I am Celia Brown, housewife, 49ish. I am married to Guy, he’s a really wonderful husband but I do worry about him – he works very hard and he’s so exhausted when he gets home he can barely speak a word. Then there’s my 2 boys Julian (15) and Jonathan (18). I’m very proud of them, even if their entire form of communication does seem to be in monosyllabic grunts, they’re just being teenagers I suppose.
Still, I do my best for them and I like to make sure the house is clean – very clean, spotless in fact. Of course I allow myself some leisure time – flower arranging for the church, helping with the local meals on wheels and recently I’ve joined the Upper Welford Greenhouse & Gardens Society at the village hall. I’ve just met Simon there, he’s a recently retired, we like to swop experiences of a horticutural nature, he’s become quite a confidante – all very innocent of course. And then there’s my writing, romantic short stories for genteel ladies magazines.
I only ever thought of myself as just another middle-aged housewife, that is until Rachel (aka listenupnorth) came along. Apparently she’s been writing the diary of a fictional woman (yours truly!) part based on what she’s going through in her own life and part being down to her over active imagination.
Being a bit of a maverick, Rachel has never worried about going against the flow. She decided it was high time for some quality online entertainment for the post-pubescent population and preferably something lasting longer than a nanosecond. So she set out to write and produce Celia’s diary as a series of 6 short films spanning my story arc, each approximately an epic 15 mins in length.
Together with Penny & Shirley, Rachel shot the first film, on a virtually zero budget, a labour of love with everyone giving their time for free. It’s a to-camera monologue and they’re working hard to find funding for the remaining 5 episodes and now Sue has joined ‘Team Celia’ to help with production. It’s vital to show potential sponsors that we have an audience to build on – so we really need your ongoing interest.
The first pilot episode is now available for everyone to watch, think of it as allowing yourself a bit of celiatime – go on you deserve it!
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Nice to get to know Celia. It’s good that she can tell us the things that few others of my friends would even contemplate sharing.
As a boy I wonder if this is the kind of chat girls do with other girls, and that’s why this interesting chat is so new to me.
Whatever, I want to hear Celia’s next report and I so hope that her advenures don’t cause her to get in any trouble….
Hi Billy Thanks for your interest. Celia the film has been described as what women think but dare not say (perhaps not even to each other!). We have just shot episode 2 so watch this space for how my story progresses!
I had to watch it all the way through!
Loved it, Celia! You’re adorable. I laughed so hard at that last “spray”! Great story – looking forward to part 2. So glad we’ve met!
Thank you Nina, so glad you enjoyed the film. We hope to have episode 2 out shortly so please watch this space!