Just got home from a truly incredible matinee performance of Cirque du Soleil Crystal . It’s a brand new show that takes place in the air and on ICE! There were some very funny moments, but mostly gasp worthy stunts beautifully done to live music. Amazing skating throughout, including a nod to Canada’s second favorite sport, hockey. If you’re wondering what the most popular sport in Canada is, it’s a real Canadian one, invented by a Canadian, basketball. Speaking of balls, the show begins with a fantastic juggling performance. And the aerial acrobatics had everyone gasping.
This wasn’t my first Cirque du Soleil show, I’ve been a huge fan since the 90s, but it was my mother’s first time seeing it, and she was completely blown away . Crystal was my second favorite iteration of Cirque du Soleil. My absolute favorite was O, and that is hard to beat .
What a wonderful afternoon, watching Canadian entertainment.
Right now, on TikTok and youtu.be, there is a dance challenge to the song by Vanilla Ice, real name Robert Van Winkle, ice ice, baby, and every time I hear the chorus, my brain changes the lyric.
The other day, after watching yet another person dancing to the song, I started singing it aloud, and my husband was in the room, and he started laughing. When I asked him what was so funny,he told me that he thought my alternate lyric was hilarious,so I’m sharing it with you today,so you can get a chuckle from someone in your life.
During the chorus, which is literally just three words, ice ice, baby,substitute these three words.
This is a photo of me and my husband. From this photo and only this photo, please take a guess at our ages. Please tell me who you think is older and why, in the comments below.
My favorite historical figure is Bette Davis. She was not only a great actress but a strong woman who didn’t take any crap, even from the studio heads. She was a woman who knew her worth, and in those days, it earned her a reputation for being difficult.
The roles she played all had one thing in common, female bravery, it was the bravery to play an unlikable character, like in the 1934 film, Of Human Bondage, where she played a prostitute who died of consumption so convincingly that , when her name was not included among the nominees for the best actress category, thousands of fans wrote in demanding she be nominated and the academy aquieced ,allowing her to be a write in nominee. Even though she didn’t win that year, it was the first time ever, but not the last time that fans were able to change the academy’s mind. The very next year, the same thing happened to Paul Muni, who won the award before the academy decided to discontinue the practice. Bette didn’t have to wait long for her first Academy Award, though, because the following year, she won the best actress award for her film Dangerous. Three years later, she would win her second Oscar for the 1938 film Jezebel,where she played a strong-willed southern belle ,in my opinion, better than Vivian Leigh in Gone with the Wind .Throughout her career, Bette Davis was nominated for 11 Academy Awards,but those were the only two she won. Though, in my opinion, she should have won two more, the first for All about Eve in 1950, which is my favorite of her films ,and the second for What Ever happened to Baby Jane? In which she played a crazy aging child star so hauntingly and tragically that, even though it’s considered camp today, I always cry when I watch.
Off screen Bette Davis co-founded the Hollywood Canteen, which offered food and dancing to service men from 1942 through 1945,during World War two. Davis was also the first woman president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 1941.
When she died in 1989,at the American hospital of Paris from breast cancer, at the age of 81,she’d already survived a mastectomy 6 years earlier as well as 4 strokes.
It’s the strength of Bette Davis that I admire and to which I aspire. And I feel I’m getting there.
One of my favorite moments that happened after becoming a wheelchair user was going to see Cher with my mother, who is just a few years Cher’s senior and sharing our mutual joy at getting to see the icon perform live.
We used to watch the Sonny and Cher show together.
Sonny and Cher
Then, later, the Cher show. We both loved the costumes created by Bob Mackie
Cher in Bob Mackie
and Cher’s gorgeous deep voice even back then. Cher was the first woman that I wanted to be . I remember tying scarves around my head and pretending that I had long hair , like Cher and singing loudly if poorly to Cher’s songs as a 6 year old kid. So it was very special seeing her live with the woman who molded my young life back then.
