"Your aim will be knowledge and wisdom, not the reflected glamour of fame. "

--Abbott L. Lowell

Two topics on my mind: first, William Shatner's newest show that'll be airing on A&E. And our president.

Starting with the show: I don't remember the.... eh, nevermind. I think it's "Aftermath" or something. Whatever. Anyway. The concept of the show is that William Shatner is interviewing convicted criminals like the 17 (now 24 or 25) years old second shooter for the DC sniper and some others. Now, I am not against the idea of hearing the stories of these people after they have been serving time or have had time pass since their crimes. (I'm not sure if the people will always be in jail, will always be killers, and so thus the wishy-washy wording above.)

However, I don't agree with the fact that these people are being glamorized... It's just... what these people did was not something that is supposed to make them stars. But that's what they've become... They're given nicknames which makes them memorable names which can make them household names and now they're being given a second chance at the lime light...

Like I said, I think it'll be helpful to hear what they have to say after the fact of their crimes, and it'll be.... for lack of a better word, "intriguing." But also, like I said, I don't want these people to be glamorized... Crimes now are not "punished;" they are elevated to stardom, given "three square meals a day and a bed," and basically just given a free home with only small living space being the problem. Not fair...


Okay. Second topic: I might get some hate mail for this, but I strongly dislike our president. I think he has utterly ruined our nation's foundations, blinded us by glamour and charisma so that he could make us begin forgetting our natural rights, and is on a power trip that needs to be brought to an end immediately.

I can't help but start crying thinking about how heinously he has perverted our country. He has taken a system that has been in place for a while and turned it on its head. He has made it OKAY for people to be lazy. He has caused my grandkids (which I won't even have until 40 years from now!) to have debt even before they were thought about. And there are so many other things...

It's just so saddening that we LET this happen!! I am going to be hated but I think the only reason he got voted as president was because he's African-American (or half-African-American or whatever). There were a number of shows that would go out into communities and PURPOSEFULLY switch what the views of the candidates are. You know what the response always was? "Oh yeah! I love Obama! His views are just like mine!"

They didn't even KNOW what his views were.... It's just infuriating that what our Founding Fathers had intended as a way to keep OUT tyrants has just let one in because of ignorant people. I don't know... But we're 25% into our horrifying 4-year mistake.

My question: will whoever is voted in next (I don't care if he's Republican, Democrat, Independent, or whatever other parties try to spring up) be able to fix all the problems Obama has caused? I hope so...

Okay. I've been railing against Obama... Look. I'm glad he's trying to help the poor. But he's not helping the poor, just letting them be lazy... That's not helping... Have you ever had a friend that drinks or smokes or does drugs or cuts or something like that? Think about that person. Now, do you coddle them and "take some edge off" by giving them their substance or whatever? No. You get them help by taking them to a rehab center or flushing their cigarettes or draining their bottles or tossing all razors or whatever. They have to go through the pain to heal.

Paradox? yeah... But it's like the old analogy: for gold to become beautiful, it has to go through the fire.

*sigh* I'm sorry. I don't like politics at all, but I'm just so upset about what I see the USA becoming... Maybe Obama will do something that will completely turn around the road the States are headed down. That would be fantastic!

But right now, I don't have high hopes... :(

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Random Thought: The Age of Stupidity (Movie)

Okay. This isn't my usual kind of post. But my boyfriend (whom I love so much ^_^ (sorry for gushing...)) found a movie on Hulu called "The Age of Stupidity." I haven't watched it yet. (Not really had the time (or maybe just the will?) to finish it... (Actually, I should be finishing my 635 page Sherlock Holmes stories collection...)) But it's all fictional (or so I think...). Anyway. In the movie, it talks about "The Global Archive." (Not only does it sound cool, the concept is cool.)

Fictional: "The Global Archive" 8 km North of Norway

Okay. The point of "The Global Archive" is to keep the entire history of the Earth captured in a tower centered in the Arctic Circle's frigid waters. Stored within its odd, cylindrical tower-ness are all of the media pieces: books, transcripts, videos, etc. stored on 1000s of hard-drives; a male and a female version of every species is displayed and cased; all inventions dreamt up by mankind have a place in "The Global Archive;" every painting is stored, whether the original or a copy.

How cool is that??

But can you believe it's not real?? I mean, oh sure we have museums like The Crystal Palace and any other art museum and we have zoos and whatnot. But why NOT an archive like this????

