Hilarious Hijinks

The Princess Bride is an amazing film that I recommend everyone should watch. The scenes are just hilarious. This is one of my favorite lines from the film.

For more Princess Bride, go to The Most Awful Time of the Year

Krueger Town

So last night Freddy paid a visit in my dreams.

For the select few who may not recognize the name Freddy Kreugar, he is the evil villain from Wes Craven’s Nightmare on Elm Street. I reviewed the movie for Horrorfest and you can read it here. It was strange that he popped up as I haven’t seen the movie in ages, and it wasn’t a film I really cared for. Maybe that’s why he came into my dreams, he didn’t like what I said and was trying to exact his revenge.

EW!

I really had to try and outsmart this killer, as I was the only one who could  stop him.. Anyways, like in the film Freddy was harassing me trying to kill me, but oh what he didn’t  know is that I am a horror film junkie. (Check out Horrorfest and you will see for yourself) I know how to play the game, I know Randy’s rules, I am a force to be reckoned with. I am Michael Corleone.

Don’t mess with me!

The entire premise was Freddy trying to chase me and kill me, but I got him first. He tried to grab me and cut me with his wolverine claws, but I grabbed a frying pan that was nearby and deflected him at every turn.

During the day I was able to find his claws and burned them Winchester style, saving the day.  Or at least I thought so, I woke up before I the dream actually ended. But hey, Freddy hasn’t been back since, must have done something right.

The creepiest part of the dream, other than I “lived” the movie and Freddy actually visited my dreams (that’s a mindbender) is that I acted out the telephone scene. Man, I hate that scene, its so gross! Ew, it sends shivers down my spine.

I’m your boyfriend now Nancy!

The sad thing was no cute Johnny Depp boyfriend. Or any cute boyfriend. 😦  Alas, that’s life.

I get nothing!

For more of my dreams, go to Mr. Darcy: Man of Dreams

For more Nightmare on Elm Street, go to Whatever You Do Don’t Fall Asleep: A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)

Hardest Decision of My Life

It’s so true, I struggle and struggle trying to decide which one I want more. And always that feeling of second-guessing yourself!

I always feel as if I’m in a pet store or the pound and every book is calling out for me to pick them to adopt.

I just need my own library!

For more book lover posts, go to They Change You

In Rhapsody Over Clint Eastwood

How can you not be in rhapsody over him?

So as I have mentioned before I love Queen. I think they are such an awesome band with some of the greatest songs. I mean who doesn’t love  Under Pressure, Another One Bites the Dust, I Want it All, We Are the Champions, Radio Gaga, or Bohemian Rhapsody to name a few.

Well to understand this story you have to realize my iPod has an obsession with Queen, and not just any Queen song, a specific one; Bohemian Rhapsody. I don’t know why, but it just loves to play that tune over and over and over again. (That and Maria from The Sound of Music).

I love everything

What I can’t remember if I have mentioned before is my love of Clint Eastwood. It goes much deeper than fan appreciation, I mean I wanted to marry this man. Now I know several of you out there probably just thought to yourself, “but he is so old”; but you know what age doesn’t matter if you are truly in love.

 

Now I better bring this post back to reality, before I convince you all that I am completely crazy (I might have already done that…oops!). Clint Eastwood is dear to my heart. When I was six I saw Bronco Billy for the first time and was convinced that was the man for me. I wanted to be a cowgirl and everything about Clint’s character was exactly what I wanted in a man. Anyways, after that I saw all his films (with parental supervision or on TV), I was convinced we would get married in the future.

I mean look at this man! Can you blame me for being crazy about him?

Eventually I realized that was a pipe dream as I was too young for him and he was married. I had to give up that dream (although I’m older now so it could still happen). Anyways I still love him and his films.

Just a few of his films.

Now I know you are probably wondering to yourself what do Queen and Clint Eastwood have in common, well I am just getting to that.

So the other day I went to the gym, and when I got there one of the TVs had Hang ‘Em High on. I was so ecstatic-usually all they have are some garbage reality TV shows and I spend the night bored out of my skull.

So Hang ‘Em High?

Finally something GOOD!

Everything was going as normal when the funniest thing started happening, Bohemian Rhapsody kept coming on and playing perfectly in sync with Hang ‘Em High.

Yes!

For those of you who have never seen or heard of Hang ‘Em High it is a western staring Clint Eastwood (obviously). He plays the part of Jed Cooper, ordinary rancher taking his newly bought cattle home. On the way he is stopped by a posse claiming he stole the cowherd. He tries to show them his bill of sale and prove his innocence, but the men won;t listen. They string him up, steal all his belongings and leave him to die. However, he does not die, (it’s Clint after all), but gets saved by a sheriff passing through. He is taken in, tried, found innocent, and becomes a marshall. He then goes after the men who tried to kill him, in true handsome Clint Eastwood style.

The law never looked so good

So like I said the song started playing perfectly with the film. This was playing when the guys string him and leave him to die (start at around 10:00). I thought it was perfect with the song.

“Too late, my time has come
Sends shivers down my spine
Body’s aching all the time
Goodbye everybody – I’ve got to go
Gotta leave you all behind and face the truth
Mama, ooo – (anyway the wind blows)
I don’t want to die
I sometimes wish I’d never been born at all”

Later when he is Marshall, he finds one of the guys who had strung him up. By this time it got to one of the most famous parts, and one of my favorites, when Clint confront the guy and says, “when you hang a man, you better look at him“(start about 7:50ish), this was :

“So you think you can stone me and spit in my eye
So you think you can love me and leave me to die”

Kinda describes that part perfectly.

So then he gets derailed by having to go after these cattle rustlers and murderers. He is taking them in when one asks to be let go (about 2:30). At that point my iPod was playing the song again and it was right at this part:

“Will you let me go?
Bismillah! No – we will not let you go – let him go
Bismillah! We will not let you go – let him go
Bismillah! We will not let you go – let me go
Will not let you go – let me go (never)
Never let you go – let me go
Never let me go”

I thought to myself, “no one is going to believe that this happened”. I mean it was too perfect.

Well it did, and I wish I could have stayed to see the rest, but unfortunately it was getting really late and I still needed to walk home.

But I have to say that was one of the most amazing things to happen to me. It was too perfect.

Boom, that’s how I roll.

For more Clint Eastwood, go to Here I Go

For more on Bohemian Rhapsody, go to Bohemian Rhapsody

For more of my favorite songs, go to Eye of the Tiger