HAPPY BIRTHDAY LISA EDELSTEIN!
We all love you so much, you are fabulous and funny, and we wish you your absolute favorite kind of day - whatever that entails. ♥
I wanted to do something for her birthday and this is what I decided on. I had about 50 different posts going but I think this one is most fun. An alphabetic tribute to her awesome, if you will.
The ABC's of Lisa E.
♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥
actress
... when she was in her late teens, she told people she was an actress even though she wasn't. She figured eventually people would start believing her, & that it would stick. ♥
... she got her SAG card in 1991 for her small role in The Doors.
... she's played everything from nymphomaniacs to lesbians, transgenders to lunatics, and has been on Seinfeld, Frasier, The West Wing, Ally McBeal and everything in between.
beauty
♥
♥
celebutante
... she gained fame in the 80's for being a social butterfly on the streets of New York. With her sidekick, James St. James, attached to her hip, she was nicknamed Lisa E, and any place she went was an instant hot spot.
... she formed friendships with people on the edge of society. She called it "the island of misfit toys" - none of them belonged anywhere, and because of that, they belonged with each other.
dreamer
... she journals when she wakes up.
... she hopes to go on broadway before she dies.
... her dream role would be Liza Minelli's character, Sally, in Cabaret.
energy
... she talks with her hands a lot and it is the cutest thing ever. (see also f)
... she makes the most amazingly adorable faces ever.
fangirl
... she loves America's Next Top Model and Project Runway.
... she has expressed serious admiration for Angelina Jolie.
... she accosts her fave celebrities in public.
... she uses terms like "newbie".
... she admitted reading about herself on the internet on Conan O'Brien:
gemini
... May 21st is on the cusp, so she could go either Taurus or Gemini, but she considers herself a Gemini.
health
... she's a vegetarian. She's not a perfect vegan but she's definitely a vegetarian. What's the hardest part for her? Not the food - she loves cooking and she loves her kitchen. It's the shoes. She has issues finding comfortable shoes not made out of leather. That is her biggest complaint lol.
ipod
... she is a big fan of British Pop (The Killers, Smoosh, Franz Ferdinand)
jewelry
... the thumb ring. This has been in virtually every piece of work she's ever done. No, we do not know the significance of it or who she got it from or why, or even IF there's anything at all. Which is very intriguing. But it's fun because whenever we come across "new" old work she's done, we totally look for it and it's like, a fun game.
kindness
... she loves animals. She gets sad when she has to go long periods of time without them and the best part about it is that they're all rescued. She rescues injured dogs, takes them in, and nurses them back to health.
... she names them kickass things like Sandwich, Bumpa, Wolf E, and Bug.
language
... she speaks Spanish, and the best part? It's all self-taught.
... Yiddish. She taught us all to say fuck/screw in Yiddish. (It's "schtupp", by the way.)
musical
... she wrote, directed, composed, and starred in a musical, about AIDS, at the age of NINETEEN. Positive Me. ♥
... she used to take ballet and tap classes. (She also gave herself whiplash in an African Dance class.)
normal
... she tiles her own bathroom.
... she downloads her own music.
... she could have any hot man in the world, but she brings her parents to events instead.
owl purse
... this is the cutest fucking thing I've ever seen.
passion
... she spent a lot of time out on the picket lines. She was even described as "jumping into traffic".
... she is actively involved in animal charities, namely Best Friends.
... she takes a stand, actually gives a shit about stuff, and is extremely educated on these issues.
quotes
... "Oh, I'm an actress, I'm not supposed to eat anything. *pause* I'M KIDDING."
... "It's funny to me that we're expected to keep quiet just because of who we are. Why do I lose my right to speak my mind because I'm famous?"
... "We get microphones shoved in our faces... and most people don't. So, there IS a responsibility to actually have something to say... I think some people disagree with that - if you're a celebrity, you have no more of a voice, your voice is of no more importance than anybody else's. And in one hand, that's true, but the fact is, the voice is louder when it has a microphone."
... "I don't want to be successful in a career I hate - I've said no a thousand times because I'll only do what I want to do."
religion
... she's Jewish.
... she doesn't completely freak over Hannukah because she feels it's made into a big deal to compensate for what she calls "the Christmas problem".
... she was the kid who ran around telling other kids that there was no Santa Claus.
sex
... she is so smart about it, she's really good about giving advice about it, and she's really open to talking about it and understanding.
→ ♥ Loveline | mp3
... she's curious, she's blunt, she says what she's thinking.
... she has a theory about how some sperm isn't even interested in the egg and all it cares about is turning around and killing other sperm. But apparently, every once in awhile, one of the killer sperm gets bumped into an egg and THAT's where assholes and serial killers come from. Does she not have the best theories ever?
travel
... is possibly her favorite thing ever. I have NEVER seen her light up the way she does when she talks about travel.
