Chocolat

if you haven't seen this movie, you should.*

it is one of my absolute favorites. i love the costumes, the character development, the lighting, the scenery, and everything that makes it. but most of all, i love the moral; this quote sums it up pretty well: "...we can't go around measuring our goodness by what we don't do, by what we deny ourselves, what we resist, and who we exclude....we've got to measure goodness by what we embrace, what we create, and who we include."

yeah, you should watch it.


*Note: There is one scene that I skip every time I watch it, but I still really love the movie.

What Ever Happened to Silence?

when i was about 4, my mom invited a friend of hers and her two daughters over for a play date. as my mom tells it, i marched into the living room where my mother and her friend were talking, and exclaimed:

"mami, can you tell them to be quiet?"
"what?" she, was shocked at my lack of manners
"can you please tell them to be quiet?"
"and why do you want them to be quiet?" she laughed
"because, i need to think!"

may i remind you, i was 4.

now, 6 days shy of 22 years old, i still have the need to just be quiet. especially at night.  but when you live in an apartment, with 5 other women it is kind of an issue. so, what ever happened to silence? why can't we do homework without music on? why can't we walk for ten minutes without i pods in? i suspect that there is a bigger issue. in an effort to get done as much as possible as quickly as possible, we multitask which really translates to doing a bunch of things in an incredibly mediocre way. if you focus on the task at hand you might enjoy it for what it is and you might eve do a better job.

so, people of the world, live in the moment, enjoy everyday.
you'll get fewer ulcers that way.
also, keep the noise to a minimum.

okay, so now that is over here are some pictures of the coolest cloud i have ever seen. i would call it a cloud wall.enjoy.