Saturday 9: I Can Love You Like That

Well, I don't have the full-blown flu that is sweeping through my workplace, but I do have something that has me camped out in the recliner, still in my pj's. I'm achy (mostly in my back) and I have a weird wheezy cough with no congestion or runny nose. Mostly, I just don't feel like doing anything, but after a few hours of napping and reading and watching a Murder, She Wrote marathon on Hallmark I'm feeling the need to do something. Saturday 9, you are my something.

Unfamiliar with this week's tune? Hear it here.

1) This week's song is about a girl who grew up on the fairy tale Cinderella. The online teaching platform study.com says Cinderella has been remained popular for centuries because the moral is that kindness is a virtue that will be rewarded. As an adult, do you still believe that's true?  It should be and I try to be kind to everyone, but do I think it's always rewarded? Not here on Earth. Our society has become so backwards of the morals and values I was raised to have...it seems the mean and ugly reap the rewards more often than not. Thank goodness I have the assurance of heaven and its rewards to look forward, too.

2) This girl also likes romantic movies. Think of your favorite screen couple. Did they live happily ever after?  My two favorite romantic movies are Dirty Dancing and While You Were Sleeping. They don't exactly tell us, but I assume that Johnny and Baby did not have a happily ever after beyond that one summer. Now, Sandra Bullock and Bill Pullman (one of the cutest screen couples ever), their characters sailed into the happily ever after sunset.

3) While "I Can Love You Like That" was a Top Ten hit here, it reached #1 in the Canada and Zimbabwe. Could you find Zimbabwe on a globe?  I can find Africa. Zimbabwe will take a minute.

4) The members of this week's group, All-4-One, hail from Mojave, California. July and August are the hottest months in Mojave, when the afternoon temperature hovers between 87º and 97º and often climbs to 100º+. Do you thrive or melt in hot weather?  It depends on how hot it is. I'm good until the mercury gets above 87 or so. Unless it's humid. Humidity can lower my tolerance a good bit. Anyway, if it's hot/humid there'd better be AC or a swimming pool.

5) After having several hits in the 1990s, All-4-One saw their popularity wane in the new millennium. While they never disbanded – and will be touring throughout 2025 – the members have pursued separate interests. For example, co-founder Delious Kennedy started a YouTube channel featuring interviews with celebrities from the 80s and 90s. Do you spend a lot of time on YouTube? If yes, what do you watch?  I watch a podcast now and then at home, but mostly I only use it at work. We are always playing music or books or watching videos to learn about a particular topic.

6) In 1995, when this week's song was popular, Michael Jordan "unretired" and returned to the Chicago Bulls. Tell us about a decision you wish you could undo.  Giving in to my husband and son about him going off to the big city for college. I knew he wasn't ready to be on his own and sadly, I was proved right as he got involved in not so great things, made bad decisions, and ultimately rejected his entire past and everyone in it.

7) 1995 saw Pierce Brosnan as James Bond in GoldenEye. 007 was also played by Sean Connery, David Niven, George Lazenby, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, and Daniel Craig. Do you have a favorite Bond?  I grew up with Roger Moore in the role, I love Pierce Brosnan (not particularly as Bond), but Daniel Craig is, in my opinion, the perfect Bond.

8) One of McDonald's best-selling 1995 Happy Meals featured The Power Rangers. 30 years later, those Happy Meal action figures are still available on eBay. Have you recently purchased anything on eBay?  I don't think I've bought anything on there since I bought a flapper dress for our son's wedding in 2008.

9) Random question – Which compliment would please you the most: to be smart, great looking, or likeable?  Probably to be well liked.

Thanks to Sam at the Saturday 9 for the music and questions.

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