......Hope, Charity, Audrey, Gregory, Pa....Outandabout
Matinee. Cinema. Picture House (Since 1916) Uckfield
Seven of us in the theatre. All of us over fifty. I was the youngest. It was lovely.
I had realised that I had never seen the entire movie, "Roman Holiday". 1953.
The pace was slow, and the cinematography, delightful.
Audrey, her first major film part. SO beautiful and lovely.
I heard some ladies in the loo talking about Peck, one of them had had a school-girl crush on him and they did not mention Audrey much. Just a slightly dissing remark about how she did not have a singing voice and was upset at 'being dubbed' in her musical films. This is true. She did not have a strong singing voice and as I remember (from Audrey's biog), it was Julie Andrews who was upset at not being cast for the film role of 'My Fair Lady'. The producers had wanted to use Andrews' voice, but not to cast her as 'Eliza'.
When we had a cream tea later in the cinema restaurant, I found myself on the next table to them. I decided it would be appropriate to talk about Audrey, her life, and her film career.....loudly, to educate the bitches : ) and because her back-story is very interesting and she was so much more than a pretty face.
Audrey has great bones, lovely eyes and a smile that makes you melt. Audrey Hepburn was born in Brussels, Belgium, on May 4, 1929, (Chinese Snake Year) the daughter of J. A. Hepburn-Ruston and Baroness Ella van Heemstra. Her father, a banker, deserted the family when she was only eight years old. Hepburn was attending school in England when the Germans invaded Poland at the start of World War II (1939–45; a war fought mostly in Europe, with Germany, Italy, and Japan on one side and the United States, Great Britain, France, and the Soviet Union on the other). England had promised to help Poland, which they did by declaring war on Germany. Hepburn's mother took her to live with relatives in Holland, thinking they would be safer there. The Germans soon invaded Holland, though, leading to the deaths of many of Hepburn's relatives and forcing her and her mother to struggle just to stay alive. Sometimes she had nothing to eat except flour. Still, as a young ballet dancer, she performed in shows to help raise money for the Dutch war effort.
Read more: https://www.notablebiographies.com/He-Ho/Hepburn-Audrey.html#ixzz5rJoTcOVh
She became an ambassador for UNICEF, during her last years, and while she was dying of cancer. The photos from this era of her life are beautiful. She was a beautiful soul and her beauty shone from within. She did not consider herself to be very beautiful and maintained that it was make-up, clothes and film that made her so. She considered herself to be very plain. On one occasion, she wanted to prove her 'plainness' to a friend/colleague and arrived with no makeup, in casual clothes. Her friend maintained that she was beautiful, even dressed down.
Personally, I would say that she ranks in the top five most beautiful women in film/cinema.
.....and, I was a day ahead (again) I went to meet my lovely friend in the cafe this morning, and realised that this appointment was for tomorrow : {
I stayed and had breakfast/brunch and a flick through the tabloid trash. Suddenly, it was a kindergarten...this always happens. I go into a cafe, then it becomes a kindergarten...mum's and buggies just pile on in.
I usually joke out loud and say, "Bloody hell, it's suddenly a kindergarten in here!". Usually gets some laughs, or just weird looks : { ) (inner dialogue "Yes, I see you have some lovely little blessings, there". ie children)
I'm totally uncensored, words fall out of my mouth, before I can stop them. Good and bad thing ;
So. Veggie breakfast fuel-up lasted all day, as it should.
When I got home, I realised that I must make a point of movie going every month, at least.
Also, some music events, would be good. Since having spent a lot of the last few months healing, 'hermitting' and moving my way through the grief of the death of my mother, and healing from a break-up. It's time.
I walked my pooch, who'd been listening to Radio Sussex all day (phew, that's a lot of chat)
and bumped straight into my friend, Vicki's, husband with two of the boys. A little while ago she was in a bad way, and her support club was My friends Rog, Sue and me, were cheering her on and helping her out, with her three boys. She had lost her 9-day-old daughter, Rose, her husband disappeared soon after, and she was very depressed and hopeless. We did what we could to help. It was very close to the knuckle for me, because I have experienced loss and abandonment and single-parenting. My heart went out to her, nevertheless. And my hand.
I knew that she had become pregnant in the Autumn and I had seen her in the Coop. Jokingly (but also in serious, as she was desperate to have another daughter) I said "Let's hope it's a girl, or your f*****". She laughed out-loud and agreed. My friend Rog and I prayed that she would have a daughter.....and today I discovered that she had a daughter in May, called 'Faith'. How beautiful. I am so,so,so,so,so,so,so happy for her. So, her husband reconciled and she has what she (and I) would have prayed for. I will visit her soon.
On hearing this success story, it made me think. Do I actually like being single, really and honestly? No, not really, because I like sharing. I like love. I like holding hands, going out, being on someone's mind, having someone on your mind, kissing, sex. Who doesn't, really? That's not to say that I am unhappy single, I just feel a bit...bluegh sometimes... I don't think it's natural to be a total loner, forever.
Time to accept invitations, go out and say 'yes' again.
I am accepting an invitation to my friend's BBQ, at the weekend. Her family moved from here to Heathfield and it is a late birthday celebration.
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QM1elZRtZ7o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szM7x0N9Ru4
Betrayal is not a cool thing. Sometimes it rains. Heartbreak is real. Crying rivers of tears is dehydrating and not pretty. Heartbreak is actually very common and the fact is, you rise. You get up, dust off and you stop feeling so crucified. You have to.
It's cool to love and be loved. Risky, always...if you don't move forwards you will forever stay stuck. If you don't turn up to the party, you don't party. If you don't party...you are not celebrating. If you do not celebrate life, there is no point living. What is life without love? Barren.
This tells me that I am surrendering to the new and letting go of the old. For me, it's progress.
I just want to fall in love, again.
I am looking forward to a treatment with Lulu, a cuppa with Dawn and a long dog walk tomorrow.
I am looking forward to a weekend going out. Getting my smile and sexy on. I am looking forward to saying yes and smiling - genuinely.....after months of 'fake' smiles, while dying inside.
I think that it is healthy to be grateful to everyone who has f***** me over and/or broken my heart.....pain makes you grow and without pain there would be no joy. You forgive. You learn... I recommend...I certainly do.....
You Learn - Alanis Morissette
Oh, oh, oh
I, recommend getting your heart trampled on to anyone, yeah
I, recommend walking around naked in your living room, yeah
Swallow it down (what a jagged little pill)
It feels so good (swimming in your stomach)
Wait until the dust settles
You live you learn, you love you learn
You cry you learn, you lose you learn
You bleed you learn, you scream you learn
I, recommend biting off more than you can chew to anyone
I certainly do
I, recommend sticking your foot in your mouth at any time
Feel free
Throw it down (the caution blocks you from the wind)
Hold it up (to the rays)
You wait and see when the smoke clears
You live you learn, you love you learn
You cry you learn, you lose you learn
You bleed you learn, you scream you learn
I, I, oh, oh
Wear it out (the way a three-year-old would do)
Melt it down (you're gonna have to eventually, anyway)
The fire trucks are coming up around the bend
You live you learn, you love you learn
You cry you learn, you lose you learn
You bleed you learn, you scream you learn
You grieve you learn, you choke you learn
You laugh you learn, you choose you learn
You pray you learn, you ask you learn
You live you learn
Source: Lyricfind
Songwriters: Glen Ballard / Alanis Nadine Morissette
You Learn lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, The Bicycle Music Company
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFW-WfuX2Dk
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