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Do you still paint/draw/create? Haven’t seen anything from you in a while.
I know! I haven’t done any leisurely stuff since April 2009, and that’s sort of ridiculous. My pal, Allyson, and I were just discussing how we don’t do anything anymore. The only things I’ve done lately were props and costumes for the children’s theatre company I help out, and that doesn’t really count. I was looking at items in my family’s storage unit last week, and I found a bunch of paintings I made in high school and grade school. It doesn’t matter that they’re terrible…it was cathartic and relaxing to sit in my bedroom and make them. I do have a few items on the art agenda currently. I will have to put aside some time to actually do it. You’ll be the first to know when these things are completed.
How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck would?
I’d imagine it would rely heavily on the characteristics of the woodchuck, the wood, and the time period in question.
Ariel or Jasmine?
Let’s see. Ariel changed herself drastically — at great risk — to be with a man she barely knew, with whom she had never spoken while conscious. However, she’s a MERMAID. Then there’s Jasmine. She was true to herself (though she feigned common status every now and then for kicks). You know, I really hate when you do this to me. Hmmm. I have close ties with both films, and I did have both Ariel AND Jasmine Barbie dolls when I was wee…but for the time being, my love for Aladdin is greater. So, Jasmine is the winner because she’s “one jump ahead of the slowpokes, one skip ahead of my doom (next time gonna use a nom de plume). One jump ahead of the hitmen, one hit ahead of the flock…I think I’ll take a stroll around the block.”
Also, holy crap. I quote this sand-tiger from the Cave of Wonders, in his scraggly voice, entirely too much for a twenty-three year old woman:
Oh! I also laugh every time I hear the part in “A Whole New World” where Aladdin is like, “DON’T YOU DARE SHUT YOUR EYES!” Abusive relationship on the horizon, right?
Ask me a thing or a thang, if you feel so inclined.




