's scheming and the End of the World.
This was absolutely hysterical, by far the funniest of the Marvel movies and the best of the three Thor films. Both Helsmsworth and Hiddleston are having far more fun here than they did in the previous movies in this sub-series. My favorite character was Scrapper, who could out-toss both gods and probably drink them under the table, too. And the ending, with Thor bringing all the powers of lightning to bear on his nasty sister, was flat-out amazing.
If you're a fan of Marvel or any of these characters or actors or prefer your superheroes on the comic side, the final trip to Asguard is definitely one worth taking.
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