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Life is like a bubble, take advantage of it before it pops.
It doesn't get much better than that.
Think bubbles!
Saturday, March 31, 2012
Saturday, March 17, 2012
Who is this evil genius Nicholas Sparks and why does he want to ruin my life?
I hate Nicholas Sparks.
Hear me out. Nicholas Sparks and his wonderfully crafted, heartwrenchingly entertaining, romantic stories have warped my view of realistic love. I expect EVERY man to be so devoted to me from the moment they see me they go crazy at a carnival and hang in midair in their underwear on a Ferris wheel like Noah does for Allie in The Notebook.
After watching Nicholas Sparks movies every girl realizes how much normal guys suck.
I haven't read any Nicholas Sparks books, which is a cop out on my judgement of Nick, but like do I need to submit myself to that? Books have so much more detail and I know that reading The Notebook or Dear John would be agonizing as the heartbreak slowly unfolds. Plus, I hear that all his books are even SADDER THAN THE MOVIES. Can this be possible I ask myself soaked in tears!
Alright, it's obvious that I don't in fact hate Nicholas Sparks, I LOVE/HATE HIM. I want to watch these movies and cry and I want to have this kind of love in my life. Similar to the effect that Disney princess movies have on females, Sparks' work has ruined my life. Not really, but sort of close. Ok again, not really BUT what Nicholas Sparks movies like The Last Song have done is implant a version of a love story life that is largely unattainable.
Maybe I am a romance pessimist and if I am I BLAME IT ALL ON NICHOLAS SPARKS.
Turns out Mr. Sparks is just a normal author dude with an abnormal affinity to write stories that pull at the heartstrings. Is Nicholas Sparks the most romantic man on Earth? I freaking hope so, then everything would be ok and make sense.
My personal favorite Sparks' films are The Notebook, Dear John and The Last Song.
I may have been experiencing a dramatic point in my life when I watched Dear John, but holy my god I was convulsing with sobs when I saw it. Ask yourself, could John be any better as a complex tough guy who just wants to be loved and give love? And then that whole bit with his dad! A river of tears I tell you. My roommate at the time probably thought something was physically wrong with me.
It was during this viewing that I realized I enjoy crying to the point of no return. It's just kind of fun to release any and all feelings through the tears Nicholas Sparks forces out of me.
This is what Nicholas Sparks 'the evil genius' has done to me:
1. Makes me think that the guy should always be that much more devoted and into it than the girl in a relationship. Look at the male characters in my three fav Nick films: Noah, John and Will are extremely devoted to Allie, Savannah and Ronnie so much so they refuse to give up on them. The girls flounce around, in pain yes, but are prepared to move on from their loves!
2. You can be a total bitch to your guy all the time and he will come back. My evidence for this, Miley Cyrus/ Ronnie in The Last Song. I mean she is literally annoying every instant of that movie. Why does Liam Hemsworth/Will take all her shit? But I love this movie and am so happy at the end when they kiss on the beach and both decide to continue their education in college. Woo, go learning! Also, nothing against Miley- I LOVE 'PARTY IN THE USA.'
3. Then there's that one notion I have that fighting with your significant other can be outlandish and dramatic and you can make a scene and just go NUTS. Because you guys, this just shows all the love and passion between the guy and gal! At least according to damn Nicholas Sparks. This is potentially the most dangerous idea I have soaked into my brain waves because who wants a psycho screaming and maybe going in for a slap fighting over a scoop of ice cream or something.
So obviously Nicholas Sparks' films have made me delusional.
Or maybe Nick is showing me the beauty that love can bring, also with the tears and the pain that comes when your heart is ripped out of your chest. Examples of this include when Noah and Allie breakup, when Ronnie finds out that Will knew all along that Ronnie's dad didn't burn down the church, when Savannah can't deal with being apart from John any longer and gets with that kid's dad! But it all turns out sort of ok in the end. With love comes sadness and strife, but you can prevail, so says Nicholas!
Alas, after all my smack talk I have decided on a compromise. I will continue to"hate" Nicholas Sparks and his love tales while at the same time I will understand that his stories are showing the possibilities that a great love can bring.
Mentally I have to tell myself this as I prepare to see The Lucky One (coming out soon) starring ZAC EFRON and some other girl. Again Nicholas Sparks will make me cry the kind of cry that people feel uncomfortable around (sorry everyone at the theatre!) and I will love hate him while I do it. Hurrah!
