Through a mutual friend Scout’s parents called asking if I would come by their home to update their daughter’s head shots and photographs for her acting portfolio. Scout is one of those girls who’s going to be the quirky side kick and I’m looking forward to seeing her rock the silver screen. Contact me if you need new head shots.

One of the musical staples in Genevieve’s life is Hello Dolly. I’ve never seen it and the two things that I know about it are that Louis Armstrong sung, Hello Dolly and that the first plugin you get with wordpress is one that teaches your it’s lyrics. I received a scholarship for music performance in percussion and with all the great musical education I received I never once appreciated it. Well, that’s a lie. I really enjoyed the broadway music from Titanic. But that was only because I was introduced to it during winter guard.

Well, I planed to work on a few things while Hello Dolly was going strong and believe it or not….I didn’t get any work done. I have mad respect for the choreographer and the dancers. It was quite impressive and it’s now stuck in my head. So should I be embarrassed that I enjoyed “Hello Dolly?”

Here are a few excepts from my favorite parts. Enjoy. (I would like to include “dancing” but I can’t find the movie version.)

“Hello Dolly” with Louis Armstrong

www.youtube.com/watch?v=akGziOmgEvs

Put n Your Sunday Clothes

www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVA3jgpgIY8

Last week Genevieve and I got an invite from Mogul PR to attend a private screening of Disney’s African Cats at Atlantic Station. There was a cocktail hour with hors d’oeuvres. No adult libations for us but in my eagerness to try new foods a few of the hors d’oeuvres were a little hot for the full mouth insert. Porsche was there displaying it’s art in motion.

We’ve all heard of Popeye. In fact, I remember going to the drive in movie to see it for the first time. My dad wouldn’t let my brother and I sit on the roof of the car like the other kids were allowed to do and I was highly upset. However, I have fond memories of Popeye and I am glad that Google is teaching us not only who created Popeye but also giving credit where credit is due. Thanks E.C. Segars.

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What are your memories of Popeye? Comment below.

What makes relationships so sacred and so special is the fact that they are places where we can feel safe and free from the self-induced obligation to present to others a false persona of who we would like for others to see us. How else can we grow if we are not able to show our true selves with all our foibles and rawness? I don’t think we can. The paradox of relationships is the fact that the more we are able to unpack all of our humanness the more we are able to shine as we were meant to be.  Ask any married couple if either spouse feels like they can let their true self come out and shine if they do not feel safe and secure. In fact, I was just speaking with two husbands today and they both stated on separate occasions that without connection and letting each spouse know that there is protection and security that relationship will be on the down slope.

A few days ago I found a great movie illustration for this. The Movie, “Stardust,”  I won’t go into the storyline except that Yviane (a fallen star) is stuck with Tristan for a few days and during that time Yvaine falls more and more in love with Tristan. For more info on the movie click here . You can also visit www.stardustmovie.com The way you know is that she starts to shine. Take a look.

She shines when she is with the captain because he is protecting her and she is having a great time on a flying ship. (who wouldn’t). However, when she is dancing with Tristan she can’t contain it and shines for everyone to see. So the question must be asked of you and of me. What is it that I can do to make my love feel more protected and free to just shine? What is it that I can do to help stabilize the relationship? What I love about the dancing scene is that it is just them. He is focused on her and she on him. They are together hand in hand and the world has now become secondary.Keep this in mind and let’s proceed.

Later in the movie Yvaine is captured and Tristan goes and saves her. Well, the witch that kidnapped Yvaine can only be defeated by something supernatural and Tristan doesn’t have that power. So Yvaine steps in and kills the witch with her shine but listen to what she says, “What do stars do? Shine” Remember when she was speaking with Captain Shakespeare she said that stars “glow” not “shine.”

Yvaine has the capability to shine even during the threat of certain death because of her devotion and love for Tristan. He has shown her that he loves her by going after her. One music artist said that her and her husband never get in an argument or a heated discussion without holding hands because its difficult to yell at someone when you are touching them. If the relationship is protected and both spouses feel honored, protected, respected and cared for then the outside world is a mere annoyance that can be always worked through.

What do you think?

Tonight, I’m staying up al night because I’m taking a flight in about 6 hours. I don’t go to sleep when I fly in the morning because I don’t want to sleep in and because it is nicer to just sleep on the plane.  Well, while up I was channel surfing and came across the scene in Good Will Hunting where Sean (Robin Williams) is letting Will (Matt Damon) know that life has significance when there is an experience of it.  Will was scared to experience it because he didn’t want to be hurt.  Sean, on the other hand, was hurt from the lose of his wife but the fact that he experienced love made it all the while.

Here’s the scene:

So if I asked you about art, you’d probably give me the skinny on every art book ever written. Michelangelo, you know a lot about him. Life’s work, political aspirations, him and the pope, sexual orientations, the whole works, right? But I’ll bet you can’t tell me what it smells like in the Sistine Chapel. You’ve never actually stood there and looked up at that beautiful ceiling; seen that. If I ask you about women, you’d probably give me a syllabus about your personal favorites. You may have even been laid a few times. But you can’t tell me what it feels like to wake up next to a woman and feel truly happy. You’re a tough kid. And I’d ask you about war, you’d probably throw Shakespeare at me, right, “once more unto the breach dear friends.” But you’ve never been near one. You’ve never held your best friend’s head in your lap, watch him gasp his last breath looking to you for help. I ask you about love, you’d probably quote me a sonnet. But you’ve never looked at a woman and been totally vulnerable— known someone that could level you with her eyes. Feeling like God put an angel on Earth just for you. That could rescue you from the depths of hell. And you wouldn’t know what it’s like to be her angel. To have that love for her, be there for forever. Through anything, through cancer. And you wouldn’t know about sleeping sitting up in a hospital room for two months holding her hand, because the doctors could see in your eyes that the term ‘visiting hours’ don’t apply to you.

WHAT SAY YOU?