Epic Role Models

So at different points throughout my life, I've harbored a secret (or not so secret) desire to be or be just like each of these women.

Mary Poppins: who doesn't want their room clean in a finger snap? And her dress inside the painting?! Yes, please.










Any one of the four members of Point of Grace: first time since Amy Grant that I thought I might want to be a singer.










Belle: I'll always love Jasmine & Ariel too, but Belle with her books and her dreams and her stubbornness and her bangs that never stayed in place-- we were two of a kind.







Lois Lane/Teri Hatcher: mostly because of my raging crush on Clark Kent...
(except I also loved-- coveted, even!-- her haircut. THIS haircut. I know, I know. But i did.)








Kimberly/The Pink Ranger: mostly-- okay, entirely-- because of my raging crush on the green/white/red ranger...










Eponine: tragic heroine-ism at its purest and finest.



















Mara Jade: I know, I'm epically nerdy. But she was a former Imperial assassin and a total badass. And she ended up marrying Luke Skywalker, which sounded like a grand idea when I was 14.













Jennifer Knapp: I think I covered almost every song on her Kansas cd-- for one youth group function or another.








Anastasia: orphaned princess (with amazing red hair) goes on adventure and marries hot kitchen boy who's guts she used to hate... still my favorite kind of storyline. :)








Jean Grey: I know she's not the real or original Dr. Grey-- but she's who made me want to be her.











Mimi Marquez: I'd actually rather NOT be her... just would like to portray her on stage. :)








Arwen Undomiel: annnnnnnd I still want to be her. I still try to be her.
(and this scene is my favorite shot of her-- ever.)














I left a few out... maybe there'll be a volume two.

But it's only 99 cents...

You know that Verizon commercial with the chi looking boy who calls himself a "music hunter"?

I really am one of those.

I don't have a phone to capture songs when I hear them, but I do that in my head. I have been known to write down little chunks of song lyrics from movie or the radio and google them when I get home. (I first heard Feels Like Today on an episode of Smallville.) I have been known to rewind an episode of Scrubs until I can catch a good enough chunk of lyrics to google and locate the artist and song title in order to buy it on iTunes. (Hello, Jeremy Kay!)

I also love hearing people's favorite songs and having them explain why they are their favorite. I love knowing why people love the things they love. I even comb the Celebrity Playlists on iTunes to see if any of the rich and famous have something of substance to offer (I discovered Sia on Jim Carrey's playlist).

I love collecting music. It's one of the things that makes me the happiest.

So... if you want me to buy your favorite song on iTunes, message or comment me in some fashion persuasively convincing me that my life is incomplete without your tune. In other words, tell me why YOU can't live without it. And if I buy it and agree with you-- I'll let you know, AND be forever in your gratitude. :)

Homage

But really, honestly, not one inspired by *sheer vanity.

Rather compiled in a state of amazed gratefulness for his consistent, magnificent use of the remarkable gift God has given him.

I present to you, my singer/songwriter/surfer hero.














*that last picture had a little bit to do with vanity.