Patrick Swayze (1952-2009) **************** Bitt & I have spoke of your name on a daily basis since as far back as we can remember, and were hoping to meet you in person one day. We are two of your biggest fans and will continue to consistently quote your brilliance.
R.I.P., Swayze-a-Roo! Thanks for all the hard work that lives in our hearts & minds! ***
of all the mindless, pointless, wanting-to-hear-their-own-voice bashing of the show, the movie, all of it, i think the most pointless of all is the one i hear of, 'oh, they're too old. they should stop already.' TOO FUCKIN' OLD??!! That makes it ten times more fun, in my opinion. ************************************************ here's two clips from this girl's favorite episode --and one of mine, too-- that she reminded me was brilliant yesterday with this fabulous post about it:
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...just a little reminiscing about what makes
Sex and the City
so great...
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...and why my plans for tonight have got my soul singing a tune.
"Love is passion, obsession, someone you can't live without. If you don't start with that, what are you going to end up with? Fall head over heels. I say find someone you can love like crazy and who'll love you the same way back. And how do you find him? Forget your head and listen to your heart. I'm not hearing any heart. Run the risk, if you get hurt, you'll come back. Because, the truth is there is no sense living your life without this. To make the journey and not fall deeply in love - well, you haven't lived a life at all. You have to try. Because if you haven't tried, you haven't lived." -- Anthony Hopkins, as the character William Parrish in the movie Meet Joe Black
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The song below has been crazy popular in NYC over the past few weeks.
His words are hard to understand, so it needs several listens, but something about the composition of the song as a whole, it speaks *LoVE* in such a tactile way.
[[play this while following along with the lyrics:]]
lyrics to the song Hold Yuh
by Gyptian
oooohh ohh yeeaah ohh Gyal me wann fi hold yuhhh put me arms right arounddd ya Gyal you give me the tightest hol' me eva get ina my life * Gyal me wann fi just squeeze yahh Put me ting right around ya Gyal you give me the tightest hol' me eva get inna mi life ohhhh * Me eye dem dry and me nuh care Me tek it anytime and anywhere Inna de spare So we nuh care And as a woman. I will be there * Mi want a girl weh tek mi aweh Me want a gyal who cyan wine pon me Wid it gooddd And mek mi feel it Show me that you could girl * Gyal me wann fi hold yuhhh put me arms right arounddd ya Gyal you give me the tightest grip me eva get inna my life * Gyal me juss wann fi holdd yahh Put me ting all around ya Gyal you give me the tightest hold me eva get inna my life * Like a fast bike pon di road vvruum rumm ruum ruum Climb pon di back and she a boom boom boom boom Gimme a moggle(model) run a di fat cu cuum cuum Mi nuh ramp wid mi nozzel mi a get my boom boom * She deh out a control a mi first she want in har soul she say more pon more and still she groan and still mi multiply more * Gyal me wann fi hold yuhh put me arms right arounddd ya Gyal you give me the tightest hold me eva get inna my life * Gyal me juss wann fi hold yuhh put me arms right arounddd ya Gyal you give me the tightest hold me eva get inna my life * Like a fast bike pon di road vvruum rumm ruum ruum Climb pon di back and she a boom boom Gimme di moggle run a di cu cuum cuum Mi nuh ramp when a time fi watch my pum * She deh out a control a more fire she want in har soul she say more pon more and still she groan and still mi multiply more * Gyal me wann fi hold yuhh put me tinnngs right arounddd ya Gyal you give me the tightest hole me eva get inna my life * Gyal me juss wann fi hold yuhh put me arms right arounddd ya Gyal you give me the tightest hold me eva get inna my life * Gyal me wann fi just squeeze yahh Put me ting right around ya Gyal you give me tightest hold me eva get inna mi life ohhhh * Me eye dem dry and me nuh care Me tek it anytime and anywhere Inna deh spere So we na care And as a woman I will be there * Mi want a girl weh tek mi aweh Me want a gyal who cyan wine pon me Wid it gooddd And mek mi feel it Show me that you could girll * Gyal me wann fi hold yuhh put me arms right arounddd ya Gyal you give me the tightest grip me eva get inna my life * Gyal me juss wann fi hold yahh Put me ting right around ya Gyal you give me tightest hold me eva get inna mi life * ohhhh * Ohhh ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa * Holddddd yuhhhhhhh Right round yaaaaaaaaa My lifeeeeeeeeee Right round yahhh * My lifeee ****************************************************************************
Hope your Sunday is filled with more than a smidgen of LoVE.
i am student teaching for 12 more days, not counting today.
i've been a licensed, certified substitute teacher for over a year and a half.
i've been teaching since i could talk.
i played 'teacher' with my friends growing up.
i had my mom buy chalkboard paint & paint two entire walls of our basement! i used to make up student attendance sheets with random names on them & assign one of the names to the class clown who'd always get in trouble.
I
need
to
teach,
like,
now.
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okay, so why the *watermelon*?
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well,
the whole process has been like this:
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imagine it's a blistering, hot summer day.
the sun is baking you.
you're sweating,
you're parched.
in the shade, in the distance, you see
a tray of sliced, cold, juicy, seedless
*watermelon*.
you make your way over to the tray,
and your mouth starts to salivate.
you know that this will be just what will
grant you some relief.
you pick up the fruity-scented slice to your mouth, the cool vapors playing around your lips,
and
right before you take the first bite,
someone drops from the sky,
snatches the slice
and begins to lecture you on the growth process
and benefits of *watermelon*.
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like, WHA??!!??!!
