Headed out to run errands next. It was a dull, gray day, cloudy and chilly but not freezing like it has been the past month. I mainly just needed a new weekly planner. Mine is about to run out. I checked Dollar General, but I ended up getting the same one at Family Dollar. Since I was near-by, I kept going down the White Horse Pike to WaWa for a Coconut Cream Smoothie and a chicken, bacon, and cheddar sandwich on a pretzel roll. The snow is finally disappearing, too. More than three-fourths of it is gone. Most of what's left is collected around the curbs and in shady spots where sunlight has a harder time reaching.
Went back to She-Ra while I ate. The quartet are "Stranded" on a planet where they can find the pink crystals that will fuel their ship...but one that's also rocked by strong earthquakes. While Bow and Glimmer make up after she admits that she should have listened to him about setting off the Heart of Etheria weapon, Adora convinces three fugitive siblings from Horde Prime's tyranny to help them find crystals and join the Rebellion.
I also worked on a new Remember WENN story idea this morning. I originally came up with the general idea for this one last year, but I didn't know where to go with it until now. Betty, Maple, and Hilary are all lamenting their men leaving after "All Noisy On the Pittsburgh Front." Scott is at basic training, Victor went to Washington to deal with W.E.N.N business, and Jeff is trying to get a London correspondent job. Maple wonders why they can't be the ones to run off, for once...which prompts Betty's newest fantasy show, and the story.
Queen Hilary, Lady Elizabeth, and Maid Maple return to WENN Castle to discover it's now the stronghold of the wicked Snake King Pruitt. He hates music and love, the things that can most defeat him, and has stolen all of the sound and music in the kingdom. The Wizard Victor is fighting his control. King Jeffery has been turned into a half-snake, half-man slave for Pruitt. Victor put a sleeping spell on Sir Scott...and when he inserted a clause that would allow his true love to awaken him with a kiss, Pruitt sealed Scott in a crystal coffin and hid him where he would never be found. The ladies must free their menfolk and restore the sound and music to their beloved home.
I think I might actually start writing this next week, maybe Sunday or Monday. I want to work on a few more things before I start writing...but I really like this one. This is the most excited I've been about an idea since Maplepunzel back in September.
Called Uber after the show ended. No trouble here. Took 7 minutes to arrive and 5 going home. I was slightly early arriving, but nothing outrageous.
The kids weren't bad, either. In fact, I only had six at my table today, and they weren't nearly as much of a problem in the bathrooms. There were just 20 younger kids all together. They did get a little wild in the cafeteria. I had at least five kids requesting stories all at once. I did manage to read a Golden Book version of Frozen and a Cars story before we went to the library. Once we got there, most of the kids danced to songs from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Moana, KPop Demon Hunters, and Bluey. One of the older boys wanted me to draw something for him, but I told him to use his own imagination...and boy, did he! His nifty stick-figures were worthy of a Marvel comic. His mom was proud of him when she picked him up later on.
Watched Lost In Alaska when I got home. I go further into this wacky adventure in the Yukon with Abbott and Costello at my Musical Dreams Movie Reviews blog.
Switched to Good Times next. "God's Business Is Good Business" for an old Korean War friend of James' who is now a smarmy televangelist. Everyone in the Evans family is moved by his spiel (and money) but Florida, who thinks he's slimy and what he does is blasphemous. James is ready to join him and earn big bucks, until he sees J.J imitating him and realizes that what he does isn't what he wants for his family.
"Michael Gets Suspended" when he tells his teacher that he thinks George Washington was racist for owning slaves. His parents are shocked and try to get him to apologize. After reading a book on black History from the library, James begins to wonder if the kid has a point, even if he should have been nicer to his teacher about disagreeing.
Switched to Match Game Syndicated during dinner. Big George Kennedy joined in next to Brett this time. Dick Martin found himself between two smarter and more sensible blondes, Elaine Joyce and Betty White. Charles spent most of the week fussing about replacements for Brett.
Finished the night with more She-Ra. Adora buys the others time to rescue Catra while she distracts Horde Prime. They don't find Catra, but they are able to rescue one of Horde Prime's hive-mind clones. Entraptra dubs him "Wrong Hordak," and he actually ends up being kind of sweet when he's not attached to a planet-dominating Bond villain. Adora puts herself out to "Save the Cat" when she discovers Catra's being controlled, too, and only she can break his hive-mind. It would seem She-Ra isn't gone after all, and love, not First Ones tech, has everything to do with it.
Oh, and it started raining while I was waiting for the Uber ride home. It's rained off and on, sometimes fairly hard, for the rest of the evening.
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