frankly, my dear...
or, maybe, "reasons why I'm single." Regardless, here's how my day went down yesterday. I slept in (hallelujah!), read some magazines, and went to Wal-Mart. I hate Wal-Mart. I could write paragraphs on why but the reason I went is that sometimes saving money just wins out over getting joy from shopping. I guess it's a different kind of joy. Anyway, so after Wal-Mart I cooked dinner (a new recipe from Real Simple).
Then my brother and I ended up watching Gone With the Wind. Now, a little history...this was Mom's favorite movie and book. How often does that happen these days? The movie versions are often terrible. Or, like Forrest Gump, you wonder how they pulled anything redeeming from so crappy a book. But Gone With the Wind, sigh, it's dreamy. I love the soft lens. Not that Vivien Leigh wasn't amazingly beautiful anyway. I wish we could all be shot on a day-to-day basis with the soft lens.
As we were growing up we watched this movie whenever possible. Mom sorta forced us. Now here's the deal (and I was thinking about this last night). We had to wait for the movie to come on regular network channels. This was before I had been introduced to cable. (We lived in the country and did not have cable access and could not afford those ginormous satellite dishes.) This was before VCRs, or at least before everyone had one. Before video stores. It was a big commitment to watch a 3 hr 45 min. movie with commercials. Regardless, I've always loved the movie, too. My brother, as I found out last night, never paid attention. I mean, even to major story lines. So it goes...
My favorite line in the whole movie? Not the really famous ones but this, spoken by Captain Butler to his dear Miss Scarlett: "You should be kissed and often. And by someone who knows how." Sigh...
Then my brother and I ended up watching Gone With the Wind. Now, a little history...this was Mom's favorite movie and book. How often does that happen these days? The movie versions are often terrible. Or, like Forrest Gump, you wonder how they pulled anything redeeming from so crappy a book. But Gone With the Wind, sigh, it's dreamy. I love the soft lens. Not that Vivien Leigh wasn't amazingly beautiful anyway. I wish we could all be shot on a day-to-day basis with the soft lens.
As we were growing up we watched this movie whenever possible. Mom sorta forced us. Now here's the deal (and I was thinking about this last night). We had to wait for the movie to come on regular network channels. This was before I had been introduced to cable. (We lived in the country and did not have cable access and could not afford those ginormous satellite dishes.) This was before VCRs, or at least before everyone had one. Before video stores. It was a big commitment to watch a 3 hr 45 min. movie with commercials. Regardless, I've always loved the movie, too. My brother, as I found out last night, never paid attention. I mean, even to major story lines. So it goes...
My favorite line in the whole movie? Not the really famous ones but this, spoken by Captain Butler to his dear Miss Scarlett: "You should be kissed and often. And by someone who knows how." Sigh...
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