And who knows maybe I'll find myself singing a different tune when I find my Noah, John or Will. BUT THEREIN LIES THE PROBLEM, NICHOLAS SPARKS TELLS ME THERE IS A NOAH, JOHN OR WILL OUT THERE FOR ME. Ugh, life and its complexities.
To those of you with awesome boyfriends/husbands/girlfriends/wives or a Noah, John or Will, I am sincerely happy for you... in the sort of way that people are happy for people when they are jealous of them.
Hear me out. Nicholas Sparks and his wonderfully crafted, heartwrenchingly entertaining, romantic stories have warped my view of realistic love. I expect EVERY man to be so devoted to me from the moment they see me they go crazy at a carnival and hang in midair in their underwear on a Ferris wheel like Noah does for Allie in The Notebook.
After watching Nicholas Sparks movies every girl realizes how much normal guys suck.
I haven't read any Nicholas Sparks books, which is a cop out on my judgement of Nick, but like do I need to submit myself to that? Books have so much more detail and I know that reading The Notebook or Dear John would be agonizing as the heartbreak slowly unfolds. Plus, I hear that all his books are even SADDER THAN THE MOVIES. Can this be possible I ask myself soaked in tears!
Alright, it's obvious that I don't in fact hate Nicholas Sparks, I LOVE/HATE HIM. I want to watch these movies and cry and I want to have this kind of love in my life. Similar to the effect that Disney princess movies have on females, Sparks' work has ruined my life. Not really, but sort of close. Ok again, not really BUT what Nicholas Sparks movies like The Last Song have done is implant a version of a love story life that is largely unattainable.
Maybe I am a romance pessimist and if I am I BLAME IT ALL ON NICHOLAS SPARKS.
Turns out Mr. Sparks is just a normal author dude with an abnormal affinity to write stories that pull at the heartstrings. Is Nicholas Sparks the most romantic man on Earth? I freaking hope so, then everything would be ok and make sense.
My personal favorite Sparks' films are The Notebook, Dear John and The Last Song.
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| The Notebook. I couldn't resist putting this one in because does this really happen? |
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| Dear John |
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| The Last Song |
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| Muhahaha also this one. |
I may have been experiencing a dramatic point in my life when I watched Dear John, but holy my god I was convulsing with sobs when I saw it. Ask yourself, could John be any better as a complex tough guy who just wants to be loved and give love? And then that whole bit with his dad! A river of tears I tell you. My roommate at the time probably thought something was physically wrong with me.
It was during this viewing that I realized I enjoy crying to the point of no return. It's just kind of fun to release any and all feelings through the tears Nicholas Sparks forces out of me.
This is what Nicholas Sparks 'the evil genius' has done to me:
1. Makes me think that the guy should always be that much more devoted and into it than the girl in a relationship. Look at the male characters in my three fav Nick films: Noah, John and Will are extremely devoted to Allie, Savannah and Ronnie so much so they refuse to give up on them. The girls flounce around, in pain yes, but are prepared to move on from their loves!
2. You can be a total bitch to your guy all the time and he will come back. My evidence for this, Miley Cyrus/ Ronnie in The Last Song. I mean she is literally annoying every instant of that movie. Why does Liam Hemsworth/Will take all her shit? But I love this movie and am so happy at the end when they kiss on the beach and both decide to continue their education in college. Woo, go learning! Also, nothing against Miley- I LOVE 'PARTY IN THE USA.'
3. Then there's that one notion I have that fighting with your significant other can be outlandish and dramatic and you can make a scene and just go NUTS. Because you guys, this just shows all the love and passion between the guy and gal! At least according to damn Nicholas Sparks. This is potentially the most dangerous idea I have soaked into my brain waves because who wants a psycho screaming and maybe going in for a slap fighting over a scoop of ice cream or something.
So obviously Nicholas Sparks' films have made me delusional.
Or maybe Nick is showing me the beauty that love can bring, also with the tears and the pain that comes when your heart is ripped out of your chest. Examples of this include when Noah and Allie breakup, when Ronnie finds out that Will knew all along that Ronnie's dad didn't burn down the church, when Savannah can't deal with being apart from John any longer and gets with that kid's dad! But it all turns out sort of ok in the end. With love comes sadness and strife, but you can prevail, so says Nicholas!
