For anyone who's wondering, the name of the blog is from Shakespeare's 'Much Ado About Nothing'
I absolutely love that play! Even more so since finding the David Tennant & Catherine Tate version.
Here's a great compilation of clips from the play. (This song is my ringtone!)
Lately, I've been using the screen name "Dear Lady Disdain" People get a negative vibe from that, so let me explain it quickly. The main characters of the play are always bickering. "A merry war" if you will. When returning from war, Signor Benedick is greeted with Lady Beatrice's sharp tongue and replies, "My dear Lady Disdain, are you yet living?" In other words, he's acting disappointed that the bi-otch is alive and well. Their bickering continues until their friends convince them that they are madly in love with each other. I always saw a lot of myself in Beatrice. I was lucky enough to find my own Benedick. Anyone who knows us could tell you how much we resemble these characters. It's okay, we've started betting kisses to settle debates. So no one really loses.
"A Star Danced" and "mirth and no matter" are from the same scene. Beatrice laughs off a proposal from the Prince...OOPS! and explains it away by saying that she was born to be funny and never serious. Although her mother cried when she was born (well duh), a star danced in the sky, and that is why she is always so happy.
I am planning on writing happy posts on this blog. Sort of a journal, but with fun pictures and links. Way better I think. I think I write in my real journal a couple times a year, if that. So here's to keeping a happy record of my life!
And remember, when life gets you down, convert all your woes into hey nonny nonny!
-DearLadyDisadain
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