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I don't need anymore 'talk' about teaching!!
I need my own classroom,
pronto, people
so I can start doing what I know
I was born to be doing!!
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Would you deny Michael Jordan a basketball??!!??!!
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Would you deny Michael Jackson a microphone??!!??!!
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{{deeeeep sigh}}
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i'm just part of this waiting game.
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i guess that's what connects me with so many other people in this life, if nothing else.
[that's comforting...no sarcasm intended...really, none intended, i do actually find that comforting.]
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we'll see
we'll see
we'll see
what
happens.
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for now,
today,
off again
to
*1st Grade*
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how can I complain??
they
are
so
cute.
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Happy Wednesday!
[thanks for reading]
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oh!!
speaking of *watermelons*:
"I carried a watermelon!" ** ** ** "I carried a watermelon??!!??!!" ** ** ** [i love that part.]
i'm telling you [and i wouldn't kid you]...if not for your love of eating, love of food, love of cooking, love of love, love of passion, love of people, or love of life, you must see this movie simply because you are a BLOGGER.
the "Julie" part of the movie refers to Julie Powell who started this BLOG**, as the movie explains, to have a regimented, scheduled thing in her life to come home to & focus on & achieve for.
[**i'm assuming you can't get full access to her BLOG anymore because she made it into a book, so... now only one or two posts are visible; poopyfoo.]
Meryl Streep is an absolute dream as Julia Childs.
I thought Amy Adams was endearing too, although my sister was like,
"Why's she crying all the time?! Wah wah wah!"
[my sister doesn't get the raw emotion that goes into blogging &
wanting to make your blog work...haa haa!]
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this scene below was one of my favorites.
only Tomas truly gets why.
he's Filipino, so he loves everything fish, & tried to cook live lobsters once.
i cried for those poor crustaceans.
like, literally...tears...flowing...crying...
...he was laughing.
the movie has so many scenes made up of the most delicious-looking food!
...and I love how the husbands of J&J in the movie love their wives & the food they cook to death...
...one day i hope to *wow* my husb in the kitchen on a daily basis too...
[i'm still in training for that...tee hee!]
the movie got me thinking about
my *2010* is HERE
& where I've come since I started & how I don't really have a focus to this space HERE,
like Julie Powell did with her focus on Julia Child & her cooking...
...and then I remembered this post I wrote, & stopped being so critical of myself
...and thought maybe a future BLOG of mine could have more of a "focus"
...and that i guess why i log in everyday & "PUBLISH POSTs" is because i like to, & i like ya'll, & sharing is caring, & it lets me practice my writing, & hear feedback, & i think it's fun.
that's a good enough "focus" for now.
HERE's also like a little celebration of this year,
& my new habitation in the BLOG-o-SPHERE.
everyone's been so nice so far.
love yous. I'd love to host a party like the one below
with all of you readers invited,
& there'd be karaoke,
a huge nacho platter,
& lots of bean bags to sit on.
Needless to say, I think you should watch the movie, if you haven't already.
but, seriously, my mom and i had a movie-watchin' night last night and The Blind Side was one of the movies. I was truly an eye-opening movie and an amazing story. Sandra was fantastic. I loved tim McGraw's character too, but Bullock's performance was just...Oscar-worthy.
* * * * these are also parts that I love most. * * * * everyone... ...every single person... deserves these parts in their own life, in their own way. * * * * yeah. * * * * so. * * * * okay. * * * *
true love is true love is true love is true love where is true love is true love is true love is
The episodes that aired sunday morning were first aired in 1995, when I was in the 5th grade, and I still *to this day*, on occasion, think about how much I loved watching this fictional couple love each other.
Even though they're characters, and their story is fiction, in this case, the fiction transcends the screen**, and enters your heart.
i believe that's what it did for me back in 1995, and only this past sunday, fifteen years later did ever the winds of *chance* re-awaken their story in my heart ...and what timing!
i can only assume someone or thing hears the confusion in my heart, and wants me to know it'll be okay.
i had to share this with you, readers, because it had me in tears, on a lazy sunday morning in my pajamas.
Here's some clips from *Dylan & Toni's* story:
(great caption from the above clip @ 4:40) Toni: Kelly looks absolutely stunning tonight, doesn't she? Dylan: I really hadn't noticed. I was too busy looking at you. Toni: Good answer.
Of course, Dylan asks Toni to marry him, but I don't have that clip. But after the proposal, here's some more:
Dylan: All my life, people have told me I was running away from something. I always felt I was running to something. I just didn't know what that was until now. I love you. I always will. Toni: You don't have to run anymore, Dylan...I love you with all my heart and soul.
**reader, my dear, please don't underestimate the power of the T.V. as a vehicle for *art*. Just like the printed page, when written well & acted well, even a cheesy show like Beverly Hills, 90210 can be divine poetry. I encourage you to open your heart, and hear it. :)
...because I don't think I can wait to see Sex And The City 2!! I really enjoyed the first one, and I was in love with the show, so naturally, I can't wait for #2.
...a scatterbrained girl in her mid-twenties writing & posting *HERE*...trying to breathe 2010 in by celebrating & contemplating all it has to offer, one expressive outlet at a time.
Hi, reader.
If you like any of the content found HERE, I would love for you to let me know. Please do not take any of my pictures or my words without giving me due credit, especially since *my planner* and *my poetry* are found HERE and mean so so much to me. I don't think I'm really all that cool to steal from, but for whatever reason you might, please don't.
I always love having you HERE, and please revisit again.
Okay, that's it.
Love love love!
i gots me a ticket to a show tonight.
