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Lily playing in the sprinklers.
30 November 2008

It’s been a long time since I’ve fallen in love with someone over the internet. The internet is covered with amazing personal pages, each site filled with that person’s passion and photos and thoughts. When I surf for an image or an idea, I always stumble onto personal pages and see a little glimpse into a stranger’s life. I think it’s wonderful. Sure, it’s an anonymous way to connect, but it is still connection. And I love seeing a person’s passion — whatever it is that makes them shine — and personal pages are always full of passion.

However, I have not fallen in anonymous love with an internet stranger since Jamie Zawinski back in late 90s. I idolized him from afar. And then I met Matt and well, random thoughts of Jamie fell to the wayside along with all of my random thoughts of Bill Hicks and David Duchovny/Fox Mulder. My mind was consumed with my new — real life — hunk of burnin’ love.

But today, while surfing for images of Asajj Ventress (who is way hotter than Angelina Jolie in the “bad girl” category, by the way), I ran across the webpage of Kim Dylla. I first stumbled upon her fashion page. I thought, “These are cool,” but it wasn’t until I saw her “Chainmail Top and Belt” picture that I went “Wow! Who is this person?!” and surfed her site. I thought her wide-angle Stockings drawings were from an unusual perspective and very nice. By the time I read her one-panel cartoon, I was in full idol mode.

Sure, I’m 40-years-old. Sure, I’m a stay-at-home mom who lives in the suburbs with two preschool kids and everyday is filled with Thomas the Tank Engine and peanut butter and jelly. Sure, we have absolutely nothing in common and maybe I should have Hillary Clinton or my mom as my hero instead. But anybody who can — in such a beautiful and artistic way — stand out from the pack and follow her own passion… well, how can one not fall in anonymous love with her?



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