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January 5, 2006
Michelle, My Belle
Hi everyone!!!
Am I really here?!?
How excited am I to be a Literary Chick? SO excited! (Can you tell I spend most of my time hanging out with a 2-year old?)
And for my fun first assignment, I got to interview Michelle Cunnah, who I’m so jealous of for the following reasons:
(1) Have you seen her hair? My hair has never looked that cute. Never. I covet her hair.
(2) Michelle lives this fabulously sophisticated jet-setting life, hopping from one country to the next. She’s lived in England, Africa, America and the Netherlands. Whereas the only globe trotting I do is through the Epcot Center in Disney World.
(3) Her accent. True, I’ve never actually had a real life conversation with Michelle, but she’s English, so I just know she has one of those to-die-for accents. I want one. But, you know, not in a fake Maddona sort of way.
And speaking of Madonna, her name came up once or twice during my chat with Michelle . . .
Whitney: Plan your fantasy dinner party . . . what three people (living or dead, fictional or real) would you most like to dine with? What would you eat?
Michelle: I bet you're expecting me to say my fave Led Zeppelin gods-among-men Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, John Bonham (may he rest in peace) and John Paul Jones, but I definitely wouldn't invite them to dinner because I'd be so star struck and frozen to the spot that I'd not be able to eat or say a thing (even though it would be wonderful to be close enough to "Bob" that I could almost touch his lovely blond hair!)
But apart from the boys, it would have to be Madonna and Oprah. I totally admire those two ladies for what they have achieved in their lives, and let's face it, between Madonna and Oprah they could probably solve all of the world's problems if we put them in charge.
As to what we would eat - sushi, sushi, sushi all the way, baby, because I recently had my first ever sushi in Manhattan and now I am a total addict (especially love California rolls)!
Whitney: What's your ultimate fantasy day, when time, money and space travel are not at issue?
Michelle: My perfect day would involve breakfast in London with Madonna (and Guy), lunch in America with Oprah, and dinner with my Led Zeppelin gods-among-men wherever they might happen to be in the world. (And I'd be so witty and charming and non-nervous that they would fall totally in love with me, obviously!)
Whitney: Where is your favorite place to write?
Michelle: In my office, alone (alone except, of course, for my Led Zeppelin CDs).
Whitney: What are you wearing right now?
Michelle: A gorgeous Donna Karan dress, Jimmy Choo strappy sandals, and my hair and makeup are perfect. Okay, so I lied. Really I'm wearing dark pink pajamas with sheep all over them, and big, fuzzy slippers with cloud motifs...
Whitney: What's your favorite book of all time?
Michelle: Ooo, that's too hard because I have so many of them (I live with at least a thousand books, although they might have bred since I last checked). But if I had to name one book that I was totally addicted to right now, it would be How I Live Now, by Meg Rosoff.
Whitney: If you weren't a writer, what would your ultimate
dream job be?
Michelle: I can't imagine not being a writer, but I guess I'd be
either Madonna or Oprah :-)
Posted by Whitney at 10:06 PM | Comments (6)
Comments
Yay! Welcome Whitney and what a great interview with Michelle! As someone who has had real life discussions with Michelle I can tell you - she has a gorgeous British accent! I am completely jealous.
And I love the image of the pajamas and the slippers! I myself am wearing black yoga pants and a blue sweatshirt. Not that anyone asked... although it could be a fun theme for comments if anyone wants to play!
Okay, just one more YAY! and I'm outta here... :)
Posted by: Lani ![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.literarychicks.com/nav-commenters.gif)
at January 5, 2006 10:26 PM
Yet another person who covets Michelle's hair. She's going to be afraid to come back here.
Posted by: ZaZa at January 6, 2006 3:05 AM
Eep! I probably should have waited to answer this until I got dressed, because right now I'm still in my pj's. And they're not even cute pj's . . . just a white t-shirt and pink flowered pants.
Ah, the glamour that is my life.
Posted by: Whitney at January 6, 2006 7:25 AM
Sadly, dark blue sweatpants and a long-sleeved shirt AND a jacket AND a blanket and surrounded by cold medicine, hot chocolate, and tissues. And I've spent much time in person with the lovely Michelle, and she always says things like "That got my knickers in a right twist" which is so adorable I have to repeat it all over the place, except she got me in big trouble when she said "wanker" and I repeated it to some Australians Navy Guy flies with and evidently it's a very very bad word. oops. I blame it entirely on Michelle . . .
Alesia, sniffling in Virginia
Posted by: Alesia Holliday at January 6, 2006 8:08 AM
Aw, you guys are lovely and are making me blush!
Alesia, sorry for the wanker thing! And just so you know, don't say bugger to those Aussies either, because that is also, *cough, cough* a bit naughty...
As for what I am wearing right now? A cool Nine West chocolate brown leather jacket, Banana Republic chocolate brown pants, H & M choclolate brown sweater and Kenneth Cole chocolate brown boots. Oh, and my hair and makeup are completely perfect! (No, not really, LOL - today it is baggy grey sweats belonging to Oh Patient One, accented by the cloud motif fuzzy slippers. And my hair looks like Albert Einstein on a bad hair day)
Michelle, ROFL in Rotterdam
Posted by: Michelle Cunnah at January 6, 2006 10:37 AM
Ooh. I want to say things like "got my knickers in right twist" from now on!
I am wearing sweaty running clothes and everyone is moving away from me on the Group W bench.
Posted by: Eileen at January 6, 2006 12:31 PM
