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Marilyn was a big supporter of the Civil Rights Movement. Ella Fitzgerald was one of Marilyn’s idols and a major inspiration. However, the Mocambo nightclub in West Hollywood, the most popular dance spot at the time, refused to let Ella perform there because she was black. Outraged, Marilyn told the owners that if they would let Ella perform, she would be there in the front row every time Ella was onstage. She did, and the two became friends.
According to the great Ella Fitzgerald:
“I owe Marilyn Monroe a real debt…it was because of her that I played the Mocambo, a very popular nightclub in the ’50s. She personally called the owner of the Mocambo, and told him she wanted me booked immediately, and if he would do it, she would take a front table every night. She told him - and it was true, due to Marilyn’s superstar status - that the press would go wild. The owner said yes, and Marilyn was there, front table, every night. The press went overboard. After that, I never had to play a small jazz club again. She was an unusual woman - a little ahead of her times. And she didn’t know it.”Via/Follow The Absolute Greatest Posts…ever.
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4.23.12
I want my clothes and my things with me now. i hate that i get to spend my nights sleeping on a thick mattress of my bed as a real bed. i know that i have no choice but to DEAL with it but let’s face facts i am having a difficult time. i hate that if i tell these to my boyfriend, he complains that i am drowning by my shallow feelings. and that he calls me emo for thinking about it too much. he doesn’t understand that i just couldn’t handle myself sometimes. i get pretty insane over thinking about things and also with myself. i know my esteem is running low but sometimes he points it out straight to my face that i don’t have any. i know its the truth but what sucks about it most is that i don’t know how to react when he says it. if i should feel stronger or be ashamed and upset. if i should not get mad at him for saying those hurtful but the truthful things or feel stronger that he pointed out the truth to change me. i don’t know whether i should understand that what he’s trying to tell me is that he cares by inflicting hurtful vocabularies into me to let me know the truth. but i hate it. i also hate that when he tells these things to me he does it by force. im afraid he might hurt me next time already.
I hate that my mom took us all into this crap and letting us deal with it with her without even apologizing and did not even explain every single damn thing. i have to constantly ask her why it happened or why is it happening all the time. it feels like i cant get another break. i have to constantly watch over and ask what is going on. cause i feel like if i turn my head and focus on something that i really love she might not be able to get things done. i also hate that a part of me hates the fact that we live right next to her boyfriend. one is because it feels icky seeing my mom with another man besides my dad. i can accept that she likes someone else but i don’t like seeing them together in my home. i want some closure.
I hate that i cant help papa. i hate that i cry hopelessly sometimes about how much i want take care of him but i cant do anything. i hate myself sometimes that i am not there when he is in need. i hate myself that i did not even try to learn nihonggo when i had the chance and reason out that it’s because i don’t use it.
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"Life has two options, either to move forward or to be at rest. there’s no turning back. If you regret, well then, you’ve chosen to regret; be wise and accept. It is all because you have chosen."