This is ignoring the costs... And the fact that villains would be trying to take over it all the time... And power hungry persons would be fighting over where to put it...

But! It just BAFFLES me that SOMEONE hasn't already thought of doing that! Maybe they have but because of the above reasons (or some others), it was never announced or something. It's just odd since humans are very focused on being known after death.

Why couldn't we just do that but make it a craft in space? Have it orbiting the earth? And then as new inventions are made and new paintings are created they add those new pieces to The Archive? It wouldn't be a space issue since it'd be up in space and they could just build on to the craft to add room. And they could just transfer the information over radio transmissions (or whatever the tech stuff makes sense for sending information to hard drives in space).

*shrug* I just think it's soooo odd that no one has started attempting a project like this! (It's not like it wouldn't be one of the first projects to be started with billions of dollars as the target cost.... >.>) Anyhow. Just saying! Random thought. Not 100% sure with where I was going with that otherwise.

NOW! Off to Gamestop to get Assassin's Creed II for $20!!! WOOOOHOOOOOOOO!!!!!! (I'm hyper!)

Peace!

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I Write Like _______ (<- Famous Author's Name)

So I have read a blog by a guy who uses Blogger.com. He found a website called I Write Like. I have been "analyzing" all of my blogs that I have thus far written. Heehee. I'm an eclectic mix of authors it seems. ;P

Why I Write

I write like
H. P. Lovecraft

I Write Like by Mémoires, Mac journal software. Analyze your writing!

First Impressions: Like Self-taken Photographs

I write like
William Shakespeare

I Write Like by Mémoires, Mac journal software. Analyze your writing!

Also... Am I a Murderer?

I write like
Stephen King

I Write Like by Mémoires, Mac journal software. Analyze your writing!

Friends and Ex-Friends and Those in Between

I write like
Cory Doctorow

I Write Like by Mémoires, Mac journal software. Analyze your writing!

Fangirl Rave

I write like
Cory Doctorow

I Write Like by Mémoires, Mac journal software. Analyze your writing!

Follow Up From the Last Latest Post and Added Thoughts

I write like
Cory Doctorow

I Write Like by Mémoires, Mac journal software. Analyze your writing!

This'll Be Short

I write like
Cory Doctorow

I Write Like by Mémoires, Mac journal software. Analyze your writing!

Enchanted.

I write like
H. P. Lovecraft

I Write Like by Mémoires, Mac journal software. Analyze your writing!

A Glimpse into My Future

I write like
Cory Doctorow

I Write Like by Mémoires, Mac journal software. Analyze your writing!

Books: The Conversations to Great Friendships with the Authors

I write like
H. P. Lovecraft

I Write Like by Mémoires, Mac journal software. Analyze your writing!

The Ideas are All Fine and Good; It's What You Do With Them That Counts

I write like
David Foster Wallace

I Write Like by Mémoires, Mac journal software. Analyze your writing!

Wedding Plans in the Works!

I write like
William Gibson

I Write Like by Mémoires, Mac journal software. Analyze your writing!

Christ Didn't Follow the World's Ideas of Him: So Why Does Christianity Today?

I write like
Dan Brown

I Write Like by Mémoires, Mac journal software. Analyze your writing!

Philosophy: Well, If That Ain't the Death of Me...

I write like
Cory Doctorow

I Write Like by Mémoires, Mac journal software. Analyze your writing!

Darkness and Light is Like Cookies n' Cream!

I write like
Stephen King

I Write Like by Mémoires, Mac journal software. Analyze your writing!

It's Like the Decay Shouldn't Be...

I write like
Cory Doctorow

I Write Like by Mémoires, Mac journal software. Analyze your writing!

Really Oughta Use That Thing More...

I write like
Edgar Allan Poe

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Whims to Wisps

I write like
Stephen King

I Write Like by Mémoires, Mac journal software. Analyze your writing!

First Time?

I write like
Cory Doctorow

I Write Like by Mémoires, Mac journal software. Analyze your writing!

So apparently, I write most like Cory Doctorow. Now... who is that? O.o

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Why I Write

Hey... Second post of the evening... I guess I'm starting to make a habit of that, huh? Don't write for a week or more, then write up-ways of 2 or 3 posts a day.... (Unless it's nearing midnight; then it might be one post one day and my second, third, fourth.....on the second day.)

I'm writing this post because I'm explaining (for myself and others) why I write.

That's reason 1: I write so that I can get a gauge on my thoughts and how they go. So I admittedly write for my own benefit of figuring out my world myself.

