What Wayne's World can teach you about being best friends

I've often asked myself the question "Am I an adolescent boy?" because I have for the longest time had similar interests to those of adolescent boys. Video games, prank phone calls, vulgar movies, dumb/grotesque humor (people falling is probably my favorite thing in the world) all make my life what it is. Luckily, I've had some very loyal friends and a cool family to partake in laughing at these activities with me.

(I also really like "girly things" like baking cupcakes, then decorating cupcakes, then eating cupcakes, then singing about how much fun that cupcake extravaganza was.)

Most recently, I've been pondering this question as I repeatedly watch Wayne's World. Then it dawned on me. Wayne's World is about more than just goofy laughs. It is about a pair of best friends. One brunette and one blonde.

I owe a lot of my humor appreciation to my big brother. Whenever he and I are together we speak in tongues that take the form of movie/tv quotes. Our favorites include 30 Rock, Superbad and...you guessed it Wayne's World.

I could definitely commit an entire blog to Wayne's World, but I will spare you. It's just every second of this movie is full of perfectly quotable lines. Wayne and Garth are the epitome of besties. The only thing missing in their movie relationship is a scene where they hold hands or share a bicycle. BUT WAIT! There is a scene for that.

Let's dissect this a little shall we? First, Wayne and Garth are in Milwaukee which is a quick trip from my hometown Madison, WI. But whatever enough about me. This scene is only 43 seconds long; 43 seconds full of pure gold that is! It depicts how fun Wayne and Garth are together and how much they like each other. They have a blast all the time.


And also this,

This part kind of reminds me of the quarrel between Cora and Isobel in Downton Abbey. Where Isobel is all threatening about leaving Downton because not everyone is bowing down to her nurseness like "Fine, I will leave!" to Cora. She's not expecting for Cora to hold her ground and basically say "eff yeah you will little miss thang." So Cora's response to Isobel is pretty much the exact same thing as when Garth says to Wayne "Fine, then go."

Isn't the inherent relationship between Wayne's World and Downton Abbey obvious to all? Wayne and Garth easily make up from this little tiff and declare each other "buds" once more at their favorite haunt, "Stan Makita's Donuts."

This is what best friends do! They play hockey in the street and scream "Game on!" (like me and a friend-you know who you are- did just so we could imitate those guys), they eat licorice on a roadtrip to see Alice Cooper, they have a cable access show, they support each other! They forgive each other! Wayne and Garth are the best set of best friends since Xena Warrior Princess and her companion, best blonde gal pal Gabrielle!...

Now of course we have Tina Fey and Amy Poehler.

Love them. Another blonde and brunette bestie duo.


Best friend sets could learn a lot about an enduring best friend relationship from Wayne and Garth in Wayne's World. And we know their friendship stands the test of time because there is a Wayne's World 2 with a naked Native American man!

There is so much more to Wayne's World than the Bohemian Rhapsody part. What we have in Wayne's World is an epic journey of two best friends. Like Evan and Seth in Superbad. Or Thelma and Louise.

Best friends are the best. Wayne and Garth are loyal to one another. Theirs is a best friendship that lasts. May we all learn how to treat our besties in the way of Wayne and Garth.

Party on.

A lazy Sunday afternoon movie

Greenfingers!

Is the name of the movie I watched yesterday with my mom lounging on the sofa in my pajamas. I find it important to note that preceding watching this movie, my mom mentioned that maybe I should take a shower. Actually she said "Don't you think you should rinse off?" I was having a lazy Sunday indeed.

So anyway with a slightly bruised ego we dove into the deep abyss of Netflix instant watch and chose Greenfingers!  

Filmed in 2000, Greenfingers, a British comedy starring Clive Owen and Helen Sexy Lady Mirren centers around a group of convicts who are in a open work jail program. Clive and his gang of loveable inmates begin gardening! They do so well that they impress the famous sassy gardener Georgia Woodhouse (Helen Mirren). They are entered into a competition to decorate a garden at Hampton Court Palace. Yay palaces and flowers! Also, Clive finds a gal to love and there is a robbery and cute old man with cancer.

The movie is sweet and happy and poignant and watch it. 

Maybe my life

I want to go to there

Not sure if I ever mentioned it (har har) but I spent a semester abroad in London and it was the bomb dot com.

