Making life better, fun-ner, fabulous-er. By Dixie FeldmanHowdy. My name's Dixie, and every week I'm going to be blogging here about making Life better, fun-ner, fabulous-er.
(Technically my name isn't really Dixie; I was born a Sarah. But everyone calls me Dixie, and since you can't swing a cat these days without hitting someone named Sarah, I'm going with it. Besides, it has a nice "Want some whipped cream on that slice of pie, honey?" ring to it.)
When I'm not putting off doing laundry, vacuuming, or making sorely-needed doctors' appointments by writing this here blog, I can be found putting those things off by writing my upcoming book,
The Lost Art of Being a Dame. I grew up suckling at TV's glass teat, drinking in all these great black-and-white movies starring
Barbara Stanwyck,
Claudette Colbert,
Rosalind Russell, and
Bette You-Know-Who. I learned a lot about life, love and style from the masters, and I want to share the wisdom and wit with other women. Essentially, the book celebrates those wise and witty "dames" of the 30's and 40's, and suggests women today might be well-served to cultivate their own dame-itude. (More about this in future blogs. MUCH more.)
Anyway, back to living foxier and fabulous-er:
I recognize our lives are already pretty groovy just the way they are. Still, sometimes a girl finds herself sitting in front of the TV watching
Four Weddings and a Funeral for the bazillionth time and pondering the meaning of Life, the roads not taken, the caloric toll in an entire box of Count Chocula.
Like you, I wrestle with the big questions:
• Who am I?
• What really matters in life?
• Do these shoes make me look like a ho?
• How can I make the most of my time here on Earth?
I've wrestled with these and come up with the following:
• Anyone I want to be.
• Joy.
• Well, yes.
Yeah, but that whole "time on Earth thing," that one's tricky. So I'm writing this blog to start a conversation. I have found conversations work a lot better when I'm not the only one mouthing off, so please, let me hear from you!
Yes, you.
Til next time -- I got a box of vampire-themed cereal to finish.
this blog does not make your butt look big, just your booty
Dixie, you are a hoot! I'm looking forward to your blogging on a regular basis (which means one of us needs to ixnay the ampire-vay ereal-cay and start in on the fiber).
Great start Dixie! I'm looking forward to more.
I'm thinking that a great dame like Rosalind Russell never said "does this make my butt look big." Self-deprecation and dames just don't go together. More likely she asked, how sexy does my butt make me look today? Do I need to pad the curves a bit more?
Personally I think a few more dames need the after market curves provided by the Count Chocula. Is J Lo a dame? I know Latifa is and they make me proud to shake may ample bootie. Maybe Freddie Mercury was singing to me :)
Keep it coming. Your public needs you! I'm signing up for that RSS feed right NOW.
xxoo
May D. Cember
Speaking of RSS feed - is there one? I want more!
mdc
Speaking of RSS feed - is there one? I want more!
mdc