I need a little Springtime

"Spring is here! Spring Is here! Life is Skittles and life is beer! I think the loveliest time of the year is the spring! I do! Don't you? 'Course ya do!"

New Blogging App

I just downloaded this new app which should allow me to blog directly from my phone!

How cool is that?

Here are some pics I've taken recently of the beautiful Spring we are having. ^_^

Casting Soulless: Part 2- Ivy

1. Emma Thompson- In a perfect world, Emma Thompson would sty the age she was in Sense and Sensibility and would make a perfect Ivy. *le sigh* Unfortunately, I think we may have missed the boat on this one. She couldn't play the young Miss Histlepenny now. :/



2. Sara Rue- Didn't I put her as an Alexia choice? Yes, but I like her and since I think Miracle would make a better Alexia in the end, I'd want Sara in there someplace. ^_^



3. Ginnifer Goodwin- She's got a sweetness about her that would make a lovable ivy. Plus, I can totally see her in a ridiculous hat.

Casting Soulless: Part 1- Alexia

So I recently read a blog post wherein someone was compiling a "dream cast" of the Parasol Protectorate and I was a bit disappointed in the choices. They were okay I suppose, I can't say anything *really* bad about them but they were mostly just the cast of Downton Abbey (which I love) and I think Alexia and her crew deserve better. ^_^

So First Alexia:



1. Minnie Driver- She wasn't always so skinny, in face the first thing I remember her in was Circle of Friend where she played a thicker girl and I wanted SO BADLY to be her.She's got vaguely Itialian looks and some great hair (not to mention her *ahem* huge tracts of land) Plus, she's got some serious acting chops. Give her 20 lbs, strap her in a corset and she'd make a fabulous Alexia.







2. Christina Hendricks- Wow. Just so bad-assed and cool and if you've ever seen her in Firefly you know she can act, and move. Would be great if only her hair weren't SO RED!












3. Sara Rue- Another once non-skinny actress. She is so cool and I think she could really do something interesting with the role.














1. Miracle Laurie- She was awesome in Dollhouse both as a sweet innocent and as a bad-ass. Also, she is not stick-thin and has a great neck that would look well in all those old-timey clothes. ^_^ I think she is my ultimate favorite because she is relatively unknown and could define her career with something as cool as Alexia.

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Help Find Magnolia!

My friends Jarod and Mary and trying to adopt a baby... the problem is it's super expensive.

Mary is totally awesome and will make a wonderful mother, and it's a shame that they have to go into so much debt to find their baby.

Just so you know what a good mom Mary will make here is one of her first blog posts to her baby:

"Dear Magnolia,

I’ve been reading someone else’s blog about preparing for coming home with their first adopted baby, and they speak of it as the inevitable. That one way or another, their baby was coming home, and it hit me when I read those words that this is how I feel about you.

We are only in the beginning, see, and your mama, who is a worrier by nature, is already fretting. The what ifs pile up pretty easily, when I’m just beginning to get the house cleaned so I can take photos of it and your papa’s hair cut so someone can take photos of us looking like respectable, parental type people. We have everything ahead of us, and it is hard not to imagine the roadblocks. I worry that what we turn in won’t be enough or that they will not be satisfied by the answers we have to their questions, and sometimes it seems a little to much to bear.

But then I think of you, and I think of the UPS tracking number I have saved in my inbox for the shoes I bought you already, and I think of the small thing I already know I’ll buy for you when we sail over that first hurdle, and I just think we’ll be all right. We will find our way to each other, somehow.

Love,
Your Mama"

If you'd like to help (and I can think of no worthier cause) click the link and follow the instructions. You don't have to do anything major, just sign up and make some online purchases this season that you'd probably make anyway.

Thanks in advance for your help!

New Site!

Wotmania is dead! Long live readandfindout.com!

If you're interested in science fiction and fantasy, readandfindout.com has lots of reviews and interviews.

Also, readandfindout.com is a great place to find great community with like-minded individuals.
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