I'm avoiding other things and looking through pictures reminiscing. And I thought "I want to go to there" (thanks Liz Lemon)

God's gift to earth, cupcakes at the Borough Market

Will someone propose to me here? Kensington Gardens/The Albert Memorial.

What isn't there to like about this?

Song

And to take a page out of GOOP's book (I love love love Gwyneth) here is a random song suggestion.

Florence + the Machine is the new thing, but totally lives up to all the hype. Like I have to tell anyone that.

I'm really into this song right now

The Fine Art of a Lifetime Movie

I've been watching Lifetime movies pretty religiously since the age of 10 and now with the advent of the Lifetime Movie Network (LMN as some of its bigger fans call it) all the Lifetime movies one could ever imagine are at their fingertips!

I will admit that I had taken a long hiatus from Lifetime movie watching. But, that all changed one fateful Tuesday last week when the internet at my house was out, therefore, the Netflix on my tv didn't work, therefore, I watched a Lifetime movie on the death of JonBenet Ramsey. I had indeed seen this movie before (you just can't call them films because that seems wrong and blasphemous, they are made for tv MOVIES) but I happily watched it again.

Then about a week later I found one starring Fred Savage (The Wonder Years guy) and Candace Cameron (DJ Tanner!!!) called No One Would Tell.

Again, I had seen this one before.The star high school wrestler (wrestler really? give me a football player) falls for the innocent girl and then things start to get good.

Having seen Lifetime movies before seems to be a personal trend for any Lifetime movies that were made in the 1990's because Lifetime movies were kind of my childhood. My best friend and I would spend after school days and weekends pouring over the exciting/uncomfortable feeling Lifetime movies gave us.

Why? Why are Lifetime movies so damn good? I have found that the best way to describe the brilliance of these movies is that they are so good because they are so bad.

There are three fundamentals to a ridiculously delicious Lifetime movie. The relationship between the three is interrelated.

Hyper-sexualization is probably my favorite facet of a good Lifetime movie. And I can imagine (ok, I know for a fact) that this was and still is what draws me into the ulterior universe that is Lifetime movies. When I was younger, watching Lifetime movies was like opening an exhilarating door into horrifying, yet exciting sex things. I mean the characters in these movies really go at it. STEAMY is the one word that should be able to be used when describing any and all good Lifetime movie sex scenes. Hyper-sexualization of characters, plots, and the sex scenes themselves is imperative.

Terrible acting seems like an oxymoron to the making of an entertaining movie. It really isn't though, because the horrible acting of Lifetime movies lets you stay on the surface of the viewing experience. You get involved but only in a way that keeps you aware that you're watching a shitty Lifetime movie. You don't get lost in these movies, but you sure as hell aren't going to get up for a bathroom break when the obsessive boyfriend is waiting for her in her apartment...with a knife and a maniacal glint in his eye! (For this look, try Mother May I Sleep With Danger? with Tori Spelling)

Outrageous plot lines are another make or break of a worthy Lifetime movie. You must have a murder, stalker blowout, affair, jealous rage or any other upsetting event to propel Lifetime movieness into greatness. I guess my favorite would have to be the sweet boyfriend/husband who quickly unfolds into a controlling psycho.

Most importantly though is the basic, all powerful theme that Lifetime movies have to be creepy. They need to make you squirm a little. If mastered correctly, the interaction among hyper-sexualization, terrible acting and outrageous plot lines will provide a creepy, disturbing, squirm to your step.

So now that you are ramped up to experience or re-experience some Lifetime movie action, here are a few of my favorites:

Savage Messiah- About a cult leader who's a really crazy, creepy dude. Very scary and based on true events, which we all know is the best.

LOOK AT THOSE EYES!

Video Voyeur- The Susan Wilson Story- The beautiful Angie Harmon and her family have a weirdo neighbor who installs a camera in their home and watches their intimate moments!

Friends 'Til The End- This one is a stunner. Shannon Doherty is the cool girl in a band, with the perfect bf. Then she makes a new blonde friend who slowly takes over her life and tries to kill her!

So next time you're hankering for a feel-good Lifetime movie, don't watch these. But do watch them if you're in the mood for something a little eerie.