Saturday 9: Good for You

Saturday 9: Good for You (2015)

On Saturdays I take a break from the heavy stuff and have some fun…

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

1) In this song, Selena Gomez sings about how eager she is to look good for her lover. What color do you look best in?

Hmm… I think white and black.

2) She compares herself to a diamond, which is the birthstone of people born in April. Do you know your birthstone? Is it a gem you often wear?

Opal, nope I don’t even have any Opals in my jewelry… However, I did drive an Opel Kadett Rally back in my college days, does that count?

3) Selena Gomez is a successful singer who has appeared on the Billboard charts more than 30 times. She also has her own cooking show on HBO Max. In each episode, Selena invites a chef to help her master a new recipe. She says that, off camera, the dish she enjoys making most is spicy miso ramen soup. What's your favorite soup?

Now then, I think you all know by now that it is New England Clam Chowder.

4) She was recently nominated for a Golden Globe for her performance in the Hulu miniseries Only Murders in the Building. Have you streamed anything interesting lately that you would like to recommend to Sat 9ers?

Star Trek Picard

A friend’s interview with Sir Patrick Stewart for Forbes video tipped me off to the show and I am on episode 2 of the first season.

5) Selena Gomez provides the voice for Mavis Dracula, daughter of the Count, in the animated Hotel Transylvania movie and its sequels. In these family movies, Dracula and his family run a luxury hotel where monsters can vacation and get away from it all. The tone is similar to The Munsters and The Addams Family, TV shows from nearly 60 years ago. Caspar the Friendly Ghost has been entertaining children for generations. When you were a child, were you fascinated by ghosts, goblins, monsters and other such creatures?

Naw, they never scared me. However, I did check under the bed to make sure that there were no monsters.

6) Selena's busy schedule is especially impressive when you realize that she lives with lupus, a chronic condition that can affect the skin, joints and kidneys. She credits "diet, routine and medication" for helping her avoid flare-ups. Do you have any tips that might help us increase our productivity and efficiency?

I am retired no more production schedules, no more worrying over the number of hours left for the job.

7) In 2015, when this week's song was popular, Leonard Nimoy died. Without looking it up, do you know why he was famous?

Ou… Ou… I know that, I remember about reading about it… oh what was it? It is on the tip of my tongue… I’ll come back to this… I know the answer just need some time.

I know that he was on the Twilight Zone…

He was in westerns… Rawhide...

But I can’t remember what it was.

8) Also in 2015, NASA announced that water had been found on Mars. Do you follow news about science and space?

Of course. I have several news-feeds on Facebook; Science News, Space.com, phys.org, and others.

9) Random question: What was the best year of your life?

Well I don’t know yet, I still have 25 – 30 years to go.

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