Good Morning, Starshine, the Earth says HELLO!

If any of you are Charlie and the Chocolate Factory fans, you will know this blog's title comes from the newer version of the classic film, where Johnny Depp is our modern day Willy Wonka. The title "Good Morning Starshine, the Earth says Hello!" is a quote from one of the more awkward moments for Johnny Depp's Willy Wonka. He puts on this amazingly kitschy puppet show to welcome his new guests to the factory, including singing and dancing dolls, cotton candy colors, fireworks, and a speech that is so uncomfortably humorous the audience does not know whether to laugh or cringe. Depp's Willy Wonka is so socially inept, but so brilliant and creative that it is hard for the outside world to comprehend his madness. This scene from the movie is not only Wonka's welcome into his factory, but also a welcome into the mad, upside down world of Willy Wonka.

You are all probably wondering why I am talking about starshines, Willy Wonka, and puppets. Well, I suppose it is because appreciate Willy Wonka and his emotionally and

socially stunted tendencies. I often feel I can relate. There are moments where I don't know what to say, stumble over my words, or I think I am saying something quite clever, and it

turns out to be a flop. The best is when I ramble on, frantic and frazzled, speaking faster and longer than I should. So just like Wonka, my verbal stumbles often offer people a glimpse

into my madness. Either people find it annoying or they find it charming....

So the question Willy Wonka's presence in this blog is meant to ask is, how do you let people into your madness? How do you let others see your quirks? Do you ease them in or do you just

lay it all out there for the world to see, with a take it or leave it attitude? I like to think that by letting people see my quirks, it is a way towards self acceptance. For a long time I was so self-

conscious about my rambling. I believed I sounded stupid, and people probably had no idea what I was saying. But now, I embrace it. I think it is apart of my charm, along with my many

other idiosyncrasies!

So on that note, enjoy this clip from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Try and reflect on your own quirky tendencies and how you would welcome us into your factory of madness!

I am sure it is simply lovely :)