Working class hero

Driving to ballet on Saturday morning, and trying to ignore how many Saturday morning of my life have been spent going to ballet class. The little girls have it better now. Leotards come with built-in tutus and thereby the ultimate fantasy is realized. Little girls don't want to pirouette. They want the clothes, dammit. ( Dancery dreams ramble )

However, driving to ballet, wishing it wasn't so bloody early in the morning, and Scott Simon was interviewing Yoko Ono on All Things Considered. December 8th, and I meant to mark the day yesterday. Am ashamed that I didn't. It's always hard to believe that people can destroy beautiful things, meaningful things. Book burning has always made me cry, the guy who smashed La Pieta, and of course John Lennon. I'm not gonna talk about the politicians, the leaders who were killed for their beliefs because it's different, in a way. Or maybe it's not and that's the tragedy. But, a day late, I wanted to pay a little tribute. Say that he was loved and he is missed.

I don't know that I could isolate a favorite Beatles song, or a favorite John Lennon Song. Maybe "A Day in the Life," or "She's Leaving Home", "Imagine" gets the tearducts flowing as well, but it's hard to say for sure. So, other favorites out there? A little thank you to John?

Huge hugs to crankygrrl. I think she needs 'em.

Also, it's seems like all the other fandoms are doing things to celebrate the holidays. Any interest in a holiday challenge, or exchange or something? We could celebrate whitelight1's addiction to sappy holiday movies:) Or wreck the holiday season in true Farscape style:) (And notice that I don't offer any sort of practical suggestion, nor do I go too far out of my way to discover if this is happening elsewhere and I'm just too lazy to find it;) And I also refrained from offering a SACOC challenge of getting John naked except for a Santa hat. Oh, wait, did I say that outloud? Anyway, just a thought.

I like the "What's Your Story" question. It seems properly reflective, and it would be interesting to see what other people say in response. Does my interpretation of the story I tell again and again match up with the themes the reader picks up? I think most of my stories are about the things left unsaid, miscommunications and forgiveness and what it takes to get to trust. Those unspoken, untangible things that connect us and keep us together, and sometimes push us apart. Of course, as most of my posted work is only rubbing noses with plot, I guess it'd be hard to decipher the story. I mean sex is certainly a theme, but I don't know that it's a story:) Family, I guess and the unexpectedness of it.

Oh, and suelac posted two farscapefriday drabbles and they're gorgeous. All of the drabbles last week were fantastic, actually.