Because when most of my friends were repeatedly watching Moulin Rouge, I was repeatedly watching Mulan.
I know that in our cyber-society, there are a lot of excuses for not blogging or returning emails with any regularity. I would like to state, for the record, that I email religiously. But I do occasionally need blog Metamucil. My current story is that Lui is here, and often comes to work with me, and has a tendency to read over my shoulder while I type.
I've been meaning to post for a while though, because I realize that all of my posts are pretty negative. And while a large part of my psyche is governed by pre-wedding jitters (which was how a friend categorized a recent dream of mine in which I was making out with Squeak even though neither of us was even remotely enjoying the experience; we won't even get into the dream I had the other night, wherein I was skydiving) and the quarter-life crisis (so nicely put by my college roommate, Monica, who, despite still being single and living what I've come to think of as the good life, feels the same way), it's not all bad, as they say.
So I just want to say, again for the record, that since he's been here, Lui has walked to the store to buy me flowers; has come into work with me nearly every day to help out (because an NPO can never have too many volunteers); while at my work, spelled "I <3 U" in paperclips on the glasstop Xerox machine and copied it for me; and has several times insisted on paying for things like ice cream or coffee for us, irregardless of the fact that he has absolutely no source of income for the foreseeable future. Oh, and that the week before he got here, he googled the choir, got the address, googled florists in the same zip code, and had a beautiful arrangment sent to me at work, with the note reading "How's this for international romance?"
So there's that. Ignore my usual whining, because really, I do love him, and wedding plans (though endlessly complicated) are full speed ahead.
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"I could be chalant if you want me to be, but I'm not even sure that's a real word. And I could sit here making up words, like chalant and irregardless, but that would be a waste of your time."
-Hebrew Hammer
Sorry. Couldn't resist.
Bitch!
Oh, you know you would have done the same to me.
So you're saying Mulan gave you...balance? Because I'm with you on the avoiding Moulan Rouge repeats. Is it just me, or does the sudden mainstream popularity of something corny and overhyped make it even more...avoidable?
I sat next to friends of friends who cried in the theater. I wanted my money back (or at least a version of the film, heavily edited and purged of the bullshit).
No, "A pendant, for balance" is a quote from Mulan.
I saw Moulin Rouge a grand total of once also, and consider it to be an unfortunate two hours of my life I'm never getting back. I also avoid Harry Potter, LOTR, and The Da Vinci Code.
Ah. Then we're in agreement about the Moulin Rouge issue.
I'm convinced I would've liked it had I been isolated in a cell and not told how brilliant it was in general, and oh how ingenuitive that the movie resurrected overplayed tunes from some 80's compilation and then tried to market it as cutting-edge. Like it hadn't been done (and fallen flat) already in "A Knight's Tale."
I saw all the other films you avoided but totally agree with your logic there.
And were you, like, incredibly disappointed to find out that the hot romantic hero in Mulan was voiced by Donnie Osmand?
...cause I was.
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