* There´s Something About Mary ~ Quite Literally (LOL)*

Those who know me personally, may very well claim that I am a bit of a dark horse.....my family can certainly vouch for that as can my hubby and close friend´s......what you see is what you get of that am I am proud and genuine but beneath the surface lurk´s a side to me that many may find quite- well sordid & sinister some might say (LOL)!.

It all started when many years ago (well OK not that many but quite a few at least Hee-hee), my teachers throughout my Junior through to High School became rather concerned at my chosen subject material when given a project to do in History.

Whenever Class was told to put together an essay and often drawn illustrations on a particular subject, I chose one of two things - either Witches and Witchcraft back in Medieval times or the Romans.

OK, so so far, that´s not too bad is it.....after all, there´s plenty to learn and most students learn about such stuff through history in history anyhow, along with World Wars, Pearl Harbour, the Vikings, etc, etc...but when I particularly selected the ways of how witches were persecuted and put to death and chose the Gladitorial games and Arena games of the Roman Empire, my teachers found it all a bit disturbing and brought up this concern at a Parent´s evening one time.

If anybody has watched the film ´The Addams Family´ where the teachers take Gomez and Morticia Addams to oneside about their beloved daughter Wednesday´s interest in the burning of witches, then you´ll know what my own Mother went through back in the early 80´s (LOL).

My teachers would remark that I was very talented particularly in English and Art and that although a quiet, very reserved child who had no particular friends and remained aloof from other´s although excelled in certain subjects esepcially in those that I had a particular fondness for, my frequent choice of witches and Gladiators, was a little peculiar!.

Of course, my Mother laughed it off and said, that she had noted that I often read many detailed reference books on such topics when at home, that I had borrowed from the library and was often found drawing picture´s depicting Chariot races, Gladitorial combats and whatnot but thought it a fair healthy interest and so long as I did not get mixed up in the Occult and physically harm other´s, there surely was nothing wrong in a child learning such stuff and earning Gold stars for all her efforts in her subject when it came to marking - of course, the teachers could say very little and assured her, that I was fine to continue as I were, although I´m sure they thought me still somewhat strange and no doubt my Mother a little odd too (LOL)!.

As I grew up, I watched avidly everything I could on Romans and grew up with the like´s of ´Ben Hur´, ´Spartacus´, ´Ano Domini´ and most other Biblical time pieces along with documentarial material on the persecution of witches throughout the ages.......so today, am I still fascinated by such stuff, all those years later ????.............ABSOLUTELY! (LOL).

To my utter delight, I loved ´Rome´ when it was aired although many couldn´t stomach the series to be honest BUT to die for by far has got to be SKY´s Bravo production ´Spartacus - Blood In The Sand´.

http://www.bravo.co.uk/shows/spartacus/

THIS IS NOT for the faint hearted, squeamish or easily offended - it´s serious stuff and has taken any Roman/Gladitorial lover by storm......I´ve watched it every Tuesday night (10pm) since it started 5 epidode´s ago and will be devastated when the last of this series is aired tomorrow night.

What is one to do without a Roman in their life ???? (LOL) and YES, I have always said that if I could regress back into time, I´d love to go back to the Roman Empire time period BUT of course, I could never be a Christian and certainly not a slave but a lady of the highest calibre in the highest rankings.....it´s not because I´m a snob (far from it) but I value my life too much (Hee-hee).

So whenever I hear/see the words ´There´s Something About Mary´.....I secretly smile to myself and think - Yup, there certainly is (LOL).