I am addicted to ABBA. I admit it. I don't plan on curing it.
They are so happy and my life is now "as good as an ABBA song." to quote Muriel's Wedding.
I started with gateway ABBA... you know Dancing Queen, Take a Chance On Me, Mamma Mia! Then I moved on harder stuff like Knowing Me, Knowing You, Voulez-vous, Chiquitita. Now things are becoming overwhelmingly happy, hippie, sparkley and Swedish. I have moved on to buying records and listening to Love Isn't Easy. Here are some videos to prove my point.
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Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
What Kind of Garden Are You Coming From?
Daisy: What kind of a garden do you come from?
Alice: Oh, I don't come from any garden.
Daisy: Do you suppose she's a wildflower?
(CLICK ON THIS PICTURE TO SEE A KICK ASS VIDEO OF ALICE AND THE FLOWERS)
There are two ways many of my friends could take this quote.
One way-- to say I shouldn't quote Alice in Wonderland because I am not one of it's avid fans. I shouldn't desecrate this oh so holy (maybe hole-y... get it Alice falls down a hole) territory.
Another way-- We love that you quoted, now we should watch this movie.
I watched this movie when I was little and I did enjoy it. I enjoyed Alice In Wonderland the live action movie much more. The Disney Channel used to show this and it was so bad that it was GOOD.
It was one of the movies that my sister, Erin, and I used to sit and watch for hours. Another (totally cheesey) movie we'd do this to and my Grandma would allow was Anne of Green Gables. The PBS miniseries... BANGIN'!
All of this Alice talk makes me want to watch the films again. I'm sure I would like them on a
completely different level now, maybe more than one.
I am writing about Alice today* because this is the name of Sarah and Jay's baby, born today*; Alice Katherine Carlander.
I think it's a kick ass name. There are plenty of Alice's out there, but I think it's not an everyday name and it's also a definite name. I mean that it seems like a girl who likes adventure, independence, who's intelligent and a beauty.
I went with Julia and Jay to meet little Alice and Sarah. She was adorable. She looks like her big sister, but has her own aura. It was definitely an extraordinary experience going to the hospital. I was in the, coined, "happy section" of the hospital, but I couldn't overlook the strange paradoxes of life and death being so close to one another.
It was an adventure of sorts to see a newborn and my former professor/friend/employer/mentor/editor/ etc. in a very once-in-a-lifetime type of moment. I couldn't do anything but smile.
When I was waiting, however, it was a different story.
Jay and Julia went into the room to have "nuclear family" time and Julia's first meeting w/ Alice. I stayed in the hallway. I took note of the nurses, the cleaning man, the shiny floors, the kitsch paintings, the wall paper and the gargantuan building around me. I hate hospitals.
I admire the work that nurses do because they are doing something I could never do. They are there in shifts, get paid less than doctors and do more than doctors. I don't like M.D.'s. I think the professionalization of medicine has given them a feeling of hierarchy that they don't always deserve, well that and big Pharma...but that's a whole different blog.
I have only been to hospitals for good things about 5 times. This was number 5 and I need two hands to count the bad visits.
I don't like disease or death. I'm not a big fan of pregnancy...though I like babies. It all freaks me out.
I think you can be "TOO clean" and a hospital is a place that is just that. I like the ideals of saving people, just not the ideas or actions... they are gross and I don't want to go beyond that.
Idea--^
Ideal--^
All in all, today was a great day and eventful. Julia and I lived up the last day of "single child-ness" with scones, yellow pasta and Charlotte's Web. We met a new member of their family and danced to ABBA. SPEAKING OF ABBA!!!!... I said to Julia today "Julia, just wait until you can see Mama Mia!" Then sang, "Mama Mia..." to which Julia sang, "Here I go again!"
Here is a video.
I jumped, grabbed her into my arms and yelled "you're the smartest kid in the world!"
Yep. Just became one of those people for a hot second. The moment was glorious.
Well it appears when I hold off on the blog, I have a lot to release. Please leave some comments on how this one read. Thanks! :)
* Today is referring to 2/4/09... I finished the blog on 2/5/09
Alice: Oh, I don't come from any garden.
Daisy: Do you suppose she's a wildflower?
(CLICK ON THIS PICTURE TO SEE A KICK ASS VIDEO OF ALICE AND THE FLOWERS)
There are two ways many of my friends could take this quote.
One way-- to say I shouldn't quote Alice in Wonderland because I am not one of it's avid fans. I shouldn't desecrate this oh so holy (maybe hole-y... get it Alice falls down a hole) territory.
Another way-- We love that you quoted, now we should watch this movie.
