lightning could strike

i often blog to get my thoughts out. somehow the keyboard organizes my scatter-brain and when i finally make my point at the end of a post, i sigh and think "yes. that's what i was getting at".

well my brain has been rambling these past few days and something must be done about it. 

first of all, i saw a puppy at work and i very nearly died i tell you. this little coonhound tripped over her dangling ears with her soft padded paws, and her big brown eyes were oh, so happy. i contemplated dog-napping for an insane moment but then decided i had better wait to have the right dog at the right time in the right place. she looked similar to this: 

precious, right??

be still my puppy-hungry heart. 

secondly, i am an opinionated movie person. 

let is be known that the new 007 {skyfall} is pretty radical. remember in the 90's when "rad" was THE word? anyways. daniel craig is hot, the story line is solid, javier bardem is a phenomenal "bad guy", and i shed a little tear-- i'm a sympathetic crier, what can i say. 

also, you should probably know that i'm one of those people who make fun of the twilight saga. i confess i read the books and found them enjoyable (beyond stephanie meyer's atrocious grammar! who was her editor? they should be banned from words) but then the whole twilight-mania happened and it was too much. soon enough the movies came out and boy, was it entertainment. my bestie and i would rent twilight {and order p.f. chang's great wall of chocolate} on a sad day to lighten our hearts that at least we weren't on crack like kristen stewart. oh, we were merciless in our mockery of edward and bella. since the final movie just came out, "breaking dawn pt. 2", we knew we needed to see it together and with our friend ali.

so there we were sitting in the theater, chomping on popcorn, and an amazing thing happened. apart from the computerized creepy baby and a few vocal spasms on bella's part, we couldn't make fun of it. it was.... good? yes. i daresay it was good! there was a span of 10 minutes where i stopped breathing from the intensity, and my eyes filled {but did not spill!} with tears. as the credits rolled we turned to look at one another and no sarcastic scorn escaped our lips. unanimously we concurred--it was worth the $6.75 and we'd probably see it again. 

*p.s. the soundtrack is beautiful. you need it. 

speaking of movies, my all-time favorite movie is "meet joe black". other movies are good. some are even great. but i cannot conceive of the day when a movie will overshadow "meet joe black" in my eyes. it is rather a bizarre movie when you consider the premise but each time i watch it i feel enlightened. inspired. enthusiastic about life and love and the unknown. i think it is time for another viewing-- 

"who knows.lightning could strike".