Life, Fannishness, and Thespic Infatuation

( My weekend in Ohio )

( Upcoming thespian endeavor )

Okay, so, enough babbling from me for now? Yeah, probably. It's overcast and rainy out, and the office is, as usual, very quiet. I'm still in limbo with my medical stuff, but I'm going to try to get to zumba class tonight, if I can get the grocery shopping done.

I haven't really been following the mainstream media coverage of the disaster in Haiti closely. A story here and there to supplement what I have been following of first hand reports. But what little I have been watching, and the consumer responses to it, seem to be little more than armchair quarterbacking, finding fault with a system like there is a quick fix and "if only this would happen everything would be peachy."

( Good intentions won't cut it. )

The other night, Geo was watching a DVD of an eclectic assortment of Christmas TV episodes. And one such show was a TV version of Annie Oakley. Well, knowing that there is early footage of the real Annie Oakley, I at first saw the title and thought maybe it was going to be a documentary of some sort. Though it didn't quite look like it. Then I saw the girl come on screen, and I told Geo the obvious: "That's not Annie Oakley." (It didn't look a thing like her.)

So while he was watching, I hopped on-line and discovered that this was an ep of a TV show he was watching. (Which became pretty obvious when it started playing out as a narrative and all.)

But as I've got something of an interest in Annie Oakley, she being from Darke County, where my dad was raised (he was raised in Greenville, to be specific. He's often told me that Annie Oakley taught him everything he knows about guns), I started doing a little surfing.

Now, when I was a wee lass, I did a book report on Annie Oakley. And I've visited her grave in Darke County. But I didn't remember much about her beyond the very basics.

And you know what?

She was fairly awesome.

The Annie Oakley Foundation website is a good place to start. Here's one of the things that impressed me most:

Annie set an example for women and helped change the American public's mind regarding what were appropriate sports and activities for women. She also argued for a woman's right to bear and use firearms, both for sport shooting and for self-defense. She coached more than 2,000 women in firearm safety and shooting. As a public service she traveled the Eastern coast, at her own expense, demonstrating the safe and effective use of firearms for World War I soldiers.

This seems to be a good, brief biography as well.

You know, it just now occurred to me. I've long been partial to the name Phoebe. It conjures images of Gibson Girls and class and refinement. Now I'm wondering if I'm not actually partial to the name because of Phoebe Ann Mosey. Hm . . .

Back from Ohio.

Went shopping with parents and Ohio cous.
Saw my Michigan cousins.
Watched Dollhouse with Li'l Bro.

I miss Ohio.

Driving on the outskirts of my hometown, we passed one of those white-on-green "Adopt a Highway" signs. Underneath was a matching white-on-green sign that read:

Ruby and Lucy

Huh-buh-WHA????

Regardless of your personal thoughts on Sarah Palin or hunting, I thought this was amusing.

Bowhunter Barbie?

This doubly cracks me up because my hometown is only about 20 minutes from Xenia.

(Please note: This is not an invitation to talk politics. As do some of my LJ friends, I find that much political talk--especially this close to an election--isn't so much an exchange of ideas as a means to Prove I'm Correct. My personal thoughts on the matter are personal, and if you get to know me well enough, they should become reasonably obvious, anyway.)

Guess what!

Last night's ep of Ghost Hunters visited Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Fairborn (near Dayton), Ohio.

Where Geo used to work.

He recognized the buildings they investigated, and when they showed the conversations between the Hunters and their tour guide, Geo did a double-take and exclaimed, "Hey! I know her!"

Pretty freaky stuff going on at the AFB. After the last few eps where nothing much has happened, they had to go to Ohio for some real activity. Bwah!

I wonder if they've ever met the woman who writes the "Haunted Ohio" books.

We were both surprised, however, that they didn't investigate the Air Force Museum; that place is supposed to be very haunted as well.

Only in Springfield (Note: The original Yahoo link is dead. Link replaced with current link on 3-19-13.)

There is also a pawn shop (where I used to work for Jeweler Friend) where you can arrange a complete wedding at the shop if you purchase your wedding set there. I've seen pictures of a man proposing to his girlfriend in the showroom.

And we didn't win the premiere of The Simpsons Movie? How does that happen?