I watched this movie when I was little and I did enjoy it. I enjoyed Alice In Wonderland the live action movie much more. The Disney Channel used to show this and it was so bad that it was GOOD.
It was one of the movies that my sister, Erin, and I used to sit and watch for hours. Another (totally cheesey) movie we'd do this to and my Grandma would allow was Anne of Green Gables. The PBS miniseries... BANGIN'!
All of this Alice talk makes me want to watch the films again. I'm sure I would like them on a
completely different level now, maybe more than one.
I am writing about Alice today* because this is the name of Sarah and Jay's baby, born today*; Alice Katherine Carlander.
I think it's a kick ass name. There are plenty of Alice's out there, but I think it's not an everyday name and it's also a definite name. I mean that it seems like a girl who likes adventure, independence, who's intelligent and a beauty.
I went with Julia and Jay to meet little Alice and Sarah. She was adorable. She looks like her big sister, but has her own aura. It was definitely an extraordinary experience going to the hospital. I was in the, coined, "happy section" of the hospital, but I couldn't overlook the strange paradoxes of life and death being so close to one another.
It was an adventure of sorts to see a newborn and my former professor/friend/employer/mentor/editor/ etc. in a very once-in-a-lifetime type of moment. I couldn't do anything but smile.
When I was waiting, however, it was a different story.
Jay and Julia went into the room to have "nuclear family" time and Julia's first meeting w/ Alice. I stayed in the hallway. I took note of the nurses, the cleaning man, the shiny floors, the kitsch paintings, the wall paper and the gargantuan building around me. I hate hospitals.
I admire the work that nurses do because they are doing something I could never do. They are there in shifts, get paid less than doctors and do more than doctors. I don't like M.D.'s. I think the professionalization of medicine has given them a feeling of hierarchy that they don't always deserve, well that and big Pharma...but that's a whole different blog.
I have only been to hospitals for good things about 5 times. This was number 5 and I need two hands to count the bad visits.
I don't like disease or death. I'm not a big fan of pregnancy...though I like babies. It all freaks me out.
I think you can be "TOO clean" and a hospital is a place that is just that. I like the ideals of saving people, just not the ideas or actions... they are gross and I don't want to go beyond that.
Idea--^
Ideal--^
All in all, today was a great day and eventful. Julia and I lived up the last day of "single child-ness" with scones, yellow pasta and Charlotte's Web. We met a new member of their family and danced to ABBA. SPEAKING OF ABBA!!!!... I said to Julia today "Julia, just wait until you can see Mama Mia!" Then sang, "Mama Mia..." to which Julia sang, "Here I go again!"
Here is a video.
I jumped, grabbed her into my arms and yelled "you're the smartest kid in the world!"
Yep. Just became one of those people for a hot second. The moment was glorious.
Well it appears when I hold off on the blog, I have a lot to release. Please leave some comments on how this one read. Thanks! :)
* Today is referring to 2/4/09... I finished the blog on 2/5/09
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Cha-cha-cha-cha-changes
Julia is soon to have a little sister.
I got a text from her father saying simply "It's definitely on. I'll stay in touch."
I love this chapter of my life. It is constantly throwing me curve balls.
I have the best job I could have (outside of doing what I went to school for) in this "wonderful" economy into which I graduated. I get to play all day with a 2 year old who is cool as shit. I get to play lax and take Julia to run around and learn lax almost everyday. Sarah makes amazing food and they let me eat it. Dinner is always amusing and it's like a sitcom right in front of me. Now Sarah and Jay are at the hospital and I'm getting updates like that? Spectacular.
I'm very excited to be involved but not involved in this situation.
I am involved because I help take care of Julia and will continue to be around to help with both girls. I'm involved because Sarah and Jay have been incredibly hospitable and I like to give back to them as well. I am involved because Sarah has made sure I know everything about pregnancy that I could know with out actually having a child...whether I wanted to know it or not.
It's like having great seats at a concert. You can see the band, you know all the songs, you have a great time and maintain the ideals you have created of the band when you leave.
You don't have to go backstage and find out that it's real and the band is really smelly.
Ideal --^
Reality--^
I will get to see the bambino when she makes her home debut. That's pretty cool.
The whole idea of going into a hospital with 2 people and leaving with 3 still freaks me out. Big time. But thanks to being around this family for the 9 months previous, I realize that it's because you develop a relationship with someone even before you see them; whether you talk about them or not, or unless you stop it, she/he's a comin'.
Change seems to be the theme of life. It's very potent in my life right now. More potent in Julia and Jay's. Most in Sarah's.
Change is keeping everyone on their toes, it's refreshing.
