There's Something About Sara

Blog: Take 2. That’s all I’m going to say. About that.

So, I’m home. For those of you who weren’t all caught up on my movements, there it is. I am back in Melbourne. For many reasons. Most significantly -- 2 weddings and a foundering job market. Now there’s a title for a romantic comedy if ever I heard one!

Speaking of romantic comedies… (Segue. Boom.)…

…this is a new beginning for the blog. I am currently writing what started as a short film script and is now well on it’s way to becoming a feature-length screenplay. I feel that the whole process is going to be an interesting experience. Or, perhaps, just an experience that I am going to get significantly frustrated with and therefore I will require an outlet to vent. Either way, I foresee blog updates in the future. I am not going to change the name… I am under the wonderful delusion that this process and my future in Hollywood are linked.

For now, however, I am going share with you something that is completely unrelated to all that.

Yesterday, while I was having a lovely 5-hour coffee with a friend of mine, I asked her if she liked Sara Bareilles. She believed we had already had this conversation but it turned out she was thinking of the Sara Ramirez conversation from the week before – apparently I like to bang on about women named Sara quite often. Of course, this got me thinking about other Sara/Sarah type people that I like.

Naturally I decided to make a list. A list of Sara/hs. And, because I am that self-indulgent, I am going to share my TOP 5 with you.

Please note that my ACTUAL friends named Sara/h were not eligible for this list due to unfair advantage. And, mostly, because I didn’t want to hurt anyone’s feelings.

Without further ado, my TOP 5 SARA/Hs and the reasons why…

5. Sarah Connor

I’m gay.

4. Sarah from Labyrinth

Needs no explanation. But her position as my 4^th favourite Sara/h is the reason I am glad Jennifer Connelly was not in Scream 4. I fear that, even after all these years, if I ever met her the first words out of my mouth would be “Sarah... friend?”

3. Sara the song

Fleetwood. Mac.

2. Sara Ramirez

(Technically Sah-rah but whatever)

Her absolute right to be so high on my list is evidenced by one fact – that playing a lesbian on television is NOT my favourite thing that she does.

She gives me fever.

1. Sara Bareilles

After four years, Little Voice is still my go to album to listen to from beginning to end whenever I just feel like some music. Her 2010 effort, Kaleidoscope Heart, is quickly becoming second in line.

And this.

I must give an honourable mention to Sarah Michelle Gellar. Technically, my affection was always more for Buffy than it was for Sarah. And even then, it was more for the show itself than the character (because let’s face it, the Buffster could get a tad tiresome and speech-y at times). If I were to make a list of my favourite Sarah Michelles, SMG would be the uncontested number 1. For sure.

Do you have a favourite Sara/h?

xx