sassy, cute, and strong

Thirteen Favorite Characters (tv, movies, books, and real life if maybe they made a movie of it) week #8 1. buffy (buffy the vampire slayer) puns, witty phrases and comeback lines, zippy cartwheels. how can you not love someone who says, “thanksgiving is a sham with yams. it’s a yam-sham.” hee hee. 2. CJ (west wing) really, before long, you are going to pick up on a theme here...smart, sassy girls who love being feminine or maybe just love vera wang, what more could you want? 3. death (neil gaiman’s sandman) everyone who’s read the book adores her. she’s smart and cute and understands how the real world works. really. 4. mary, mary, and martha (real life) they founded the phi mu fraternity in 1852 (second oldest women’s secret society, presently know as a sorority but this group keeps the original name). the whole point of the group is to develop strong enough friendships so that later in life, after school, women wouldn’t be quite so lonely living wherever they ended up at. 5. roz (nora roberts’ garden trilogy) hayley says, “i want to be roz when i grow up" and i personally agree. strong, sexy, has wonderfully painted toes, you just can't beat that. 6. kitty pryde (x-men) might not have played big in the films but kicked wolverine’s ass in the comics. got to love that. (i know, the first swearing in this blog...but fighting in comics seems to call for that sort of thing) and hugh jackman is just too cute in a fight. 7. stephenie plum (janet evonovich’s plum series) i’m only up to book 7 in the series. right at the point where you don’t know if you want her to love ranger or joe but you know for sure everything is funny and you feel better about your own life after reading about hers. 8. joan of arc (real life) boy did she follow her convictions. i wanna be like that. i wanna follow things to their ultimate conclusion, whatever that might be for just me, doesn’t matter. 9. hermine grainger (harry potter books) ok, so she’s not especially cute or sassy, but she knows what she wants and she does it and i really admire that in a person. 10. ruth (bible) again, she know’s what she wants and she does it. except she’s one of the real people on this list. short book, very powerful story, you should definately read it when you get a chance. most of us know about the go where you go, your people will be my people part, but the rest of the story is wonderful too. great love story. boy meets girl. girl get boy to fall for her…follow God and live happily ever after. really. worked for her. worked for me too. 11. zoe (firefly the TV series or serenity the movie) stong. very powerful. she seemed to worry about what was the right thing to do and i like that in a person. 12. sophie (howl’s moving castle the movie, a book by another name) because she was ok with who she was, whether it be smart, pretty, clever, ugly, anything. i want to just be ok too. 13. some other really smart sassy girl…oh wait, i know…i think its definitely my mom. not on tv or movies or books (yet) but like so many others on the list, definitely real life hero material.

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