I can't wait to give Julia and "baby sister" their presents!!!! :)
I got a text from her father saying simply "It's definitely on. I'll stay in touch."
I love this chapter of my life. It is constantly throwing me curve balls.
I have the best job I could have (outside of doing what I went to school for) in this "wonderful" economy into which I graduated. I get to play all day with a 2 year old who is cool as shit. I get to play lax and take Julia to run around and learn lax almost everyday. Sarah makes amazing food and they let me eat it. Dinner is always amusing and it's like a sitcom right in front of me. Now Sarah and Jay are at the hospital and I'm getting updates like that? Spectacular.
I'm very excited to be involved but not involved in this situation.
I am involved because I help take care of Julia and will continue to be around to help with both girls. I'm involved because Sarah and Jay have been incredibly hospitable and I like to give back to them as well. I am involved because Sarah has made sure I know everything about pregnancy that I could know with out actually having a child...whether I wanted to know it or not.
It's like having great seats at a concert. You can see the band, you know all the songs, you have a great time and maintain the ideals you have created of the band when you leave.
You don't have to go backstage and find out that it's real and the band is really smelly.
Ideal --^
Reality--^
I will get to see the bambino when she makes her home debut. That's pretty cool.
The whole idea of going into a hospital with 2 people and leaving with 3 still freaks me out. Big time. But thanks to being around this family for the 9 months previous, I realize that it's because you develop a relationship with someone even before you see them; whether you talk about them or not, or unless you stop it, she/he's a comin'.
Change seems to be the theme of life. It's very potent in my life right now. More potent in Julia and Jay's. Most in Sarah's.
Change is keeping everyone on their toes, it's refreshing.
I can't wait to give Julia and "baby sister" their presents!!!! :)
Thursday, January 1, 2009
Hedda Gabler
"Well, I shall have one thing at least to kill time with in the meanwhile."- Hedda Gabler referring to her pistols
I am TRULY excited! I just got back from NYC (on a family trip that I will get to), and I cannot wait to go back and see Heinrik Isben's Hedda Gabler
I am venturing to NYC with my Nana and my Grandma (Nana is in orange and Grandma is in white and blue).
Hedda Gabler is my favorite dramatic play. It is a strong feminine character and the play itself caused riots when it was first released. Great actresses have portrayed Hedda: Sarah Bernheart, Ingrid Bergman, Cate Blanchett and now Mary-Louise Parker!
I first discovered the play in acting class at Salisbury University.
My acting teacher selected parts for each of us and I was to learn one of the scenes between Hedda and Judge Brack. It was my moment of glory. I got to be a bitch. It was fantastic.
The whole play revolves around Hedda and her household. She is a woman who is caught in the 19th century female sphere, but does not desire anything it provides. She longs to be in control of herself, her world and people around her. At the time, this was considered immoral and completely wrong. When Isben's play opened in Italy, it caused riots and people rejected it. It now is famous and revered.
I love this play. My parents gave me the BBC version from 1962 starring Ingrid (of course!) and Michael Redgrave.
My former professor and now employer, Sarah, saw the version with Cate Blanchett. I remembered reading about this version in the NYtimes when I was researching how to play it for class. I was supremely jealous until one night this September. I was looking at tickets for Christopher Durange's production of The Marriage of Bette and Boo, a play in which I was the character, Emily Brennan, when we did a production in college. I scrolled around the site and then I saw that the Roundabout Theatre would be reviving the play with a dude from Fargo and MLP!
I ran into my sister's room at 2am and told her that I was going to go.
Well, my dreams are coming true. My Mom bought a ticket for me and 2 for my grandmothers. It should be an original way to branch generations. I cannot wait to hear what they have to say about the play! I gave my Grandma a copy of the play to read. She said last night that she has yet to read it. IF she doesn't finish it by that Friday, I will make her read it AND do a book report on the play. Maybe a plot chart, character chart, summary and text analysis... just like my class with Robert Smith... or more specifically-- Like when my GRANDMA made me SIT INSIDE on the LAST DAY OF SUMMER before 7th grade to do a book report on Anne of Green Gables. Payback Grandma. Payback.
I cannot wait to see this play live. I have been waiting for years and I feel like Mary-Louise Parker will do the part justice.
I will let you all know how it stands up!
My trip to NYC was amazing. My family and I went to Philadelphia first to play a little mini-beer pong and to watch the Eagles innailate the Cowboys. Though I'm a fan of neither team, I enjoy watching the Cowboys get spanked and my family happy.
Erin playing beer pong... I beat her though! (I took the pic)
Sanitary, no. Fun, yes.
