"Don't attach yourself to anyone who shows you the least bit of attention because you're lonely. Loneliness is the human condition. No one is ever going to fill that space. The best you can do is know yourself...know what you want." ~ White Oleander
"I am tired of being everyone's butt monkey." ~ Buffy the Vampire Slayer
"There is love of course. And then there's life, it's enemy." ~ Jean Anouilh
"I love you, not only for what you are, but for what I am when I am with you." ~ Roy Croft
"To love is to suffer. To avoid suffering one must not love. But then one suffers from not loving. Therefore to love is to suffer, not to love is to suffer. To suffer is to suffer. To be happy is to love. To be happy then is to suffer. But suffering makes one unhappy. Therefore, to be unhappy one must love, or love to suffer, or suffer from too much happiness. I hope you're getting this down." ~ Woody Allen
"I have said nothing because there is nothing I can say that would describe how I feel as perfectly as you deserve it." ~ Kyle Schmidt
"Love is a fire. But whether it is going to warm your heart or burn down your house, you can never tell." ~ Joan Crawford
"How could an Angel break my heart? Why didn't he catch my falling star? I wish I didn't wish so hard. Maybe I wished our love apart." ~ Toni Braxton
"For all sad words of tongue and pen, the saddest are these, 'It might have been'." ~ John Greenleaf Whittier
"Hearts will never be practical until they are made unbreakable." ~ Wizard of Oz
"You tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is 'never try'." ~ Homer Simpson
"It's amazing the clarity that comes with psychotic jealousy." ~ My Best Friend's Wedding
"Love sought is good, but given unsought is better." ~ Twelfth Night
"A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject." ~ Winston Churchill
"When love is not madness, it is not love." ~ Pedro Calderon de la Barca
"The love that lasts longest is the love that is never returned." ~ Somerset Maugham
"Don't let anyone ever make you feel like you don't deserve what you want." ~ 10 Things I Hate About You
"People don't fall in love with what's right in front of them. People want the dream--what they can't have. The more unattainable, the more attractive." ~ Buffy the Vampire Slayer
"I'm just gonna go home, lie down, and listen to country music. The music of pain." ~ Buffy the Vampire Slayer
"It's funny how the earth never opens up and swallows you when you want it to." ~ Buffy the Vampire Slayer
"He's a clean clown! I...have my own fun." ~ Buffy the Vampire Slayer
"I mock you with my monkey pants." ~ Buffy the Vampire Slayer
"I have all these thoughts, and I'm pretty sure they all contradict each other." ~ Buffy the Vampire Slayer
"Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most." ~ Ozzy Osbourne
"Man is the only animal that goes to sleep when he's not tired and wakes up when he is." ~ Dan Guiser
"I'm not obsessed, I'm just highly preoccupied."
"Schizophrenia beats dining alone."
"Now I'll probably be pushing up daisies, in the sense of being in the ground underneath them and fertilizing the soil with my decomposition." ~ Buffy the Vampire Slayer
"You've been through so much. I don't want to see you hurt anymore. Now I may not be able to give you all that you're used to. But I do know I can love you past your pain. I don't want you to worry about anything. You just wake up in the morning, that's all you have to do and I'll take it from there." ~ Diary of a Mad Black Woman
"There are a lot of things about me that aren't what you thought. But if you love me, you have to love all the things about me." ~ Dirty Dancing
"I'm very sorry I've ever met you. And I'm sorry that I allowed myself to love you for all those years. I'm sorry that I did nothing but be there for you every minute of every hour and support you in you're every move. I'm sorry." ~ The First Wives Club
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Quotes Vol. 12
"I heard dumb bitch. I assumed you were talking to me." ~ The Truth About Cats & Dogs
" You know how someone's appearance can change the longer you know them? How a really attractive person, if you don't like them, can become more and more ugly, whereas someont you might not have even noticed...that you wouldn't look at more than once, if you love them, can become the most beautiful thing you've ever seen. All you want to do is be near them." ~ The Truth About Cats & Dogs
"How am I supposed to take you home when I can't make my feet move from this spot. If I could die tomorrow I would, just so I could spend one more night with you." ~ Tuck Everlasting
"It doesn't actually kill you. Like a bullet to the heart or a head-on car wreck. It should. When someone you've promised to cherish till death do you part says 'I never loved you,' it should kill you instantly. You shouldn't have to wake up day after day after that, trying to understand how in the world you didn't know. The light just never went on, you know. I must have known, of course, but I was too scared to see the truth. Then fear just makes you so stupid." ~ Under the Tuscan Sun
"People don't know how to love. They bite rather than kiss. They slap rather than stroke. Maybe it's because they recognize how easy it is for love to go bad, to become suddenly impossible...unworkable, an exercise of futility. So they avoid it and seek solace in angst, and fear, and aggression, which are always there and readily available. Or maybe sometimes...they just don't have all the facts." ~ The Upside of Anger
"All I can think is when someone is that lonely or that angry they can learn to hide it. But inside, it never dies. It just stays there. Eats away at you. Until one day, you have to do something about it." ~ Valentine
"My dreams are a cruel joke. They taunt me. Even in my dreams I'm an idiot...who knows she's about to wake up to reality. If I could only avoid sleep. But I can't. I try to tell myself what to dream. I try to dream that I am flying. Something free. It never works." ~ Vanilla Sky
"We knew the girls were really women in disguise, that they understood love, and even death, and that our job was merely to create the noise that seemed to fascinate them." ~ The Virgin Suicides
"Love is always patient and kind. It is never jealous. Love is never boastful or conceited. It is never rude or selfish. It does not take offense and is not resentful." ~ A Walk To Remember
"He's gonna be so sorry he lost you, so stop worrying. Forget the past. Forget the pain. And remember what an incredible woman you are. You do that and he'll realize what he lost." ~ The Wedding Date
"I'd rather fight with you than make love with anyone else." ~ The Wedding Date
"I'm a magnet for unavailable men, and I'm sick of it." ~ The Wedding Planner
"Alcohol equals puke equals smelly mess equals nobody likes you." ~ The Wedding Singer
"If you find somebody you can love, you can't let that get away." ~ The Wedding Singer
"I wanna make you smile whenever you're sad. Carry you around when your arthritis is bad. All I wanna do is grow old with you. I'll get your medicine when your tummy aches. Build you a fire if the furnace breaks. Oh it could be so nice, growing old with you. I'll miss you, kiss you, give you my coat when you are cold. Need you, feed you. I'll even let you hold the remote control. So let me do the dishes in the kitchen sink. Put you to bed when you've had too much to drink. Oh I could be the man to grow old with you. I wanna grow old with you." ~ The Wedding Singer
"Is that a kind of occupational hazard of soul mates? One's not much without the other?" ~ What Dreams May Come