Reason 2: I write because I want people to read what I have to write and to hear what I have to say. I write because I want to be known. I want my opinions to have made an impact and I want how I word my opinions to be quoted in speeches and in statuses and in journals and wherever else words can be quoted.

Reason 3: I write so that maybe I can correspond with another deep thinker. (Okay... That sounded cocky... >.>) Maybe I'm really just a shallow thinker but like to pretend otherwise because I haven't been able to discover a different (or true) talent... Either way, I write because I want people that I hold in esteem like Stephen Christian and the guys from Anberlin to read my stuff and think, "Wow! We need to meet with this chick and talk in some stuffed chairs with coffee (or tea, respectively) in hand, our tattered but otherwise whole in metaphor journals scattered over little tables-for-two or on our laps, picking apart the world and all the topics in it like life, love, happiness, and their opposites, religion, people, etc." Except maybe less long-winded?

 

Do you know that I wish I could just go have lunch with my philosophy professors Dr. Brown or Dr. Lillegard just so I could pick their brains and discuss all kinds of topics??

I know you didn't. But... it's a thought I can't help having all the time...

Or... another thing? Books: I would love to read a book like Fahrenheit 451 or A Clockwork Orange or Technopoly and just talk about all the things I noticed and, in turn, hear about all the things my friend noticed.

Are these thoughts too unlikely? Are they too weird or too personal for such relationships as teacher/student?

I've thought about emailing my philosophy professors or my favorite English teacher Mrs. Peters numerous times this summer just wanting to get their ideas on a thought or subject. Is that too abrasive?

My parents (Mum, Dad, Ms. Sindy (she's such a close family friend, she's like a second mum) said that my thoughts are teachers' dreams: a student so interested in books and thinking and thoughts of others that the student wants and seeks more from a teacher or professor outside of the classroom.

I can see what they mean.

But do I take it too far in my wishes? Or am I just paranoid with all that goes on in today's world?

I just wish that my reason 2 and 3 would actually bear fruition, and I wish that I could actually have that world-dissecting discussion with Anberlin's members or my philosophy professors or Mrs. Peters...

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First Impressions: Like Self-taken Photographs

Okay. I know you guy(s) are probably tired of me writing like I'm some new thinker, some philosopher with untraveled roads. I don't know... Maybe I am in the sense that I've reached the roads differently than you all and all the other "true" philosophers have. But I can't help wishing someone will just....just hear me out and think "Wow... This girl's on to something..." But that'll probably be the next post I'll type out in 10 or whatever minutes.

Anyhow. My title. I was thinking about my profile picture on here and on Facebook (they're the same picture). It's a bust picture (or so I'm deeming it, at least): meaning, it's a picture of my shoulders/chest area and up. You just see my face and whatever leeway I give underneath my face. To me, that's the prett"iest" part about me. (I'm using today's jargon for "beauty." My apologies for falling in with it for the moment... :/ )

This isn't to be a horn-blower for myself or anything. But it's my truth... My hair is pretty, my eyes are an appealing color, and, despite being somewhat oblong for symmetry, my face is pleasant. Again, I'm not trying to brag. x.x The Dear Lord knows I'm not. But I'm saying, compared to the rest of me, I find my face the most attractive part.

Anyway. Back to what I was saying. With the pictures I take of myself, I show people only what I want them to see: a pretty face without the otherwise "unattractive body." (We are ignoring the philosophy and definitions of "beauty" and "true beauty" for this post.)

 

Are first impressions any different than my pictures?

I mean,... I show you only what I want you to see: the part I think is most attractive. In the particular picture I have for this profile, I have make-up to make my eyes stand out, my hair is done and up, and I'm dressed more nicely than usual. And! I'm only showing the upper third of myself... So the first impression I want you to have of me is a pretty, fashion sensible girl that is cheerful and innocent and thoughtful.

Like first impressions, some of that is probably correct. But how much is exaggerated? That's when you get a full picture and find out the make-up made my eyes pop, I usually don't brush my hair, and I stick to jeans from Goodwill and well-worn t-shirts that might even be 2 sizes too big. And the full picture of my personality? Well, I'm still working on that myself. But if you get to know me, you realize that maybe I'm not so cheerful or innocent or thoughtful. But maybe there are the times that I can be. Or maybe I'm just completely fake.

