Tan Hong Ming and Umi Qazrina sittin’ in a tree…

My favorite part of this video, which was sent to me by Tav, is the little boy’s expression when he realizes the truth.  I don’t want to give anything away but it is so adorable.  But that poor girl.  She’s really put on the spot, I’d say.  What is she supposed to say with Tan Hong Ming standing there over her shoulder?

After you watch this video, you might be interested in the following explanation from fairfax71,  “The boy is Chinese, and the girl is Malay. “Tan Hong Ming” is a Chinese name and “Umi Qazrina” is Malay. The sponsor, Petronas, is the Malaysian state oil company; Malaysia has had a lot of racial strife in its history, particularly between ethnic Chinese and Malay people.”

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The human body is a mystery.

Why is it that any sort of emotion — weather it be a result of drama, conflict, happiness or excitement and especially when it is associated with a relationship — can be felt.  Do you know what I mean?  It drives me crazy.  If a relationship is just beginning, you feel butterflies in your stomach; if it is ending, your chest tightens up and you think you might DIE… ok, that’s a little extreme and I wouldn’t give anyone THAT much credit.  But what’s frustrating is that  it doesn’t matter what I tell myself.  My mind has little control over my body in situations like that.  “Don’t get too excited.”  “It’s all in your head.”  “Don’t worry about it.”  “You’ll be fine.”  “This is what YOU wanted, you idiot.”

Doesn’t help.  My heart still beats a little too fast; my lungs still feel like they might collapse; my stomach still feels like something is flying around inside.  The human body is a true mystery to me.

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Slumdog’s ending = not so hot.

The movie Slumdog Millionaire was a successful film, which was proven by the eight Academy Awards it won in February.  I think these awards are well deserved but I remember sitting in the movie theater and having my growing love for the movie suddenly disrupted by a gag reflex.  Contrary to the opinions of many, I hated the ending.  It was way too — lovie.  And not just slightly-romantic-lovie.  I thought it was way over the top, boarder-line lame, lovie.  Here’s how the reunion conversation went at the train station:

Jamal: I knew you’d be watching.
Latika: I thought we would meet again only in death.
Jamal: This is our destiny.
Latika: Kiss me.

I’ve seen the movie twice and seeing this scene the second time was just as disappointing as it was the first time.   I felt like it was a very powerful, interesting, well-done film with a cheesy little ending tacked onto the end.  Am I alone in thinking this?

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“How Men Fall In Love.” Interesting.

This video made me chuckle due to recent experiences.  In it, Kate White of Cosmopolitan magazine explains to the world how men fall in love.  I’m curious to know what guys think of what she is saying, but also what they think about being represented by the editor in chief of a woman’s magazine… especially a woman’s magazine like Cosmopolitan.

Check it out: http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=2076858n or read the article

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Check out Playing for Change.

This video is amazing.  For more information go to www.playingforchange.com

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You’ll just know.

When I was in between high school and college, I went through a pretty big phase of needing to know how to find “The One.”  I think it’s because I had been dating a guy since I was 16 who I felt like I was supposed to marry, but something didn’t feel right about it.  At that time, I truly believed there was ONE person in the world you were meant to be with.  So if I could convince myself that he was, in fact, “The One” then things would be ok, right?  Things have since changed.

My favorite response was, “You’ll just know.”  That was SO incredibly helpful to the naive sheltered girl I was at the time.  Now, I’m not trying to discourage you if this is something that you believe to be true…  I’m just sayin’ I thought I “knew” on two different occasions.  You might be thinking, “Well then you didn’t KNOW know, ” to which I will simply smile and point out that my friend Jane “knew.”  And then her husband cheated on her three times and they got divorced.

See, I feel like this concept of “you’ll just know” is very dangerous.  Ever hear of blind love?  I would define blind love by being so emotionally in love and excited about a person that you miss seeing the truth about who they really are.  Or maybe even about who YOU really are.  A friend told me about a man whose fiance left him because he would not buy her the $29,000 engagement ring she wanted.  He could have been proposing because he genuinely thought she was “The One.”  Had he opened his eyes a little and seen she was a greedy gold digger maybe that would have changed things… Who knows?  That’s all I’m really saying.  Who knows if she really was a greedy gold digger?  Who knows how to figure out who you should be with?  Who knows when you know someone well enough to marry them?

I don’t necessarily think you can know.  I’ve come to the conclusion that just like most things, it comes down to a choice that you make and one that you stick to (not that I don’t believe in being in love but I’ll save that for another time).

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Spider-Man? Really?

My sweet, innocent, 5-year-old nephew has it all figured out.  He told my sister-in-law the other day, “Mom, if Aunt Rachel can’t marry me, then I guess she can marry Spider-Man.”

Because I’m not at all a nerd, but am instead very curious and open-minded, I found a superhero dating quiz online and took it to see if my nephew was at all onto something.  As it turns out, I’m not really the super-hero loving kind of girl.  My closest match (at 20.8% — it really was quite detailed) was with Jack Bauer who I wouldn’t even considered a superhero.  Oh, but don’t worry because, “Jack Bauer will do whatever it takes to get the job done.  Should his mission be to show you a good time, you will have a night you will never forget.  You might want to bring earplugs in case Jack needs to yell at someone.”

Well, obviously that would never work out.  Though I do love a good time, I have sensitive ears.  Sorry Jack.  I wonder what Spidey is doing right now…

Take the Date a Superhero Dude Quiz quiz at comicvine.com, the world’s largest comic book encyclopedia.

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And just when I thought it couldn’t get any worse…

… I saw the first episode of The Cougar.  That show blows my mind.  I’m not a reality show junkie but I did watch The Bachelor and found myself very entertained by it.  The only thing that I felt while watching The Cougar was awkward.  I don’t know what’s worse — that “the Cougar,” real name Stacey, proudly says, “I am cougar. Hear me roar,” or that there is a 21-year-old boy trying to win the heart of a 40-year-old woman or maybe that the elimination ceremony is referred to as the “Kiss-off.”  If Stacey let’s you kiss her lips, you’re in.  But if she turns her cheek to you, you’re out.  I am so proud of the direction American television is heading and especially the way it exemplifies the maturity of grown women…

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Not even the man in the bear suit ruined my vacation.

If I could capture the essence of laying on a beach in Florida — just completely relaxing and reading a good book, frolicking in the waves, and going out for nice dinners — and put that essence into a guy I would have a dream.  Too bad I can’t date my vacations.

Scary Bear

Florida was everything I needed it to be (aside from the man dressed in a bear suite who barked at me from the shadows he was lurking in… and the obscene threats my friend made toward him as a result, followed by an apology from my friend to the bear who was running alongside our car like a dog — I thought things like that only happened if you were taking hallucinogens).

Like all good things do, my vacation ended.  I have three weeks of reality left in my hometown before I leave to work on location for a movie that will be filming in Vancouver, BC staring a cast of dogs.  Talk about a dream!  Hehe.  No but seriously, ever since I was in grade school I thought it would be cool to train dogs for movies so I guess it is kind of a dream for me.  It won’t be relaxing the way Florida was but it will certainly be an adventure…

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Life’s a ride.

I used to take life too seriously.  The first step to overcoming it was acknowledging it.  (I am currently on step 8 of the 12 step program).  Sometimes I break down but today I’m remembering that life’s a ride and so far, I can’t really complain.

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