"Thank you for every kindness. Thank you for our children. For the first time I saw them. Thank you for being someone I was always proud to be with. For your guts, for your sweetness. For how you always looked, for how I always wanted to touch you. God, you were my life. I apologize for every time I ever failed you. Especially this one..." ~ What Dreams May Come
"All I'm saying is that somewhere out there is the man you are supposed to marry. And if you don't get him first, somebody else will, and you'll have to spend the rest of your life knowing that somebody else is married to your husband." ~ When Harry Met Sally
"Do you believe in love at first sight? Nah, I betcha don't, you're probably too sensible for that. Or have you ever like, seen somebody? And you knew that, if only that person really knew you, they would, well, they would of course dump the perfect model that they were with, and realize that you were the one that they wanted to, just grow old with. Have you ever fallen in love with someone you haven't even talked to? Have you ever been so alone you spend the night confusing a man in a coma?" ~ While You Were Sleeping
" You know how someone's appearance can change the longer you know them? How a really attractive person, if you don't like them, can become more and more ugly, whereas someont you might not have even noticed...that you wouldn't look at more than once, if you love them, can become the most beautiful thing you've ever seen. All you want to do is be near them." ~ The Truth About Cats & Dogs
"How am I supposed to take you home when I can't make my feet move from this spot. If I could die tomorrow I would, just so I could spend one more night with you." ~ Tuck Everlasting
"It doesn't actually kill you. Like a bullet to the heart or a head-on car wreck. It should. When someone you've promised to cherish till death do you part says 'I never loved you,' it should kill you instantly. You shouldn't have to wake up day after day after that, trying to understand how in the world you didn't know. The light just never went on, you know. I must have known, of course, but I was too scared to see the truth. Then fear just makes you so stupid." ~ Under the Tuscan Sun
"People don't know how to love. They bite rather than kiss. They slap rather than stroke. Maybe it's because they recognize how easy it is for love to go bad, to become suddenly impossible...unworkable, an exercise of futility. So they avoid it and seek solace in angst, and fear, and aggression, which are always there and readily available. Or maybe sometimes...they just don't have all the facts." ~ The Upside of Anger
"All I can think is when someone is that lonely or that angry they can learn to hide it. But inside, it never dies. It just stays there. Eats away at you. Until one day, you have to do something about it." ~ Valentine
"My dreams are a cruel joke. They taunt me. Even in my dreams I'm an idiot...who knows she's about to wake up to reality. If I could only avoid sleep. But I can't. I try to tell myself what to dream. I try to dream that I am flying. Something free. It never works." ~ Vanilla Sky
"We knew the girls were really women in disguise, that they understood love, and even death, and that our job was merely to create the noise that seemed to fascinate them." ~ The Virgin Suicides
"Love is always patient and kind. It is never jealous. Love is never boastful or conceited. It is never rude or selfish. It does not take offense and is not resentful." ~ A Walk To Remember
"He's gonna be so sorry he lost you, so stop worrying. Forget the past. Forget the pain. And remember what an incredible woman you are. You do that and he'll realize what he lost." ~ The Wedding Date
"I'd rather fight with you than make love with anyone else." ~ The Wedding Date
"I'm a magnet for unavailable men, and I'm sick of it." ~ The Wedding Planner
"Alcohol equals puke equals smelly mess equals nobody likes you." ~ The Wedding Singer
"If you find somebody you can love, you can't let that get away." ~ The Wedding Singer
"I wanna make you smile whenever you're sad. Carry you around when your arthritis is bad. All I wanna do is grow old with you. I'll get your medicine when your tummy aches. Build you a fire if the furnace breaks. Oh it could be so nice, growing old with you. I'll miss you, kiss you, give you my coat when you are cold. Need you, feed you. I'll even let you hold the remote control. So let me do the dishes in the kitchen sink. Put you to bed when you've had too much to drink. Oh I could be the man to grow old with you. I wanna grow old with you." ~ The Wedding Singer
"Is that a kind of occupational hazard of soul mates? One's not much without the other?" ~ What Dreams May Come
"Thank you for every kindness. Thank you for our children. For the first time I saw them. Thank you for being someone I was always proud to be with. For your guts, for your sweetness. For how you always looked, for how I always wanted to touch you. God, you were my life. I apologize for every time I ever failed you. Especially this one..." ~ What Dreams May Come
"All I'm saying is that somewhere out there is the man you are supposed to marry. And if you don't get him first, somebody else will, and you'll have to spend the rest of your life knowing that somebody else is married to your husband." ~ When Harry Met Sally
"Do you believe in love at first sight? Nah, I betcha don't, you're probably too sensible for that. Or have you ever like, seen somebody? And you knew that, if only that person really knew you, they would, well, they would of course dump the perfect model that they were with, and realize that you were the one that they wanted to, just grow old with. Have you ever fallen in love with someone you haven't even talked to? Have you ever been so alone you spend the night confusing a man in a coma?" ~ While You Were Sleeping
Monday, November 30, 2009
Quotes Vol. 11
"They'll never know how tough it is...to be the one who isn't chosen. To live so near to the spotlight and never step in it. But I know. I see more than anybody realizes because nobody's watching me. I saw you last night. I see you working here today. You're not special. You're extraordinary." ~ Buffy the Vampire Slayer
"I've gotta say something, 'cause I don't think I've made it clear. I'm in love with you. Powerfully, painfully in love. The things you do, the way you think, the way you move...I get excited every time I'm about to see you. You make me feel like I've never felt before in my life...I just thought you might wanna know." ~ Buffy the Vampire Slayer
"In one way or another I've always suffered. I didn't know why exactly. But I do know that I'm not so scared of suffering now. I feel more than I've ever felt and I've found someone to feel with. To play with. To love in a way that feels right for me. I hope he knows that I can see that he suffers too. And that I want to love him." ~ Secretary
"Destiny is something we've invented because we can't stand the fact that everything that happens is accidental." ~ Sleepless in Seattle
"Well, I'm gonna get out of bed every morning...breathe in and out all day long. Then, after a while I won't have to remind myself to get out of bed every morning and breathe in and out...and, then after a while, I won't have to think about how I had it great and perfect for a while." ~ Sleepless in Seattle
"I'm smitten. I'm in deep smit." ~ So I Married An Axe Murderer
"I'd rather be with someone for the wrong reasons than alone for the right." ~ Some Kind of Wonderful
