Called Uber after the cartoon ended. Not only did I have a large, heavy bag of donations I wanted to drop at Goodwill, but despite it being sunny outside, it was also cold and gale-force windy. It was no day for a bike ride, even if I could fit the bag on my bike. They took 12 minutes to arrive, but at least there was no traffic anywhere, not even around the entrance to Wal Mart. I even got the driver to drop me off around back, so I could bring the bag right to the donation center.
Was in and out of stores for the next hour. Goodwill was surprisingly quiet for them. The cold day must have scared people off. I bought The Gourmet Cookie Book, which collected the best cookie recipe from Gourmet Magazine from every year of its publication, and Bette Midler Sings the Peggy Lee Songbook in peace. Got a card and a gift card to Five Below for my niece Lilah, who turns 9 on Monday. Went across the street and picked up new underwear at Lane Bryant. Between good sales and their rewards program, I got six pairs for 30 dollars.
I hadn't had lunch at Tu Se Bella's in ages. It was almost 2 PM by the time I got there, and there were only a few people enjoying pasta and sandwiches in booths. I had a slice of Hawaiian (Canadian bacon and pineapple) and a slice of broccoli-shrimp pizza with a bottle of Diet Pepsi while half-listening to a talk show on the TV on top of the soda cooler. Walked back to the Acme, where I picked up the Uber to Thomas Sharp School. They only took 5 minutes to arrive and got me there in a little over 5.
I think you can guess that the little kids didn't go outside today. It was just too cold. We tried to separate them into groups when they arrived, but I'm not sure it took. They're used to being able to sit wherever they want and play with whatever they want. We spent most of the time after lunch in the library. I colored with some of the kids. Three girls used stencils to make colorful leaves and animals on paper taped to a table. Others built with magnetic tiles or bristle blocks. Another teacher read to kids at the front table. I sat with the kids who were coloring pictures or drawing their own. They were fascinated when I drew Betty, Hilary, Bear Scott, Eagle Victor, Troll Jeff, and Puppy Enid from Hilary and the Beasts. We'd just moved the remaining kids, including my last diligent artist (who creatively turned a Pokemon picture into a nifty robot) when I finished.
It was still so cold, I took Uber home, too. This time, they took 10 minutes to arrive, not bad at the height of rush hour. There was a little traffic on the White Horse Pike around the corner of the Pike and Collings, but it could have been worse. I was home in five minutes again.
Got organized when I got home, then took a shower, had dinner, and watched The Vagabond King. I go further into the 1956 version of the operetta that would be the last film of soprano Kathryn Grayson at my Musical Dreams Movie Reviews blog.
Switched to the soundtrack from the Disney Sleeping Beauty while working on the Vagabond King review. This is the original 1959 release, with the lush orchestrations by George Bruns. Unlike most soundtracks of this time period, we get the full songs as heard in the film, even the fathers' comic "Scrumps." Apparently, it was the first true-stereo soundtrack, and it still sounds good to this day, even on the slightly scratched copy I picked up from Innergroove Records last month.
Finished the night with Remember WENN. Scott's latest scheme is an all-news day, but his attempt to turn WENN into CNN goes sideways when they can find absolutely nothing earthshaking to report. It turns out to be "Some Good News, Some Bad News" when they first attempt to find news on the street, then Scott makes his own drama. Meanwhile, Eugenia the organist, worn out from her all-night program, is replaced for the rest of the season by bubbly former stripper Maple LaMarsh.
"Don't Act Like That" introduces Giels Aldrych (Roddy McDowell), Hilary's former mentor who now runs an acting school. He first attempts to teach the WENN actors about stage projection, but they discover stage acting and acting on the radio are two entirely different things. When two interns, sweet and wordy teen Enid Farleigh (Melissa Dye) and celebrity imitator Gus Kahana (real-life cartoon voice artist Jeff Bergman), are brought in, the actors go on strike, until they realize how much Enid and Gus have to learn about radio.
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