Alas, after all my smack talk I have decided on a compromise. I will continue to"hate" Nicholas Sparks and his love tales while at the same time I will understand that his stories are showing the possibilities that a great love can bring.
Mentally I have to tell myself this as I prepare to see The Lucky One (coming out soon) starring ZAC EFRON and some other girl. Again Nicholas Sparks will make me cry the kind of cry that people feel uncomfortable around (sorry everyone at the theatre!) and I will love hate him while I do it. Hurrah!
And who knows maybe I'll find myself singing a different tune when I find my Noah, John or Will. BUT THEREIN LIES THE PROBLEM, NICHOLAS SPARKS TELLS ME THERE IS A NOAH, JOHN OR WILL OUT THERE FOR ME. Ugh, life and its complexities.
To those of you with awesome boyfriends/husbands/girlfriends/wives or a Noah, John or Will, I am sincerely happy for you... in the sort of way that people are happy for people when they are jealous of them.
Friday, March 16, 2012
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Friends With Kids
If I had a theme song it would be that old Starz jingle "Movies, movies, movies, movies!" because I'm such a movie fanatic. I also like most every movie I see so I'm not a tough critic.
I recently saw the movie Friends with Kids. I was expecting a cute little comedy with Kristen Wiig, Chris O'Dowd (who is so cute!! and Irish), Jon Hamm and Maya Rudolph reprising roles similar to those in Bridesmaids. WRONG, denied. I did not find that in this movie, but I did really really like it (as always).
Basically, two friends Julie (Jennifer Westfedlt) and Jason (Adam Scott) have been just that for as long as they've known each other, friends. They are part of a fun, trendy little six-some group of friends made up of two other couples Ben (Jon Hamm) and Missy (Kristen Wiig) and Leslie (Maya Rudolph) and Alex (Chris O'Dowd).
Ben and Missy and Leslie and Alex have kids and becoming un-freaking-bearable, annoying, psychotic parents. I am not in a child rearing phase of my life so I don't really have a place to talk, but these friends with kids need to calm down a little/a lottle.
Julie and Jason can't keep solid, serious relationships respectively, with Jason breaking up with girls left and right and Julie basically doing one daters with duds. But they do decide, even after witnessing the horrors of having children from their friends, that they want to bring a little one into the world. What ensues is a sweet little love story with some bumps in the road, but thoughtful insights into contemporary relationships, kids, love, friendships, sex and the like.
I won't give away the end, but I will say it ends happy! Yay.
For the record, I do want to have kids. I'm not some maniacal cat lady who shuns munchkin children.
I recently saw the movie Friends with Kids. I was expecting a cute little comedy with Kristen Wiig, Chris O'Dowd (who is so cute!! and Irish), Jon Hamm and Maya Rudolph reprising roles similar to those in Bridesmaids. WRONG, denied. I did not find that in this movie, but I did really really like it (as always).
Basically, two friends Julie (Jennifer Westfedlt) and Jason (Adam Scott) have been just that for as long as they've known each other, friends. They are part of a fun, trendy little six-some group of friends made up of two other couples Ben (Jon Hamm) and Missy (Kristen Wiig) and Leslie (Maya Rudolph) and Alex (Chris O'Dowd).
Ben and Missy and Leslie and Alex have kids and becoming un-freaking-bearable, annoying, psychotic parents. I am not in a child rearing phase of my life so I don't really have a place to talk, but these friends with kids need to calm down a little/a lottle.
Julie and Jason can't keep solid, serious relationships respectively, with Jason breaking up with girls left and right and Julie basically doing one daters with duds. But they do decide, even after witnessing the horrors of having children from their friends, that they want to bring a little one into the world. What ensues is a sweet little love story with some bumps in the road, but thoughtful insights into contemporary relationships, kids, love, friendships, sex and the like.
I won't give away the end, but I will say it ends happy! Yay.
For the record, I do want to have kids. I'm not some maniacal cat lady who shuns munchkin children.
Monday, March 12, 2012
Oh how times have changed
For any of you who used to watch the original Beverly Hills 90201 or Charmed you know why I feel sad, but also begrudgingly delighted by this commercial. Because we all know Brenda in 90210 and Prue in Charmed were the characters we didn't really like.
Jonah Hill
I could possibly be Jonah Hill's number one fan. I've been pretty devoted to him since his Superbad days and keep fighting the good jump on the Jonah Hill bandwagon fight.
