Switched to Step Up: Year of the Dance while doing research on options in New Jersey to find aid for mentally disabled and financially challenged first-time home buyers. I don't want to rent anymore. I can't take the chance of being forced out again. I need to own my condo or apartment. As for Step Up, I go further into this installment of the popular Step Up franchise made for the Chinese market at my Musical Dreams Movie Reviews blog for Chinese New Year.
Switched to Good Times during lunch. J.J's painting of a "Black Jesus" ends up dividing his family when, after he hangs it on the wall, everyone in the family seems to have a string of good luck. James insists it's the painting. Florida insists that the painting had nothing to do with it, and luck is just luck, after all.
James is excited when he's sure he's going to get a high-paying job with the Union. Even his family throws a big party for him. It turns into the "Too Old Blues" when they reject him because of his age. Florida and his children assure him that they still love him no matter what, and they certainly don't think he's too old.
Called Uber shortly after the episode ended. No trouble here. The one going to work came in 11 minutes and got me there just in time. The one coming from work took 10 minutes at the height of rush hour. No traffic either way.
The kids were excited today, and not just because of Chinese New Year. Many classes also celebrated their 100th day of school with cool cardboard "100!" glasses, tie-dye t-shirts, and Mardi Gras foam crowns. Though I only had 7 kids at my table today, they took a while at the bathrooms. One little boy took so long, the other teacher brought the others back for snack time while he finished. I also had to explain to a little boy that the girl next to him wanted to build blocks alone, and that it wasn't such a bad thing to do something on your own when your friend is busy.
We switched to coloring and playing with magnetic tiles after snack time. Two of the taller girls got into a fight when one thought the other gave her the paper they were coloring on, and she ended up ripping it. I kept them in the cafeteria to settle their differences and talk things out when the others went to the library. (One of the little boys hung back as well, probably because he liked the peace and quiet.) They seemed to be in much better moods when we did hit the library. I colored with two of the boys while the others danced to "Ghostbusters," the theme from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and a kid-ized version of "Pink Pony Club." We were down to three when we took them back to the cafeteria. One left as I was leaving.
Watched Match Game Syndicated when I got home. For some reason, they jumped back to earlier in 1979 for the week with Patty Duke complaining that Charlene Tilton needed to wear more clothes while Jon "Bowser" Bauman showed off his rubber chains. The second hour went back to 1980 with Don Galloway and Fannie Flagg.
After Match Game ended, I returned to Netflix to finish off the fourth season of She-Ra and the Princesses of Power. Glimmer finally realizes that maybe setting off the Heart of Etheria weapon wasn't such a terrific idea when it first enhances the powers of the princesses...then drains her and them. She-Ra is the only being that can channel it, but she begs Light Hope to remember how much Mara meant to her. She-Ra realizes that "Destiny" is something we can control when she shatters her sword to stop the weapon...and then Horde Prime turns up to reclaim his younger brother Hordak and ends up with Glimmer and Catra, too.
Ended the night with the Bill Evans Trio and Explorations. This soft, lovely piano music is perfect for gentle background music while working on musical reviews. "Haunted Heart," "How Deep Is the Ocean," and "I Wish I Knew" are especially lovely.
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