"The man of my dreams has almost faded now. The one I have created in my mind. The sort of man each woman dreams of, in the deepest and most secret reaches of her heart. I can almost see him now before me. What would I say to him if he were really here? 'Forgive me. I have never known this feeling. I have lived without it all my life. Is it any wonder, then, I failed to recognize you? You, who brought it to me for the first time. Is there any way that I can tell you how my life has changed? Any way at all to let you know what sweetness you have given me? There is so much to say. I cannot find the words. Except for these: I love you.' Such would I say to him if he were really here." ~ Somewhere In Time
"I'm not afraid to die. I've been dying a little bit each day since you came back into my life...I truly...deeply...love you and before we die I want you to know." ~ Star Wars: Episode II-Attack of the Clones
"From the moment I met you, all those years ago, not a day has gone by when I haven't thought of you. And now that I'm with you again...I'm in agony. The closer I get to you, the worse it gets. The thought of not being with you--I can't breathe. I'm haunted by the kiss that you should never have given me. My heart is beating...hoping that kiss will not become a scar. You are in my very soul, tormenting me...what can I do? --I will do anything you ask." ~ Star Wars: Episode II-Attack of the Clones
"I would rather have thirty minutes of wonderful than a lifetime of nothing special." ~ Steel Magnolias
"I'm not crazy, I've just been in a very bad mood for the last 40 years." ~ Steel Magnolias
"A dirty mind is a terrible thing to waste." ~ Steel Magnolias
"A smart man speaks when he has something to say, a fool when he has to say something." ~ Plato
"I mock you with my monkey pants." ~ Buffy the Vampire Slayer
"I wear the cheese, the cheese does not wear me." ~ Buffy the Vampire Slayer
"Your logic does not resemble our Earth logic." ~ Buffy the Vampire Slayer
"Love is just lust in disguise, and lust fades, so you damn well better be with someone who can stand you." ~ The Story of Us
"Isn't this the moment where one of us is supposed to say: Look this is ridiculous, we love each other, all couples go through this, let's give it another try." ~ The Story of Us
"Once you establish anything truly intimate with another person--even talking--it has to affect the person you're supposed to be the most intimate with." ~ The Story of Us
"There are some hurts that you never completely get over. And you think, I don't know, that time will diminish their presence--and to a degree it does--but ah...it still hurts. Because, well...hurt hurts." ~ The Story of Us
"The truth is I gave my heart away a long time ago, my whole heart, and I never really got it back." ~ Sweet Home Alabama
"What are you more afraid of: spending more than two consecutive nights with the same woman, or findig out this thing might not be as crazy as it seems?" ~ Sweet November
"I've gotta say something, 'cause I don't think I've made it clear. I'm in love with you. Powerfully, painfully in love. The things you do, the way you think, the way you move...I get excited every time I'm about to see you. You make me feel like I've never felt before in my life...I just thought you might wanna know." ~ Buffy the Vampire Slayer
"In one way or another I've always suffered. I didn't know why exactly. But I do know that I'm not so scared of suffering now. I feel more than I've ever felt and I've found someone to feel with. To play with. To love in a way that feels right for me. I hope he knows that I can see that he suffers too. And that I want to love him." ~ Secretary
"Destiny is something we've invented because we can't stand the fact that everything that happens is accidental." ~ Sleepless in Seattle
"Well, I'm gonna get out of bed every morning...breathe in and out all day long. Then, after a while I won't have to remind myself to get out of bed every morning and breathe in and out...and, then after a while, I won't have to think about how I had it great and perfect for a while." ~ Sleepless in Seattle
"I'm smitten. I'm in deep smit." ~ So I Married An Axe Murderer
"I'd rather be with someone for the wrong reasons than alone for the right." ~ Some Kind of Wonderful
"The man of my dreams has almost faded now. The one I have created in my mind. The sort of man each woman dreams of, in the deepest and most secret reaches of her heart. I can almost see him now before me. What would I say to him if he were really here? 'Forgive me. I have never known this feeling. I have lived without it all my life. Is it any wonder, then, I failed to recognize you? You, who brought it to me for the first time. Is there any way that I can tell you how my life has changed? Any way at all to let you know what sweetness you have given me? There is so much to say. I cannot find the words. Except for these: I love you.' Such would I say to him if he were really here." ~ Somewhere In Time
"I'm not afraid to die. I've been dying a little bit each day since you came back into my life...I truly...deeply...love you and before we die I want you to know." ~ Star Wars: Episode II-Attack of the Clones
"From the moment I met you, all those years ago, not a day has gone by when I haven't thought of you. And now that I'm with you again...I'm in agony. The closer I get to you, the worse it gets. The thought of not being with you--I can't breathe. I'm haunted by the kiss that you should never have given me. My heart is beating...hoping that kiss will not become a scar. You are in my very soul, tormenting me...what can I do? --I will do anything you ask." ~ Star Wars: Episode II-Attack of the Clones
"I would rather have thirty minutes of wonderful than a lifetime of nothing special." ~ Steel Magnolias
"I'm not crazy, I've just been in a very bad mood for the last 40 years." ~ Steel Magnolias
"A dirty mind is a terrible thing to waste." ~ Steel Magnolias
"A smart man speaks when he has something to say, a fool when he has to say something." ~ Plato
"I mock you with my monkey pants." ~ Buffy the Vampire Slayer
"I wear the cheese, the cheese does not wear me." ~ Buffy the Vampire Slayer
"Your logic does not resemble our Earth logic." ~ Buffy the Vampire Slayer
"Love is just lust in disguise, and lust fades, so you damn well better be with someone who can stand you." ~ The Story of Us
"Isn't this the moment where one of us is supposed to say: Look this is ridiculous, we love each other, all couples go through this, let's give it another try." ~ The Story of Us
"Once you establish anything truly intimate with another person--even talking--it has to affect the person you're supposed to be the most intimate with." ~ The Story of Us
"There are some hurts that you never completely get over. And you think, I don't know, that time will diminish their presence--and to a degree it does--but ah...it still hurts. Because, well...hurt hurts." ~ The Story of Us
"The truth is I gave my heart away a long time ago, my whole heart, and I never really got it back." ~ Sweet Home Alabama
"What are you more afraid of: spending more than two consecutive nights with the same woman, or findig out this thing might not be as crazy as it seems?" ~ Sweet November
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Quotes Vol. 10
"When a girl is quiet, millions of things are running through her mind. When a girl is not arguing, she is thinking deeply. When a girl looks at you with eyes full of questions, she is wondering how long you will be around. When a girl stares at you, she is wondering why you are so wonderful. When a girl lies on your chest, she is wishing for you to be hers forever. When a girl calls you everyday, she is seeking for your attention. When a girl wants to see you everyday, she wants to be pampered. When a girl says, 'I'll love you forever' she means it. When a girl says that she can't live without you, she has made up her mind that you are her future. When a girl says 'I miss you" no one in this world can miss you more than that."
