It might be miles beyond the moon, or right there where you stand!

I'm sure there are plenty of others out there who feel the same way, but there's a part of me that doesn't want to believe that there could be anyone who is as big of a believer in Peter Pan as I am. As soon as many of you, my friends, read this, I'm sure you'll pipe up and disagree. Proclaiming that you, in fact, are just as enthralled by this boy who would not grow up. To be honest, I'm sure that you're right. I wonder what it is that draws us all to this little boy. Is it his youthfulness, his lust for adventure, the sadness he must have felt when he returned to his window to find it barred against him, or something else entirely by which we're all so beguiled. J.M. Barrie stands as one of my favorite authors of all time and it's all because of this timeless story of his about the boy who wouldn't grow up and the girl who wanted to be more than a mother to him. I'm not sure where I'm going with this...I'd love to go to Neverland, but writing a blog about it won't help be get there any faster. For now I'll just end by saying, I want to live by these words: To live (or to die) would be an awfully big adventure!

You'll Be In My Heart

and now with my own iTunes library:

What's your motto?
My Favorite Things (Sound of Music)
What do your friends think of you?
Kiss Him Goodbye
What do you think about very often?
She's Leaving by Tyrone Wells
What is 2 + 2?
Mr. Horrible by They Might be Giants
What do you think of your best friend?
California Dreamin' by the Mamas and the Papas
What do you think of the person you like?
Jack's Lament by Danny Elfman
What is your life story?
Mickey Mouse Club March
What do you want to be when you grow up?
Dan In Real Life by Sondre Lerche
What do you think when you see the person you like?
March of the Witch Hunters (Wicked)
What do your parents think of you?
Shine by Newsboys
What will you dance to at your wedding?
The Pirates (Finding Neverland)
What will they play at your funeral?
Something There (Beauty and the Beast)
What is your hobby/interest?
Believe by Newsboys
What is your biggest secret?
Yo, Ho (A Pirates Life for Me)
What do you think of your friends?
My Friend, The Bracheosaurus (Jurasic Park)
What's the worst thing that could happen?
Promised Land (Veggie Tales)
How will you die?
I Call Your Name by the Mamas and the Papas
What is the one thing you regret?
We Are Hungry by 330 Plan
What makes you laugh?
On The Open Road (Goofy Movie)
What makes you cry?
Kryptonite by 3 Doors Down
Will you ever get married?
Little April Shower (Bambi)
What scares you the most?
River Lullaby (Prince of Egypt)
Does anyone like you?
Pennsylvania 6-5000 by Glenn Miller
If you could go back in time, what would you change?
An Adoring Heart (Becoming Jane)
What hurts right now?
At the Beginning with You (Anastasia)
What will you post this as?
You'll Be In My Heart (Tarzan)

Run Home Jack!

I don't really have a reason for that title today, but it's from one of my all-time favorite films, so it's just as good as any other, right? So, I found this on myspace or facebook or something...one of my friends had done it and well, I'm not at my own computer, so I'm not going to fill this in just yet. When I get back to Chuck (my laptop), I will. Below you'll find the Christmas version that I did using someone else's Christmas music on itunes at the office.

1. Put your iTunes on shuffle.
2. For each question, press the next button to get your answer.
3. YOU MUST WRITE THAT SONG NAME DOWN NO MATTER HOW SILLY IT SOUNDS!
4. Tag 10 friends who might enjoy doing this as well as the person you got the note from.

What's your motto?
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring - Amy Grant
What do your friends think of you?
White Christmas - Aimee Mann
What do you think about very often?
Happy Xmas - Thrice
What is 2 + 2?
Medley: Here We Go A-Caroling/O Tannenbaum/I Saw Three Ships - Aurthur Fieldler and the Boston Pops
What do you think of your best friend?
Holly Jolly Christmas - Burl Ives
What do you think of the person you like?
Don't Save it All for Christmas Day - Celine Dion
What is your life story?
Angels We Have Heard on High - Sufjan Stevens
What do you want to be when you grow up?
Cool Yule - Louis Armstrong
What do you think when you see the person you like?
I Heard the Bells On Christmas Day - Sarah McLachlan
What do your parents think of you?
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas - Hem
What will you dance to at your wedding?
Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing - Sufjan Stevens
What will they play at your funeral?
Twas the Night Before Christmas - Fred Waring and the Pennsylvanians
What is your hobby/interest?
I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm - Dean Martin
What is your biggest secret?
Hark, the Herald Angles Sing - Nat King Cole
What do you think of your friends?
Frosty the Snowman - The Ronettes
What's the worst thing that could happen?
I Hate Christmas Parites - Matthew Thiessen
How will you die?
Santa Claus is Coming to Town - Ella Fitzgerald
What is the one thing you regret?
Christmas Song - Vince Guaraldi Trio
What makes you laugh?
The Little Drummer Boy - Ray Charles
What makes you cry?
The First Noel - Sufjan Stevens
Will you ever get married?
Silver Bells - Kate Smith
What scares you the most?
Winter Wonderland - Diana Krall
Does anyone like you?
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen - Julie Andrews
If you could go back in time, what would you change?
Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree - Amy Grant
What hurts right now?
Blue Christmas - Celine Dion
What will you post this as?
Christmas Time is Here - Vince Guaraldi Trio

