The fact that it came from a musical about Chinese Americans and the cultural clash between the generations was lost on me...I just loved the song...
I knew it came from "Flower Drum Song" and I can tell you that without a doubt I have always been and will always be a HUGE Rogers and Hammerstein fan...
I can sing every word to every song in "Cinderella" and "The Sound of Music" and "Oklahoma" and I come pretty close with "South Pacific" and "The King and I". Notsomuch with "Carousel" and "State Fair" and although I have seen the film version of "Flower Drum Song" this is the only song I know...well, this and "Chop Suey".
I am a big Lerner and Lowe fan too ("Camelot" and "My Fair Lady"...I have always been a musical theater nut...that is why I love and get along so well with GOTT and GOTTESS...
But this song...oh, it spoke to me then and it speaks to me now...
Because I have always enjoyed being a girl...always...
I used to sing this song while playing it on my RECORD PLAYER in my bedroom. I could pantomime the entire song...and I especially loved the part that says:
"I talk on the telephone for hours with a pound and a half of cream upon my face"...
Here are most of the lyrics...because I am pretty sure that 99.99 % of you are unfamiliar (except for MarvelousMargaret...she can probably sing them all too):
When I have a brand new hairdo
With my eyelashes all in curl,
I float as the clouds on air do,
I enjoy being a girl!
When men say I'm cute and funny
And my teeth aren't teeth, but pearl,
I just lap it up like honey
I enjoy being a girl!
I flip when a fellow sends me flowers,
I drool over dresses made of lace,
I talk on the telephone for hours
With a pound and a half of cream upon my face!
I'm strictly a female female
And my future I hope will be
In the home of a brave and free male
Who'll enjoy being a guy having a girl... like... me.
When men say I'm sweet as candy
As around in a dance we whirl,
It goes to my head like brandy,
I enjoy being a girl!
When someone with eyes that smoulder
Says he loves ev'ry silken curl
That falls on my iv'ry shoulder,
I enjoy being a girl!
When I hear the compliment'ry whistle
That greets my bikini by the sea,
I turn and I glower and I bristle,
But I happy to know the whistle's meant for me!
I'm strictly a female female
And my future I hope will be
In the home of a brave and free male
Who'll enjoy being a guy having a girl... like... me.
I mean, come on...it's like R&H wrote this song about ME!
It is like totally amazeballs...and totally me...
What brought all of this to mind was a little silly thing I did this week...I changed my facebook photo...
Wow...
It's amazing what channeling your inner drag queen can do for a girl...because you see I have learned A LOT about being a girl from drag queens.
I am a huge huge huge fan of "RuPaul's Drag Race" (if you haven't seen it, I beg you to do so...)
Once I went to New Orleans with my beautiful friend Glamazon for a bachelorette party. We basically kidnapped our friend (who I will refer to as "Bridezilla" to protect her innocence) and threw her on a plane with a blindfold on.
Yes, this was well before 9/11...
We lied to her that she was going to Vegas...ALONE...and that someone would be there to pick her up.
The entire crew of the Southwest flight was in on the ruse...even the other passengers...
We snuck on the plane and midway through the flight attendants told her to remove the blindfold and go to the back of the plane where we were waiting...
I think she might have yelled "BITCHES" all the way down the aisle.
We got to NOLA and proceeded to have a wild and great night in the French Quarter. We ate at a restaurant called "Lucky Cheng's" that did Asian/Cajun fusion food and all the waitresses were drag queens.
Me, being a lover of all things gay, wild, and fun...and most especially drag queens (who are NOT all gay by the way...not that it matters anyway)...well, I thought this place was a hoot and a holler...
Our waitress was named "Paloma" and she had the most beautiful makeup I have ever seen.
She.Was.Gorgeous.
She gave us makeup tips...I still use them...
Once, when I had an insomnia night, I tuned in to some show based on the movie "The Big Easy" and she was playing a waitress...
Paloma...thou art beautiful...
The hostess was a 6 ft. "something" (like bigger than 6 ft) tall black drag queen. She was also gorgeous...as all the waitresses were...but she was truly stunning.
She was wearing an "I dream of Jeannie" wig and satin maribou heels (in pink) that made her even taller. She also had fabulous makeup.
And her outfit...
Well, just picture it...
A pink lace dress...with pink satin bra and panties underneath.
Her eyelashes were to die for...
