I rarely show photos of my own family but this time I’ll bend my rules.
My daughter and her boyfriend decided to be Bogart and Bacall from The Big Sleep for Halloween. I think they did an extraordinary job of pulling off black and white, and of course the glamour. Yes, their makeup and all of their clothing is black/white/gray. Nice job kids.
By the way, they’re both nineteen, and in their second year of college. If you want to disparage the youth of today then you must not know any young people. This is a creative and savvy generation.
My friend Cody is fairly new at being a Vampire. He was “converted” in 2012. Needless to say it was quite an unexpected experience for him. One minute he was driving down the coastal highway, and the next minute his crazy girlfriend was turning the wheel of the car and they were flying off of a cliff down into the Pacific Ocean.
They were rescued by Vampires and the rest is history for my former Silicone Valley friend.
Cody has adapted better than most. He has adapted extremely well.
There are times though when my young friend will do things out of habit, or comfort.
He buys fortune cookies just for the fortunes. Of course he doesn’t eat them. That will cause stomach cramps. He gets them for the fortunes. You know those little slips of paper that say things like: You will bring sunshine into someone’s life or Tomorrow your creative side will shine forth with exceptional ideas.
Cody has been coming over to watch “The Alienist” with us on Monday nights. By the way, next Monday is the last one.
If you haven’t been watching this is the story (I stole grabbed this description from another web site.)
The best-selling book by Caleb Carr is the basis for “The Alienist,” a psychological thriller set amidst the vast wealth, extreme poverty and technological innovation of 1896 New York. A never-before-seen ritualistic killer is responsible for the gruesome murders of boy prostitutes, and newly appointed police commissioner Theodore Roosevelt calls upon criminal psychologist Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, newspaper illustrator John Moore and police department secretary Sara Howard to conduct the investigation in secret. The brilliant, obsessive Kreizler is known as an alienist — one who studies mental pathologies and the deviant behaviors of those who are alienated from themselves and society. His job, along with his controversial views, makes him a social pariah in some circles. But helped by a band of outsiders, Kreizler’s tireless efforts eventually answer the question behind what makes a man into a murderer.
You need to check it out just for the costumes. No BS half assed stuff that is so historically inaccurate that it will make your fangs hurt. No over done make-up or modern hair styles on the women. It is visually wonderful. We’ve been sucked into the characters and story as well.
Anyway, Cody mentioned that one of the main actors, Luke Evans (of course he is Welsh, just like my Welsh ancestors who had the same last name)… Luke Evans also played Vlad/Dracula in the movie Dracula Untold. I’m not sure what Dracula was supposed to be told in that story, but apparently someone forgot to tell him what it was. By the way, Luke Evans is great in The Alieniest. I hope to see him in more films/TV in the future.
Then Cody asked, “How come you don’t have all of the people you’ve turned into Vampires calling you their Vampire Queen or Vampire Mother?”
“Because it doesn’t work that way,” I said.
There are bands of Vampires, just like there groups of any type of people with leaders and followers. Most of us just live our own with friends and family. Sure it might get weird to some people, but seriously, I’m living in 2018. I’m living in California in 2018. I’ve never seen a Vampire Lord, or had to deal with someone longing for the days everyone had blood dripping off of their chins and shit like that.
We wear jeans, and flannel shirts, and have access to fortune cookies.
I’m a mom, not Vampirella. I don’t want to be Vampirella. That little weird red swim suit kind of thing she always wears looks really uncomfortable. Besides that her taste in men is horrible.
Seriously, can you imagine wearing this to the hardware store, much less picking your kids up from school in this?
We’re modern Vampires. Just like any modern person, we live in this world. Save the cosplay for the weekend.
Like the song says: You can be you. I love Saint Motel.
On one especially shitty day in 2012 when the kids and husband were busy I sat alone in the dark and watched The Hangover for the third time. I laughed out loud alone in the dark. Then I felt better. At the time it was a movie I would not let my kids watch, but boy did I feel better.
This is not a list of the most romantic, or the best romance movies. This is a list of the movies that I can see again and again and again because all of them touch something romantic and comforting inside of me. I can relate to all of them.
These are the films I can watch when I’m in a slump, or alone, or just have to get my mind out of a funk. These are movies I love that I can watch over and over and over. Of course all of these have a bit of romance in them. Most have humor as well.
Juliette’s List of Watch a Million Times Romantic Movies
The Hangover (2009)
Bridesmaids (2011)
Made of Honor (2008)
Leap Year (2010)
The Proposal (2009)
27 Dresses (2008)
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (2008)
Pride & Prejudice (2005)
Shrek (2001)
Rebecca (1940)
Notorious (1946)
Casablanca (1942)
A Walk in The Clouds (1995)
So what are your Watch A Million Times Romantic movies? Please share. Maybe there is one I haven’t seen yet.
Of course there is a list of movies that aren’t really romances, but that is another post, for another time.
But please – share your favorites. And go ahead and add The Lake House (2006) to my list while you’re at it.
I rarely show photos of my own family but this time I’ll bend my rules.
