I love Buffy. Love, love, love it. I love it for the magic, the ass kicking, the romance, the friendship, the hilarious lines, the theme song (the most amazing concert experience I've ever had was when my sister convinced Parry Gripp of Nerf Herder to play that song live when they played the KGRG Summer Riot—I still get all tingly remembering hearing the first notes of the song and screaming my head off). And about a billion other reasons.
I am rewatching season one and in the "I Robot, You Jane" episode, Giles explains why books are better than computers and having forgotten all about his lovely speech, I fell in love with the show all over again:
I love how Joss Whedon makes you get so involved in his characters' lives (much like Julian Fellowes does with Downton Abbey and J.K. Rowling does with the Harry Potter series). And then he kills them (also like Fellowes and Rowling). But you forgive him because you can just rewatch the series and your favorites come back to life.
I'm sure if you have read my blog before, you know that I absolutely love The Bouncing Souls. They are by far my favorite band EVER. And so I bring you some of my very favorite pictures of the Souls over the years so you too can share in the love of this amazingly wonderful band!
And here's a video of them performing my very favorite song, "Joe Lies (When He Cries)" in 1993:
My sister introduced me to this movie sometime in 2004 or 2005 and I immediately fell in love. I'd only been to Paris once before (in 2000) and now I was sorry that I hadn't paid more attention to how incredibly magical Paris is (I was more impressed with being able to buy crepes on the street corner). This movie is, above all else, a love letter to Paris—you can tell by how lovingly Jean-Pierre Jeunet shot and re-colored each frame to be his ideal vision of his beloved Paris.
As someone who used to be pretty darn shy, I identified quite a bit with Amélie. And I too take great joy in simple pleasures (mine include feeling the breeze coming up from the underground bus tunnel in Seattle, gazing at the Puget Sound, and the feel of a kitty's whiskers tickling my face). I really love how the narrator points out everyone's likes and dislikes, because really, that does tell you a lot about a person! Amélie obviously has quite the imagination and is perfectly happy being in love with Nino from afar. Oh yes, I feel you, Amélie. The Glass Man's comments about her preferring to relate to an absent person really struck a chord with me. However, I must say, Amélie does connect with her neighbors at least somewhat. I don't even know most of my neighbors' names! This movie makes me want to live in a little Parisian flat with quirky neighbors.
I get an undescribable feeling of bliss when Amélie decides to be a do-gooder and reunites Dominique Bretodeau with his long lost tin of childhood playthings. When he starts crying, I start crying too. Jeunet perfectly captured the feeling of doing good for others with the scene that comes after helping Bretodeau:
I get goosebumps! And it makes me want to help others—especially in unique, thoughtful ways.
Everytime I watch this movie, I am tempted to cut my hair like Amélie's. And in fact, many, many times, I have actually done it. This movie has also inspired me to take French lessons and become pretty much obsessed with Paris. I've watched it so many times that I no longer need the subtitles.
I totally f****ing love this movie because it brings Paris to life for me, I identify with Amélie, it restores my faith in people's inherent goodness, it's a honey of a love story, it makes me laugh and cry, it has one of the best soundtracks EVER, and because Audrey Tautou is pretty much the cutest person in the whole world.
Check out the rest of the "I Totally F***ing Love This Movie!" Blogathon on The Kitty Packard Pictorial, February 22–24.
I love vintage tinted postcards and I especially love the ones featuring couples. I have hundreds of them saved, but here's a small selection of some really good ones. One day when I get married, my engagement and wedding photos will look as much like tinted postcards as possible!
I've found these pictures all over the internet, but I must admit most of them probably come from this Flickr collection. Apologies for stealing them!!