"Life's funny like that, once you let go of the wheel, you might end up right where you belong." ~ Little Black Book
"I believe we write our own stories and each time we think we know the end...we don't." ~ Little Black Book
"I think very few people are happy. They wait all their lives for something to happen to them--something great and wonderful. They don't know what it is but they wait for it. Sometimes it never happens. What they want is the kind of spirit I found in those letters. A spirit that makes life beautiful. I love that man. I loved him more than my own life. I still love him." ~ Love Letters
"I tell you what I envy about people in love--I'd love it if someone knew me, I mean really knew me. What I like, what I'm afraid of, what kind of toothpaste I use." ~ The Mirror Has Two Faces
"I've love you for nine years, I've just been too arrogant and scared to realize it, and...well, now I'm just scared. So, I realize this comes at a very inopportune time but I really have this gigantic favor to ask of you. Choose me. Marry me. Let me make you happy." ~ My Best Friend's Wedding
"Weeping willow with your tears running down, why do you always weep and frown? Is it because he left you one day? Is it because he could not stay? On your branches he would swing, do you long for the happiness that day would bring? He found shelter in your shade. You thought his laughter would never fade. Weeping willow, stop your tears. There is something to calm your fears. You think death has ripped you forever apart. But I know he'll always be in your heart." ~ My Girl
"That thing, that moment, when you kiss someone and everything around you becomes hazy and the only thing in focus is you and this person and you realize that that person is the only person that you're supposed to kiss for the rest of your life, and for one moment you get this amazing gift and you want to laugh and you want to cry because you feel so lucky that you found it and so scared that it will go away all at the same time." ~ Never Been Kissed
"I couldn't sleep last night because I know that it's over between us. I'm not bitter anymore, because I know that what we had was real. And if in some distant place in the future we see each other in our new lives, I'll smile at you with joy and remember how we spent the summer beneath the trees, learning from each other and growing in love. The best love is the kind that awakens the soul and makes us reach for more, that plants a fire in our hearts and brings peace to our minds, and that's what you've given me. That's what I hope to give to you forever. I love you. I'll be seeing you." ~ The Notebook
"Maybe it's something else. Maybe you can't even describe it. Maybe you only know it when it's gone. Maybe it's like there's a whole piece of you that's missing too." ~ Pleasantville
"Sometimes we love people so much that we have to be numb to it. Because if we actually felt how much we love them, it would kill us. That doesn't make you a bad person. It just means your heart's too big." ~ Riding In Cars With Boys
"Don't dream it, be it." ~ Rocky Horror Picture Show
"It's not easy having a good time! Even smiling makes my face ache." ~ Rocky Horror Picture Show
"Tempt not a desperate man!" ~ Romeo & Juliet
"Look, I guarantee there'll be tough times. I guarantee that at some point, one or both of us is gonna want to get out of this thing. But I also guarantee that if I don't ask you to be mine, I'll regret it for the rest of my life, because I know, in my heart, you're the only one for me." ~ Runaway Bride
"I do doodle, you too, you do doodle too." ~ Buffy the Vampire Slayer
"You're not friends. You'll never be friends. You'll be in love till it kills you both. You'll fight, you'll shag, you'll hate each other till it makes you quiver, but you'll never be friends. Love isn't brains, children, its blood, its blood screaming inside you to work it's will. I may be love's bitch, but at least I'm man enough to admit it." ~ Buffy the Vampire Slayer
"My life happens to, on occasion, suck beyond the telling of it. Sometimes more than I can handle. And it's not just mine. Every single person down there is ignoring your pain because they're too busy with their own. The beautiful ones. The popular ones. The guys that pick on you. Everyone. If you could hear what they were feeling. The loneliness. The confusion. It looks quiet down there. It's not. It's deafening." ~ Buffy the Vampire Slayer
"Life's funny like that, once you let go of the wheel, you might end up right where you belong." ~ Little Black Book
"I believe we write our own stories and each time we think we know the end...we don't." ~ Little Black Book
"I think very few people are happy. They wait all their lives for something to happen to them--something great and wonderful. They don't know what it is but they wait for it. Sometimes it never happens. What they want is the kind of spirit I found in those letters. A spirit that makes life beautiful. I love that man. I loved him more than my own life. I still love him." ~ Love Letters
"I tell you what I envy about people in love--I'd love it if someone knew me, I mean really knew me. What I like, what I'm afraid of, what kind of toothpaste I use." ~ The Mirror Has Two Faces
"I've love you for nine years, I've just been too arrogant and scared to realize it, and...well, now I'm just scared. So, I realize this comes at a very inopportune time but I really have this gigantic favor to ask of you. Choose me. Marry me. Let me make you happy." ~ My Best Friend's Wedding
"Weeping willow with your tears running down, why do you always weep and frown? Is it because he left you one day? Is it because he could not stay? On your branches he would swing, do you long for the happiness that day would bring? He found shelter in your shade. You thought his laughter would never fade. Weeping willow, stop your tears. There is something to calm your fears. You think death has ripped you forever apart. But I know he'll always be in your heart." ~ My Girl
"That thing, that moment, when you kiss someone and everything around you becomes hazy and the only thing in focus is you and this person and you realize that that person is the only person that you're supposed to kiss for the rest of your life, and for one moment you get this amazing gift and you want to laugh and you want to cry because you feel so lucky that you found it and so scared that it will go away all at the same time." ~ Never Been Kissed
"I couldn't sleep last night because I know that it's over between us. I'm not bitter anymore, because I know that what we had was real. And if in some distant place in the future we see each other in our new lives, I'll smile at you with joy and remember how we spent the summer beneath the trees, learning from each other and growing in love. The best love is the kind that awakens the soul and makes us reach for more, that plants a fire in our hearts and brings peace to our minds, and that's what you've given me. That's what I hope to give to you forever. I love you. I'll be seeing you." ~ The Notebook
"Maybe it's something else. Maybe you can't even describe it. Maybe you only know it when it's gone. Maybe it's like there's a whole piece of you that's missing too." ~ Pleasantville
"Sometimes we love people so much that we have to be numb to it. Because if we actually felt how much we love them, it would kill us. That doesn't make you a bad person. It just means your heart's too big." ~ Riding In Cars With Boys
"Don't dream it, be it." ~ Rocky Horror Picture Show
"It's not easy having a good time! Even smiling makes my face ache." ~ Rocky Horror Picture Show
"Tempt not a desperate man!" ~ Romeo & Juliet
"Look, I guarantee there'll be tough times. I guarantee that at some point, one or both of us is gonna want to get out of this thing. But I also guarantee that if I don't ask you to be mine, I'll regret it for the rest of my life, because I know, in my heart, you're the only one for me." ~ Runaway Bride
"I do doodle, you too, you do doodle too." ~ Buffy the Vampire Slayer
"You're not friends. You'll never be friends. You'll be in love till it kills you both. You'll fight, you'll shag, you'll hate each other till it makes you quiver, but you'll never be friends. Love isn't brains, children, its blood, its blood screaming inside you to work it's will. I may be love's bitch, but at least I'm man enough to admit it." ~ Buffy the Vampire Slayer
