I Devirginize, As I Write – by Marisa

This is my first blog. Ever. A scary endeavor but also an empowering one. At least this is how I am looking at it. I have so many things I would like to write about but they flutter in and out of my head. Ok. Stop. The first thing that pops to mind (and this scares me why it’s the first thing) is…

Jessica the Hippo. Never heard of her? Well then you are not part of the over 1.2 million hits on youtube for this video documenting the domesticated hippopotamus who likes massages and allows the family dog to snuggle up next to her when she is taking a nap. It’s definitely “outside of the box” and that always grabs my attention…and she’s kind of cute too.

And while I am on this hippo subject, you have to check out another video from youtube, Hippo Beat. It‘s a scene from Garry Marshall’s film, Raising Helen with Kate Hudson and my good friend, beat boxing extraordinaire, Alec Nemser.
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Ok. So who would you rather have living with you?

Something to ponder as you are trying to fall asleep. Hopefully, not from this blog.

Oh…I know how to wake you up.

Deal Or No Deal. I feel an urge to write about this too. Not because it’s an international phenomenon. Not because Charlize Theron is addicted to it. Not because the online competitive traffic monitor and intelligence service Hitwise recently announced that NBC’s Deal Or No Deal website was one of the most visited broadcast television show websites this week. And not because I am impressed that Howie Mandel remembers all of the models’ names. The impulse stems from the fact that I work on the show as one of the models…umm…briefcase holders. Number 18. I bet Charlize Theron doesn‘t even realize that I handed her two Oscars at The 78th Annual Academy Awards in 2006.

Number 18 = LIFE. Did you know that this number in Hebrew translates to the word “chai” which translates to “life”? Let me take you through a math quiz. The two Hebrew letters that make up the word “chai” (aka “life”) are chet and yod. In Gematria, the numerical value of Hebrew letters, chai = 8 and yod = 10. Therefore, chai + yod = 18.

I know there’s a joke in there somewhere. Keep saying “therefore chai yod 18” really fast. You’ll sound like the midget on David Lynch’s Twin Peaks.

I worked with David Lynch, by the way. My first gig out here 10 years ago. Yet another devirginization. Oh wow. Now that’s a very interesting story for my next blog. My experience with David Lynch and perhaps a look into the genesis of his Mulholland Drive flick.

I quickly digress to my Italian heritage. Why? Because I have a film to plug. Everybody Wants To Be Italian. Out in theaters March 7, 2008.

Until then…Toodles!
Yep…I’m bringing that saying back into the 21st century. DEAL with it.

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