Switched to Press Your Luck while writing my grocery list and checking my schedule online. The first episode ended with a sweet lady in glasses picking up a trip and a pool table. She did well in the second, mostly managing to dodge the Whammies that plagued both episodes.
In good news, I have Wednesday and a rare Sunday off next week, and I work until two the entire rest of the week and only for four or five hours. In frustrating news, I won't be in the floral department at all, and Sunday and Wednesday are my only days off. I suspect the head bagger went on vacation this week. At least I still have pretty decent hours for the time of year.
Karen picked me up a little after 1 PM. I'm still not having a ton of luck. I wish something seemed right. We were able to apply for a clerk typist at Rowan's College of Education, though the application took forever. I was hoping something would jump out. I'd go after what I wanted, if I only knew what that was.
I needed to do my grocery shopping, and Karen said she wanted to pick up seafood for her husband. She drove us a block down to the Westmont Acme. I restocked granola bars (I had an online coupon for Kind, plus found two flavors on clearance), yogurt, blood oranges, coconut milk, and bagels for work. Found brownie bites for dessert. The smaller containers of store brand disinfectant wipes were buy two, get them for $2.99, which now made them cheaper than the larger containers. Got a gift card for Jessa's birthday, which was earlier this week.
Once Karen dropped me off, I put my things upstairs and briefly went right back up again. The pretzel shop was open today. I wanted to at least enjoy a little bit more of the sunny, pleasantly chilly weather before it snows tomorrow, so I headed down there and got a gluten-free pepperoni-stuffed pretzel and two regular pretzels. It was almost closing time, so the owners threw in three more regular pretzels.
Watched the next Vega$ episode "Yes My Darling Daughter" while having lunch and putting everything away. A bride-to-be (Lauren Tewes) is upset when she sees her late country star father at her wedding. He killed her mother, then supposedly died himself. Dan Tanna interviews everyone who once knew him to find out if he is indeed still alive. Meanwhile, someone out there does not want him to be found, and Dan's librarian sister is visiting from Omaha and looking for a good time.
"Lady Ice" takes Dan into the world of jewel robbery when expensive rubies are stolen from a wealthy sheikh (Nehimiah Persoff) while Dan is off with the shiekh's pretty hostess (a young Kim Basinger). Turns out, this lady isn't as innocent as Dan wants to believe. Her partners think he's distracting her and try to get rid of him.
Worked on writing for a while next. Patti explains that Mombi is almost as dangerous as the Warlock of the West while the guys try to get Avery back on his paws. She was the one who sent the army against the Emerald City. Joyce just hopes she never runs into her...
Watched Match Game '79 after that. Gary Burghoff once again took Charles' place during the last, initially unseen week of regular shows on CBS. Bart Braverman made his first appearance, joined by Elaine Joyce, Marcia Wallace, and Bill Daily. In the first episode, there was a fuss over whether "Cool Whip" matched "whipped cream." Gary was more nervous in the second episode about matching "Comb __" in the Head-to-Head.
Finished the night on Kanopy with a late dinner and the original silent 1924 Thief of Baghdad. Douglas Fairbanks Sr. is the title thief Ahmed, who stumbles into the chambers of the princess (Julanne Johnson) and falls for her. He poses as a princely suitor to win her heart. She does select him after he touches a rose tree, but he's found out by the ruthless Prince of the Mongols (Sojin Kamiyama). The Princess then insists that she'll choose the suitor who brings her the rarest treasure. Ahmed goes off in search of a crystal ball and a cloak of invisiblilty. Meanwhile, the Prince of the Mongols poisons the princess, forcing the others to find treasures to save her. Even this doesn't stop the Prince from trying to take over Baghdad. Only Ahmed and his treasures can prove that it doesn't matter what you are in life. What matters is having a courageous heart.
Wow. The gigantic sets and gorgeous costumes on this continue to impress today. Fairbanks has a ball leaping around huge turrets and castles and onion domes, fighting puppet dragons and ducking around giant clay containers. If you love silent movies, swashbucklers, Arabian Nights fantasies, or Fairbanks and have time on your hand (it's over two and a half hours), it's worth checking out for the eye candy alone.
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