About my name:
- "Lalena" is a late-'60s song by Donovan. My dad thought the song was beautiful,
and they had to come up with something quick because they had planned for a boy and pre-named me
"Robby." It turns out the song is about a prostitute! We both learned this when Dad took me to see
Donovan perform, and Donovan told a kind of cool story about a woman during the feminist movement
of the early 1900s who was conflicted about whether to be a housewife or a career woman, and she
ended up "walking the streets." Alas.
- Winona Ryder's character in the movie Reality Bites was named after me. The character
herself is based on the screenwriter and my high school classmate Helen Childress. But Helen later
said she always liked my name (though she spelled it incorrectly; that happens a lot). In a strange
coincidence, I happened to be working for the Houston Chronicle when the movie came out--and
there's a scene in which Lelaina interviews for a job at the Chronicle!
Collage made by my friend,
painter Lisa Sanditz.
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Photo and glitter rat by Stephanie Patton.
Flapper outfit by my mom.
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- In a video game called Moontorc (Atlantis 1991), "Princess Lalena has been captured by the
Dark Lord, and you have to rescue her by battling through four levels of platforming action and
collecting the three parts of Moontorc," according to CPC Game Reviews. The character is obviously
inspired by me.
...UPDATE (6/21/05): I got this exciting email today!
"Hi Lalena, I came across your website, and The Colour Guard one where you mention a computer
game from back in the '90s... Moontorc, which featured Lalena. Well I wrote that game along with
my two brothers."
These guys are amazing. Artists, musicians, writers; here's their website,
Sick Happy Idle.
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