Tuesday the First (and also the twenty-second)

Hello my darlings. First off, I would like to thank the lovely Child for starting off our first week with great enthusiasm. Secondly, I would like to apologize for any spelling/grammar mistakes or typos in this post- i have no idea where my glasses are, and therefore cannot see what I am typing.

Moving onward.

Now, I'm Fred. I'm a teenaged girl with a passion for politics and theatre (although those two can often be one and the same). I will be your host every Tuesday, and I will be magnificent (and also modest...).

And now for our weekly feature that I just decided I will do each week: Today in History.

TODAY IN HISTORY:

- Cyndi Lauper, singer and gay rights activist was born. For some reason I always get the Miss United States song stuck in my head when I think of her. I think that has something to do with her being dressed up as Lady Liberty at the closing (opening?) of the Chicago Gay Games. And Miss United States always reminds me of Shatner, but that's an entirely different bag of chips.

- Fred Astaire (better known as that guy from Funny Face), a singer and an actor, died. Gene Kelly (who, incidentally, was allegedly a total ass) once said: "THe history of dance on film begins with Astaire."

- Judy Garland died. SOOOOOOMEEEEE WHEEEEEEEEEEEERE OOOOOOOVER the RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAINBOOOOOOOOOOOW! (I feel like there needs to be a tasteless joke here, but I can't think of one).

- The Church forces Galileo to recant. Galileo, incidentally, was a complete badass. And really smart. And that song the Indigo Girls wrote about him was pretty good.

( You know, I was never very good at transitions.)

SO, before I leave, I shall answer Child's questions.

1) The sky is blue because that is how we perceive it.

2) I would reccomend any of Tamora Peirce's Tortall books, specifically the Kel, Alanna, and Aly series. Also the Young Wizards series by Diane Duane.

3) I honestly cannot remember why I chose the name Fred. I'm sure it was partially influenced by the death of our beloved Weasley, but there are probably other good reasons that made sense at the time. Also, it's an awesome name.

And here are Wednesday's questions, which she shall answer this weekend in a special blog post because she doesn't currently have internet:

1) What's your favourite pun?

2) Do you know any songs about meese?