Pan's Labyrinth

The Holiday

There is something very soothing about going to see a good chick flick with a bag of popcorn and M&M's (my personal guilty pleasure) and "The Holiday" definately delivered. While it's not the best movie I've seen, a few soul shattering shots of Jude Law and the sappy enough storyline left me in a mushy heap with not a few tears unshed.

The magic of romantic comedies is that they show you a world in which people are inherently good and where you can be loved for your quirks. Anyone who's been in the dating world knows that it's easier to form self-protecting generalizations about the opposite sex than to lay yourself bare to a stranger. Yet, to believe these movies, it's precisely what we find unfit about ourselves that should attract the perfect mate.

Hable Con Ella

Of all the characters in the movie I am most drawn to Lydia, for being both strong and tender. At times she is reckless but what she does she does so with faith and through the heart. I feel like I know her, like I am her. She vacillates between extremes living her life with passion.

And Marco is my on screen soul mate.

Almásy: When were you most happy? Katharine Clifton: Now. Almásy: When were you least happy? Katharine Clifton: Now.

"Knowing love, I can allow all things to come and go, to be as supple as the wind and to face all things with great courage. My heart is a open as the sky." ~Maya, Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love



After my first hearbreak, many years ago, I promised myself I would live by these words and welcome all the magic life had already given me a taste of. Unfortunately, fear got the best of me, and insted of opening my heart I shut it and hid the key somewhere very dark and deep. Learning to "be as supple as the wind" takes great courage indeed. But if I remember correctly, it is infinately worth the risk.