Watch the stars fade into day.
I spent about an hour this morning in that wonderful place between sleep and waking. I think Peter Pan might have been there.
I've learned how to wake myself up from nightmares. I haven't cracked lucid dreaming, and honestly I'm not sure if I want to, but I find that when I find myself in a nightmare I can tell myself that it's just a dream.
There is a movie that always makes me happy and truly tugs at my heart strings. Penelope is a cute little fairy tale; about a girl (the great Christina Ricci) born cursed with a pig nose. The only way to break the curse is for one of her own (a blue blood) to love her for who she is. Her mother (the wonderful Catherine O'Hara) is deeply embarrassed by her daughter's nose and locks her away. Not in a dungeon or anything, but she doesn't leave the house. She hires a match-maker for her daughter to find the blue blood to break the curse, but they all run away upon seeing her. That is, until Max (James McAvoy), and she's the one who runs. With all her emotions stirred by him and all the frustration, she wants to find her independence and she runs away. Living life, and hiding her nose, then just being who she is in front of the public, it's really a story about self discovery and loving yourself for who you are. The last scene is so magical to me and I can't even explain why. I don't even know why, but it feels like my heart is going to pump out of my chest.
I've learned how to wake myself up from nightmares. I haven't cracked lucid dreaming, and honestly I'm not sure if I want to, but I find that when I find myself in a nightmare I can tell myself that it's just a dream.
There is a movie that always makes me happy and truly tugs at my heart strings. Penelope is a cute little fairy tale; about a girl (the great Christina Ricci) born cursed with a pig nose. The only way to break the curse is for one of her own (a blue blood) to love her for who she is. Her mother (the wonderful Catherine O'Hara) is deeply embarrassed by her daughter's nose and locks her away. Not in a dungeon or anything, but she doesn't leave the house. She hires a match-maker for her daughter to find the blue blood to break the curse, but they all run away upon seeing her. That is, until Max (James McAvoy), and she's the one who runs. With all her emotions stirred by him and all the frustration, she wants to find her independence and she runs away. Living life, and hiding her nose, then just being who she is in front of the public, it's really a story about self discovery and loving yourself for who you are. The last scene is so magical to me and I can't even explain why. I don't even know why, but it feels like my heart is going to pump out of my chest.
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