Don’t you just love icebreakers, table topics. I was at a Lenten Bible Study last week and the pastor asked our table to introduce ourselves by saying which leading character from a movie we would like to be. Most of the people said heroic, Christian type characters like Corrie Ten Boon or that runner from Chariots of Fire. Exemplary figures whose self sacrificing courage made the world a better place. Rick said Hawkeye from Last of the Mohicans. I could have told you that. He has seen that movie dozens of times.
I sort of panicked. I’m not a movie buff and I don’t have any movie heroes. I’ve never really had any heroes to speak of, unless you count Jane Pauley. Back in the early 80’s I would watch her on the Today Show as I got dressed in my little banker’s suit each morning. I thought she rocked. But, under the pressure, I forgot all about Jane. All I could think of were characters who are completely self centered, driven to excess, hard as nails, pardon my French, bitches. I love them. I want to be them. You see, in real life, I am a people pleaser, the teacher’s pet, the one driven by a sense of obligation so strong that I sacrifice my own health for the sake of others. In my make believe life, I’d like to throw caution to the wind, be mean and not care, step on the little people on my way up, be single mindedly ambitious and go for broke… Kick ass.
I chose Sigourney Weaver in Working Girl. I know the Melanie Griffith character is the sentimental favorite, but heck, Katherine Parker is so deliciously mean. Actually, I could have picked Scarlett O’Hara (Melanie is such a wimp), Meryl Streep in the Devil Wears Prada, Glen Close in Damages (I know it’s a TV show not a movie, but I LOVE her), either Thelma or Louise, or my personal favorite, Lucy Van Pelt. I’m not sure what the pastor thought about my selection. I felt like the other people were trying to make good first impressions. But after all I’ve been through, frankly my dear, I don’t give a damn.
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Shana……….priceless! Don't know what ese to say. I hope I never have to rate your blog posts, because they are all, well, pretty priceless. But, if I were forced to, this one and “Scarred for Life” would be right near the top!
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Shana, …………..priceless! Don't know what else to say… I hope I never have to rank your blog posts, because they are all, well, pretty priceless. But, if I were forced to, this one and Scarred for Life would be right up near the top!
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