"My life happens to, on occasion, suck beyond the telling of it. Sometimes more than I can handle. And it's not just mine. Every single person down there is ignoring your pain because they're too busy with their own. The beautiful ones. The popular ones. The guys that pick on you. Everyone. If you could hear what they were feeling. The loneliness. The confusion. It looks quiet down there. It's not. It's deafening." ~ Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Monday, November 16, 2009
Quotes Vol. 9
"You are everything I never knew I always wanted." ~ Fools Rush In
"I'm not asking you to forgive me. I'll never understand or forgive myself. And if a bullet gets me, so help me, I'll laugh at myself for being an idiot. There's one thing I do know...and that is that I love you. In spite of you and me and the whole silly world going to pieces around us, I love you. Because we're alike. Bad lots, both of us. Selfish and shrewd. But able to look things in the eyes as we call them by their right names." ~ Gone With The Wind
"Real loss is only possible when you love something more than you love yourself." ~ Good Will Hunting
"Sometimes I wish I had never met you. Because then I could go to sleep at night not knowing there was someone like you out there." ~ Good Will Hunting
"At some point, you have to make a decision. Boundaries don't keep other people out. They fence you in. Life is messy. That's how we're made. So, you can waste your lives drawing lines. Or you can live your life crossing them. But there are some lines... that are way too dangerous to cross." ~ Grey's Anatomy
"You know how when you were a little kid and you believed in fairy tales, that fantasy of what your life would be, white dress, prince charming who would carry you away to a castle on a hill. You would lie in bed at night and close your eyes and you had complete and utter faith. But eventually you grow up, one day you open your eyes and the fairy tale disappears. Most people turn to the things and people they can trust. But the thing is it's hard to let go of that fairy tale entirely cause almost everyone has that smallest bit of hope, of faith, that one day they will open their eyes and it will come true." ~ Grey's Anatomy
"At the end of the day faith is a funny thing. It turns up when you don't really expect it. It's like one day you realize that the fairy tale may be slightly different than you dreamed. The castle, well, it may not be a castle. And it's not so important happy ever after, just that it's happy right now. See once in a while, once in a blue moon, people will surprise you, and once in a while people may even take your breath away." ~ Grey's Anatomy
"Intimacy is a four syllable word for, 'Here's my heart and soul, please grind them into hamburger, and enjoy.' It's both desired, and feared. Difficult to live with, and impossible to live without." ~ Grey's Anatomy
"I just need something to happen. I need a sign that things are going to change. I need a reason to go on. I need some hope! And in the absence of hope, I need to stay in bed and feel like I'm going to die today." ~ Grey's Anatomy
"I know I'm not a lot of things that you've gone for in the past--I know, but I would never leave you. I would never hurt you. And I will never stop loving you." ~ Grey's Anatomy
"Pain, you just have to ride it out, hope it goes away on its own, hope the wound that caused it heals. There are no solutions, no easy answers, you just breathe deep and wait for it to subside. Most of the time pain can be managed but sometimes the pain gets you where you least expect it. Hits way below the belt and doesn't let up. Pain, you just have to fight through, because the truth is you can't outrun it and life always makes more." ~ Grey's Anatomy
"I love you in a really, really big pretend to like your taste in music, let you eat the last piece of cheesecake, hold a radio over my head outside your window, unfortunate way that makes me hate you, love you. So pick me, choose me, love me." ~ Grey's Anatomy
"Some people live their whole lives and never fall in love. I lived my life...I fell in love." ~ Here On Earth
"Well, I've been listening to my gut since I was 14 years old, and frankly speaking, I've come to the conclusion that my guts have shit for brains." ~ High Fidelity
"We were frightened of being left alone for the rest of our lives. Only people of a certain disposition are frightened of being alone for the rest of their lives at the age of 26, and we were of that disposition." ~ High Fidelity
"I've waited my whole life to feel this miserable. I mean, and if this is the only way I can stay connected with her, then...well, this is who I have to be." ~ Hitch
"So how does it happen, great love? Nobody knows...but what I can tell you is that it happens in the blink of an eye. One moment you're enjoying your life, and the next you're wondering how you ever lived without them." ~ Hitch
"You know what it's like getting up every morning? Feeling hopeless, feeling like the love of your life is waking up with the wrong woman. But, at the same time hoping that he still finds happiness, even if it's never going to be with you." ~ Hitch
"Strange isn't it? Each man's life touches so many other lives. When he isn't around he leaves an awful hole, doesn't he?" ~ It's A Wonderful Life
"And...it's a great thing to get what you want. It's a really good thing, unless what you thought you wanted wasn't really what you wanted...because what you really wanted you couldn't imagine or you didn't think it was possible but what if someone came along who knew exactly what you wanted without asking they just knew...like they could hear your heart beating or listen to your thoughts and what if they were sure of themselves and they didn't have to take a poll and they loved you...but you hesitated." ~ Kate & Leopold
"I'm not asking you to forgive me. I'll never understand or forgive myself. And if a bullet gets me, so help me, I'll laugh at myself for being an idiot. There's one thing I do know...and that is that I love you. In spite of you and me and the whole silly world going to pieces around us, I love you. Because we're alike. Bad lots, both of us. Selfish and shrewd. But able to look things in the eyes as we call them by their right names." ~ Gone With The Wind
"Real loss is only possible when you love something more than you love yourself." ~ Good Will Hunting
"Sometimes I wish I had never met you. Because then I could go to sleep at night not knowing there was someone like you out there." ~ Good Will Hunting
"At some point, you have to make a decision. Boundaries don't keep other people out. They fence you in. Life is messy. That's how we're made. So, you can waste your lives drawing lines. Or you can live your life crossing them. But there are some lines... that are way too dangerous to cross." ~ Grey's Anatomy
"You know how when you were a little kid and you believed in fairy tales, that fantasy of what your life would be, white dress, prince charming who would carry you away to a castle on a hill. You would lie in bed at night and close your eyes and you had complete and utter faith. But eventually you grow up, one day you open your eyes and the fairy tale disappears. Most people turn to the things and people they can trust. But the thing is it's hard to let go of that fairy tale entirely cause almost everyone has that smallest bit of hope, of faith, that one day they will open their eyes and it will come true." ~ Grey's Anatomy
"At the end of the day faith is a funny thing. It turns up when you don't really expect it. It's like one day you realize that the fairy tale may be slightly different than you dreamed. The castle, well, it may not be a castle. And it's not so important happy ever after, just that it's happy right now. See once in a while, once in a blue moon, people will surprise you, and once in a while people may even take your breath away." ~ Grey's Anatomy
"Intimacy is a four syllable word for, 'Here's my heart and soul, please grind them into hamburger, and enjoy.' It's both desired, and feared. Difficult to live with, and impossible to live without." ~ Grey's Anatomy
"I just need something to happen. I need a sign that things are going to change. I need a reason to go on. I need some hope! And in the absence of hope, I need to stay in bed and feel like I'm going to die today." ~ Grey's Anatomy
