MJ Speaks

I’ve had the movie Rebel Without a Cause Tivo’d for awhile, and I finally sat down to watch it.  Over the years I’ve seen bits and pieces of it, but never the entire movie from start to finish.

Wow — what a powerful film — featuring a very young James Dean, Natalie Wood, and Sal Mineo and spanning a 24 hour period in the life of teens in Los Angeles.

The movie was released in 1955, a month after star James Dean died in a car crash, and has become synonymous with the image of a fast, out-of-control life.  In Rebel Without a Cause, Dean played a troubled teen who didn’t understand the world around him, nor how to fit in.  Many people think that sums up his life as well.

Ironically, some of the appeal of the movie may come from the tragic death of the three stars.  Dean from a car crash, Natalie Wood from drowning, and Sal Mineo from a stabbing.

The American Film Institute chose the movie as one of the all-time Top 100 American Films.  It would be on my list.  Watch the trailer and see if you agree.

For some time now, I’ve had this personal blog space.  I’ve had the domain for quite awhile, using it for business purposes when I did more public speaking.  But it’s just sort of been hanging out there.

Why haven’t I done anything with it?

I blog every day at Flyaway Cafe and The Seattle Traveler, and manage a channel of 24 travel and culture blogs for b5media.  I know my way around a blog.  Why, then, haven’t I made the time to do anything with this space?

Tonight I was chatting with fellow b5 blogger and friend, Christina from eBeauty Daily.  She helped me realize how wonderful it would be to tap into the other parts of my life on this personal blog. 

Some of my blogging here will, of course, overlap with my travel blogging, because travel plays such a large part of my life.  But I’ll also be talking about the myriad things that I enjoy in life, from girly things like makeup and hair and shopping, to serious things like blogging and learning new stuff.  From new discoveries like shops and restaurants and music to personal stuff like what I’m reading and what’s motivating me, and talking about all sorts of useless information that I carry around with me.

So I invite you to come along with me. . . on this journey through life.

Under development. . . my personal blog. . . coming soon!