On February 12, 1980, actress Christina Ricci was born.
One of her many roles was as Wednesday Addams in the Addams Family movies.
I remember seeing her first in Mermaids. Thinking about that has put Cher's version of The Shoop Shoop Song in my head. And now perhaps into your head!
This hand was made by Chris Baker and lives in our house. It seemed like an appropriate prop... :)
February 10-16, 2010 is Carnival de Ponce in Puerto Rico. This celebration dates back to 1858 and happens annually the week before Ash Wednesday. (It coincides with Mardi Gras.)
The stars of the Carnival de Ponce are the Vejigantes. People dress as demons . The costumes include capes and papier-mâché masks. The masks usually include horns, a snout, and fangs. They then run around whacking spectators with inflated cow bladders (vejigas) to, um, beat away evil spirits. I've read, though, that given their tendency to target attractive women, their motives may be suspect. :)
Rick and I decided to make our own masks, which we are still working on. This photo was taken after three layers of papier-mâché. After taking the photo, we added a layer of white paper. Next we will paint and decorate the masks.
On February 9, 1960, Joanne Woodward became the first actress to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame!
When looking through her film titles, I found The Three Faces of Eve, for which Ms. Woodward won the 1957 Best Actress Oscar.
I had never seen the film, but watched it last night on Netflix (you can watch it instantly). It's a true story about a young woman who is diagnosed with multiple personality disorder. It's a beautiful film, during which I got chills several times and cried once. :) I highly recommend it.
Here are three of the many faces of Hilary.
On February 6, 1996, the 100 billionth Crayola Crayon was produced by Binney & Smith, Inc. in NY. The first box of crayons (an 8 pack) was introduced in 1903.
Do you know what Crayola means? Oily chalk!
I thought I'd have plenty of ideas once I had 64 crayons at my disposal...but it was more difficult than expected to make a photo work with the ideas I had... I will be posting some outtakes to Flickr. :)
On January 31, 1997, Waiting for Guffman was released in the US.
It is one of my all-time favorite movies. And if I have all the roles of any single actress, I'd pick Parker Posey. In this film she played Libby Mae Brown.
"I been workin' here at the D.Q. for about, um... eight months? Seven? I don't know, somethin' like that, it's fun. Just do the cones... make sundaes, make Blizzards, 'n... put stuff on 'em, 'n... see a lot of people come in, a lot of people come to the D.Q... burgers... ice cream... anything, you know? Cokes... just drive in and get a Coke, if you're thirsty. "
February 3, 1959, was a sad day in music history. A plane crashed near Clear Lake, Iowa, killing rock 'n' roll stars Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson.
I decided to make a fun photo for Buddy Holly instead of a sad one!
And I've had Weezer in my head all day.
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