... she has been flipping EVERYWHERE (& lmao, 1:12 from the end):
uniqueness
... when she goes through a bad relationship, she likes to knit.
... when she gave herself whiplash, they tried to tell her she needed a series of spinal fusions. She thought it was crap. She was right.
... she used to carry tin lunchboxes instead of purses. (tell me that is not the cutest thing ever)
vj
... video jockey. She was an MTV video jockey in the 80's. UNFORTUNATELY, we have no pictures or videos of this, and Lisa would like to keep it that way. Therefore, Awake On The Wild Side has unofficially become the Holy Grail of the Lisa E fandom.
work ethic
... she says she's honored to play quirky, odd characters because she believes it's important that somebody give those people a good face.
... when she heard her character would be doing a striptease, she took it upon herself to get lessons with a professional choreographer.
... she completely goes for it. Always.
x...
... ummm, she's amazing? SHUT UP, THE ONLY THING I COULD THINK OF FOR "X" WAS X-RATED AND I DIDN'T WANT TO DO THAT. WHY IS X SUCH A DIFFICULT LETTER.
young at heart
♥
zesty bod
... she practices Ashtanga yoga, she gets up at like 4 in the morning to do it, too. SO YOU HAVE TO GIVE HER PROPS FOR THAT ALONE, SERIOUSLY.
... what else is there to say about this? I mean, really.
Picspams -
♥ Song!spam - Shine On
♥ Inspiration - Misc
♥ Inspiration - Summer
♥ Misc 'omg we got new pics' spam
Misc -
HER BIRTHDAY LAST YEAR. I had a RL party with awesomepossum8, girlie_girl_23, & sunspawn. We wrote Lisa quotes all over the car and got her a cake, AND PARTY HATS, and had frosting fights and everything.
Vids & Clip credit: marykir, jeremie, jane, danielle, lisacuddy.com
I LOVE HER SO MUCH. AND TODAY IS HER BIRTHDAY. AND I HOPE SHE HAS THE BEST BIRTHDAY DOING ALL OF HER FAVORITE THINGS EVER AND I HOPE EVERYONE GIVES HER HER FAVORITE PRESENTS. LIKE DARK CHOCOLATE WITH ALMONDS AND NEW YOGA MATS.
Annnnnnnd you should come have a pseudo!party with me in her honor. LISA E BIRTHDAY SPAM. ooooh oooh!
♥
edit - feel free to add your own graphics and stuff to the spam, too!~ and!! if you want to do something different for or add onto any of the letters, feel free to do that too!
I wanted to do something for her birthday and this is what I decided on. I had about 50 different posts going but I think this one is most fun. An alphabetic tribute to her awesome, if you will.
The ABC's of Lisa E.
♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥
actress
... when she was in her late teens, she told people she was an actress even though she wasn't. She figured eventually people would start believing her, & that it would stick. ♥
... she got her SAG card in 1991 for her small role in The Doors.
... she's played everything from nymphomaniacs to lesbians, transgenders to lunatics, and has been on Seinfeld, Frasier, The West Wing, Ally McBeal and everything in between.
beauty
♥
♥
celebutante
... she gained fame in the 80's for being a social butterfly on the streets of New York. With her sidekick, James St. James, attached to her hip, she was nicknamed Lisa E, and any place she went was an instant hot spot.
... she formed friendships with people on the edge of society. She called it "the island of misfit toys" - none of them belonged anywhere, and because of that, they belonged with each other.
dreamer
... she journals when she wakes up.
... she hopes to go on broadway before she dies.
... her dream role would be Liza Minelli's character, Sally, in Cabaret.
energy
... she talks with her hands a lot and it is the cutest thing ever. (see also f)
... she makes the most amazingly adorable faces ever.
fangirl
... she loves America's Next Top Model and Project Runway.
... she has expressed serious admiration for Angelina Jolie.
... she accosts her fave celebrities in public.
... she uses terms like "newbie".
... she admitted reading about herself on the internet on Conan O'Brien:
gemini
... May 21st is on the cusp, so she could go either Taurus or Gemini, but she considers herself a Gemini.
health
... she's a vegetarian. She's not a perfect vegan but she's definitely a vegetarian. What's the hardest part for her? Not the food - she loves cooking and she loves her kitchen. It's the shoes. She has issues finding comfortable shoes not made out of leather. That is her biggest complaint lol.
ipod
... she is a big fan of British Pop (The Killers, Smoosh, Franz Ferdinand)
jewelry
... the thumb ring. This has been in virtually every piece of work she's ever done. No, we do not know the significance of it or who she got it from or why, or even IF there's anything at all. Which is very intriguing. But it's fun because whenever we come across "new" old work she's done, we totally look for it and it's like, a fun game.
kindness
... she loves animals. She gets sad when she has to go long periods of time without them and the best part about it is that they're all rescued. She rescues injured dogs, takes them in, and nurses them back to health.
