Made a quick run to Sprouts next. Found chocolate chip cookies on clearance and soda on a good sale. Grabbed coconut milk, an Italian hoagie on a multi-grain roll and sliced pineapple for lunch, three fruit leather bars for a snack at school, and dried apricots from the bulk bins here as well. Headed down the hill and past the library to the Acme next. I didn't need a whole lot more here. Mainly restocked soda, granola bars, and yogurt. Picked up blueberries here, too. Neither store was especially busy, and I was in and out of both places in less than an hour.
Had the hoagie and pineapple for lunch while watching What's New, Scooby Doo? Shaggy's "Big Appetite In Little Tokyo" gets the gang into a heap of trouble when he eats a pizza that was cursed by "The Ancient One." They're in Japan after Velma's Dogbot won a prize, but that won't get them out of this mess when the police think Shaggy really did destroy Tokyo and follows them.
Hurried out to the Thomas Sharp School next. I took the bike. Though it was oppressively hot and humid, there was a nice enough breeze for me to get away with it. Had no trouble parking this time and arrive just as the kids were.
With only one day left of school and this being a holiday, the kids were really rowdy today. The boys in particular would not calm down, in the hallway or during lunch. They were a little better when we all settled in to draw and build. It goes without saying on such a killer hot day that no one went outside. The girls in particular loved the drawings of Cape May and the Wildwood Boardwalk I made on green construction paper, and they made more fans. (One girl even gleefully held up a fan to make herself look like a peacock!)
Stopped at the Speedy Mart on Collings Avenue to get a drink on the way home. I got a cinnamon raisin bagel for lunch tomorrow, too, along with that Diet Wild Cherry Pepsi. (And I will absolutely have to remember both their amazing bagels and Crust N' Cravings this summer.)
Put on more Remember WENN when I got home. Hilary is "Courting Disaster" when Jeff's obnoxious lawyer Drake Stanley (Andrew Seear) sues Hilary for $100,000 in damages. With Scott defending her and Mr. Eldridge at the judge's stand, this court gets more than a little out of order, until Betty and Gertie find a way for Jeff to intervene.
The cast is saying "And How!" when they're chosen to broadcast a monumental episode of the network western The Strange Loner. Turns out that man who plays "The Strange Loner" is really a lush and a womanizer who is supposed to be leaving the show for Hollywood, but passes out on the Green Room floor. Meanwhile, the others find the kindly Native American man who plays his companion Rondo (real-life Native American activist Russell Means) to be far more congenital, while Eugenia shares her tasty new food discovery - pizza!
And...while I do want to finish my Land of WENN fanfiction eventually, I've been working on an idea that goes way back and is just too delicious to not do now, especially given I'll be starting the 4th season episodes next week. Hilary's "Beauty and the Beast" story dates to that spate of fanfiction I came up with in 2015. Among those ideas I came up with was a series of short to mid-length takes on folk and fairy tales (and with Mackie, Shakespearean fantasy) revolving around a member of the cast. "Beauty and the Beasts" would have been the next fairy tale if I hadn't lost interest in WENN and switched to Star Wars.
This one has its basis in "You've Met Your Match"...but also in Hilary and Betty's frustrations with their men in the 3rd and early 4th season. Betty wishes maybe Scott wasn't quite so smart and and quick to jump into schemes. Hilary wishes Jeff would stop getting into marriage contracts he can't get out of. Maple turns up after her date, annoyed that Victor cut it short due to him taking off for Washington again. She liked their date and was hoping he'd ask her on another, wishing that maybe Victor would clip his wings a bit and actually stick to running his station.
Hilary at this point also addresses Betty's "Beauty and the Beast" script for later that day. She asks Betty why the older sister can't be the Beauty for a change? This leads directly into the story. Mackie is the father who wanted a rose for older daughter Hilary. Betty and Maple are her sisters, C.J her brother, and she gets along just fine with all of them. In fact, Maple drags Betty along with Hilary when she goes to the Beast's crumbling mansion on the edge of Pittsburgh. The trio are greeted by not one, but three beasts - a raging troll, a gentle black bear with halting speech, and an elegant bald eagle who can only squawk - and have to figure out who cursed the trio and why...and who they really are under the fur, feathers, and warts.
"Beauty and the Beast" is one of my favorite fairy tales...and honestly, I agree with Hilary. I think there should be more older sister protagonists. There's a touch of two other beauties and beasts stories, "East of the Sun and West of the Moon" and "Snow White and Rose Red" here. I'm going to see if I can start it tomorrow or early next week. (Won't be able to do much else next week - it's supposed to be even hotter.)
Switched to Rappin' next. I go further into this very 80's rap comedy-drama featuring Mario Van Peebles as the young rapper from Pittsburgh who rallies his neighbors to save their homes at my Musical Dreams Movie Reviews blog.
Finished the night with classic jazz on LP and CD while I worked on the review. Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Gershwin Songbook is part of the series of albums where Fitzgerald interprets the songs from some of the most beloved composers of all time. Her aching "But Not for Me" is my favorite here. We also kick things off with a sassy "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off" and get a charming "They All Laughed" and "I Was Doing All Right."
Miles Davis' Love Songs give us a gorgeous glimpse into his softer side. "Someday My Prince Will Come" is lovely and is by far my favorite track here. Other good ones include "Stella By Starlight" and "I Thought About You."
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