Ah, Marilyn....

So beautiful so bright in your fluorescent spot light
Envy followed your every step regardless of where the trip
Loneliness as transparent as the scarlet on your lips
Sad seduction leaks from your eyes
You captivated audiences regardless of size
With your fancy Chanel number 5
Fame, talent, beauty you had it all
But we had it all wrong
Because although we heard the lyrics
We never quite understood your song
See, all we really need is the satisfaction
And it is on you that we feed
When u wear a mask for so long you forget who u were beneath it
But keep it, because WE, we NEED it!
Oh, Marilyn, you were no different from any of us
A sex symbol, a goddess, a beautiful fantasy of lust
Your tears weren't for the cameras, your smile was delicately hidden behind your white glove
All the while behind the scenes
You were desperately looking for love

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A career is wonderful, but you can't curl up with it on a cold night.
Marilyn Monroe

A sex symbol becomes a thing. I just hate to be a thing.
Marilyn Monroe

An actress is not a machine, but they treat you like a machine. A money machine.
Marilyn Monroe

Before marriage, a girl has to make love to a man to hold him. After marriage, she has to hold him to make love to him.
Marilyn Monroe

Being a sex symbol is a heavy load to carry, especially when one is tired, hurt and bewildered.
Marilyn Monroe

Dogs never bite me. Just humans.
Marilyn Monroe

Dreaming about being an actress, is more exciting then being one.
Marilyn Monroe

Fame will go by and, so long, I've had you, fame. If it goes by, I've always known it was fickle. So at least it's something I experience, but that's not where I live.
Marilyn Monroe

First, I'm trying to prove to myself that I'm a person. Then maybe I'll convince myself that I'm an actress.
Marilyn Monroe

Hollywood is a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your soul.
Marilyn Monroe

Husbands are chiefly good as lovers when they are betraying their wives.
Marilyn Monroe

I am invariably late for appointments - sometimes as much as two hours. I've tried to change my ways but the things that make me late are too strong, and too pleasing.
Marilyn Monroe

I am involved in a freedom ride protesting the loss of the minority rights belonging to the few remaining earthbound stars. All we demanded was our right to twinkle.
Marilyn Monroe

I am not interested in money. I just want to be wonderful.
Marilyn Monroe

I don't know who invented high heels, but all women owe him a lot.
Marilyn Monroe

I don't mind living in a man's world as long as I can be a woman in it.
Marilyn Monroe

I don't mind making jokes, but I don't want to look like one.
Marilyn Monroe

I don't want to make money, I just want to be wonderful.
Marilyn Monroe

I have feelings too. I am still human. All I want is to be loved, for myself and for my talent.
Marilyn Monroe

I have too many fantasies to be a housewife. I guess I am a fantasy.
Marilyn Monroe
I knew I belonged to the public and to the world, not because I was talented or even beautiful, but because I had never belonged to anything or anyone else.
Marilyn Monroe

I restore myself when I'm alone.
Marilyn Monroe

I'm very definitely a woman and I enjoy it.
Marilyn Monroe

I've been on a calendar, but I've never been on time.
Marilyn Monroe

I've never dropped anyone I believed in.
Marilyn Monroe

If I'd observed all the rules, I'd never have got anywhere.
Marilyn Monroe

If I'm a star, then the people made me a star.
Marilyn Monroe

It's all make believe, isn't it?
Marilyn Monroe

It's better to be unhappy alone than unhappy with someone - so far.
Marilyn Monroe

It's not true I had nothing on, I had the radio on.
Marilyn Monroe

It's not true that I had nothing on. I had the radio on.
Marilyn Monroe

It's often just enough to be with someone. I don't need to touch them. Not even talk. A feeling passes between you both. You're not alone.
Marilyn Monroe

Men are so willing to respect anything that bores them.
Marilyn Monroe

My work is the only ground I've ever had to stand on. I seem to have a whole superstructure with no foundation but I'm working on the foundation.
Marilyn Monroe