Comedy is such a wonderful thing to enjoy in life and I regularly get through my days relaying on my sense of humor. What can I say chuckling, haha-ing, giggling, snort laughing is infectious and ranks among my top five FAVORITE things to do.
And this is where J Hill comes along. Seeing his shining face and those kind of disturbing, but ultimately inviting happy eyes makes me laugh at the onset. This is why again I was thrilled to hear he would be on what is becoming the thing I most look forward to on the weekends, SNL!
With watching SNL I have convinced my psyche that I have a whole new group of friends, the SNL cast. I mean we spend most Saturday nights together so we are basically attached at the hips. We share little inside jokes and Kristen Wiig and I talk about dying our hair. Wait, this doesn't actually happen? That's besides the point.
Jonah (first name basis status) was on Saturday Night Live this past weekend and he was spectacular. I am proud to admit my total bias in support of Jonah Hill and that is why you won't find a single critique of THIS guy on my blog,
Although I feel the topic of his weight is completely irrelevant to his level of funniness, let's get the elephant out of the room. He was fat, then he got super skinny and now is tipping on the brink between chubby to fatness again. As long as he is healthy is what I say! Which he probably is not, but that tis here nor there.
THE BEST SKIT EVER ON SNL SO FAR THIS SEASON IN MY OPINION WAS: The Six Year Old Returns.
Please watch this skit and experience the pure joy of listening to six year old Adam Grossman spout out hilarious musings.
The recurring skit J Pop America Fun Time Now is always at least mildly amusing, but when Jonah Hill couldn't stop himself from laughing and breaking character as "Martin Bladfeld-san" I couldn't handle it, mostly because I really like when comedians/actors break and start laughing. The power of my staff.
And finally the last skit of SNL left me feeling really happy. It was like a big fun friend sing along dance time. I felt like I was there or maybe I just wished I was.
Note: Bill Hader as Steffon was great this week (look up "hoomba", a human roomba, for a new fun term) as was Kristen Wiig as Paula Dean and Liza Minnelli. Also, a spoof of Ghost Hunters in this week's video short was kismet.
I am eagerly anticipating the release of 21 Jump Street this coming weekend! But in the mean time I have some other Jonah Hill masterpieces in my extensive movie collection to bide my time with.
Now I leave you with this,
Comedy is such a wonderful thing to enjoy in life and I regularly get through my days relaying on my sense of humor. What can I say chuckling, haha-ing, giggling, snort laughing is infectious and ranks among my top five FAVORITE things to do.
And this is where J Hill comes along. Seeing his shining face and those kind of disturbing, but ultimately inviting happy eyes makes me laugh at the onset. This is why again I was thrilled to hear he would be on what is becoming the thing I most look forward to on the weekends, SNL!
With watching SNL I have convinced my psyche that I have a whole new group of friends, the SNL cast. I mean we spend most Saturday nights together so we are basically attached at the hips. We share little inside jokes and Kristen Wiig and I talk about dying our hair. Wait, this doesn't actually happen? That's besides the point.
Jonah (first name basis status) was on Saturday Night Live this past weekend and he was spectacular. I am proud to admit my total bias in support of Jonah Hill and that is why you won't find a single critique of THIS guy on my blog,
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| See what I mean about those eyes? |
THE BEST SKIT EVER ON SNL SO FAR THIS SEASON IN MY OPINION WAS: The Six Year Old Returns.
Please watch this skit and experience the pure joy of listening to six year old Adam Grossman spout out hilarious musings.
The recurring skit J Pop America Fun Time Now is always at least mildly amusing, but when Jonah Hill couldn't stop himself from laughing and breaking character as "Martin Bladfeld-san" I couldn't handle it, mostly because I really like when comedians/actors break and start laughing. The power of my staff.
And finally the last skit of SNL left me feeling really happy. It was like a big fun friend sing along dance time. I felt like I was there or maybe I just wished I was.
Note: Bill Hader as Steffon was great this week (look up "hoomba", a human roomba, for a new fun term) as was Kristen Wiig as Paula Dean and Liza Minnelli. Also, a spoof of Ghost Hunters in this week's video short was kismet.
I am eagerly anticipating the release of 21 Jump Street this coming weekend! But in the mean time I have some other Jonah Hill masterpieces in my extensive movie collection to bide my time with.
Now I leave you with this,
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