"I know I'm not a lot of things that you've gone for in the past--I know, but I would never leave you. I would never hurt you. And I will never stop loving you." ~ Grey's Anatomy
"Pain, you just have to ride it out, hope it goes away on its own, hope the wound that caused it heals. There are no solutions, no easy answers, you just breathe deep and wait for it to subside. Most of the time pain can be managed but sometimes the pain gets you where you least expect it. Hits way below the belt and doesn't let up. Pain, you just have to fight through, because the truth is you can't outrun it and life always makes more." ~ Grey's Anatomy
"I love you in a really, really big pretend to like your taste in music, let you eat the last piece of cheesecake, hold a radio over my head outside your window, unfortunate way that makes me hate you, love you. So pick me, choose me, love me." ~ Grey's Anatomy
"Some people live their whole lives and never fall in love. I lived my life...I fell in love." ~ Here On Earth
"Well, I've been listening to my gut since I was 14 years old, and frankly speaking, I've come to the conclusion that my guts have shit for brains." ~ High Fidelity
"We were frightened of being left alone for the rest of our lives. Only people of a certain disposition are frightened of being alone for the rest of their lives at the age of 26, and we were of that disposition." ~ High Fidelity
"I've waited my whole life to feel this miserable. I mean, and if this is the only way I can stay connected with her, then...well, this is who I have to be." ~ Hitch
"So how does it happen, great love? Nobody knows...but what I can tell you is that it happens in the blink of an eye. One moment you're enjoying your life, and the next you're wondering how you ever lived without them." ~ Hitch
"You know what it's like getting up every morning? Feeling hopeless, feeling like the love of your life is waking up with the wrong woman. But, at the same time hoping that he still finds happiness, even if it's never going to be with you." ~ Hitch
"Strange isn't it? Each man's life touches so many other lives. When he isn't around he leaves an awful hole, doesn't he?" ~ It's A Wonderful Life
"And...it's a great thing to get what you want. It's a really good thing, unless what you thought you wanted wasn't really what you wanted...because what you really wanted you couldn't imagine or you didn't think it was possible but what if someone came along who knew exactly what you wanted without asking they just knew...like they could hear your heart beating or listen to your thoughts and what if they were sure of themselves and they didn't have to take a poll and they loved you...but you hesitated." ~ Kate & Leopold
Saturday, November 7, 2009
Quotes Vol. 8
"I'm not shooting for a 'successful' relationship at this point. I'm just looking for something that will prevent me from throwing myself in front of a bus. I'm keeping my expectations very very low." ~ Bye Bye Love
"The sweetest sounds I'll ever hear are still inside my head. The kindest words I'll ever know are waiting to be said. The most entrancing sight of all is yet for me to see. And the dearest love in all the world is waiting somewhere for me." ~ Cinderella
"When they ask me what I liked the best, I'll tell them, it was you." ~ City of Angels
"I would rather have had one breath of his hair, one kiss from his mouth, one touch of his hand, than eternity without it." ~ City of Angels
"There are millions of people in this world. But in the end, it all comes down to one." ~ Crazy/Beautiful
"I'm not bitter! I'm mad as hell!" ~ Diary of a Mad Black Woman
"If I'm away from you for more than an hour, I can't stop thinking about you. I carry you in my spirit. I pray for you more than I pray for myself, I've got it so bad for you." ~ Diary of a Mad Black Woman
"What's with this sudden choice of disorders we get right now? When I was a kid, we just had crazy people, that's it, just crazy people." ~ Ellen DeGeneres
"Procrastination is not the problem. It is the solution. It is the universe's way of saying stop, slow down, you move too fast. Listen to the music. Whoa, whoa, listen to the music. Because music makes the people come together, it makes the bourgeois and the rebel. So come on people now, smile on your brother, everybody try to love one another. Because what the world needs now is love, sweet love. And I know that love is a battlefield, but boogie on reggae woman because you're gonna make it after all. So celebrate good times, come on. I've gotta stop I've gotta come to my senses I've been out riding fences for so long...oops I did it again...um...What I'm trying to say is, if you leave tonight and you don't remember anything else that I've said, leave here and remember this: Procrastinate now, don't put it off." ~ Ellen DeGeneres
"I do not regret the things I have done, but those I did not do." ~ Empire Records
"Constantly talking isn't neccessarily communicating." ~ Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
"Valentine's Day is a day invented by greeting card companies to make people feel like crap." ~ Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
"Don't screw up the best thing in your life just because you're a little unsure about who you are." ~ The Family Man
"The worst are the ones we tell ourselves right before we fall asleep. We whisper them in the dark, telling ourselves we're happy, or that he's happy. That we can change, or that he will change his mind. We persuade ourselves that we can live with our sins, or that we can live without him. Yes, each night before we fall asleep we lie to ourselves in a desperate, desperate hope that come morning--it will all be true." ~ Desperate Housewives
"Human beings are designed for many things. Loneliness isn't one of them." ~ Desperate Housewives
"Trust is a fragile thing. Once earned, it affords us tremendous freedom. But once trust is lost, it can be impossible to recover. Of course the truth is, we never know who we can trust. Those we're closest to can betray us. And total strangers can come to our rescue. In the end, most people decide to trust only themselves. It really is the simplest way to keep from getting burned." ~ Desperate Housewives
"We are all searching for someone. That special person who will provide us what's missing in our lives. Someone who can offer companionship or assistance or security. And sometimes if we search very hard, we can find someone who provides us with all three. Yes, we are all searching for someone. And if we can't find them, we can only pray they find us." ~ Desperate Housewives
"Death is inevitable. It's a promise made to each of us at birth. But before that promise is kept, we all hope something will happen to us. Whether it is the thrill of romance, the joy of raising a family, or the anguish of great loss, we all hope to experience something that makes our lives meaningful. But the sad fact is, not all lives have meaning. Some people spend their time on this planet just sitting on the sidelines waiting for something to happen to them, before it's too late." ~ Desperate Housewives
"It's impossible to grasp just how powerful love is. It can sustain us through trying times or motivate us to make extraordinary sacrifices. It can force decent men to commit the darkest deeds or compel ordinary women to search for hidden truths and long after we're gone, love remains burned into our memories. We all search for love, but some of us, after we found it, wish we hadn't." ~ Desperate Housewives
"Life is a journey, one that is much better traveled with a companion by our side. But sometimes, we lose our companions along the way, and then the journey becomes unbearable." ~ Desperate Housewives
"The choice to separate from what we love is painful. The only thing worse is when someone we've trusted makes the choice for us." ~ Desperate Housewives
"The sweetest sounds I'll ever hear are still inside my head. The kindest words I'll ever know are waiting to be said. The most entrancing sight of all is yet for me to see. And the dearest love in all the world is waiting somewhere for me." ~ Cinderella
"When they ask me what I liked the best, I'll tell them, it was you." ~ City of Angels
"I would rather have had one breath of his hair, one kiss from his mouth, one touch of his hand, than eternity without it." ~ City of Angels
"There are millions of people in this world. But in the end, it all comes down to one." ~ Crazy/Beautiful
