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How many movies have you seen that you could recite them from beginning to end? Too many for me I think. My husband and I have a pretty decent sized movie collection, however there are some movies that I will watch over and over again and never care that I could say every single line! Some of these moves include; Pirates of the Caribbean-Curse of the Black Pearl, Beauty and the Beast, Lord of the Rings-Fellowship of the Ring, Star Trek, Happy feet, Independence Day, and The Lion King.

I believe the Lion King is the one I recite the most. While my kids are laying in their beds, they sometimes want me to read them a story, instead I will recite a movie – character voices and all! Is this healthy?  Not sure, but it is really fun to do! I’m pretty sure everyone has at least one movie they could watch every day and never get tired of it. If you do, I would love to hear what they are?

At this moment I am watching Pirates of the Caribbean-Curse of the Black Pearl. We started watching it during dinner, but while my husband started to do homework I watched it on my own. It had been a good 6 months or so since I had seen the movie so I figured it was about time to watch it again. I will probably do a Pirates marathon for the next three days.

After that… I guess we’ll see what tickles my fancy!

“Drink up me hearties, YO HO!” -Captain Jack Sparrow

-Jay

Read This Prompt

What a character wearing something red is thinking:

I should’ve never bought this dress! It looks ghastly on me. What was I thinking? How can I ever step foot in public with this on?  The silky feeling on my skin is nice, along with the way it moves with me, but the color!  UGH! It’s like a dried up rose and against my peachy skin I look as if I just stepped off the pale train! Maybe if I had more color to my skin it wouldn’t look so bad. Maybe I’ll go to the tanning booth later today. I didn’t spend 300 for nothing! No matter! I will wear this to the ball, even if I do look like death bathed in blood!

Your favorite moment in film:

This is challenging because there are a lot of films that have some very unforgettable and favorite moments. Let’s start off with Avengers. This is probably a favorite for a lot of people, but I love it when Hulk grabs Loki by the foot and starts throwing him back and forth. Hulk then ends it by saying “Puny god!” I remember the entire theater busting into laughter at that. Then there is Pearl Harbor. My favorite part is when they finally tell the guys what their mission is and then they start painting things on the bombs. It’s quite an uplifting scene. It makes you feel strong. Harry Potter: probably when Neville cuts of the snakes head or when Harry meets up with Snape at the dock as he is dieing. That part made me cry. I’ll give you one more scene that I like a lot and it is from Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring. They are in the Mines of Moria trying to escape, when the stairs become separated. Then Gimili announces “Nobody tosses a dwarf!”. He then jumps and Legolas catches him by his beard. There are other movies that have many favorite moments, but if I was to name them all, we would be here all day!

The menu for your last meal:

Well my last meal was a BLTCPO sandwich (Bacon, Lettuce, Tomato, Cheese, Pickle and Onion), but I think they mean what I would want as my last meal before God takes me home. To be honest, I don’t think I have ever thought about it. Here is probably how it would look:

Beverage: Coke with Cherry Syrup and Hot Earl Grey Tea
Appetizer: Cesar Salad from Texas Roadhouse and Crab Puffs
Main Meal: Spaghetti with my homemade sauce and Garlic Bread
Desert: Tiramisu and Creme Brulee

There you have it folks! My last meal.

-Jay

“My…. Precious…” -Gollum, Lord of the Rings

The Secret Stash of my Childhood

The teen years count as part of my childhood, right? Right! Glad we could agree upon that fact. Do not fear, I will include the most obviously embarrassing stage of my life. But first, lets go back to middle school. It had to either be the 5th or 6th grade when after months of begging my mom, I got the New Kids on the Block cassette. I remember playing it non stop on my Walkman and ran through batteries faster than candy. I was so excited that I had gotten this item that I took it to school with me to share with my friends. That same day someone stole the album out of my desk and I never saw it again. I’m not sure if I ever told my mom that it was stolen. She told me not to bring it to school and I didn’t listen to her. I paid the price.

In my teen years (and preteen if I’m being honest) my obsession with boy bands continued to grow. So much so that I had the walls of my room plastered with Backstreet Boys and Nsync posters. I had a few of 98 degrees and some random actors of my youth, not to name names (Jonathan Taylor Thomas). I don’t even know how I got all of the posters. One year, my friend Jen and I went down to visit her Gigi and Papa in California and we took a bunch of my posters down and brought them with us to put in the room that we were staying in!

If we go way back, to pre-1989, we were living in a small town called Roebling, New Jersey. We were living in a duplex that had many stories. My bedroom was on the very top floor. I barely recall living there; however, when we moved in, my parents had put a little black and white television in my room and told me that the people that lived there before us must have left it (this is my memory, not necessarily the truth). I remember one night watching it and there was a giant panther. It scared me. One of my toe nails also fell off the same night. For years I had those two memories connected. Seeing large wild cats to this day make my toes hurt. No joke. In fact, they are starting to hurt just thinking about it!

My Precious

I am not sure that I had a most treasured toy as a child. I remember having some Strawberry Shortcake items and the Care Bear that had the rainbow across its belly. I remember always wanting an art easel and anything that had to do with crafts. Toys aside, I do remember absolutely loving all of the cats that we had. I cannot express how much I want to have a cat (male, named Sherlock), unfortunately, our apartment complex does not allow pets anymore. We were about a year late arriving in Tennessee to quality for one. Here’s what’s sad: We love our apartment. We love the location (how close it is to my work and the airport for Steve’s work) and just about everything about it. I keep trying to come up with ideas on how to convince management to let me get one. My best option right now is to convince a doctor that I need a therapy animal for when Steve travels… the apartments would have to let me have one then, right? I have had other people tell me to just get one. I would, but I would hate to have an eviction on my record, or worse, having to give Sherlock up.

A Black Hole

One of the best things about the apartment we are living at is that it has an 8 foot walk in closet with two tiers of shelving. That being said, absolutely EVERYTHING is in our closet from clothing to collectibles. There is of course our extra toilet paper, detergents, make up, stationary, books, boxes, vacuum, a dining room table (don’t ask) and more! I call my closet a black hole only because once something goes in it is not likely to come out. I’m a closet cleaner. Oh, I have company coming over? I haven’t cleaned in weeks? No problem! Just stuff everything you don’t want your guests to see into your trusty closet. It works like a charm. I do more cleaning when I speed clean too especially when I reward myself. For example, I’ll speed clean for 5 minutes and then watch an episode of Downton Abbey. Life is too short to stress about cleaning.

Did I hear you right?

A trumpet just sounded, but not of the traditional variety. This is my first spring in Tennessee and it appears that after almost 33 years I have allergies. The first few days of the drastic weather change (from the teens to nearly 80 degrees) were the worst. I had crazy sinus pressure which means I felt like my head was stuck in a fish bowl with someone clashing cymbals directly in front of me. The world echoed and everything was slightly off-kilter. Thankfully, that is gone. All I am left with now is a crazy amount of snot. Lovely, I know. I’ve been through two boxes of tissues so far and my nose keeps running.

Speaking of runny noses… I would like to pose a question. Am I the only one that uses my smart phone camera to make sure there are no boogies hanging out? I cannot imagine my life without my phone. It has saved me numerous embarrassing moments! Too bad it cannot fix all of my embarrassing moments.

Other noises in the background: Chuck playing around on the forklift, James sorting magazines for me, and Sirius Radio playing “Never Beyond Repair” by EverFound. Yes, I am on my final break at work for the day. Got to get my writing in anytime that I can.

~Kay