Dinner Date with the Stars

If I were going to throw a beautifully organized dinner party, for any five historical dead figures, they would be as follows:
1) Princess Leia, hands down the most bada**, capable female lead character I've ever seen on film. I mean, she choked Jabba with the chain he had her tethered to him with. Girl be what I like to call a roll model. (And yes, I'm counting her as a 'historical' figure)
2&3) Sofia Tolstaya and Leo Tolstoy: Tolstoy has always been a hero of mine, and I recently finished reading War and Peace. Did you know that Sofia was scribe for him on that weighty tome, and copied it out, by hand, a total of seven times. That's true love! Tolstoy's depiction of marriage, and love, in W&P, gave me one of those moments, where like, a little piece of emptiness opens up inside my chest, so that I can start to fill it with new emotions and feelings, after experiencing something so enlightening. But, if you've seen the Last Station, you know that their marriage had its down side. They'd be perfect to see in real life.
4) Hans Christian Andersen: That dude be a freak, and I like it. His stories are so twisted and beautiful. He had to be pretty nuteriffic in person. Wikipedia tells me this:  Shortly before his death, he had consulted a composer about the music for his funeral, saying: "Most of the people who will walk after me will be children, so make the beat keep time with little steps." Moribundus; I can dig it. And yes, I already have the music picked out for my funeral; I'm going to be lowered into the ground as the song 'Blinded by the Light' is blared.
5) Cleopatra: Not original, I know, but the reality behind her story that is so constantly repressed by modern depictions is fascinating. You know, the not actually being Egyptian, her real political ingenuity, and ruthlessness. Since studying her as a young child, (along with my obsession for paranormal phenomena there is a close second for ancient cultures, I mean come on, the egyptians swirled brains around with a stick, and drained it out your nose!) I combined my love of paranormal and egyptology, and fancied myself the reincarnation of Cleopatra. It explains my love of power, and seducing men by rolling out of carpets.


Bon Appetit!

Loveliness in picture Form

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A thought?

So I had a thought, that was related to this, which I thought was a great idea, which led me to a different thought...a reminder of a very special acting teacher I once had, Laurie Harrop-Purser. A talented, hilarious, spiritually intune, kind, giving in every sense of the word person. And she really hated when we would put ourselves down in class (I can't do this, I sucked at that, I blah blah blah) so if she caught us, we had to say 5 things we were good at/liked about ourselves. It's HARD, and nerve wracking to do in front of people. So I think that it sounds like a pretty brilliant idea to do on my blog, and to encourage each of you that reads it to either post something similar on your blog, tell someone face to face, or post on this blog. I know you're capable, I know you're talented, and I know that you should be proud of all of that bag a chips with a pickle on the side, but probably aren't. Let your light shine.


#1: I. am. funny. If you hadn't noticed. I like to make people laugh; I hope that I bring lightness into a room with me sometimes, because you know what? Sometimes the everyday everyday-ness is just a little too much, so I say have a good laugh and try to remember that each day really is so special. Each day is filled with little joys if not huge ones. You never know...

I'm so funny, that I have extra; and I'm so awesome, I was able to pass it through my uterus to this little one two punchline.