What Somi Wants....

On the Jukebox: "Changes" by David Bowie
Mood: Subject to change without notice
Quote: "Tears are words the heart can't express."
Flair: Warning

About a decade ago I saw the PCPA performance of Damn Yankees. I didn't particularly care for it. I prefer the original Faust. What did stay with me was the song "Whatever Lola Wants" where the sultry temptress is trying to convince Joe to throw away his old life and forget the escape clause in his deal with the devil. She sings the words:

Whatever Lola wants Lola gets,
Don't you know you can't win?
You're no exception to the rule,
I'm irresistible, you fool,
Give in!...Give in!...Give in!

Over time it has become a joke in our family that it is no use arguing with me. I will always get my way. It is rather disappointing to have no one occasionally challenge me (maybe a spirited debate is what I wanted?) and when my way is granted without a long discussion on why I'm right the phrase, "Whatever Somi wants, Somi gets..." usually is uttered or muttered depending on what it is I want. NOTE: Usually what I want is also what everyone else wants so I only think I win.

Yes, I'm a spoiled princess and rightly so! Yet, I like to think I have the makings of a great queen who understands the superior power of selflessness. For several years I have reigned over my little kingdom in a comfortable tract castle. My subjects adore me - okay, they tolerate me, whatever! I've got the best ladies-in-waiting just down the street. Life, though not quite fairytale idyllic is pretty darn sweet. But, alas, the warrior-king has grown restless with slaying tame dragons and is in need of a new adventure which may require a change of scenery.

Normally, that would be wonderful. I enjoy a good quest because happily ever after gets sort of boring. But like King Pellinore, I'm so comfortable in my feather bed. The warrior-king's questing beast has been sorely neglected of late. It may die soon if immediate action is not taken - or at least discussed seriously. So negotiations are under way on what sort of adventure we might consider. Will we part with the kingdom and go into exile? Will we find adventures closer to home? Or has the time come for Somi to be selfless?

Somi wants to weave tapestries of words in her ivory tower, not the ogre's dungeon. That's a fairly simple wish to grant and we all know whatever Somi wants... she gets to some degree. She's good at making concessions. Yes, she'll stay home and work at her language loom, but it may not be in this particular tract castle. Somi's man wants to chase wild dragons in the desert. You see, the thing that Somi wants most is to make her soul mate happy. It's sort of a sick twisted "Gift of the Magi" thing because he also desires her happiness. Don't fret, Somi likes happy endings so that's what Somi will get.