It's all About the Clothes

so we have established that i love movies. so a recent love is selena. there are several reasons why i like the movie so here goes:
1) the clothes that are the epitome of 1990's fashion and celebrate women's curves
2) the fade in shots...oh so many and so professionally done
3) the celebration of latin culture (even though the girl did not really speak spanish all that well) i think it was one of the first spanish language movies that i ever really liked
4) the "true love" story of an initially forbidden love
5) the celebration of honest to goodness hard work and the success that it brings especially when following one's dreams
6) oh my gosh the hair
7) the matte red lipstick and acrylic nails
8) it's j.lo doing what she does best....pretending to be a singer/musician and fashion designer (maybe that's why this is her best acting work)


so even though it ends in a terrible tragedy it celebrates the life of a young successful hispanic woman and the many trials that she faces. i'm a sucker for success stories. so there.

For The Love of a Film

so i really do love this movie. but have you ever really liked something and then started to think of that thing in more detail? so....drum roll please....why do i love "pretty woman" let me count the ways.

1) it's a love story...duh

2)the scene where she goes back to the rude lady at the boutique on rodeo dr.

3)the clothes...clearly this is me

4)julia roberts big red hair and richard gere's silver

5)the completion of her fairy tale at the end

6)the red dress and necklace scene(see picture)

now that being said. dude what do they do after get together? do they get married? have children? more importantly how the crap do they tell they're love story? "i met her on hollywood blvd" "she was a hooker when i first met her" or "i was her final client". the evil part of me (which is most of me) giggles at what they might tell they're hypothetical children.

i love pointless hollywood movies the exihibit the fashion industry.

To My Suprise

the people of new york never give up. every where you go, there is someone who has to get there before you. most people are in such a hurry that they don't even realize what they are doing. case in point: there is a certain intersection where on one corner is the post office and a train station, one corner is a historical site (ny's oldest public building a church in fact) and on another the world trade center construction site. day in and day out construction workers direct traffic there. it's not about the cars but about the morons that decide to cross the street when a semi is four feet away! this is amazing to me, how could so many people make the same stupid choice at the same time? you'd think the planets had to align. how could people that make so many smart career choices make just as many stupid life choices? which brings me to my next point...work.
everyday hundreds, thousands, millions of people go into there office jobs and do their office duty. it dawned on me today that people really go to work everyday and ....(shockingly)...WORK! i know it sounds dumb but i feel like its one of those things you don't think about until it happens to you.
next blog point(smooth intro eh?)
the amazingness that is the book Standing for Something by Gordon B. Hinkley. this book is amazing and though it is taking me forever to read it, i love it.
he talks about changes that everyone should make about society and what it can become if we don't change the patterns that we fall into and realize what is going on around us.
i highly recommend it. i usually hate reading but i love reading this book.
more on my learning later on.