Penny Raile: The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Unimportant Things About Me

•As a child, I did not like gathering eggs on the farm because the hens were mean.
• I played the Doris Day part in “Pillow Talk” in a high school play.
• I played defensive line woman on my girl’s football team in high school - real football, not powder puff.
• I ate dinner at a restaurant next to Vice President Bush’s table in Fort Smith, Arkansas surrounded by secret service agents.
• I played the French horn and the cymbals in my high school band – horribly.
• I was the Sports Editor of my high school paper.
• When I moved to California, I lived in Malibu. I now live near Skid Row.
• I did not finish kindergarten.

101 Things in 1001 Days

THE START OF MY LIST 1 Go to Paris and shop flea markets, thrift stores and garage sales 2 Go on a holiday trip with my entire family 3 Do stretching exercises five days a week for one month 4 Write the second edition of the Raile Family History 5 Finish the Harry Potter series 6 Create “gorilla art” 7 Make a map of every place I have been 8 Elaborately decorate my loft for Halloween 9 Invite at least four guests for dinner at the same time and everyone wears red 10 Go to Yosemite Park 11 Host a pajama party 12 Go on at least one date 13 Turn the big room into something whimsical 14 Change jobs 15 Keep a better diary 16 Set-up a trust fund 17 Write my life story 18 Create a web site to sell things 19 Make things that I am willing to sell 20 Send an admiration letter to RK 21 Visit New York 22 Attend Artfest in Seattle, Washington 23 Visit Watts Tower 24 Send out secret friend packages 25 Create a margarita bar and a coffee bar in loft 26 Read five books that I should have read in high school 27 Create five photo studies

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I finished reading The Perks of Being a Wallflower this weekend. The book is written with a series of letters to an anonymous person from a fifteen year old named "Charlie." This coming of age book struck my fancy, and I would highly recommend it. (Unless you are offended by the awkward time of a teenage adolescent which includes sex and drugs.)

Besides reading this weekend, I took in the movie Ratatouille. Loved it! I would recommend the movie to anyone but my mother who absolutely despises rodents - especially rodents in the kitchen.

The creative forces were pushing me over the last few days. I saw a drawing of a fat cat I made in my sketch book many years ago. I decided to try to make it out of fabric. With no pattern, I cut out a huge fat cat body, a tiny cute cat head and four stubby paws. Once I put it together, it started talking to me. It needed more. So I added a lime green ruffle collar and the cutest lime green party hat complete with black feathers. The cat was greedy, it wanted more. So I made a tiny quilt and embroidered it with MOUSE KILLER and put it on a wire flag pole so it could hold it. Then the cat said it needed proof it was a mouse killer. So I promised I would make a mouse for it tonight.