In NYC we went to the MoMA, the Radio and Television Museum (where Erin caught up on some PBS Anne of Green Gables...hahaha) as well as shopping on Canal Street, eating in the Village and Shopping in SoHo. Erin and I went to Mama Mia and my parents went to see Jersey Boys all of which we enjoyed.
Erin and I also saw some stand up comedy, for free, at the Upright Citzens Brigade Theatre. LOVED IT!
Times Square was crazy due to it being just before the New Year's celebration. I met someone special in Times Square... we already had a relationship, but we needed to make it more official.
Elmo and Lex!
I had to take a picture of this, because they quoted Ingrid Bergman's daughter, Pia Lindstrom, who was a famous New York news reporter. I just found it funny that a play based on ABBA's music had Swedish-Americans quoted.
This is Giovanni. We met him on the train into the city. He told us that he had "chacolate" but what he was talking about was gum, he just didn't know the word for "chicle!"
He was a friendly little guy and was really excited about the train.
That is all for now. My trip was also exaughsting. haha.
I am TRULY excited! I just got back from NYC (on a family trip that I will get to), and I cannot wait to go back and see Heinrik Isben's Hedda Gabler
I am venturing to NYC with my Nana and my Grandma (Nana is in orange and Grandma is in white and blue).
Hedda Gabler is my favorite dramatic play. It is a strong feminine character and the play itself caused riots when it was first released. Great actresses have portrayed Hedda: Sarah Bernheart, Ingrid Bergman, Cate Blanchett and now Mary-Louise Parker!
I first discovered the play in acting class at Salisbury University.
My acting teacher selected parts for each of us and I was to learn one of the scenes between Hedda and Judge Brack. It was my moment of glory. I got to be a bitch. It was fantastic.
The whole play revolves around Hedda and her household. She is a woman who is caught in the 19th century female sphere, but does not desire anything it provides. She longs to be in control of herself, her world and people around her. At the time, this was considered immoral and completely wrong. When Isben's play opened in Italy, it caused riots and people rejected it. It now is famous and revered.
I love this play. My parents gave me the BBC version from 1962 starring Ingrid (of course!) and Michael Redgrave.
My former professor and now employer, Sarah, saw the version with Cate Blanchett. I remembered reading about this version in the NYtimes when I was researching how to play it for class. I was supremely jealous until one night this September. I was looking at tickets for Christopher Durange's production of The Marriage of Bette and Boo, a play in which I was the character, Emily Brennan, when we did a production in college. I scrolled around the site and then I saw that the Roundabout Theatre would be reviving the play with a dude from Fargo and MLP!
I ran into my sister's room at 2am and told her that I was going to go.
Well, my dreams are coming true. My Mom bought a ticket for me and 2 for my grandmothers. It should be an original way to branch generations. I cannot wait to hear what they have to say about the play! I gave my Grandma a copy of the play to read. She said last night that she has yet to read it. IF she doesn't finish it by that Friday, I will make her read it AND do a book report on the play. Maybe a plot chart, character chart, summary and text analysis... just like my class with Robert Smith... or more specifically-- Like when my GRANDMA made me SIT INSIDE on the LAST DAY OF SUMMER before 7th grade to do a book report on Anne of Green Gables. Payback Grandma. Payback.
I cannot wait to see this play live. I have been waiting for years and I feel like Mary-Louise Parker will do the part justice.
I will let you all know how it stands up!
My trip to NYC was amazing. My family and I went to Philadelphia first to play a little mini-beer pong and to watch the Eagles innailate the Cowboys. Though I'm a fan of neither team, I enjoy watching the Cowboys get spanked and my family happy.
Erin playing beer pong... I beat her though! (I took the pic)
Sanitary, no. Fun, yes.
In NYC we went to the MoMA, the Radio and Television Museum (where Erin caught up on some PBS Anne of Green Gables...hahaha) as well as shopping on Canal Street, eating in the Village and Shopping in SoHo. Erin and I went to Mama Mia and my parents went to see Jersey Boys all of which we enjoyed.
Erin and I also saw some stand up comedy, for free, at the Upright Citzens Brigade Theatre. LOVED IT!
Times Square was crazy due to it being just before the New Year's celebration. I met someone special in Times Square... we already had a relationship, but we needed to make it more official.
Elmo and Lex!
I had to take a picture of this, because they quoted Ingrid Bergman's daughter, Pia Lindstrom, who was a famous New York news reporter. I just found it funny that a play based on ABBA's music had Swedish-Americans quoted.
This is Giovanni. We met him on the train into the city. He told us that he had "chacolate" but what he was talking about was gum, he just didn't know the word for "chicle!"
He was a friendly little guy and was really excited about the train.
That is all for now. My trip was also exaughsting. haha.
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