If you know me, you know that I absolutely adore Meg Ryan romantic comedies (specifically the 90s ones). In fact, one of my favorite movies of all time is “You’ve Got Mail” (1999) starring Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks. Now, I tell you it is my favorite movie in sheer confidence, so don’t go making fun of me before you’ve finished reading this blog. I am a girl, and I have feelings.

It is my favorite movie, because:

1.) It is delightfully witty
2.) Wonderfully charming
3.) Two complete opposites are undeniably perfect for one another.
4.) And it gives me warm and fuzzy feelings, haha.

These 4 points bring me to kind of an overall point. Life in Meg Ryan’s movies are completely impossible. Internet relationships have been a total bust. I don’t think I could put up with a guy like Billy Crystal and still be cool with it 25 years later. I seriously doubt that anyone would fly across the country to meet me on the Empire State Building. And lastly, there is no Tom Hanks to sweep me off my feet. What’s the point?

Okay, I’ll tell you.

5.) Life is Meg Ryan movies are impossible, but they are wonderful, too. Maybe I’ll never be a 30-something business woman who happens upon a delightful Darcy/Edward Cullen/Clark Kent/whatever hunk of the current decade, but dreaming about it comforts you.

In the middle of “You’ve Got Mail,” when Kathleen (Meg Ryan) and Frank are in the coffee shop and they basically split up, Frank asks her, “What about you? Is there someone else?” to which Meg Ryan’s character replies, “No. No, but there is the dream of someone else.”

Really, who doesn’t want that? Going through New York’s cafes, parks, bookstores, and city streets laughing, debating, sometimes arguing, and slowly falling in love with the guy you know you’re going to end up with at the end of the movie?

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Finished the first week of second session summer school, and phew! It’s off to a pretty good start. I haven’t completely failed anything quite yet nor have I fallen asleep in class!

After class, I have been swimming a whole lot. Hanging out with some old friends and the usual: bumming around the house. After class today, I stopped by McKays to browse. It’s funny, I usually make rounds through McKays, almost like a little routine. First I stop by Young Adults (not gonna lie, I once found a Scott Westerfeld novel there for like $3), then I go through contemporary fiction (usually nothing but romance but sometimes I get lucky finding Meg Cabot or new Jennifer Crusie), regular fiction (I am still on the hunt for a copy of Alice Sebold’s Lucky and Almost Noon but not today), graphic novels (lulz), foreign languages, and lastly I go through movies. I ended up with quite a haul. =D

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1. フルーツバスケット / Fruits Basket collector’s Artbook
!!!!! Imagine my surprise when I find this limited edition authentic Japanese artbook in McKays for only $1.50! I snatched it up right away and kind of hid it so no one else would snag it. It is brand new and absolutely GORGEOUS.

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2. A pile of chick flicks
Basically, my classic Meg Ryan collection is nearly complete! I snagged the only copies of “When Harry Met Sally” and “You’ve Got Mail” on DVD. Yesssss. I am such a huge fan of Meg Ryan’s works, but I am a bit hesitant to watch some of her recent movies. I was so thoroughly disappointed with “In The Land of Women,” that I cringed a few times….it was like watching Meg’s career slowly dying. :<

Anyway, my weekend is basically complete. I have already knocked out like 6 movies this week including 3 of the ones I just bought, ahahha.

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3. A new student planner
With there only being a month left of the summer, the pages in my 2008-2009 planner are growing thinner. It’s time to replace it, so I went to Target and got a 2009-2010 student planner. I guess you could say it is the one responsible thing I bought for myself so far, haha. If you know me (which is why I hope you are reading this), then you know I love to be super organized, so I got a really sturdy one this year.

“I think I am definitely taking it easy this summer.” Translation?

“I am a big lazy bum, and my life is boring.”

Productive, I know.

I’ve been hanging out with my childhood friend Afton (who I have literally not seen in years!) recently. We both had an afternoon off and decided to have some fun dressing up and taking some pseudo modeling pictures. Save your harsh criticism for another blog, please, because this was all in good fun. I’m no model. However, I have been a pseudo professional photographer for nearly a year now, so if you want to critique the way the photos look, that’s fine. =P

Just a little thing so I can keep up with all the marathons I intend to have.

1. LOTR
- all of the LOTR movies in one sitting. Approx 9 hours.

2. Movies I can watch over and over again
- Shawshank Redemption
- Fight Club
- Batman TDK
- Battle Royale
- The Prestige

3. Best of Meg Ryan
- Sleepless in Seattle
- You’ve Got Mail
- When Harry Met Sally
- Kate & Leopold
- Anastasia

4. DRAMA MARATHON:
- The Kite Runner
- Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- Steel Magnolias

5. Disney
- Finding Nemo
- Aladdin
- Mulan