Male Muse: Roger Radcliffe

I watched 101 Dalmations (1961) last night, and this Disney classic has left me in a nostalgic coma. It's funny, watching something like this after  a decade and a half. I don't remember it being this upsetting while watching this as a kid, oh, but cry I did last night.

Also. I can't believe it has taken me all this time to realise how much of a cartoon babe Roger Radcliffe is. He's a bachelor music composer. He's funny. He's romantic. He loves dogs. He's kind. He's incredibly charming. He's tall (lean, long limbs!). He has nice hair (subjective). And he really rocks skinny slacks and sweater vests (not easy). I can't believe I've overlooked this insanely attractive songwriting hipster gentleman!

He's made me want to meet my future husband when our clever dogs' leashes tangle together in a park.

Unless you love

I love e.e. cummings,
I love a cupcake run for breakfast,
I love movie marathons with my mum,
I love hugging people to make their day,
And I love Jesus.

A life of love

“Go after a life of love as if your life depended on it—because it does.” 

I Corinthians 14:1 (The Message)

Loosen up. Don’t you have some people to hug, rocks to skip, or lips to kiss? . . .

It’s time to retire. Not from your job, just retire from your attitude. Honestly, has complaining ever made the day better? Has grumbling ever paid the bills? Has worrying about tomorrow ever changed it?

Let someone else run the world for a while.

Who will love me, for me?

He cries in the corner where nobody sees 

He's the kid with the story no one would believe

He prays every night, Dear God won't you please 

Could you send someone here who will love me?

Who will love me for me

Not for what I have done or what I will become

Who will love me for me

Cause nobody has shown me what love

What love really means

Her office is shrinking a little each day

She's the woman whose husband has run away

She'll go to the gym after working today

Maybe if she was thinner 

Then he would've stayed

And she says

Who will love me for me? 

Not for what I have done or what I will become

Who will love me for me?

Cause nobody has shown me what love, what love really means

He's waiting to die as he sits all alone

He's a man in a cell who regrets what he's done

He utters a cry from the depths of his soul

Oh Lord, forgive me, I want to go home

Then he heard a voice somewhere deep inside

And it said 

I know you've murdered and I know you've lied

I have watched you suffer all of your life 

And now that you'll listen, I'll tell you that I

I will love you for you

Not for what you have done or what you will become

I will love you for you

I will give you the love 

The love that you never knew

Fairy Tales

When I was a little girl, I used to read fairy tales. In fairy tales you meet Prince Charming and he's everything you ever wanted. In fairy tales the bad guy is easy to spot. The bad guy is always wearing a black cape so you always know who he is. Then you grow up and realise that Prince Charming is not as easy to find as you thought. You realise the bad guy is not wearing a black cape and he's not easy to spot; he's funny, and he makes you laugh, and he has perfect hair.