all the blue light reflections that color my mind when I sleep

I love lists. Sometimes I make random "top 5" lists in my mind. Here's one that ran through my mind today. 5 of my favorite acting performances...

Babs in The Way We Were (she drips class in that last scene)

Hoffman, Kramer vs. Kramer, heartbreakingly perfect fave scene
Mr. Penn, Ms. Watts, & Mr. del Toro in 21 Grams (flawless)

A new favorite performance from an old favorite actress Ms Claire in Temple Grandin

Hilary was the Million Dollar Baby but her performance was priceless

Speaking of priceless, there is a great giveaway here.

title courtesy of Mrs. Potter's Lullaby (aptly written for a movie star, by one Mr. Adam Duritz of the Counting Crows)

wanna get me a little oblivion

sugar sweet sunshine

the great thing about this cupcakery in NYC is that it is open late. when i have a terrible day at work, i get home too late to go to cupcake a la mode. it makes me wish for the bigger city life. (only for the briefest of sugar-craving moments).

title courtesy of the epitome of "bad day blues" bands the Counting Crows: Perfect Blue Buildings

finding right in what went wrong

this is one of my ultimate favorites... so many lines that I feel hit me to the core, wrapped up as an unpretentious little romantic-comedyish.



Claire Colburn: Do you ever just think I'm fooling everybody?
Drew Baylor: You have no idea.

Lately I feel a little like I'm fooling everyone, since my promotion my job has been really uninspired. I really want to get back to what I love (which is not the clinical review process, alas it seems to be all I ever do).

Gotta find a way back to myself...

title courtesy of Jeff Finlin, from the Elizabethtown soundtrack (which is amazing from track one to fourteen), Sugar Blue

the way you can cut a rug

This girl isn't afraid to march to her own drummer, or dance to her own dj. She's one of those people who sets a goal and then reaches it, and then sets a better goal and reaches it. I am proud to have such a remarkable woman as my friend.

I can be myself, now finally

She says that her first memory of me is of me carefully applying my clear mascara in junior high. I remember thinking that she always looked so "put together". Whitney is the kind of friend that you can say ANYthing to, and know that she is still going to really see "you". She is a necessary part of my heart, non-negotiable. The page I made recently is about how lovely it is to watch her become a mother.

title courtesy of Train: Soul Sister

you gave my life direction

The second installment of my valentine-inspired girlfriend mania is my forever friend Kate. We have been friends since 1995, when we were 15. She is my compass, kind of like my true north. Even though we live in different cities, she doesn't ever feel far away and I know she never will. It's funny to go back and read all of our notes from high school and the backs of school photos, where we scrawled about how we hoped to be friends forever. At this point it is no longer a "hope" it's a given.

title courtesy of Train: Soul Sister

I knew I wouldn't forget you...

Here's to the women in my life. The next few blog posts will be the "soul sister collection". I am taking a break from my previously scheduled program of only scrapping 2009 to celebrate the impending holiday. I wanna talk about my soul sisters.

Let's celebrate love...too often we are looking for a fairy tale when we already have lifelong love. I find some of my best love from my tried and true gal pals. I know this song is from a man to a woman, but I have soul sisters too, and I love the beat.

First in the collection is my bff Bre. I met her when I was merely 18, and not really looking for her (in fact she didn't like me at first she thought I was sappy, and I thought she was snooty). Now, I can barely live without her. We've survived a long distance relationship, being roommates, as well as a million and one life changes. But there's no one I want to face the future with more. She makes everything better.

title courtesy of Train: Soul Sister