Hurried out after that. Stopped quickly at the Speedy Mart on Collings Avenue to get a banana, bottle of water, and blueberry muffin for lunch. Bought them, hurried down the street to the school. I got the bike up the hill, but when I came around to the playground, the gate seemed to be locked. I ended up going back around, which made me slightly late.
At least the kids were able to go outside today! It was cloudy, humid, and cool, but not to the degree of yesterday. Considering how rowdy the boys were in the halls going to the bathroom and during lunch, it's a very good thing. Even then, there was trouble. One of the boys ran into one of the girls, who hit the chain-link fence, opened a scab on her elbow, and rushed to me in tears. I played nurse and cleaned and bandaged her elbow while the boy apologized profusely behind us. Also sat with one of the girls who said she didn't feel well - poor baby later admitted she had a cold - and argued one of the boys off the swings when another teacher and I reminded him that he'd been on there for way too long.
The kids had more fun drawing inside. I didn't know 4-year-olds had such wonderful eyes for color and detail! Their rainbows and pink stages looked absolutely gorgeous. They were also fascinated by my drawing a rainbow that looked like the Squishmallow last week and my attempts at doing Hilary, Jeff, Betty, Scott, and Maple. One of the girls even helped me, adding to Maple's flowered hat. Another gave me her pink and blue stage artwork.
Once again, I was able to get off early at 4 PM. Went straight home this time and put on Remember WENN as I settled in. Mackie gets the spotlight in "A Star In Stripes Forever." Betty attends a convention in Utica, leaving Mackie in charge. It goes to his head, until gangster Palermo Racine turns up at the station. Turns out Mackie once worked for him, but ended up in prison. Eugenia tries to play him, but it's Scott who comes up with the idea to reveal just enough to get rid of Palermo Racine for good.
Maple's wondering why everyone thinks she's "A Girl Like Maple" when the guys don't mind her joining their bad jokes, but try to shield Betty and Eugenia from them. She falls hard for Congressman Bob Farraday (Boyd Gaines) when she uses a deep, cultured voice for the political interview show Men In the Headlines, but worries what he'll think when he hears her real Brookyn accent. The others try on their own Brooklyn accents to help her out, but ultimately, she learns an important lesson in being true to yourself and your own way of talking.
Worked on Land of WENN while the show was on. I finally completed the sequence where Jeff manages to escape Hilary's attempts to handcuff him and flee to a carriage, which is where I stalled in 2015. Here, Betty uses a nail file to free Hilary. She does manage to free her in time for their last show, but Hilary's noticeably subdued and missing Jeff badly.
Switched to Emilia Perez during dinner. I go further into this controversial Oscar-winner for Pride Month at my Musical Dreams Movie Reviews blog.
Watched Sale of the Century after the movie ended. No contest here. Even with buying a huge TV and VCR set and a media center, the one guy was ahead the whole time. Though he did fall back a bit during the second half, he came on strong in the Speed Round. He turned down the fireplace prize, citing him living in Las Vegas and hardly needing it, deciding to continue on for larger prizes.
Finished the night with some of my recent record and CD acquisitions. Justus, as you can guess from the title, was the direct result of the Monkees' reuniting in the late 90's. It was the first time since 1967 that they wrote and performed everything themselves...and while I think this album is underrated (and it's certainly better than the previous guilty pleasure Pool It), some attempts at hard rock and grunge make this another one that's very of its time. "Never Enough" got the most promotion on its release, but my favorites are Micky's driving "Regional Girl" and "Dying of a Broken Heart" and Davy's sweet "You and I" and "It's Not Too Late."
The soundtrack from Moana 2 also has it's good points. "Beyond" is hilarious and "Get Lost" dynamic, but most of the music misses Lin-Manuel Miranda's touch. The opening "We're Back" is awkward, while Dwayne Johnson's "Can I Get a Choo-Hoo?" is just too silly. Your mileage may vary, depending on how much you enjoyed both films.
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