Amazeballs
I had to use the phone...this was in the dark ages before everyone carried a cell phone...so I had to use a real live phone...and I was directed to the hostess stand where the very beautiful angel in pink presided.
I had never left Ke$ha Barbie overnight so it was my first time...I called home to check on her and ended up in tears.
I look over at Black Barbie and she is crying too...
She took my hand and said "come on honey...we are going to the bar!" and proceeded to order me some drink I had to bang on the bar and slam down...
Ah...she was an angel.
We had a great time that night...and it ended at Cafe DuMonde and Glamazon had powdered sugar all over her face from the beignets...and damn she was still stunning...even with powdered sugar...
And she still is...like unbelievably gorgeous...and our girls are now in college but that night with her was one of the best of my life...I guess that is why I remember it so clearly...
So back to me and MY inner drag queen...
Lately I have been experimenting with my hair...I bought some new steam rollers and I've played with my hair with them...and I like them...and they are easy to use...and the leave my hair super soft and curly and pretty...
You might remember them from 20 years ago but they have vastly improved...I use the Caruso Steam Setter...
bought it on Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/Caruso-C97953-Molecular-Hairsetter-Rollers/dp/B0002JKPB8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1363834198&sr=8-1&keywords=caruso+steam+rollers
you might find a better deal than that but it was the first one that popped up...LOVE THEM
So I had my hair curled...
And I just got some new false eyelashes (being a drag queen myself I love me some lashes) and the most beautiful I have ever seen come from Lilly Lashes. I am a total Bravo junkie and every time I watched "The Shah's of Sunset" I was obsessed with Lilly's eyes...well she has a false eyelash business and they are the bomb...and you can stack them...I just have one pair on in my facebook photo (Shanghai style)...and they have great customer service...
http://lillylashes.com/shop/
Amazeballs
so I took a photo and posted it to facebook...y'all seem to like it...
I saw my wonderful surgeon today...I told her I am her happiest patient...and yes, I enjoy all the "make me a better girl" things that Dr. Bonnie Baldwin did for me...and today I had her do Botox (I am an open book...don't mind telling you I let her fill my forehead with poison in the name of looking better!).
She.Is.Amazing...
and if you need anything...from Botox to major surgery...she is the one to see...super nice as is her awesome staff...
I am healing up great and I have to say...
(again being a total open book here)
I love my boobs...
since I am a girl who never "had" boobs before...well, I really love mine...because I look totally natural...
I told her that they looked like God gave them to me...but instead he let his goddess (Dr. Baldwin) do it for him...
That's what I love about her...she gave me the body I wish I had been born with and I look natural and not fake or "done".
Amazeballs
(JayVee loves that "amazeballs" is my new word...)
I even bought a bikini...
Now I will NOT under ANY circumstances post a photo of that here...no way no how...but I will happily wear it in my own back yard or when I go on a girl's trip with GOTTESS in a few weeks.
I have worn bikinis before but I did not look amazeballs in it...not that I do now but I sure as hell look better...
I think the last time I looked good in a bikini I was 5 and Aunt Jane rescued me from a wave in Hawaii...
(please note that there is like a whole STANZA about wearing a bikini in the above mentioned song...)
I do enjoy being a girl...
I love wearing perfume and lace...
My bathroom counter looks like a Sephora store exploded on it...
I love my new figure and the fact I finally have cute breasts...
I love getting flowers...and right now since I don't have a man to give me flowers I buy my own lilies at Whole Foods...
I like putting on makeup and curling my hair and wearing cute clothes...
I.Love.Lingerie. (the prettier the better)
I love high high high heels...
I wear cute workout clothes (but thankfully not the see-thru Lululemon pants)
But I also love taking my cute girly self and getting into my big ass truck...
So some day, when a man is good enough to earn me (and drives his own big ass truck) I hope he appreciates having a girl like me...until then The Cutest Boy in the World is just happy when I shower and take him to dinner...and he's a damn good date...
So enjoy being whatever YOU are...a girly girl...a guy's guy...a not-so-femme woman...whatever you like being...just be the best version of yourself and love yourself as you are...and enjoy being WHO you are...
Be...
AMAZEBALLS
Inspiration Song: "I Enjoy Being a Girl" from "Flower Drum Song"...many versions from Doris Day to Peggy Lee to soundtracks...I enjoy them all...
Bye Darlings...channel your inner drag queen (seriously go watch RuPaul) and enjoy being a girl...or a guy...just enjoy being YOU!
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