Derby City Diva's Blog

Imagine this: some generous soul just handed you $500,000 exclusively for following and fine-tuning your heart’s desire.  What sort of avocation springs to mind? Would you work on that rock star dream, hone your skills as a ballroom dancer, race car driver, a Meteorologist? Maybe you’d finish your novel or join the Peace Corps.

I’d dance. Since competing in the Louisville Orchestra/Canfield/KDF Dancing with the Stars event, I’ve thought I’d like to take ballroom dance lessons. Private lessons for competition. Sure, I need some money and perhaps a bit more natural talent; and I have no delusions of making the activity a career, merely a high octane hobby. As horrible as I could be in practice, I was driven to go for it. A mere one hour dance session helped me forget my real world troubles.

I suppose I am a performer at heart (or is that ham?).

But enough about me and my diva-delusions—what do you dream of doing?

Love & Blessings, Leesa, your “DCD.”

 Opus had his anxiety closet. I have my anxiety closet dreams. Sunday night, the night of the June full moon, was a perfect example. In my sweat drenched dreams,I was married  to my ex, (who is no longer among the living) my current husband, (Darrell) and  to some underworld figure (his crazy sister was trying to kill me). Lots of moving around,  danger, and angst.  I foundmyself asking WTF when I awoke.

Today while driving, I observed several drivers challenging the worthiness of their insurance policy(or mine).

Some of you tell me it’s the full “strawberry” moon.  Does the full moon truly affect animal behavioral patterns?

What’s your experience.

Any full-moon oddness in your life this weekend?   

Love & blessings to all

-Leesa  “the DCD”

Menopause; it’s happening all around and it’s playing at Actor’s Theatre. Funny, true, and very well done. Want to laugh at yourself? Go see this musical before it’s gone.

Double Standard: noun– any code or set of principles containing different provisions for one group of people than for another, esp. an unwritten code of sexual behavior permitting men more freedom than women. 

 I was chatting with a friend this morning about how men are granted permission to age, yet women are often denied the same privilege. This double standard also applies to the looks department. Just listen to the snarky comments made when a couple walks into a party, and she is not as lovely as he. Turn the tables, and the homely he is called “interesting.” Not so much for the plain-Jane she on his arm.

What’s up with this?  It’s 2009 for god’s sake. Why haven’t we as a society evolved beyond the gross double standard?

Consider the public’s reaction to Susan Boyle—“How can that ugly woman sing so purty?” Suppose she was an ugly man (do not go there)? 

And don’t get me started on the whole “cougar” thing.  When a middle-age woman dates a much younger man, she’s called a predatory animal. Switch it up and the younger woman is labeled a “gold digger or trophy wife.” Women always get the shaft (so to speak).

• Do you concur?
• Have you been the victim or voyeur of similar situations?

Let me hear from you sisters and brothers.

Thanks, and do stop in daily for thoughts, opinions and ideas—mine and yours.

 –Derby City Diva

 Be kinder than necessary, because everyone is going through some kind of struggle.

Tuesday was media night for the Broadway Across America opening performance of Spring Awakening, a Tony Award Winning musical based on Frank Wedekind’s controversial play set in 1891 Germany about young people discovering their sexual and personal identities. Suppression and submission are the main themes–girl/boy has feelings for girl/boy…no one knows quite what to do with those feelings. Misguided mishaps follow.

The production was one of the best I’ve see, with an amazing cast, impressive staging, and provocative subject matter

Are things in 2009 much different than they were in the turn of the last century? Sure, we know a lot about sex appeal–it drips from every available media orifice. Does being hyper-sexualized equal sexual education? Would talking about sex in our homes, churches, and schools mean less teen-pregnancies, less sexual confusion, and a more stable self esteem? 

Talk to me about your thoughts.

-Leesa, the Derby City Diva

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