I just got back after being away for nearly a week and came home to a signed headshot and playbill from Daphne. Today would have been exactly two weeks since I wrote to her and there were a good couple of days in there when the post office was closed, so she got back really quickly. Especially since I don't know how long ago it arrived.
She actually wrote a funny little note on the headshot--long story short the last time I saw her in person she knew the tickets had been a Channuka gift and she asked me how to say 'with love' in Hebrew. I told her I didn't know so she put 'with love in Hebrew' on the playbill. Then, in the next e-mail she sent me, she signed it 'with love in English' as sort of a joke. So when I wrote asking for the headshot, I did tell her who I was, but did not remind her of that story. Yet she still signed the headshot 'with love in every language'. She has some memory!
"I wrote a book: "How to Be Popular". Now I've put together a top ten list of how to help you:
-Elphie, everyday... shower. I mean, who knows? Maybe some of that green is gonna come off!
-Deodorant Elphie. No body likes a stinky witch!
-I think we've covered the hair, we'll get to that.
-Clean underclothes. That's all I'm gonna say.
-Look at your posture. That's no way to be popular!
-Bed made, room straightened. We've done that.
-Colors blended. Oookay.
-But the most important thing to have, to make yourself popular, is to keep your beautiful smile."
~Kristin Chenoweth in her last performance of the song "Popular"