Not to be confused with Bionic...

The idea of the Byronic hero has intrigued me for a while...mostly because I've found myself oddly attracted to those great Byronic heroes of literature (Rochester, The Phantom, Dracula, ...). To clarify Byronic heroes are based upon Lord Byron, the Romantic poet, author, etc. and they're the troubled, brooding, dangerous characters. I've recently learned that all vampires post the book "The Vampyre" have been Byronic and well, it make sense. Anyway...I've been watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer with a few friends and on Monday one of them posited the interesting idea of Buffy being a Byronic heroine! Now, of course I could count Angel in the mix of the Byronic heroes, but Buffy? Can there be a Byronic heroine? Well, needless to say, I've been having a grand time researching this possibility! There is precedence of Byronic heroines, including but not limited to Jane Eyre, Ligeia, and well Buffy, although I'm still looking into how that works. I'm intrigued by the idea of the Byronic heroine because it would finally give women in the Gothic genre another character type besides the domestic victim or the vamp! I'll see what else I can find and tell you about it later. For now I'll leave you with the answer to my last post's title: Evita and Buffy (both the film and the t.v. show [particularly the musical episode] have songs that open with "where do we go from here?".

Where Do I Go From Here?

wow, I wondered how it would feel when he'd moved on and found someone new. It's an odd combination of freedom and loss...oddly enough. With the way it ended, I kinda figured that I'd be the one explaining...well, sorry, but you see, there's this other guy. Part of me knew otherwise though, since I'd nearly-successfully avoided entanglements of that sort for a very very long time and well he, he'd fairly quickly (comparatively) moved from his last girlfriend to me...well on to another topic...

The title of this post comes from...should I tell you, or let you guess? It has two major influences. If you look at my last post, you may be able to figure out one of them. The other is well...ummm...I'll let you guess. Obviously the title deals well with what I just learned. I knew, of course that we would both move on eventually, but it's interesting to think about how quickly or slowly each of us is doing so. So I guess that wasn't really a different topic, but I need to keep working here. I'll write about my latest apostrophe in the next post. Until then, don't forget to guess! :D

Music

Ok, so last night, I spent about an hour and a half making CD's of my music so I have something to listen to both in the car and at work! I made a total of about 6 CD's. It's been fun listening to them now. I've only made it through 2 and a couple of songs since I burned them all last night. They are: Viva La Vida (cause who doesn't like a little Coldplay to drive or work by), Across the Universe (the film soundtrack, because it's such a great piece of art about those crazy years!), A good Christmas Mix of some of my favorite songs of the season from childhood (including but not limited to: Charlie Brown Music, and The Christmas Carols of the Young Messiah from the early 90's), One CD I entitled the Weird Brothers (borrowing from JKR calling a wizarding world group the Weird Sisters, but this is just a mix of Kings of Convenience, Billy Joel, Mika, Elton John, and Tally Hall), and then I made two mixes of my music from various musicals! Anyway, I'm excited to have a few more things to listen to! You probably don't care one way or another about what I'm listening to. But, hey...now you know! :D

to blog or not to blog

Ok, I know, that's not all that original of a title. Oh well. I doubt very highly that anyone will actually ever read this blog. If you are reading this, however, welcome! I'm glad you could make it. Enjoy your visit. Stop by again when you have time. Perhaps I'll actually have written something interesting by then! In case you didn't know, the blog's name is both a quotation from Shakespeare's Hamlet as well as from My Fair Lady. In case that weren't enough, though, I have also displayed my nerdy-ness by titling this first entry something else from Hamlet...sort of. If you come back to this blog you'll find ample proof that I majored in English in college and that my love of literature has not diminished. I would write more, but I'm doing this at work, and I should probably get back to actually working. Sometime, in the near future, I'll write more. For now, adieu.