I remember my mom commented that she certainly could sit in the audience if Cher could still perform at her age. To this day, we still watch every interview and enjoy every new performance that Cher gives .
We loved her new Christmas song!
As many great concerts as I’ve been lucky enough to attend, like the Rolling Stones and David Bowie, that performance by Cher is the one that I will always remember most fondly.
Still can’t believe she looks this good in her 70s
Last night was well worth the wait! It became obvious to me that Jimbo is a creative genius who has been planning out his career every step of the way. From the very first time we saw him on Canada’s drag race in that rubber mini mouse inspired outfit saying, “OH WOW!”, while entering the work room, to the moment of winning All Stars 8, Jimbo planned it all. And it was pure perfection.
Jimbo’s drag circus was everything a fan could want. Every character we’ve come to know and love showed up, including Joan Rivers and Casper, the baloney ghost. There were original songs as well as not so original songs with new and very original lyrics . And Jimbo can and did dance!
My friend Rebecca and I were let in first, and the first person we saw entering the theater was Jimbo’s sexy partner, Brady Taylor, which made it all the more real to me.
The response from the hometown crowd, from beginning to end, was simply love and joy because that’s what Jimbo inspires. When intermission began, I spotted Jimbo’s mother, Mary Insell, with whom I have exchanged brief conversations on social media.
Jimbo and mom, Mary, after the all stars win
There have been 3 additional shows added, so this was not the last show of the tour, which means that I must not post spoilers , so I won’t . Suffice it to say that anyone lucky enough to have purchased tickets won’t be disappointed. I know that I can’t wait to see what Jimbo has planned for us next!
After more than 6 months of waiting patiently, tonight I will be seeing Jimbo and his drag circus 🎪! My friend Rebecca and I are going, and we’re so very excited 😊.
Unfortunately, I can’t get my lower denture into my mouth because there is a spot that feels like a bone shard is trying to work its way out of the gum, or possibly a left over suture. But, thanks to covid, I’m still going. I’ll just be wearing a mask 😷. Because there’s no way I’m showing off my toothless face even in a dim theater . But I’m not missing this for anything! If I can’t be comfortable, then I can’t enjoy it fully, so a mask it will be.
Jimbo as Marilyn Monroe Jimbo, the baloney ghost 👻 Jimbo, the drag clown 🤡, is both Adam and Eve
I’m about to take the COLBERT QUESTIONERT, a set of 15 questions that are meant to plumb the depths of any person who is willing to be known. If you’re unfamiliar with comedian Stephen Colbert , I highly recommend you go to YouTube and search for the Colbert questionert. It’s interesting to see how different people respond, from Carol Burnett to Michelle Obama to Robert Deniro and Ryan Gosling, all answering the exact same questions in very different ways .I guarantee you will be entertained.
Here are my responses.
1. What is the best sandwich?
Meatloaf
2. What is one thing that you own that you really should throw out?
I’ve already done it, and it was my collection of high heels.
3. What is the scariest animal?
The male.
4. Apples or oranges?
Since it’s impossible to compare the two, I’ll go with pears.
5. Have you ever asked someone for their autograph?
No. But somehow I have 2.
6. What do you think happens when we die?
Relief.
7. Favorite action movie?
True Lies
8. Favorite smell?
It’s a tie between freshly cut grass and freshly baked bread.
9. Least favorite smell?
The smell of beer after it has left the body via the urinary tract and sat in the toilet overnight.
10. Exercise, worth it?
In moderation, yes.
11. Flat or sparkling?
Flat
12. Most used app on your phone?
YouTube
13. You get one song to listen to for the rest of your life. What is it?
This is my favorite sketch from this hour has 22 minutes . It was 4 years ago. Two years after Canada legalized Marijuana. However, it’s still not legal to be this high while driving,or this stupid.
This TED talk was posted 4 days ago and I must say that I wish it were far longer than the 7 minutes he was given. Jordan Klepper has a real talent for talking to people with whom he disagrees. He just touches the surface here, but if every person tried this approach, things would be more peaceful ✌️