I don't know. I guess I'm writing because I've epiphanized (that's not a word but I like it!) that, to me, first impressions are like pictures that people take of themselves. They hand out these first impressions like business cards with their photos on them, saying "I'm like this, I look like this, this is who I am" but then it's after we have taken that photo into our photo albums (or our lives) and that's when we find out that they're not entirely the same as we thought.

This isn't to say we love them less or respect them less or whatever. It's just to say that first impressions are like self-taken photographs.

 

Well, I guess that's it for this post. :)

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Also... Am I a Murderer?

I know that's a weird title, but it's a serious question, philosophically speaking... I'm NOT LITERALLY a murderer! (Watch... Now, I'm gonna have the government and law enforcement giving me background checks and profiling me or something... >.> (Is it weird if I think that's cool?? o.o))

Anyway. It's a question I put as a status on Facebook before... "So when you break a heart so completely, does that make you a murderer? If you destroy their heart, do you not destroy them too? Where's the justice in my act?"

I think it's a valid question. I mean, think about it... We say that the body is not the person, the mind/heart/soul is the person...

So when I broke DJ's heart (and if you had been there..... I'm gonna start crying just thinking about it...), didn't I destroy him? He recovered, and he and I are back together (with DJ having a massive "scar" "on" his "heart"). So he's not dead.

But.... oh my goodness.... If someone's heart is broken and pretty much trampled on.... what does that make the trampler?

I'm extraordinarily confused tonight... Can you tell? >.>

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Friends and Ex-Friends and Those in Between

I don't understand..... I get dumped, I lose a friend: now both are wanting reconnections...

Okay. The one guy is from 3 years ago, after 5 months of dating. That's no longer a problem because I moved on, I have DJ. So why does he want to call me this weekend??

My lost friend? He decides to tell me that he "loves" me while I'm in love with Don Juan, and it just throws our whole relationship into a downward spiral. And he's saying that he wants to be friends again.

Why is this happening? It makes me uncomfortable... And I'm uncomfortable because I don't know the motive behind my ex, and I have already had painful arguments with my boyfriend because of my ex-friend....

I don't want anymore problems... Not with my boyfriend, not with my friendships, not with myself. I learned about what it means to compromise and sacrifice for love...

After I did to DJ what I did, breaking his heart so fully, I have had to realize the hard way what it means to be truly committed to one person. That's not to say I can't have male friends. But I never realized what it said to outsiders when I hung out with guys one on one, no other friends around... It even said stuff to the guy I would hang out with one on one...

So I'm working on being more aware of my actions when it comes to other guys. But I don't know how to avoid rudeness half the time... I'm so scared I'm going to hurt DJ again... But I've never been known to be an intentionally rude person.... (In general, at least... >.>)

I really don't know... I wish I did...

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For a less confusing thing, I had LOTS of fun painting Ms. Sindy's kitchen with my mum. It was awesome to be covered in paint and have paint all over my clothes. I can't wait til I own my own house. I'm going to have so much fun with colors in my house. ;D

For the record, though, do NOT paint with RED unless you intend to paint with 4 or 5 coats!! (If you have a paint/primer 2-in-1 paint, then you might be able to get away with 2 or 3 coats...) It was a hassle, but I still had lots of fun! XD

And I have an entire master bedroom planned out that's supposed to have a deep burgundy red... We'll see if I end up doing that after knowing what I know now. XP

Plus! I am EXCELLENT at taping for paint jobs! I know that sounds braggy, and it is. But I am so freaking stoked that I have found a talent! hahahaha! I know, I know... Unless I intend to become a professional painter, it doesn't do me much good... But I wonder if I could get a job taping walls and edges and ceilings and whatnot for painters. That would be AWESOME, especially if it can get me some pocket change. :)

Well, that's all for now, I guess.

<--This is a collage of some tattoo ideas that I doodled when in church. :)














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Fangirl Rave

OH MY GOODNESSSSS!!!! (*multiple 's's necessary) Have you seen the newest Anberlin video?? The song is "Impossible" and the video is on MTV. Here's the link: Anberlin's "Impossible" music video! It was awesome!!

I have to admit: I was worried that Anberlin's sound was going to be way different than the Cities or Friendship albums, the way New Surrender did... :/ (Not to say New Surrender wasn't good, but the music was different and I had unfairly expected it to be the same as the other previous albums... I loved the lyrics, just not some of the music...) Anyway. I am not at all worried about this one! Not only because I intend to be more open-minded but also because it's An-freaking-berlin! hahaha! They're astounding!! By far the most talented guys I know!

