This Year's Girl

harry potter rules

And i adore Daniel Radcliffe. Can i have him when he turns 21? I'll probably still be single then. Everyone was adorable in this movie. Draco's hair wasn't great but I liked hwo the twins grew theirs out. Looked really good on them. SUch an awesome movie. I loved it. Want to go see it again!

All I needed to know I learned from Joan of Arcadia

But sometimes, it's enough to plant the seed, walk away, and let the flower grow on its own."

The philosopher Kierkegaard -- he said that the most painful state of being is remembering the future...particularly one you can never have."

It hurts because you feel it, Joan -- because you're alive. You love people. That generates a lot of power, a lot of energy. The same kind of energy that binds atoms together -- and we've all seen what happens when you try to pry them apart." Joan figures the answer is to not get attached to people. She might be able to drum up more support for the way of non-attachment if she were talking to a Buddhist, but Cute Guy God says, "No, it's in your nature to get attached to people. I put that in the recipe. It's when you guys try to ignore that, when you try to go it alone, that's when it gets ugly. It's hell.

Movies I want to see this spring

Mood: expectant

Music: In My Dreams by The Party

Movies I want to see based on the trailers:
Taking Lives -- HUGE Angelina Jolie girlcrush so pretty much anything she is in. Plus used to have a big crush on Ethan Hawke though I think he's a moron for cheating on his wife. I think Uma Thurman is beautiful and from what I've heard/read, really cool.
Connie and Carla -- love Toni Collete but the draw is DAVID DUCHOVY. YUMMY!
13 going on 30 -- Stacy has a girlcrush on jennifer garner and I like her but also this looks really cute.
Kill Bill Vol 2 -- still need to see the first one.
Secret Window - Johnny Depp. about all i need to say.

I know I saw some more trailers. Oh Van Helsing was one. The Alamo. can't remember the others right now.

grr. tired of reality on tv

I watched Mystic River today and also L&). Getting really tired of when the bad guy doesn't get punished. I watch movies for escape. I watch tv shows for mainly the same thing. I don't want realism on my tv shows. That's one of the reasons I like Buffy and Angel so much. the bad guys get punished. yeah it may take all season but they get punished. they get defeated. or killed. or redeemed. Not to mention they are usually pretty funny. Mayor Wilkins always made me laugh. grrrrr.

Yes still having fun with my mood icons. i keep adding more moods. I figure if i get them all, i can maybe accurately assess how i am feeling and work on that instead of trying to fill the void with shopping or food. !

50 first dates

Saw 50 first dates today. that was a cute movie. I wish I could find someone who cares about me like that. Sean Astin was really cute in it too. he played a steroid junkie with a lisp. Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore were as cute as ever. And Hawaii was beautiful. I so want to go there. I want to travel. As soon as I get a real job, i think on summers or vacations, i'll start traveling more. Just wish I'll have someone to go with me.

Angel "YOu're Welcome" 100th Episode

This contains spoilers for the Angel ep airing Feb. 4. If you haven't seen it and are spoiler free, be gone. I don't want to ruin it for you. I am glad it wasn't ruined for me.

Cordelia died at the end of tonight's episode. I've been living spoiler free since I had most of Buffy spoiled for me last season and while it drives my sister crazy when I am watching Alias, I get payoffs like tonights and also the episode Lindsay first came back.
But she died. I'm so silly. I feel like I lost a friend. It's just a tv character for goodness sake! Yes I've been watching this character since Season 2 of Buffy but still! She's been in my house once a week, a constant. Great clothes, funny lines, good friendship. I had been used to not having her around this season but there was always the hope she could make an appearance. Now there's no hope.

ME gave her a good sendoff. She got to save Angel from the Big Bad and help him find his way again but then she left. I started crying at the moment Angel saw she was gone. At first i was like "she woke up again? What?" then I realized no she died before he said it. And it made me cry, almost as much as at Chosen last season. These are the best episodes of Buffy/Angel -- the bittersweet ones that have scenes that make me laugh a lot -- Willow's resolve face and SPike meeting Joyce in Becoming Part 2, Faith and Robin's "I'm prettier" convo, Giles' dwarf in Chosen and Cordelia threatening Eve and Harmony attacking Eve in "You're Welcome" but then the end of the show, I am bawling. I've run the gamut of emotions in these episodes. I guess they are a bit cathartic but man they are soooooo sad. And wonderful.
OK good night!

Win an Date With Tad Hamilton

Oh this was just the cutest movie. I don't usually dig chick flicks, romantic comedies but this one was up my alley, like Simply Irresistible and Drive Me Crazy. Of course Josh Duhamel is just basically sex on a platter. When he is shirtless and grinning, it's very reminiscent of Dennis Quaid in Big Easy. That sexy. His abs are almost as good as Dennis' and the smile is just as cute. I just melt every time he was onscreen. But then Topher Grace is just a doll. He's not nearly as tall as Josh Duhamel, who is at least 6'3" or have as muscular a frame but he is too adorable. He does sarcasm better than everyone. I just really fell in love with him in this. I am also crushing on Billy Crudup from Big Fish. Whoa babe though Josh Duhamel really does it for me. He can be shirtless for me anytime! sigh sigh sigh.

Gilmore Girls

OK in working on updating my site, I started to rant on the tv show Gilmore Girls. I decided instead of putting it on my tv page, I would put it here. :-)

I used to enjoy it but that was partially cos Lorelei had some semblance of maturity and Jared Padalecki was on it. He and Luke were probably my favorite characters. I have nothing against Milo (who played Jess) but it was worse than Buffy going from Angel to Riley, who at least was a great guy. Jess was a jerk and I hate how the show bought into the bad boy stereotype that too many young women have -- "oh he's just bad because he's misunderstood. I can change him." Guess what? You can't. The bad boy with a heart of gold is found only in movies. Generally he's a just a bad person. And guys like Dean got shortshrift. I like him. Riley is also the type I like but I just preferred Buffy with Angel. Nothing personal against Riley or Marc Blucas. On repeated viewings, I really liked Riley. And the pairing doesn't make me so mad anymore, like it still kind of does with Willow and Tara. Amber Benson did a great job portraying Tara, who was an awesome character but I just adored Oz. I still cry when on Wild at Heart and New Moon Rising and when Buffy kills Angel. I know it's coming and I still bawl. It does sound a bit like I hate change on my tv show romantic pairings but then they shouldn't have done such a great job of making us love those pairings. Dean was the ultimate boyfriend, Oz was just perfect and funny and Seth Green is adorable, and Angel and Buffy had the angst going on which was great. But Tara and Riley were good for Willow and Buffy so I can't be completely mad at those new relationships, like the Jess/Rory relationship. He treated her like crap and while that is realistic, I don't watch most of these shows for realism! I want the fantasy, the perfect tortured loves. But back to Gilmore Girls rant, this season they seem to have made Lorelai even more immature, like she's regressing with age. She needs Cordelia around to tell her to get over it. Why anyone wants to be friends with that woman is beyond me. And then they are pairing her up with Jason who ugh. And Luke is being wasted. And her doing things just because of the fact it will piss her mom off. I don't get along perfectly with my mom and I don't care if the things I do make her mad but it's not my sole motivation for doing things and people can't manipulate me by suggesting it. Grow the hell up, Lorelai. yes I know it's a tv show but again, I watch tv shows for escape. Not caring for the getting mad at the main characters and greatly disliking them.