No one ever told me I was pretty when I was a little girl. All little girls should be told they're pretty, even if they aren't.
Marilyn Monroe

Sex is a part of nature. I go along with nature.
Marilyn Monroe

The body is meant to be seen, not all covered up.
Marilyn Monroe

The thing I want more than anything else? I want to have children. I used to feel for every child I had, I would adopt another.
Marilyn Monroe

The trouble with censors is that they worry if a girl has cleavage. They ought to worry if she hasn't any.
Marilyn Monroe

There was my name up in lights. I said, 'God, somebody's made a mistake.' But there it was, in lights. And I sat there and said, 'Remember, you're not a star.' Yet there it was up in lights.
Marilyn Monroe

What do I wear in bed? Why, Chanel No. 5, of course.
Marilyn Monroe

Let's Keep It Real, Shall We?

Here are some extremely controversial rants...

1. Marriage is slowly declining in the US... Why? Because whether we want to admit it or not ladies... this whole independent woman shit doesn't quite work all the time. You know why? Because men usually like to feel like they own their own testicles. Men like that whole classic house cleaned, laundry done, dinner cooked, I-only slept-with-at-most-3-people-in-my-whole-20 to 24-years-of-living-and-even-that-is-pushing-it-even-though-i-probably-slept-with-a-million-women-and-i-don't-believe-in-double-standards..... And men guess what... that whole he-man way of YOU WOMAN, I MAN, type of thinking doesn't work either. Let us be independent but dammit open up a door and yeah that's right help us out too. Ha! Have fun spending the rest of eternity figuring that one out.

2. Who needs human communication when you have electronics to fill your mind with endless hours of fluff that comes fully equipped with magical powers that occupy you so well, you completely forgot what was bothering you in the first place. POOF! Wait, what?

3. Girls getting their periods at age 10. Yeah... keep thinking that shit is organic.

4. "Family Friendly" shows that air at 6pm show one night stands with a college professor and a highschool girl hooking up in a bathroom. Remember when Full House's biggest controversy was when Stephanie went to a make out party.

5. Texting "LOL" and not laughing out loud makes you a liar. Do you hear me?! A LIAR!

6. I tried paying the gift shop old ladies in Trident Layers and they took it. FACT.

7. Working out isn't fun. Ok? Get over it. I'm sick of everyone saying "Wow, how awesome, what a great work out!" Because guess what, if it was fun or you "feel good," afterwards, you probably didn't do shit.

8. I now realize why my husband can play the exact same game and do the exact same thing each and everytime and still become addicted. Meet a Call of Duty Black Ops Zombie addict. (she said guiltily)

9. Is it ok for men to giggle? Can u have a man-giggle, and still be a man?

10. Hitler... he probably had the right idea, didn't he? I mean, seriously... think about it. I won't tell.... (pssst! friendly reminder... they killed Jesus)

Happy Veterans Day

Dedicated to my Husband-- the brightest star in all the heavens

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There is nothing more precious than the sanctity of life
There is nothing more appreciated than the sanity of his wife
Each and every time you leave, oxygen instantly lacks
Each and every time you leave, eternally grateful that you come back

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This is to everyday you had to lace up your boots & find the strength to pick up your armor yet again
This is to everyday you had to wake up in the middle of the night to the sound of alarms, sirens, bombs, and scream
This is to every life you have touched and saved and inspired
This is to you
My Veteran
My Hero
My Solider
My Patriot
This is to everyday you made someone in need smile
This is to everyday you found something worth smiling about
This is to everyday you looked forward to the packages
This is to everyday you made the world remember you are the reason we are free
This is to you
My Husband
My Love
My Life
My Future
Thank you for being so strong
Thank you for finding the courage to carry on
Thank you for knowing the paradise you would come home to
Thank you for your bold heart, your tired feet & callused hands

It is because of you that we are able to breathe freely.