And if I could only have coffee (well, I would drink tea) with Stephen Christian and the rest, I would love to just discuss every topic under the sun! I mean, his blog, their lyrics?? *swoon* ... *sigh* If only, if only... :(

Anyhow. I just wanted to rave about them and that. I was stoked to have seen that video and hear that song.

 

Gah! I'm so excited for the newest album!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(Can you tell?) ;)

Follow Up From the Last Latest Post and Added Thoughts

Okay. This might sound a bit rant-ish, just as a warning. I don't want it to be, but I apologize if it slips into such tone.

Anyway. I have been thinking some... First off, I've recently (as in within the last few months) discovered that when I get hyper, I don't bounce off the walls and sit there bouncing in my sit or whatever. I might wiggle my foot restlessly or drum my fingers, but what I for sure do? Talk. Oh my goodness, how I talk. x.x I talk so much my mouth gets dry! I realize that must be extraordinarily annoying for people since I can't seem to keep my thoughts straight when I speak, and I seem to just hash a point so much by repeating myself a number of times. *sigh* It's bad.... But at least I'm loved despite that flaw. :3

But another thing I got to thinking about while I've been following my line of thought of how verbose I am?

No one has the time for it anymore.

Not literally, though, which is the weird thing. This sorta stems from the whole argument of "we keep inventing things that save us time to only end up with less time on our hands." (If you're not sure what I'm talking about, think about it some... I mean, we have fast food, fast service, over-night shipping, email, texting, cars that accelerate 0-60mph in a matter of seconds, interstates, instant coffee, instant tea, instant dinners, instant entertainment, and so on. (This is not to say that I don't use all this stuff myself or that I don't enjoy the speedy access to such things!) But I don't know... I mean, we've been given access to all these things. Food used to take hours of pre-preparation before one could even start preparing to make the food.... Milk had to be begotten from cows and eggs had to be gathered and butter had to be churned and wheat had to be ground. That was just the pre-preparation. Then the actual prep was getting the dough made just to wait for it to rise. Then hours in an oven for the bread to bake. That kind of thing. Now we just hop in our speedy cars and nab a loaf from the Kroger down the block or the gas station 5 minutes away. (Assuming one doesn't live in the more rural areas of their hometowns.) Anyway. So basically. We've got bread that doesn't take as long to come by, and messages that only take seconds to be sent and received, and places that can be reached in under an hour when by horse it might have taken 3/4th's of a day. But we are slowly having less time for things. Person A: "Wanna come by this evening for some coffee and conversation?" Person B: "No time. Gotta do/go/buy/get blah blah blah..." We don't stop moving... Anyway. Back to my original thought. Sorry for the digression...)

Not literally, though, which is the weird thing. This sorta stems from the whole argument of "we keep inventing things that save us time to only end up with less time on our hands." But the amount that I write and I speak is novels and speeches compared to the instant messages and 30 second advertisements...

This isn't to say I'm NOT verbose. I very much so am! I mean, take the examples from below for most of my blog posts. Heck! Even in this one, I have that digression above. I mean, "Hell's bells...." as my favorite character Harry Dresden would say...

But it's just.... back then in the 1800s or something, people would have had time for it all, ya know? Sure the chatting would have been done while churning the butter for an hour, or while 30 or 45 minutes were spent milking the cow... But even back then, when they worked from sun up to sun down, it seems they had more time.

Again, I realize I am verbose. I repeat myself a lot and I talk in circles the rest of the time. So, even though this post is about me and myself as an example, it's kinda a remark on the whole of society and its paradoxical (and, quite frankly, enigmatic) lack of time for anything.

Well, my thoughts are straying, which means there's a threat this'll be longer. (Ironic that I'm trying to shorten this so as not to waste people's time while commenting on people's lack of time for verbose-ness....) Toodles, my friends. :)

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This'll Be Short

Hey. Just got some things floating around in my head. I'm needing to remind myself that these posts don't have to be long. (That they'll probably be better appreciated and more likely to be read if not long, too...) Plus, maybe I won't become too pensive as a result. :)

Anyway. I was just realizing how much I seem to do things with the hope that if I do them, that means others will do the same for me, too. Selfish, I know... And I don't do what I do solely for that reason. I really do do the things that I do because I want to and because of whatever reason I give per action.

Take my reading of others' blogs for example: I read theirs because I hope they'll read mine and comment on mine in return. But that's not the only reason I read others' blogs. I am truly and thoroughly interested in their thoughts and how much they bare to the world.