... she names them kickass things like Sandwich, Bumpa, Wolf E, and Bug.
language
... she speaks Spanish, and the best part? It's all self-taught.
... Yiddish. She taught us all to say fuck/screw in Yiddish. (It's "schtupp", by the way.)
musical
... she wrote, directed, composed, and starred in a musical, about AIDS, at the age of NINETEEN. Positive Me. ♥
... she used to take ballet and tap classes. (She also gave herself whiplash in an African Dance class.)
normal
... she tiles her own bathroom.
... she downloads her own music.
... she could have any hot man in the world, but she brings her parents to events instead.
owl purse
... this is the cutest fucking thing I've ever seen.
passion
... she spent a lot of time out on the picket lines. She was even described as "jumping into traffic".
... she is actively involved in animal charities, namely Best Friends.
... she takes a stand, actually gives a shit about stuff, and is extremely educated on these issues.
quotes
... "Oh, I'm an actress, I'm not supposed to eat anything. *pause* I'M KIDDING."
... "It's funny to me that we're expected to keep quiet just because of who we are. Why do I lose my right to speak my mind because I'm famous?"
... "We get microphones shoved in our faces... and most people don't. So, there IS a responsibility to actually have something to say... I think some people disagree with that - if you're a celebrity, you have no more of a voice, your voice is of no more importance than anybody else's. And in one hand, that's true, but the fact is, the voice is louder when it has a microphone."
... "I don't want to be successful in a career I hate - I've said no a thousand times because I'll only do what I want to do."
religion
... she's Jewish.
... she doesn't completely freak over Hannukah because she feels it's made into a big deal to compensate for what she calls "the Christmas problem".
... she was the kid who ran around telling other kids that there was no Santa Claus.
sex
... she is so smart about it, she's really good about giving advice about it, and she's really open to talking about it and understanding.
→ ♥ Loveline | mp3
... she's curious, she's blunt, she says what she's thinking.
... she has a theory about how some sperm isn't even interested in the egg and all it cares about is turning around and killing other sperm. But apparently, every once in awhile, one of the killer sperm gets bumped into an egg and THAT's where assholes and serial killers come from. Does she not have the best theories ever?
travel
... is possibly her favorite thing ever. I have NEVER seen her light up the way she does when she talks about travel.
... she has been flipping EVERYWHERE (& lmao, 1:12 from the end):
uniqueness
... when she goes through a bad relationship, she likes to knit.
... when she gave herself whiplash, they tried to tell her she needed a series of spinal fusions. She thought it was crap. She was right.
... she used to carry tin lunchboxes instead of purses. (tell me that is not the cutest thing ever)
vj
... video jockey. She was an MTV video jockey in the 80's. UNFORTUNATELY, we have no pictures or videos of this, and Lisa would like to keep it that way. Therefore, Awake On The Wild Side has unofficially become the Holy Grail of the Lisa E fandom.
work ethic
... she says she's honored to play quirky, odd characters because she believes it's important that somebody give those people a good face.
... when she heard her character would be doing a striptease, she took it upon herself to get lessons with a professional choreographer.
... she completely goes for it. Always.
x...
... ummm, she's amazing? SHUT UP, THE ONLY THING I COULD THINK OF FOR "X" WAS X-RATED AND I DIDN'T WANT TO DO THAT. WHY IS X SUCH A DIFFICULT LETTER.
young at heart
♥
zesty bod
... she practices Ashtanga yoga, she gets up at like 4 in the morning to do it, too. SO YOU HAVE TO GIVE HER PROPS FOR THAT ALONE, SERIOUSLY.
... what else is there to say about this? I mean, really.
Picspams -
♥ Song!spam - Shine On
♥ Inspiration - Misc
♥ Inspiration - Summer
♥ Misc 'omg we got new pics' spam
Misc -
HER BIRTHDAY LAST YEAR. I had a RL party with awesomepossum8, girlie_girl_23, & sunspawn. We wrote Lisa quotes all over the car and got her a cake, AND PARTY HATS, and had frosting fights and everything.
Vids & Clip credit: marykir, jeremie, jane, danielle, lisacuddy.com
I LOVE HER SO MUCH. AND TODAY IS HER BIRTHDAY. AND I HOPE SHE HAS THE BEST BIRTHDAY DOING ALL OF HER FAVORITE THINGS EVER AND I HOPE EVERYONE GIVES HER HER FAVORITE PRESENTS. LIKE DARK CHOCOLATE WITH ALMONDS AND NEW YOGA MATS.
Annnnnnnd you should come have a pseudo!party with me in her honor. LISA E BIRTHDAY SPAM. ooooh oooh!
♥
edit - feel free to add your own graphics and stuff to the spam, too!~ and!! if you want to do something different for or add onto any of the letters, feel free to do that too!