Hooray for Hollywood

 

Hooray for Hollywood

 Welcome back to Toni Taddeo's Tuesday 4 where we ask just 4 questions each week to get you thinking, talking, blogging and making new friends.

According to the late Jordan Maxwell,  Hollywood is named for the fact that the holly was used for magic wants by the Druids. This is where term "Hollywood Magic" comes from. People are under it's 'spell'.    Another story says that  H.J. Whitley the father of Hollywood saw a Chinese man hauling wood on the hills overlooking the future site  and asked him what he was doing.  "I holly wood" he said meaning hauling wood.   It occurred to Whitley that holly wood was a great name for his new town. 

1  During WW2 Marilyn Monroe was an aircraft factory inspector.  She was no dumb blonde but had an above average IQ.     Do you know some Hollywood or record industry trivia? - I got into What's My Line - and discovered that Dorothy Killgalen's last child was not her husband's? Very interesting stuff. Oh and Arlene Francis was Armenian!

2. Would you share with us the funniest movie you have ever seen? - Oh I am not a huge comedy fan per se, but Rush Hour is a funny set of films, and folks were just discussing it on my Twitter!      

   How about the most dramatic? - The Secret in Their Eyes is pretty dramatic.

3.  Has a movie ever really moved you or changed the way you see things? I love Love is All You Need with Pierce Brosnan, and The Lunchbox with Irfaan Khan. Salmon Fishing in the Yemen was also my fav to watch when I felt down - and I picked up something different every time I re-watched it. These are my go-to movies when I want to feel happier or feel my feelings.

4. Do you have movie nights at your house with special snacks, treats  etc.?  If not movies, was there something else around which you created a  special family night? No - if a movie is chosen now we do some popcorn or special food. We didn't really do anything for special family nights beyond birthdays and holidays etc. Now with divorced parents it's 10x more difficult.

Blowing off The Dust

 I'm still here! I am reading everyone's blogs, and just taking it day by day. I did my last shift for the vaccine clinic on Friday. They renewed everyone to end of 2022, but I have No Guaranteed Hours so ... may get no shifts until the end of summer. On the plus side, it helped my resume and I made almost 5k from it, so can't complain there. Work has picked up, we have surgery dates so I am back to dealing with people and all their ways. 

I have patients who have little to no support at home, but still want surgery. I tell them I can try and get them somewhere to stay after surgery but there is NO guarantee about anything. They say yes, then freak out and call me saying I promised them something which I NEVER did. I have one patient in particular who I feel so sorry for. She lives with family but they give her no help. We can't deny her the surgery but she also struggles to take accountability for anything. She does not read or write English, and when I give suggestions on how she can read the information provided she makes excuses. I asked her to see her family doctor for help, she makes excuses. Just super tough. 

Otherwise I just also had a very stressful time mediating between my two sisters. They were once very close but now they are experiencing some friction. I was very upset last weekend, crying all over the place. I hope they can get to a better place now. It wore me OUT! Big families are so tough to be a part of!