Called Uber after the cartoon ended. No trouble getting to Abilities Solutions in Westville. The driver arrived in 6 minutes, and there was no traffic. We arrived within 15 minutes.
As it turned out, Bryanna wasn't ready. I asked her for the address yesterday, but never confirmed if I was coming. I figured she'd know because I asked for the address. We ended up talking in her office. I was really hoping we could try some different methods besides Indeed. There has to be other ways of getting a job that don't involve sending out tons of applications that will probably be rejected anyway...but we still ended up sending out tons of applications on Indeed. Bryanna says I need to worry about actually getting a job that I like before I think about things like salary, but...she can say that. She has a real home and job and doesn't need to worry about losing her health care.
And I don't know why she keeps signing me up for working in health care offices and senior care centers. I'm no good at dealing with the seniors at the Acme, and I know nothing about health care or how to deal with it. There's tons of people out there who know ten times more about how medical stuff works than I do. It's not what I'm interested in. I just wish I knew what I was interested in that could get me a job.
Though it remains below-average cold, probably in the 40's thanks to the heavy wind, it was otherwise a nice day. I first stopped for lunch at Bagelicious, the cafe at the shopping center in front of Abilities Solutions that is managed and staffed by their alumni. The crispy bacon chicken ranch wrap was messy but tasty, even if the second half fell apart.
Strolled a few blocks down to WaWa. I figured it would be easier to pick up Uber there than at Abilities Solutions, which isn't visible from the road. Enjoyed a small strawberry cheesecake smoothie, then called Uber. The pleasant driver arrived in 6 minutes, and though there was more traffic on the road going home, he still got me back in a little over 15 minutes.
Took my new sheets and comforter downstairs to be washed when I got home, then went straight into The Doors for review. I go further in this 1991 biography of Doors front man Jim Morrison in honor of Val Kilmer at my Musical Dreams Movie Reviews blog.
Put the laundry in the dryer while trying something different on YouTube. I was intrigued by the premise of the British show Adam Adamant Lives! A gentleman adventurer of the Edwardian era, Adam Adamant (Gerald Harper) is defrosted in 1967 London, which comes as quite a shock to his system. He's found by sweet Georgina Jones (Juliet Harmer) and eventually helps her find out who killed her boss, the manager of a local dance hall. It's "A Vintage Year for Scoundrels" when Adam helps her catch the racketeers who are responsible.
I love gentleman adventurer stories and fish out of water tales that compare and contrast one era with another, so this was right up my alley. Too bad half of it is lost, including almost the entire second season. Georgina was annoying, but Adam's dilemma was genuinely interesting and well-played. Thankfully, all of the existing episodes seem to be on YouTube. I will certainly be checking out more.
Made the bed after I finally remembered to put the sheets in the dryer, then had dinner while watching Match Game '73. Gene sported his other infamously ugly suit in this episode, the gray checked one with the pink bow tie that made him look like half of a vaudeville team. Pat Harrington made a crack about how that was "more than Diana (Richard Dawson's ex wife) did." Rather than get angry, Richard ruefully agreed.
Finished the night after a shower with two different and equally beloved divas. She Works Hard for the Money would be Donna Summer's biggest hit of the 1980's. I fondly remember seeing the music video for the title track all the time in my early childhood. Alas, the rest of the album doesn't quite live up to that dynamic opening song, though the ballads "Love Has a Mind of Its Own" and "Unconditional Love" aren't bad.
Billie Holliday was one of the most beloved performers of the mid 20th century, despite personal problems and a drug habit that rivaled Jim Morrison's. "Strange Fruit" is probably her best-known song. Other good ones on the two-disc collection I picked up from Abbie Road include "Until the Real Thing Comes Along," "Swing Brother Swing," "Pennies from Heaven," "You Go to My Head," and "Sugar."
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