Started off a sunny morning with breakfast and the first episode of the second season of Smallville. We jump back a bit to experience a "Vortex" as Clark (Tom Welling) rushes from a formal dance with his gal buddy Chloe (Allison Mack) to rescue his crush Lana Lang (Kristen Kreuk) from a tornado. Meanwhile, his father Johnathan (John Schneider) is trapped underground with Roger Nixon (Tom O'Brian), a whiny reporter who threatened to expose Clark's secret, and Lex Luthor (Michael Rosenbaum) manages to get his father Lionel (John Glover) to the hospital, only to see him lose his sight.
Headed out to get the laundry done as soon as the episode was over. I picked the right time to do it. The laundromat was dead when I arrived. I never saw more than one person the entire hour I was there. Good thing, too. I had a big load to do today, including towels. Worked on story notes and half-listened to soap operas and the news on Channel 10.
Put everything away when I got in, then had a quick lunch and swept the fuzzy seed pods off the porch. Continued Smallville while I worked. Clark's really feeling the "Heat" when a major heat wave and his gorgeous young biology teacher has him contemplating sexual thoughts...which triggers his heat vision. He nearly burns down his biology class before Mr. Kent helps him figure out how to control it. Meanwhile, Clark's teacher is using her abilities to breathe phenomenons that will make men go mad for her to marry Lex and gain his fortune. Clark and the girls have to keep her from controlling Lex and Johnathan, too.
Went back out after lunch to run a few errands. First stop of was the Oaklyn Library. With the clouds gone and the sun back out, the only people there were the librarians. I snatched up a few titles leftover from Free Comics Day (including a Solo: A Star Wars Story comic from last year) and focused on organizing DVDs.
Dodged late lunch traffic to hit Dollar General next. I ran out of laundry detergent doing that big load. Grabbed it, grabbed my favorite pecan log, got into a long line, got out.
Since I was in the neighborhood, I dropped by Dad and Jodie's house, mainly to confirm them picking up Lauren and opening the pool. While they're not quite finished with the pool yet (partially due to all the rain we've had), it'll be open eventually. Rose will pick Lauren up at 7:45 next Wednesday. I'll have to remind her (and get her to leave early, given how late she always is for everything). Jodie will drop her off the Thursday after.
Rode straight home after that. I still have quite a bit to do at my place. I washed the new windows inside and out, then dusted the living area as thoroughly as I could, given all the books, DVDs, and CDs I have to move.
Finished out the first disc while I worked. "Duplicity" introduced me to Clark's original best friend Pete (Sam Jones III). He finds Clark's spaceship in a cornfield, where the tornado dropped it during "Vortex." He's going to sell the story before Clark tells him that it's his and he's an alien. Pete's more upset that Clark didn't tell him before than about his origins...but his discovery has inadvertently put him in danger when it's stolen by a doctor (Joe Morton) who thinks he knows more about it.
Clark's seeing "Red" when the ruby-colored stone in his new class ring turns him into a nasty, black-leather-wearing biker who rebels against his parents and first asks Lana for a date, then a black-clad girl who just moved to town. It turns out that the girl is involved with some nasty people who want to kill her...but Clark's new persona is more than up to the challenge of getting rid of them.
Switched to an episode of Tiny Toon Adventures while finishing the dusting. It's "New Class Day" for the Toons as they learn all about comic book heroics in the Justice League spoof "The Just-Us League of Superheroes," silent movie gags in "Sound Off," and famous group acts in "A Night In Kokomo."
Did some writing for a while. Harris, Luke, and Leia sit in on a meeting with Dr. Dodonna, a professor of Leia and Luke at Coruscant U, and the mysterious "White Queen" who gives them their orders. Luke recognizes a couple of friends from school, including his old friend Brian "Biggs" Darkman and engineering student Wally "Wedge" Andrews. Luke agrees to help the Rebel League keep others from getting hurt like his uncle and father. Harris isn't as keen to stay, even if Chewbacca seems to be getting attached to Leia.
Broke for dinner at 6:30. Had tuna salad wraps while watching two short Hello Kitty Furry Tale Theater episodes that spoof two of the most beloved sci-fi franchises of the 70's and early 80's. "Cat Wars" strands Hello Princess Kitty and Tuxedo Sam Skywalker on a planet far from home. It'll take the gift of the Fur from Obi-Wan Catnobi to remind Sam that he's got a lot of hero in that little frame. Kitty is "K.T: The Kitty Terrestrial" who has to phone home with the help of Sam and the others and avoid scientists Grinder and Catnip.
Moved on to Lego Star Wars after I ate. Completing "Jedi Destiny" and "Death Star Escape" ends the story portion of the game. I did manage to get the red brick and True Jedi on "Jedi Destiny," a boss round where Vader and Luke work together to fight Palpatine. Found half the pieces and the red brick on "Escape," but just missed True Jedi. I also played the original Pod Race as one of the bonus rounds. It was so hard, I did manage to finish it, but came out with no studs.
Ended the night with the Fred Astaire-Ginger Rogers vehicle Roberta. I go more into this tale of fashion and romance at my Musical Dreams Movie Reviews blog.
Roberta
Oh, and after being cloudy off and on all day, it finally started raining hard a few hours ago. Looks like it's going to continue in some capacity for most of the week. We'll see what happens.
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