Well, dear readers, I don’t know if anyone has noticed, but this month is more than halfway over. How did that happen? This month is flying by, like a gazelle in a neck brace doing the Hokey Pokey. Does anyone still do the Hokey Pokey anymore? Does anyone still wear a hat? I want to do the Hokey Pokey now. Everybody off you backsides and up on your feet. Now! My goodness – the damn Hokey Pokey has been around in one form or another since 1826. Who knew? Who knew that in the UK and Australia it’s known as the Hokey Cokey or, in my case, the Hokey DietCokey. Who knew that Ray Anthony had a big hit record with the Hokey Pokey in 1953 with Jo Ann Greer singing. Who knew that Jo Ann Greer dubbed the singing voice for such stars as Rita Hayworth, Kim Novak, June Allyson, and Esther Williams? THIS, ladies and gentlemen, is a RABBIT HOLE of epic proportions. Anyway, I’ll start us off and you all can join in by yourselves. On the count of three: One, two, three –
You put your right leg in,
You put your right leg out,
You put your right leg in,
And you shake it all about.
You do the Hokey Pokey,
And you turn yourself around.
That’s what it’s all about. Yeah!
Just finished the rest. That was both exhilarating and horrifying at the same time – exhilehorrifating. But fun. I felt alive and agog, a whirligig out of control, a spinning wheel that got to go ‘round. A professional prizefighter eating Rice Krispies on a turntable. Let’s all bring the damn Hokey Pokey back. Let’s make it a TikTok challenge right now. We can all become influencers and be rich and famous beyond our wildest imaginings. Who’s with me? Speak now or forever hold your piece. No, that’s not right. Forever hold your peace. I tried holding my War and Peace but it was too heavy. That darn Tolstoy. 1200 pages is HEAVY, baby. I think I have a hernia now. At this time, I think it best to impart that I don’t know what the HELL I’m talking about.
Yesterday was kind of fun. I was up at eight-thirty after five hours of sleep and attended an online book auction at nine. This was a very interesting auction – lots of interesting stuff. To start, the opening bid price for every item was fifty bucks. But if it didn’t get that within thirty seconds, it went down to ten bucks, then five. I wasn’t intending to get anything, but who could resist a few ten-dollar books. I got three or four nice things that were real bargains. That actually took up most of the morning and early afternoon. I ordered clam chowder and a personal pizza from BJ’s, their “BJ’s Favorite” – pepperoni, sausage, green peppers, tomato, onions. It arrived after about forty minutes. Clam chowder was great but they gave me the wrong pizza. First off, this was the smallest personal pizza ever, teeny-tiny and probably the equivalent of one slice of normal pizza. But what they gave me was pepperoni and little strips of salami. Inedible. Trashed it, DoorDash gave me a full credit plus a few bucks, then I ordered the Marco’s version of the same thing – that came and wasn’t as good as it’s been in the past. I only at three pieces and threw the rest away.
I was in the mood to laugh, so I replayed a bunch of Jiminy Glick interviews. Many of them are absolutely hilarious – there are duds and it’s usually because the guest is trying to be funny and they’re not and it gives Martin Short nothing to play off. Conan O’Brien is the worst offender in that regard. I watched a few other videos, too. I also did some work at the piano.
Today, I’ll be up when I’m up, I’ll do whatever needs doing, I’ll check and see what’s up at the mail place, I’ll eat something amusing, I’ll work at the piano, and then at some point I’ll watch, listen, and relax.
Tomorrow, I may go out for dinner, otherwise it can be a ME day. Then next week I have some prepping to do for the Kritzerland holiday show, which will be in a different location and done as a benefit. I’ll tell you more about it as we solidify everything, but it will take place – an afternoon show – on my birthday. Fun.
Well, dear readers, I must take the day, I must do the things I do, I must, for example, be up when I’m up, I’ll do whatever needs doing, see what’s up with the mail place, eat, work at the piano, and then watch, listen, and relax. Today’s topic of discussion: What dance crazes did you do, including the Hokey Pokey and square dancing. Which were your favorites and which were your least favorites. Let’s have loads of lovely postings, shall we, whilst I hit the road to dreamland, feeling exhilehorrifating after doing the Hokey Pokey, haineshisway.com style.