Rosebud
2005-10-17 02:51:13.735635+02 by ziffle 2 comments
For many years there have been a few things I really wanted but never got around to. A garage with an automatic door; a swimming pool big enough to swim laps in, and private 'enough'. I did a lot of swimming as a youngster and I miss it. It was magical.
I had seen 'Citizen Kane' years ago and remembered his opening words and closing scene - 'Rosebud' he said and it was a snow sled - he loved when it he was a small boy. It was symbolic of what he tried to recreate his entire life, that feeling of joy he experienced as a young boy on his snow sled.
So when I recently got the garage with the automatic door, and the private pool, I decided to put up a sign that says 'Rosebud', and then I researched 'Rosebud' on the internet and lo and behold, Rosebud is more than a snow sled it appears -- it is: "Rosebud was what Hearst called his mistress, Marion Davies', clitoris." http://5minutesonline.com/ft/orson%20welles2.htm
In reading more about it I like it. Rosebud - the sign will go up by the pool and it will remind me of my childhood, and warmly, of a good friend of mine too.
Rosebud - you're the best.
Ziffle