j'adore paris

08/20/10

BEING PARISIAN IN PARIS.

BRB.

chick porn

"“I do know that if I don’t ask you to be mine, I’ll regret it for the rest of my life” 
Runaway Bride

“I love that you get cold when it's seventy degrees out. I love that it takes you an hour and a half to order a sandwich. I love that you get a little crinkle above your nose when you're looking at me like I'm nuts. I love that after I spend a day with you I can still smell your perfume on my clothes, and I love that you are the last person I want to talk to before I go to sleep at night.”
When Harry Met Sally

“I think I’d miss you even if we’d never met.” The Wedding Date

“You had me at hello.” Jerry Maguire


These are all lines from a genre of film I affectionately refer to as… Chick Porn. Why chick porn? Well when put into context of how we, as women, view “regular porn, ” as unrealistic portrayals of a man’s idealistic view of a woman, it’s exactly the same. Chick Porn is a woman’s unrealistic view of an idealized man. We watch these movies (currently Runaway Bride is playing on my TV) and develop these subconscious expectations of our boyfriends, husbands, or future spouses. When life is less glamorous than breakfast at Tiffany’s, we blame the guy, when really we bring this upon ourselves. I’m not implying we should all swear off romantic comedies and dramas (obviously, I’m watching one even now), but I do think that we should be aware of how they affect us. I know for some friends, this means that they literally cannot watch movies that make them lust after a fictional scenario and for others it means bringing the knowledge of reality to the forefront of their minds and not holding anyone accountable to ridiculous expectations.

Life is not a movie, much to my dismay. You don’t always meet your soul-mate dancing in the rain or on the observation deck of the Empire State Building, but who wants to be in love with a story? The real thing is better.
-Allie"

excerpt from LELOVE

*****

__WORDD. i just watched Untamed Heart for the first time. unrealistic. no man who looks like Christian Slater is that shy. i also don't understand why Caroline does not flip out when Christian Slater tells her that he creeps into her room at night to watch her sleep. like... what. the. f. how is that ever okay?
and he's not even a vampire!!

08/14/10

woke up to drink green tea, sift through a couple magazines, with The Breakfast Club in the background.
i love good mornings.

i'm as happy as those Harlem kids with their new Target opening today!

ph: NEW YORK TIMES

08/13/10

location . patio

reading . The Bell Jar

sipping . sangria   HOMEMADE - MERLOT, LYCHEE, BLACKBERRY, BLUEBERRY

munching . cupcakes HOMEMADE - DOUBLE CHOCOLATE

unknown
.......................................BYE :)

dear boy

everyday...

half of the time i can't fathom a solution for the 990km between us. but 95% of me goes to think that you will have me forever.

distance makes the heart grow fonder when we've fallen deeper.

-m.

i don't believe in soulmates. cynical, you say?
i believe that a person can fall in love with almost anyone. people fall in and out of your life, i don’t believe in destiny, things happen and you are left to try to control it - although you know you can’t.

then there are harder things to explain, like the way you can meet people who just feel right for you. But then again, this might also be coincidence - and timing.

nevertheless,
the other night i let go of my inhibitions and let another guy get close.

it wasn’t love.

le love

i will one day create an ode to these women.

IMPORTED FROM TAVI.

Samantha Baker, Veronica Sawyer, Cher Horowitz, Kim, Daria Morgendorffer, Andie Walsh, the Lisbons, Chrissy DeWitt, Jeannie Bueller, Lindsay Weir, the Pink Ladies, and Enid Coleslaw.

 MISSING IN ACTION: DJ TANNER

"So okay, I don't want to be a traitor to my generation and all but I don't get how guys dress today. I mean, come on, it looks like they just fell out of bed and put on some baggy pants and take their greasy hair - ew - and cover it up with a backwards cap and like, we're expected to swoon? I don't think so"

-Cher Horowitz.

Amen sister! Include boys who wear wifebeaters in public to that...

oh so quiet

i don't really care what people say... Bjork is great.
her Betty Hutton's cover is great...



she looks so crazy. it's so perfect.

this song is just too much fun!

gauge

relationships & friendships. to live & to learn.

what & who is worth it ?

if you can't love me at my worst moment, don't love me at all.
gauge. that's all i have to say.

"I MAKE MISTAKES, I AM OUT OF CONTROL AND AT TIMES HARD TO HANDLE.

BUT IF YOU CAN'T HANDLE ME AT MY WORST,

THEN YOU SURE AS HELL

DON'T DESERVE ME AT MY BEST."

-Marilyn Monroe