Will You Go Out With Me? : Day 81 #100daysofwriting

Brother and I watched a movie called "Beautiful Creatures" last night. It's based on a series of young adult books, but the supernatural is the girl rather than the boy. Unfortunately the movie was not a hit at the box office so I'm not anticipating any sequels. Strangely enough we tend to love movies that get bad reviews.

I really identified with the girl - feeling like the freak with secrets. Call it cheesy but I really do struggle with the fear that I won't be accepted for who I really am.

The mortal boy did a great job of making the poor isolated supernatural girl feel wanted. With his small town Southern manners he woo'ed the heck out of her. Gosh I even swooned a little.

I'm taking a break from romance/dating/crushes/looking so I guess swooning over movies is a bit borderline but I really do like the idea of being pursued. Call this research into what is worthy of my  patience.

Loosely based on a conversation in the movie, this is how I reckon it should be.

Boy: Will you go out with me?

Girl: yes

Boy: Can we go to a movie on Friday?

Girl: No, I have a family thing

Boy: Then Saturday? Say yes!

Girl: Yes

Boy: Can I see you tomorrow?

Girl: Yes

At the risk of generalizing, I don't feel like I've really allowed anyone to woo me. I tend to just try and control everything... horrid right?

It also made me think of when I was about 10 and I'd older girl told me a boy had asked her to "go out" with him. I kept asking "When?" - I couldn't understand why a proper plan hadn't been made... I suppose I'm still like that... don't give me vague concepts, what's the plan?

Happiness ; Day 66 #100daysofwriting

On Saturday night, sandwiched between two lovely friends and a cat too, I watched "Hector and the Search for Happiness" - it's a movie, it is life changing. The whole scenario made me pretty happy (and warm). Oh, "Hector" is based on the book by Francois Lelord - which I hope to read in the next few months (feel free to mail me a Takelot voucher....)               
              

Happiness really does seem to be something that we all want, but rarely find - probably because we are greedy and don't recognise it for what it is. I think of happiness as rather a sense of contentment, acceptance of life and it's circumstances. Am I a happy person? Yes, I actually think that I am. I do also live with depression, but as you should know, depression doesn't actually mean sad. And I suppose that happy doesn't actually mean never sad? Is this getting philosophical?

 

I've been very stressed and under pressure with work. I've been run down. BUT I'm not actually unhappy, I am tired and achy, not sad or dissatisfied.

 

Strangely with "happiness" on my mind the last few days, I came across this Brain & Heart cartoon. It really clicked for me - that most of the time we are literally afraid of being happy. Why do we want to deny ourselves happiness? It's not a hedonistic pursuit, it's pure. I've included Hector's findings below too.

 

Go, be happy xoxo

 

Cults. #100creativedays Day 74

Cults? What a strange topic Sharona... But not at all!

Cult Topic #1
After devouring the first season of "The Following" about a year ago, I got my paws on the second season recently. It follows the fictional cult following of a serial killer, Joe. He is devastatingly handsome and has a thing for Edgar Allan Poe. How can I help but swoon? I do have a bit of a thing for a good serial killer TV series, I've got the next season of "Hannibal" all lined up... And need to see the end of season 2 of "Bates Motel". *running blood thirsty little hands together *

Cult Topic #2
Family... While not strictly a cult... We are extremely loyal and proud. I do so love a blood relation for the pure narcissistic pleasure of seeing physical elements of myself reflected in the faces of others. Come to think of it, humour, tastes and idiosyncrasies run thick too. The Squire and I are as identical as is humanly possible. I got to spend time with extended family today, which is a real joy. All the perfect noses! :) isn't genetics a wonder???

Cult Topic #3
Cult movies. There are certain movies that everyone needs to see. I have a growing list of movies that I haven't seen - it took me years to finally see "Dirty Dancing" and "Rocky Horror" - and I keep meaning to catch up. Tonight I did the next best thing and showed The Squire two cult classics in my book. I couldn't believe he'd missed out on them until now! We started with "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" because everyone needs to know the origin of "whatta you mean you don't eat no MEAT.... Ah, don't worry, I make lamb" and the classic "inside the lump they found teeth and a spinal column... Yes, inside the lump it was my twin"
Our second film was "Ferris Buella's Day Off" - do I even need to justify it? Classic, classic 80's everything. If you haven't seen it, just watch it!!!

Night night kids, I need another hit of "The Following"...