Welcome to my lovely little home on the web, Possums! I am Dame Edna Everage's Siamese Twin, Dame Edna Everage, Too~. Poor pit, Dame Edna, doesn't tell the whole story. As it turns out, we were separated shortly after birth by the worlds first and, to my knowledge, only umbilicalectomy. Spookily, within weeks after our separation, I was kidnapped by rogue koalas and whisked off to the Australian outback, the bush. Not unlike the bush from which Edna and I sprang. (I won't let Edna deny our propinquity* any longer, Possums, I won't. I'm sorry but I won't.) Later, rescued by a lovely American Southern couple, Edna Too (that's Me! dahlings, Me!) was raised in Columbia, South Carolina. However, although Edna is a Megastar I am, superlative since I am a Gigastar, darlings! Spooky, huh, Possums? I'd like to go on record here to state that my most favorite current song is Queer Eye's "All Things (Just Keep Getting Better)" by WideLife with Simone Denny. Heck the whole QE DVD or CD are both awesome, Possums! Give them a look/listen.
Dame Edna, Too~
*propinquity: 1) nearness of blood: kinship 2) nearness in place or time: proximity (Webster's Ninth New Collegiate, 1988)
* belief in the superiority of heterosexuals or heterosexuality evidenced in the exclusion, by omission or design, of non-heterosexual persons in policies, procedures, events, or activities. Included in the definition are not only lesbians and gay men but other sexual minorities such as bisexuals and transgendered personsl (Sears & Williams, 1997, p. 16).
** prejudice, discrimination, harassment, or acts of violence against sexual minorities, including lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, and transgendered persons, evidenced in a deep-seated fear or hatred of those who love and sexually desire those of the same sex (Sears & Williams, 1997, p. 16).
Join me won't you Possums in this effort to rid our world of this senseless bigotry.
A grateful heart always, Possums,
Dame Edna Too~
www.geocities.com/psychjazz/
It's my least favorite web link, Possums, I'm sorry but it is!
A minute ago
I was locked in my room
My life seemed pointless and hollow,
Where before it was warm
With the presence of Norm
And I thought "Where he's gone I must follow."
I looked at the Valium, I considered the stove,
I weighed up the stern moral issues,
But the strength inside me grew
When I was almost through
My last box of Kleenex tissues.
So I hope you'll all applaud my great achievement
I am here tonight in spite of my bereavement!
(Humphries, in Lahr, 2000, p. 17.)
Lucky Possum that you are
You are now a mini star!
A big fish in a tiny pond
Thanks to Edna's magic wand
Timid once, now slightly bolder
Since that gladdie touched your shoulder;
Go forth now, be kind and true
Just like Dame Edna was to you --
May love and laughter always blossom
Now that you're a life-long Possum!
(Humphries, in Lahr, 2000, p. 176.)
Many thanks to Patti O'Furniture and Pt's Cabaret!
Lahr, J. (2000). Dame Edna Everage and the rise of western civilisation: Backstage with Barry Humphries. University of California Press: Berkeley, CA.
Sears, J. T. & Williams, W. L. (Eds.). (1997). Overcoming heterosexism and homophobia: Strategies that work. Columbia University Press: New York.