May 2025 – Magical Mystical Mimi

Today I’m joining the Saturday 9 hosted by Sam.
What is the Saturday 9? – Super short explanation. –
9 questions every Saturday. There may be a theme, there may not be. There are no rules because Sam hates rules.
It’s her blog. She does whatever the hell she wants. Sam’s a little sassy.

Saturday 9: Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now (1987)

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

1) In this song, Gracie Slick challenges, “Let them say we’re crazy!” Tell us about something you’re glad you did, even though your friends or family may have advised you against it.

2) Slick is the lead singer of Jefferson Starship. This band got its start in 1965 as Jefferson Airplane but updated their name in 1974. Part of their reasoning was that by the 1970s, airplane travel was commonplace. In 2023, an estimated 820 million Americans flew domestically. When was your most recent flight? When is your next one?

**** At the end of the month, I’m heading back east to watch my youngest grandson graduate highschool and I couldn’t be more proud. This is a pic of him and my daughter on his last day of high school.

3) Songwriter Albert Hammond said the song was inspired by his divorce. After years of legal wrangling, he was finally free to marry his long-time, long-suffering girlfriend. They’re still married today. What is something you waited a long time for? Was it worth the wait?

**** Absolutely worth the wait…

4) Albert Hammond is perhaps best known as the one-hit wonder who sang, “It Never Rains in Southern California.” Is rain expected where you are today?

**** Current situation.

5) He co-wrote the song with Diane Warren. In January, she lost her home to the Los Angeles fires. When a friend is confronted by heartache or tragedy, what can you say or do for them? What shouldn’t you say or do?

6) “Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now” was the love theme to the romantic fantasy Mannequin. In that movie, a department store mannequin comes to life and falls for a struggling artist. While it was a moderate success at the box office, the gritty Vietnam drama Platoon was a much bigger hit. When you sit down to watch a movie, what genre would you prefer (fantasy, romance, comedy, drama, etc.)?

**** I like thrillers and action movies, mostly. These are a few of my faves and of course, I love all of the sequels to Bourne and Equalizer.

7) In 1987, when this song was popular, Aretha Franklin became the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Aretha was proud of her Detroit roots. Have you been to Michigan? If yes, where did you go?

**** Home-grown home girl.
My favorite place is northern Michigan anywhere on Lake Michigan. It’s my most favorite of the Great Lakes. I like the U.P. (upper peninsula) a lot too!

This is how we give directions. Seriously. It’s super convenient to have the map on your hand!

8) In 1987, the Chevy Corvette made news by adding a low tire pressure light to its dashboard. When you’re driving and a yellow warning light comes on, do you handle the issue promptly? Or is it something you’ll get to when you get around to it?

**** If it has something to do with the tires. Yes. I get it checked out immediately. The check engine light, not so much. Unless… It’s on the newer vehicle. If it’s the newer vehicle, that’s a trip to the dealership. If it’s just the winter ride, a beater with a heater, the hoopty??? That check engine light can stay on forever and has! Seriously. It was forever on and nothing was ever wrong.

9) Random question: A magic mirror reflects your appearance five years from today. Would you look at it?

**** Of course I would…

And that’s a wrap! Happy Saturday everybody!

It’s been a super busy week for me. Mother’s Day was wonderful. I hope it was a good day for all of you, too. The rest of the week was lots of running around, mainly to get my Real I.D. so I can fly out, but that’s a whole other post.

It has been an amazing gray, chilly, rain filled day and I am in my element. It’s great reading weather and napping weather. Lots of cups of tea weather… It almost feels like Halloween weather, if only there were colorful leaves all over the ground and pumpkins on the porches.

What’s everybody got going on this weekend?? Tonight I will be continuing my binge watching of Bridgerton on Netflix. Are any of you guys watching this show? Omg. I love it! I didn’t think I would at first because I’m a huge Downton Abbey fan and I thought Bridgerton might be a copycat of that. It is most definitely NOT a copycat. So, so good and now I need to read all the books! I think there’s 9 of them.

Okay. Too long of a post and I am off to dinner, barbeque chicken sliders and homemade mac n’ cheese. Comfort foods on this fall like day/evening.

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