A Woman of Wonder.

I got one of the sweetest compliments from my brother the other day. After seeing the epic Wonder Woman movie in the theatre, he admitted to really enjoying the film a lot, adding that Diana reminded him a lot of me.

Which is touching because when I was a little girl, one of my biggest aspirations in life was to be an actress, and the one role I wanted to play on screen more than anyone was Wonder Woman.

I wasn't much of a comic book reader, so my knowledge was based on Wonder Woman being this tall Amazonian kick arse superhero. She represented strength, femininity, and she looked courageous and beautiful whilst fighting bad guys. Who wouldn't want to play her?  

When I first saw the trailer to the newest Wonder Woman film, I have to admit, I was definitely a bit jealous. When did these auditions occur, and how was I not notified? Course, I'm just a small town girl from Alaska, but I still should have been given the opportunity, right?  

Anyhow, my jealousy was quickly replaced by excitement. It looked SO action-packed and I was grateful that Hollywood finally got their act together and decided to make a film on her! 

So the other day, I finally went to see it. 

Wow.  

What a film.

*warning, spoilers ahead

An entertaining summer blockbuster, Wonder Woman defied all expectations and left me at times, in tears. When all those Amazonians came down on ropes shooting arrows from impossible angles, muscles glistening, braided hair flying free, I felt incredibly empowered and proud. When Wonder Woman bravely walked forth against flying bullets across no-man's-land, I nearly cried, again.

Course, there were a few critics out there who expectedly focused on it being a "feminist" film, noting her lack of armpit hair and subliminal messages informing us about how the ideal female form should look. Never mind that she's half-god. And as a woman myself, I never noticed that, not once!

Plus, in the end, she cites love as being the only thing that can save the world. How powerful is that?

I'm quite pleased at the turnout of the film and cannot wait for other movies to follow suit in its direction! Maybe next time though, they could give me a shout when thinking of auditions...

Spare Some Change?

I was dropping coins into my phone booth piggy bank (I'm old fashioned that way) the other day and I thought to myself, I love the sound of change. 

Not just literally, but figuratively as well. And one area of my life that has been in dire need of a little TLC has been my blog. 

In case you haven't noticed already, I've changed things up a bit since we talked last! New site, new design, same old gal writing her thoughts and inserting as many puns as possible into her posts. 

It was quite the process too.  

It all started with the simple idea of updating my blog. As I'm not the most tech savvy individual, I enlisted the help from a few different professionals who were familiar with all that HTML coding technology stuff.  

What I quickly found out though, was that it cost a lot of money.  

I went back and forth, up and down, and in the end, I took my family's advice and began looking into doing it on my own.  

To be honest, it took a lot of time and a lot of work. I spent hours reading help articles, uploading pictures, playing with my webpage design, but in the end, I succeeded and I did it all on my own.  

I cannot tell you how rewarding it feels to finally have it up and running with all my previous posts transferred, all the work I put into it out there for the world (or a few of y'all) to view. 

Guys, it's possible to do things on your own! Not only do you save money, but you put your problem solving skills to the test and end up a better person for it.  

I instigated change and it feels so darn good, I can't help but jump for joy. And as a result, I got to put a couple more coins in my piggy bank...