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For my birthday, I went to see a psychic!—I wanted my palm read, primarily. Maybe tarot cards read.
I was hoping for a dark and creepy experience. I'd had my palm read twice before, and my tarot cards read once. It's fun!
You may recall, I'm a bit embracing of death. I mean, it's going to happen, right? So, I didn't tell this to Crystal, but my main objective, aside from the creepy experience, was to chat about death.
As soon as she said, "I work with the light, not the darkness," I knew I was in for disappointment. She told me I'd live a long life and and moved on—that was the last mention of death!
She focused and career and money (yawn) and relationships. I told her I was meant to be alone. She nearly cried at that, and told me I had a soul mate, and wanted to help me find him. She asked me if I had any dreams, and I started telling her about my recurring nightmares, and she wasn't interested. In hindsight, I think she was asking about the hope sort of dreams not sleeping dreams.
Without even telling her I mostly wanted to talk about death, she declared, "you're so negative."
What a dull experience. Thanks, Yelp!
Sad news about Annette last month.
The most popular original Mouseketeer, she was re-invented as a pop music star when her fans demanded it. Then re-invented as an unlikely beach babe for the Beach Party films when Disney Studios didn't know what to do with her. Then retired from acting when she was pregnant with her first child...all by age 24.
I am a fan of
the way she carried herself in Hollywood (not all former Mouseketeers
have such class, eh Brit?), but particularly as someone who lived with
MS for many years. For those of you who know my family, you know why.
I took my time drawing this and adding color. You know I haven't been drawing much lately due to my newfound hobby of DIY. Yesterday I spent the day designing and building a cabinet, but had to bail for now until I figure out how to make the door. Anyway, I converted the line color of Annette in P-shop, then colored the sand and towel using the chalk function in Painter, and then sky and water using the watercolor function (never tried that before!), then back to P-shop to add the color to Annette and the beach ball. Considering how rusty I am, not too shabby.
Rest in peace, Annette.
