IMF on a mission

 

The slamming cargo jolted Jim Phelps awake.  In moments, darkness enveloped him.  He rolled his eyes and thought,

 

Damn! This is so classic.  That Mission: Impossible (also known as IMF) Force have screwed me over for the last time!  Apparently the IMF had always had no patience with the slightest infractions.  (He refused to remember the shady deals he had made over the years FOR the IMF.)  

Jim caught the rays of light cutting through a rusted metal hole from the corner at the top.  Opening a crate of Speedos , Jim formed a chain of the colorful swimwear and retrieved his “Grappling hook in minutes!” from his secret spy tool belt. Having won First Prize in Grappling Hook Throw at the annual "IMF Olympics", Jim was up and over like a flash.

 

Later, Jim Phelps perused the sea of cargo crates until he at last spotted his ever-faithful blue convertible with white leather interior.’

...with white leather interior and robin egg blue exterior...

 

As he revved up the powerful engine, his white-blond hair gleamed in the sunlight.  He drove off into the sunset, a man on a mission…a mission only he and his team could appreciate.  

 

Tomorrow let’s just see if the CIA has any job openings...

This came from Wednesday Words, from 2014.  Go with the flow of the story? Who knows what  I was thinking?

Note: Mission Impossible was a risk for Desilu Productions.  It paid off.

Desilu productions took big chances in accepting two proposals.  One was Star Trek and the other Mission Impossible.  

 

I am so glad they took this chance.  I was in High school at the time and TV programs were definitely slanted toward the Soap Operas and Farm reports. Star Trek was amazing,  even n B/W.  

T vs. W: Target vs. Walmart

We have just survived another Christmas Season shopping which had a lot of meaning when I was a younger woman and easily frustrated. 

I could wrestle those carts and make know who was in charge. I cared more about those carts than was normal. Why? I was a teacher, in charge of getting things in order.

 So, being in a Target or Walmart during a holiday drives me crazy. 

 

 

                                                                                

 Dump site for carts from all stores
There were mountains of shopping carts tossed in the field.
After a month or so, these were all gone. 

 Just a further note about shopping carts, here is an idea:

 Now we can fix the .........shopping cart all by ourselves.

  

Bye from a hardware store?

 

 

 

Commercials have changed gradually, neither good or bad.  It is hard to explain, but health and beauty are huge on the commercial market. Women + kept home to work or whatever + overeating + looking in the mirror is generally 

unhealthy for all. 

My gr-daughters have taken me to Ulta, a store that is a cornucopia for all sorts of make-up with all its enticement. They had a list and some $$ from Dad. I followed along, mentally tallying how much they needed when Dad's $$ ran out. Not much $$ at all, but it thrilled me. They have taken me? That Grandpa dropped us off, gave me money, and I spent.

Lipstick is marked as being an instigator of make-up history. Fruit dyes (no cost) for lips then. Now lipsticks are chemical magic, expensive magic at that. 

Who likes lipstick? Besides teen age girls at ULTA, little girls who have found Mommy's lipstick in her purse really love lipstick. 

Home Depot

If I have discovered this major cuteness by myself, think how many videos there might be of lipstick fans? Or finger nail polish?

Barbies

Just a note, I am not a make-up collector. My gr-daughters do that for me.

This is a repost of 2020,  I know many have read this post from back then. Life is a little strange these days.