#52 of 365~Weetzie Bat

They didn't even realize where they were living. They didn't care that Marilyn's prints were practically in their backyard at Graumann's; that you could buy tomahawks and plastic palm tree wallets at Farmer's Market, and the wildest, cheapest cheese and bean and hot dog and pastrami burritos at Oki Dogs...

[Weetzie] was a skinny girl with a bleach-blonde flat-top. Under the pink Harlequin sunglasses, strawberry lipstick, earrings dangling charms, and sugar-frosted eye shadow she was really almost beautiful. Sometimes she wore Levi's with white-suede fringe sewn down the legs and a feathered Indian headdress, sometimes old fifties' taffeta dresses covered with poetry written in glitter, or dresses made of kids' sheets printed with pink piglets or Disney characters.

The above are excerpts from my favorite childhood/adolescent book, "Dangerous Angels:The Weetzie Bat Books."  This book was literally my first defiance at the life that was going on around me.  The author, Francesca Lia Block, writes in magical poetic paragraphs that seem to "infuse my veins with glitter."  Even now as and adult, I am caught up in the fantastical world of Weetzie Bat living amongst the glamour and grit of Cali.  I'm also in love with her book, "Guarding the Moon." A written attempt at cataloguing her first magical year as a mother.  I owe Ms. Block my love for the written word and the ability to believe that I too will one day write magic that will "infuse the veins with glitter."