I bought the Zeno Acne Clearing Device this afternoon on eBay. It was quite a steal! I figure, I will be going on job interviews shortly and I don’t want to have to deal with a pimple on my chin or nose. I had been looking at the Zeno Zit Zapper for awhile but I decided against purchasing it because it seemed far too good to be true. The other day, I came across this review and I changed my mind. The thing is, even if it doesn’t work, I didn’t spend so much that my pocket will hurt. Heck, even if it works just a little bit, I will be happy.

I have to decide what movies I should move up in my queue to number 1 and 2 positions. I am thinking I should finally complete the Jean Cocteau’s Orphic Trilogy by watching The Blood of a Poet and The Testament of Orpheus. There are some really cool cameos in The Testament of Orpheus. None other than Yul Brynner and Pablo Picasso appear! I may change my mind and grab The Thin Man or some Joan Crawford movie. We’ll see. Depends on my mood tomorrow.

Monday evening I am hosting a Mary Kay cosmetics party. I know, it’s not my thing but Audra asked me to host it and after pooh-poohing it, I said yes. We actually have quite a crowd of girls coming. I am hoping it will be fun. Tomorrow I will make a cake to serve. I’m thinking a sheet cake of some type. I’ll figure something out. Heck, if this is a success, I may have a Tupperware party. “Just listen for the burp!”

The day is long when you awake at 4am. It’s not even 7pm and I am ready to sleep. This evening I watched Girl on a Motorcycle. I quite liked it yet it was very different from what I was expecting. I assumed it was going to be in black and white but actually it was in brilliant technicolor. Although I knew Marianne Faithfull was the star, I thought the movie would be in French, wrong again. I think she was the only one who knew English, many of the actors appeared to have learned their lines phonetically. I also wasn’t expecting the psychedelic dream sequences. (Floating clown heads, naked women, whip wielding circus ringmaster) Alain Delon played her lover. He got to say such great lines as, “Your body is like a violin in a velvet case” and “Your toes are like tombstones.” The only issue I have with the movie is that Marianne Faithhfull’s role wasn’t really a free spirit. She rode her Harley all over Europe but only so she could get to Alain. There was an element of Run Lola Run to the movie. Especially in the voice-over narration which reminded me of when Lola was running and you could hear her internally singing, “I wish I were a hunter in search of different food.” Or whatever the line was.

Lisa and I went to Big Lots this evening and I bought 3 little wooden boxes to hold my teas. Throwing away the paper boxes in which the teas originally came in, I found the following poem on the side of the Peppermint Tummy Tea box. I hated to throw it away and so I am publishing it here for posterity.

A New Perspective by Elizabeth Barrett Browning

The little cares that fretted me
I lost them yesterday
Among the fields, above the sea,
Among the winds at play,
Among the lowing of the herds,
The rustling of the trees,
Among the singing of the birds,
The humming of the bees.
The foolish fears of what may happen,
I cast them all away,
Among the clover-scented grass,
Among the new-mown hay,
Among the husking of the corn,
Where drowsy poppies nod,
Where ill thoughts die and good are born–
Out in the fields with God.

How soothing is that? Almost as soothing as the peppermint tea!

With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, I know many of you are probably wondering, “Donna, why don’t you write about your boyfriend anymore?” I will admit, it’s been hard with him away. Don’t get me wrong, I trust him. I know he loves my precious heart. But keep in mind, this Web site is called DONNAville, not JDFORTUNEville. Regardless, here are some sexy pictures he sent (via Rob Booth) to keep me company on these long, cold winter nights.

Am I evil? I could hardly stop laughing after reading this:

American Beauty actress Mena Suvari is single no more, she tells PEOPLE.

For “almost six months” she has been dating Mike “Murda” Carrasco, a 23-year-old professional breakdancer who is part of Knucklehead Zoo, a Las Vegas-based troupe, she says.

Asked where they met, Suvari, 26, answered, “at an event, at ‘Battle of the Year,” which Carrasco explained is “like the World Cup of breakdancing, and the USA qualifications were in Los Angeles, and we won that.”

“They win all the time,” Suvari interjected proudly.

I remember back in 1985, the boys in my class would have “Breakin’ Wars.” At recess they would stand in a circle and each one would take their turn and do the robot or worm or whatever the moves were called. I didn’t know breakdancing was still popular.

Perhaps I am biased but……

Click HERE and launch the slide show. Go to the 3rd pic.

My little Bo is a thousand times prettier than those Chins!