Faith's Findings

It is currently after eleven pm and I am up writing this blog and posting pictures for you my dear fans! (HA! It really hasn’t gone to my head, I promise!) Where do I begin with my adventure “on set”? FROM THE TOP! My drive to Shreveport Wednesday afternoon was pretty much just a drive. I was mentally going through everything I brought with me, swearing I forgot something that was of dire importance. It was overcast and raining and that my friend, is bad for my hair!! All of these thoughts were running through my mind when my drive became a glorious moment! My I-pod began playing “Power of a Dream” by none other than the great Celine Dion. Naturally, I turned up my volume and you could not have wiped the smile from my face if you would have tried! Of course, this was a perfect song for my drive to my first movie set!! (BTW: If this blogspot had a music option, you would be listening to it like I am now!!! Maybe I’ll you tube it!) SO, there I am belting out right along with Celine, th...

Earlier I blogged about purchasing two new books, one of which was The Secret Life of Bees. I since then, have finished reading it and have yet to share my opinion. (Because I know you all have been dying to know my opinion so you could decide whether you were going to read the book or not.) I have not seen the movie and just read the book well because I had a friend tell me it was good. Whilst I would agree the book is good, I have read better. It has all of the needed literary aspects to be read in classrooms however, the self discovery and empowering of a 14 year old girl, did not so much appeal to me. The story of the racial boundaries being crossed was much more interesting to me. It is a feminist book and I have nothing against that; however these feminist books cause a war within myself. There’s my conservative self that’s very submissive that strives for Proverbs 31 then there’s that other part of me that wants to burn my bra and protest at the local mechanic shops where I a...