In which I love nuns
This entry was posted on the original Blog A Go-Go on March 2, 2008.
I don't know why, but I have always harbored an affection for nuns. (I actually wanted to BE one when I was five. Then my mother explained that we were Protestant and that nuns very rarely got to date or wear makeup. Reluctantly, I gave up the dream, but I STILL like a nice full black habit with a killer coif.) My husband and father, both raised Catholic, twitch a little when faced with a nun, but I think they're vastly interesting. My favorite desk toy is my boxing nun, Sister Mary Pugnacious II--so named because the first Sister Mary Pugnacious met an untimely end.
I am also a lover of art, and I don't think it gets any better than putting nuns and art together. Yes, I know about Sister Wendy. She's very sweet, and I have been known to do an impression of her that isn't entirely respectful. But I have to say, Sister Randy is a little more up my alley. If you're not familiar, Sister Randy is an animated art critic who just happens to be a bride of Christ. Her creator, Dan Hanna--who totally ought to win a MacArthur Evil Genius Grant--describes her as "a smokin' nun who shoots from the lip and wears a sexy Freudian slip beneath her conservative black habit."
You may recognize Sister Randy from the early days of BBCAmerica when she flitted around between episodes of "Men Behaving Badly" and "Changing Rooms". If you're not familiar, go here and prepare to waste a LOT of time. She's hilarious and a little filthy. If you haven't the time to go right now, I'll leave you with two of her cleaner observations:
*The surest way to start feeling guilty is by getting caught.
*All's fair in love and war, but those who love war can get away with even more stuff.
I don't know why, but I have always harbored an affection for nuns. (I actually wanted to BE one when I was five. Then my mother explained that we were Protestant and that nuns very rarely got to date or wear makeup. Reluctantly, I gave up the dream, but I STILL like a nice full black habit with a killer coif.) My husband and father, both raised Catholic, twitch a little when faced with a nun, but I think they're vastly interesting. My favorite desk toy is my boxing nun, Sister Mary Pugnacious II--so named because the first Sister Mary Pugnacious met an untimely end.
I am also a lover of art, and I don't think it gets any better than putting nuns and art together. Yes, I know about Sister Wendy. She's very sweet, and I have been known to do an impression of her that isn't entirely respectful. But I have to say, Sister Randy is a little more up my alley. If you're not familiar, Sister Randy is an animated art critic who just happens to be a bride of Christ. Her creator, Dan Hanna--who totally ought to win a MacArthur Evil Genius Grant--describes her as "a smokin' nun who shoots from the lip and wears a sexy Freudian slip beneath her conservative black habit."
You may recognize Sister Randy from the early days of BBCAmerica when she flitted around between episodes of "Men Behaving Badly" and "Changing Rooms". If you're not familiar, go here and prepare to waste a LOT of time. She's hilarious and a little filthy. If you haven't the time to go right now, I'll leave you with two of her cleaner observations:
*The surest way to start feeling guilty is by getting caught.
*All's fair in love and war, but those who love war can get away with even more stuff.
Labels: Blog A Go-Go, nuns
posted by deanna at
6:33 AM
3 Comments:
Since you are a fan of nuns, I hope that you have been to one of the theater productions of "Late Nite Catechism" where the audience is the "classroom" and "Sister" requires classroom participation. We just attended our local cener for the performing arts premiere party and got tickets for the 3'rd installment of this fun, one woman show.
I wanted to be a nun when I was little, too, chiefly because it was a known fact that nuns always were made nannies of singing Austrian widowers with seven kids, and I had a mad crush on Christopher Plummer.
I tend to side with the male side of your house as a product of Catholic School education and "the nuns." But I love that you possess a boxing nun and adore the name. Thanks for the link.
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