"I'm not bitter! I'm mad as hell!" ~ Diary of a Mad Black Woman
"If I'm away from you for more than an hour, I can't stop thinking about you. I carry you in my spirit. I pray for you more than I pray for myself, I've got it so bad for you." ~ Diary of a Mad Black Woman
"What's with this sudden choice of disorders we get right now? When I was a kid, we just had crazy people, that's it, just crazy people." ~ Ellen DeGeneres
"Procrastination is not the problem. It is the solution. It is the universe's way of saying stop, slow down, you move too fast. Listen to the music. Whoa, whoa, listen to the music. Because music makes the people come together, it makes the bourgeois and the rebel. So come on people now, smile on your brother, everybody try to love one another. Because what the world needs now is love, sweet love. And I know that love is a battlefield, but boogie on reggae woman because you're gonna make it after all. So celebrate good times, come on. I've gotta stop I've gotta come to my senses I've been out riding fences for so long...oops I did it again...um...What I'm trying to say is, if you leave tonight and you don't remember anything else that I've said, leave here and remember this: Procrastinate now, don't put it off." ~ Ellen DeGeneres
"I do not regret the things I have done, but those I did not do." ~ Empire Records
"Constantly talking isn't neccessarily communicating." ~ Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
"Valentine's Day is a day invented by greeting card companies to make people feel like crap." ~ Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
"Don't screw up the best thing in your life just because you're a little unsure about who you are." ~ The Family Man
"The worst are the ones we tell ourselves right before we fall asleep. We whisper them in the dark, telling ourselves we're happy, or that he's happy. That we can change, or that he will change his mind. We persuade ourselves that we can live with our sins, or that we can live without him. Yes, each night before we fall asleep we lie to ourselves in a desperate, desperate hope that come morning--it will all be true." ~ Desperate Housewives
"Human beings are designed for many things. Loneliness isn't one of them." ~ Desperate Housewives
"Trust is a fragile thing. Once earned, it affords us tremendous freedom. But once trust is lost, it can be impossible to recover. Of course the truth is, we never know who we can trust. Those we're closest to can betray us. And total strangers can come to our rescue. In the end, most people decide to trust only themselves. It really is the simplest way to keep from getting burned." ~ Desperate Housewives
"We are all searching for someone. That special person who will provide us what's missing in our lives. Someone who can offer companionship or assistance or security. And sometimes if we search very hard, we can find someone who provides us with all three. Yes, we are all searching for someone. And if we can't find them, we can only pray they find us." ~ Desperate Housewives
"Death is inevitable. It's a promise made to each of us at birth. But before that promise is kept, we all hope something will happen to us. Whether it is the thrill of romance, the joy of raising a family, or the anguish of great loss, we all hope to experience something that makes our lives meaningful. But the sad fact is, not all lives have meaning. Some people spend their time on this planet just sitting on the sidelines waiting for something to happen to them, before it's too late." ~ Desperate Housewives
"It's impossible to grasp just how powerful love is. It can sustain us through trying times or motivate us to make extraordinary sacrifices. It can force decent men to commit the darkest deeds or compel ordinary women to search for hidden truths and long after we're gone, love remains burned into our memories. We all search for love, but some of us, after we found it, wish we hadn't." ~ Desperate Housewives
"Life is a journey, one that is much better traveled with a companion by our side. But sometimes, we lose our companions along the way, and then the journey becomes unbearable." ~ Desperate Housewives
"The choice to separate from what we love is painful. The only thing worse is when someone we've trusted makes the choice for us." ~ Desperate Housewives
Sunday, November 1, 2009
Why Is Everyone So Angry?: A Philadelphia Story
I recently took a trip to Philadelphia to see my bff Sara who lives in Delaware. When I took my seat on the plane I noticed they were loading the luggage into the plane, so I watched to make sure that my suitcase (which was missing my luggage tags that my cousin stole) got into the cargo hold safely. Well, I didn’t see it get loaded so hence my worrying started. When I landed and went to baggage claim my suitcase had arrived…but not quite safely. At some point it must have been thrown so hard that it bent the hard plastic tube on the backside where the pull-along handle comes out. So there I am waiting by myself in an airport, digging my knee into the top of the suitcase while pulling on the handle… to no avail. So I proceeded to crouch over and pull my suitcase outside to wait for Sara on the sidewalk. There I had my first encounter with Philadelphia hospitality. Across the lanes where cars and buses come to pick up passengers, is the parking garage. I suddenly hear someone laying on their horn for at least 2 minutes. Thinking that a car alarm was going off I look up to see a 70-80 year old woman walking through the parking garage being closely followed by the car with said horn blowing. The lady turned around and looked at them like they were nuts. Well, she got out of the way and the car goes past her…slowly…they obviously weren’t in a hurry…just rude. Sara picked me up soon after as I regaled her with this story and we made our way to Newark. We were both starving, so after dropping off my bent luggage we went to a local sub shop (Capriotti’s I believe) which Sara claimed had the most amazing sandwich ever…. it was a concoction of turkey, stuffing, and cranberry sauce. A whole Thanksgiving dinner on a bun. Since I am way too picky to attempt that kind of fare…I settled for an Italian…figuring that I should like it since I am Italian after all. And at least I was right, it was amazing and highly recommended. But I had to take a picture of the lumpy mess that Sara got…so here it is…
After picking up the subs, we stopped at the farmer’s market (run by mostly Mexican and Chinese people I believe) which had amazing prices and every type of odd food that you could possibly think of. I wish I had more time to explore the aisles. I did find some frozen octopus and a bag of tiny baby octopuses…very disturbing.
Friday we went to Philadelphia to tour many of the historical sites. We started out on South Street (which was supposed to have lots of cool stores) and we parked as soon as we pulled onto the street (in the ghetto accompanied with many cat calls), thinking that the stores couldn’t be too far away…. 20 blocks later we arrived at the stores…which really weren’t that exciting. And FYI everyone under 25 dresses like a streetwalker from the 80s, in various neon colored skinny jeans (boys and girls that is) and they walk in big bunches and practically push you into the street and won’t let you through. In the meantime we had to park at a meter with a 2-hour limit…because there is NO FREE PARKING anywhere in Philly. So we were running these 20 blocks looking for a bathroom because Sara has to pee every 5 minutes…literally.
After surviving the very under whelming South Street, we went to see the Liberty Bell and Independence Hall. We searched for parking through all of the crazy narrow streets and angry drivers then settled for parking in the garage under the Liberty Bell. We raced upstairs, skipped all of the introductory hoopla and went straight to the bell. Once again, not very exciting. We went outside took a couple of pics of the Independence Hall from across the street and ran back inside to eat a VERY HOT hotdog. When I picked it up, I immediately dropped it back down because it burnt my hand. Then we went back to see how much we owed for parking…. $8.00!!! We were there for 45 minutes and didn’t even get to see anything really. This would never happen in St. Louis…historical sites should be free people!!!
