Thus Sayeth Malinda

[saffronhare]

My alter-ego, Malinda, is keeping up a running commentary in my head today. She is...as always....disconcerting, inappropriate, and mellifluous.

Yay?

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[hersir.livejournal.com]

Odd, my wife's name is Malinda. And the adjetive apply....

:D

[saffronhare.livejournal.com]

That's right!

This particular Malinda is a character of mine, briefly unveiled but never forgotten. She's an aging beauty queen mermaid, very likely from the Gulf Coast. Sort of a Julia Sugarbaker.

We'd been asked to improvise a character, using 3-5 physical/vocal elements to portray a personality in a very short period of time. I positioned myself as if I were on a "fainting couch," softly lifting my "fins" every once in a while; twirled an imaginary parisol; and rolled out the accent. She was having some trouble relinquishing her crown to a younger, firmer mermaid.