The Girl With the Ruby Ring
Last night I had a Tron party. This party was fantastic and not at all what I'm gonna write about, I just wanted to keep you informed.
Anyways, the discussion of romantic comedies came up because my dear friend Alena is all about them when I am not. Why, may you ask? Of COURSE you may!!
It's not that I hate or am not into romantic love, I totally am. It's just the ideas I come up with in my brain beat anything that's on the big screen. I LOVE love...I just think the way the journey is portrayed is over-rated.
Your typcial storyline: Boy meets girl, likes girl, chases girl and wins. Or vice versa. Someone fights the feeling, decides they're better off as friends then spends about 45 out of 80 minutes crossing the globe/country to find the other and a) take them from their current love, 2) put it all on the line and ask them to take a chance or d) stand in the rain and finally let all the feelings go and move in for a long awaited/anticipated kiss. Fast forward 1 year to wedding/baby shower and everyone's happy.
Again, don't think I don't watch romcoms, they're usually top of my rental list. It's a great way to check out and be productive without feeling like you're missing something. Don't believe me? First, try doing your laundry during Letters to Juliet THEN try folding your laundry while playing Inception and let me know how that works out. There's just a point in every romantic comedy where your brain can leave, come back and still have a full grasp on what's going on.
Thing is, I told my friends that I wasn't into romantic comedies and was told it was not okay because I am a girl. Wha?? I was unaware it was 1980 and my name was Molly Ringwald, sorry that sappy films aren't my thing. And they are not. I watch them but with no real level of excitement. I could care less what they think but it made me slightly introspective about WHY they weren't for me. I know I'm a romantic, I hold out hope that my Pacey Witter is out there, ready to make our thing work.
Anyway, I was looking at what I'd like my engagement ring to look like.
I realized that my taste in rings is just like my feelings on love. Unique, simple, beautiful and functional. What's wrong with that? I'm not deluded with the idea that love and romance are some all-consuming concepts that cause one to barely function on a fundamental level. It's LOVE -- awesome, great, fun and wonderful to be around and part of.
So there you have it, but I'm just a simple girl that hopes that she will one day be called the girl with the ruby ring.
Anyways, the discussion of romantic comedies came up because my dear friend Alena is all about them when I am not. Why, may you ask? Of COURSE you may!!
It's not that I hate or am not into romantic love, I totally am. It's just the ideas I come up with in my brain beat anything that's on the big screen. I LOVE love...I just think the way the journey is portrayed is over-rated.
Your typcial storyline: Boy meets girl, likes girl, chases girl and wins. Or vice versa. Someone fights the feeling, decides they're better off as friends then spends about 45 out of 80 minutes crossing the globe/country to find the other and a) take them from their current love, 2) put it all on the line and ask them to take a chance or d) stand in the rain and finally let all the feelings go and move in for a long awaited/anticipated kiss. Fast forward 1 year to wedding/baby shower and everyone's happy.
Again, don't think I don't watch romcoms, they're usually top of my rental list. It's a great way to check out and be productive without feeling like you're missing something. Don't believe me? First, try doing your laundry during Letters to Juliet THEN try folding your laundry while playing Inception and let me know how that works out. There's just a point in every romantic comedy where your brain can leave, come back and still have a full grasp on what's going on.
Thing is, I told my friends that I wasn't into romantic comedies and was told it was not okay because I am a girl. Wha?? I was unaware it was 1980 and my name was Molly Ringwald, sorry that sappy films aren't my thing. And they are not. I watch them but with no real level of excitement. I could care less what they think but it made me slightly introspective about WHY they weren't for me. I know I'm a romantic, I hold out hope that my Pacey Witter is out there, ready to make our thing work.
Anyway, I was looking at what I'd like my engagement ring to look like.
I realized that my taste in rings is just like my feelings on love. Unique, simple, beautiful and functional. What's wrong with that? I'm not deluded with the idea that love and romance are some all-consuming concepts that cause one to barely function on a fundamental level. It's LOVE -- awesome, great, fun and wonderful to be around and part of.
So there you have it, but I'm just a simple girl that hopes that she will one day be called the girl with the ruby ring.
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