We then made our way to the good part of the trip…. the East State Penitentiary…the world’s first penitentiary…which I’m pretty sure was on an episode of Ghost Hunters. I could have stayed there all day if it wasn’t so cold. Here are some pics…
We had parked down the hill from the penitentiary (in a miraculously free spot I found) near the Philadelphia Museum of Art…which cost $18!!! Pay? For an art museum?? They’re all free in St. Louis!! Insane. So I walked (Sara ran) to the museum to see some of the costume exhibits we wanted to see. Here are some pics from there…
After we were done with the museum, we were both so tired, sore, and sick of life that we decided to skip the ghost tour we were supposed to go on 3 hours later at the Liberty Bell. And it was raining anyway, so we went back to the car and headed back to Newark. The steak place that Sara wanted to go to was apparently out of business, and we were starving. So we went to Outback down the road and waited 30 minutes for a table. We were bored, so we both texted Ryan and told him that Sara left me in Philly cause we were fighting. So he was calling us back and forth, trying to get us to make up…he’s so gullible.
So we went home and went to sleep, but not before Sara’s next door neighbor stunk up the room with his pot smoke coming through the walls…lovely. Saturday we went to Lancaster to see the Amish and go to the Tanger outlet. Well, we drove right past all of the Amish stores to go to downtown Lancaster. Sara insisted on parking at a meter, because she thinks that you HAVE to pay to park everywhere in Pennsylvania, but it was free parking as we found out. So we went through the stores down Queen Street and ate at a crepe shop…which was delicious. Then it started raining as we explored all of the vintage stores. In one store, Sara found a costume diamond ring from the 50s before I got to it. It’s way too big for her and fits me perfectly. Here’s the pic to prove it….
Well, I couldn’t find another cool ring…but I did get some cat-eye sunglasses from the 50s…
When we finally decided to leave it was pouring down…like seriously a monsoon!! We were completely soaked and stopped at Tanger outlet to get clothes and slippers to change into in the car. Here are the pics of the flash flood we had to drive through to get back to Delaware…
We stopped at Taco Bell because we couldn’t go to a restaurant dressed like we were and we didn’t want to get wet again. So Cody came over and we carved pumpkins (very sticky and gross) that turned out awesome!! Here they are…
Sunday, we stopped at Main Street in Newark so I could get some Sweet and Sassy Cupcakes to bring home for me and my mom. They didn’t exactly survive the plane ride even though I made sure they stayed upright and didn’t get jostled the whole trip…mine still tasted good anyway. Now I’m going to peruse local vintage stores to find a ring better than the one Sara stole from me….
After picking up the subs, we stopped at the farmer’s market (run by mostly Mexican and Chinese people I believe) which had amazing prices and every type of odd food that you could possibly think of. I wish I had more time to explore the aisles. I did find some frozen octopus and a bag of tiny baby octopuses…very disturbing.Friday we went to Philadelphia to tour many of the historical sites. We started out on South Street (which was supposed to have lots of cool stores) and we parked as soon as we pulled onto the street (in the ghetto accompanied with many cat calls), thinking that the stores couldn’t be too far away…. 20 blocks later we arrived at the stores…which really weren’t that exciting. And FYI everyone under 25 dresses like a streetwalker from the 80s, in various neon colored skinny jeans (boys and girls that is) and they walk in big bunches and practically push you into the street and won’t let you through. In the meantime we had to park at a meter with a 2-hour limit…because there is NO FREE PARKING anywhere in Philly. So we were running these 20 blocks looking for a bathroom because Sara has to pee every 5 minutes…literally.
After surviving the very under whelming South Street, we went to see the Liberty Bell and Independence Hall. We searched for parking through all of the crazy narrow streets and angry drivers then settled for parking in the garage under the Liberty Bell. We raced upstairs, skipped all of the introductory hoopla and went straight to the bell. Once again, not very exciting. We went outside took a couple of pics of the Independence Hall from across the street and ran back inside to eat a VERY HOT hotdog. When I picked it up, I immediately dropped it back down because it burnt my hand. Then we went back to see how much we owed for parking…. $8.00!!! We were there for 45 minutes and didn’t even get to see anything really. This would never happen in St. Louis…historical sites should be free people!!!
We then made our way to the good part of the trip…. the East State Penitentiary…the world’s first penitentiary…which I’m pretty sure was on an episode of Ghost Hunters. I could have stayed there all day if it wasn’t so cold. Here are some pics…
We had parked down the hill from the penitentiary (in a miraculously free spot I found) near the Philadelphia Museum of Art…which cost $18!!! Pay? For an art museum?? They’re all free in St. Louis!! Insane. So I walked (Sara ran) to the museum to see some of the costume exhibits we wanted to see. Here are some pics from there…
After we were done with the museum, we were both so tired, sore, and sick of life that we decided to skip the ghost tour we were supposed to go on 3 hours later at the Liberty Bell. And it was raining anyway, so we went back to the car and headed back to Newark. The steak place that Sara wanted to go to was apparently out of business, and we were starving. So we went to Outback down the road and waited 30 minutes for a table. We were bored, so we both texted Ryan and told him that Sara left me in Philly cause we were fighting. So he was calling us back and forth, trying to get us to make up…he’s so gullible.So we went home and went to sleep, but not before Sara’s next door neighbor stunk up the room with his pot smoke coming through the walls…lovely. Saturday we went to Lancaster to see the Amish and go to the Tanger outlet. Well, we drove right past all of the Amish stores to go to downtown Lancaster. Sara insisted on parking at a meter, because she thinks that you HAVE to pay to park everywhere in Pennsylvania, but it was free parking as we found out. So we went through the stores down Queen Street and ate at a crepe shop…which was delicious. Then it started raining as we explored all of the vintage stores. In one store, Sara found a costume diamond ring from the 50s before I got to it. It’s way too big for her and fits me perfectly. Here’s the pic to prove it….
Well, I couldn’t find another cool ring…but I did get some cat-eye sunglasses from the 50s…
When we finally decided to leave it was pouring down…like seriously a monsoon!! We were completely soaked and stopped at Tanger outlet to get clothes and slippers to change into in the car. Here are the pics of the flash flood we had to drive through to get back to Delaware…
We stopped at Taco Bell because we couldn’t go to a restaurant dressed like we were and we didn’t want to get wet again. So Cody came over and we carved pumpkins (very sticky and gross) that turned out awesome!! Here they are…
Sunday, we stopped at Main Street in Newark so I could get some Sweet and Sassy Cupcakes to bring home for me and my mom. They didn’t exactly survive the plane ride even though I made sure they stayed upright and didn’t get jostled the whole trip…mine still tasted good anyway. Now I’m going to peruse local vintage stores to find a ring better than the one Sara stole from me….
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