I know that sounds creepy, but I think I'm starting to become desperate for a friend. And so I act weird and almost creeper-ish to find one. x.x

Anyway. I'm wondering if other people do the same that I do. (I am using "do" a lot, it seems...) I don't know. Call it curiosity. Call it search for connection. Call it whatever. I'm just pretty sure people do things with the "Golden Rule" in my: do unto others as you'd have them do unto you. Oh what an equivalent exchanging world we live in... :(

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Enchanted.

I know you're surprised: my title is actually short!

But I just watched that movie tonight, and it has me thinking about a few things:
a) Why can't we all have such simple faith in love?
b) Why can't we all have such simple ideas about love?
c) Just 'cause we're thinking doesn't mean we should lose the lighthearted and easy enthusiasm that Giselle had. **Spoiler Alert for "c)"!!**
d) Maturity doesn't have to mean forfeiting childlike innocence and faith: people may have snickered at Giselle for her naivety, but she was so much happier than everyone else seemed to be.
e) I know it's a Hollywood creation. But why does it have to be? Some movies, yes, should never be more than fiction. But things like that? Why should those ideas remain on the silver screen?

a) Giselle was so faithful that Prince Edward would find her. Not once did she stop doubting, even after Patrick Dempsey's character Robert had said a number of times that she was wrong about her fairy tale love ideals. Yes, of course, Giselle and Robert ended up in love. So the fairy tale ideals are shattered in that sense (though, they did fall in love in only a few days which does stick to the fairy tale). Either way, Giselle was absolutely sure that Prince Edward loved her and that he would find her because he loved her. Why can't we all have such faith in that?

b) Not only was her faith in the love simple, but her ideas about love were simple. There were no such things as obstacles to her idea of love. And if there were, they were mole hills compared to what the love should ultimately encompass and hold. That simple idea of love is passion. Not just infatuation where you do stupid things for the person. But absolute passion and drive and the commitment to stay true to the one you have pledged your heart to.

We're all looking for this fairy tale love.... My mum can't comprehend why high school, middle school, and even nowadays, elementary school kids are having "boyfriends" and "girlfriends" because my mum thinks that dating should just be casual. It becomes more serious when the boy and girl come to love each other in the depth that marriage and an eternity together requires. I understand what she's saying... But even I wanted those first few boys to be "the one." I was heartbroken when I found they weren't. Now, I have DJ. I don't ever want to lose him, and I regret having ever dated another guy. :(

c) **Spoiler Alert** This was probably an unintentional message of the writers' but it's one I think was subconsciously slipped in. The part in the movie where Prince Edward and Giselle are finally reunited, Prince starts singing the "True Love's Kiss" song where Giselle picks up the line "you were made" with "to finish your duet." But she doesn't. Instead, she blinks and asks "what? Oh, I was thinking."

I know... There's nothing wrong with that. Especially in context. But for me, however, it said that she had lost her fairy tale self and become the more.... rational... whatever person of reality... She had... matured, in a sense... She was thinking, being rational about the whole "love thing." And again, yes, yes, had she not been thinking, she would have gone back with Prince Edward and the whole time we're being led up to wanting her to marry Robert. But still... I mean, you can see where I'm coming from, right? :( I just think it's sad that she lost her enthusiasm to thinking... And don't get me wrong: I love thinking. I have a post about it below somewhere. But I don't believe thinking should dominate solely and remove any of the warmth and life from.... well, life.

d) Plus, in the movie, Giselle is completely unaccustomed to how New York is. I don't live in New York, so I don't know if it was an accurate portrayal... But the portrayal would have been true for a number of other cities as well, not just New York. Anyway. She was wholly ignorant and naive to the workings of the inner city, and thus, she would seem to have been called a loon and snickered at. Why can't there be a balance of maturity and understanding with innocence and some ignorance?

e) And finally, why can't we treat fairy tales like they can come true? I mean, we believe in miracles and other such things like luck that are out of our hands. But fairy tales aren't out of our hands. It just takes the right mindset and the right amount of will. Same goes for all the other "feel good" movies like The Blindside and such inspirational movies.

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I guess that's all I've to say for tonight... I don't know... I am just sorta.... lost on this whole subject... Well, not fully. I'm set for myself. That's not to say I don't have problems between DJ and me. But my point is that he and I are willing and therefore able to work through any and all difficulties. I just wish other people would see love as so simple. Maybe they wouldn't view it like a burden, then....

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