Brushed my teeth, then hurried out for my dentist's appointment. Made it just in time. The lady cleaned and polished my teeth. I had x-rays done, then waited for a doctor. He poked around a little in my teeth, declared I had no cavities, told me to keep up the good work and keep doing what I was doing, and I was on my way.
Stopped at Dollar Tree really quick after that. I mainly wanted a bag for Finley's birthday next week. Also grabbed a large bottle of Dollar Tree's generic flavored electrolyte water, a tinsel garland for the 4th of July, and a container of Sprite Tic Tacs (which I have never seen before). I should have gotten the bag elsewhere. Four people were yelling at each other, over the aisles, calling out insults to each other that they probably thought were funny, but were really obnoxious. And they held up a long line when they finally got to the front. The cashier said she considered it to be amusement, but I was not amused.
Went straight upstairs and into Scooby Doo's All-Star Laff-a-Lympics when I got home. The teams started off in "Egypt," where the Dread Baron's attempts to cheat at the camel race ended with him coming in second legitimately. They don't do as well in the pyramid climb. Speed Buggy manages to get to the top first, even with nails in his wheels. The Rottens outsmart themselves on an armor run in "Sherwood Forest." Daisy Mayhem would be happier to be playing damsel in distress if heroic Blue Falcon wasn't the first one to rescue her from the tower!
Switched to High, Wide, and Handsome while eating lunch. I go further into this unique historical operetta featuring Irene Dunne and Randolph Scott at my Musical Dreams Movie Reviews blog.
Spent the rest of the afternoon doing job hunting. I need to find a quick computer class somewhere. The Acme teaches you how to use their equipment, not general computer programs. I'm way behind on that. I wish there were a job I could get that didn't involve it, but I'm not sure what else I could do. I did send out three applications for an office administrator job at a marketing service in Mt. Laurel, clerical assistant at a property appraiser in Cinnaminson, and communications assistant for a marketing firm in Philadelphia. I just wish I could find something that really, really interested me. I wish I knew what I really wanted to do.
It was 7 PM before I finally stopped puttering around online and broke for dinner and Match Game '79. Burr Tillstrom, Kukla and Ollie's puppeteer, appeared towards the end of their last two episodes. He was a good friend of Gene's from way back, which is how the puppets made it on the show to begin with. The second episode showed off Bill Daily's scraggly beard and a political tirade on not paying taxes from Brett, while Bill and Gene did their own soft-shoe dance to end the show in the third.
Finished the night with big band and jazz albums. The two-disc set Remember Tommy has a lot of Dorsey numbers I'm not familiar with. Some of the better ones included "Marie," "Clarinet Cascades," "I Never Knew I Could Love Anybody Like I'm Loving You," "Opus One," "I'm Gettin' Sentimental Over You," and "Swing High."
Stan Getz and Charlie Byrd get down with that Latin beat in Jazz Samba from 1962. The liner notes claim this is Brazilian folk music, but it sounds like hot jazz from the era with a touch of South America. The best of these mixes of North and South American sounds are "Desafinado," "Samba Triste," "Samba De Uma Nota So," and "Baia."
Dave Digs Disney came about via Dave Brubeck's five children. Apparently, he wanted to "do something with the kids" after taking them to Disneyland. The six songs mainly come from Pinocchio and Snow White (though we do get the title song from Alice In Wonderland). The Quartet's "improvisations in waltz time" to "Someday My Prince Will Come" is my favorite track here.
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