So hey everyone, as Summertime is approaching I just wanted to give you some highlights for what to expect from the upcoming months.
First of all I will be moving to Wyoming and working there this summer. I hope to have many adventures there, but as to not have those events completely overshadow this blog I created a seperate blog called A Cali Girl in Wyoming of which I hope you follow as well.
But never fear, just because I will be busy doing that does not mean I will be leaving you lovely people high and dry, oh no. First off for June we have Disney Month as I will be doing a 30 day challenge I discovered online, 30 different things I think about Disney.
I will also be doing the standard posts on film, quotes, Jane Austen, and whatever else just pops into my head. So I hope you all are looking forward to the summer!
So as I told you all last year when I chose A Walk to Rememberto include on my Valentine’s Day Romantic Moments list, that I am not a big Nicholas Sparks fan. In fact the only book/movie that I like (actually Love) is A Walk to Remember. I’ve never been interested in his other works, and I actually hate the Notebook. Even though I adore Rachel McAdams and think she is a fantastic actress, I dislike it, A LOT. So why am I including it on this list? You’ll have to read on to find out.
So onwards. The movie begins at a nursing home where an elderly man is reading a romantic story from his notebook to a woman.
The story is set in June of 1940 in South Carolina. A country boy, Noah Calhoun (Ryan Gosling), has fallen for a heiress Allie Hamilton (Rachel McAdams). The two spend the summer together, with Noah taking Allie to an abanded house and promising to buy and redo for her. Allie’s parents don’t like Noah and forbid her to see him. The two break up and her family returns to Charleston.
Noah enlists in World War II and Allie becomes a nurse. At the hospital Allie meets Lon Hammond, Jr. (James Marsden), a handsome, kind, lawyer who is also from Old Money. They date and become engaged.
Meanwhile, Noah has returned from the war and buys the abandoned house, redoing it for Allie. He had seen her in Charleston with Lon, and has convinced himself that by fixing the house he will win her and her love. Allie sees an article about his completed renovation in the newspaper and visits him.
In the present, we are shown that the woman is Allie who suffers from dementia and her husband is the man reading her their story, but sadly, Allie doesn’t recognize him.
Back in the ’40s, even though she is engaged Allie resumes her relationship with Noah. Allie’s mom comes by and gives her a talking to, telling her Lon has come as well. Allie talks to Lon telling him what happened and Lon, while unhappy, tells her that he loves her and wants to be with her still. Allie is still unsure who she wants.
Back in present day, Allie regains her memory and we see that the man she is with is Noah. She left Lon and her and Noah were married. Allie tells Noah to continue reading the notebook, as it will always bring her back. Allie then relapses, panicking as she does not recognize who is hugging her. That same night Noah is hospitalised. After he is released from the hospital, Noah goes to Allie’s room and finds her lucid. After telling each other that they love one another, they both go to sleep in Allie’s bed. The next morning, a nurse finds them dead in each other’s arms.
Most Romantic Moment:
So I know that many of you may not agree with my choice of a romantic moment, and that is fine with me. This my blog, and I put what I want on it and I know not everyone will agree with me or like what I post and I’m okay with that.
So the moment I find most romantic is when Lon finds out that Allie cheated on him and still wants to marry her.
I know, I know; not the most conventional moment , but I personally find it extremely romantic. Here is this guy that loves this girl and is prepared to marry her and have a life together, only to find out that she cheated on him with a past boyfriend! Cheated! Now the worst things I believe you could ever do to a person is 1) Lead them on, 2) Lie, and 3) Cheat on them. And out of all of these cheating’s the ultimate treason. She broke his heart, she threw it into the shredder. And how does he respond?
Lon: [to Allie] The way I see it, I got three choices. One, I can shoot him. Two, I can kick the crap out of him. Or three, I leave you. Well, all that’s no good. You see, ’cause none of those options get me you. In spite of everything, I love you.
This girl cheated on him, she broke his heart and he doesn’t get mad or angry, like I would have been. I would have been all kinds of crazy if I found out the person I was engaged to cheated on me. Like Kelly Clarkson in Since You Been Goneor Madea.
But does Lon do this? Does he freak out or scream or get angry? No, no, nope. He tells her he still loves her and wants to continue spending the rest of his life with her. He does nothing but waits for her to decide who she wants. That’s real love. He’s like the guy in “Keep on Loving You“.
I know I’m like the only one, but I totally would have picked Lon.
So remember that plan I set out way back in May that I was going to spend all summer reviewing Pride & Prejudice, a thing I thought would carry on into the fall? Well things didn’t go exactly as planned. As the old saying goes
To be honest this is my motto as when I have a plan, life always gets in the way and throws a curve ball. It makes me feel like the creators of Jurassic Park. I have this plan, this vision, but then…
Life finds a way and screws up all my plans. Although having Jeff Goldblum would be nice 😉 I’m not saying that my summer turned out bad because of these changes, it just caused my original plans to be discarded for the moment.
So this summer a friend of mine invited me to be in these three 30–minute Shakespeare plays that her new community theatre production was putting on (As You Like It, King Lear, & Comedy of Errors). This took up mid–May to Mid–July. This was not enough to shove Jane Austen and my blog to the wayside, I was also working on a blog with my mother based on The Cat Who series. We would read the books, review them, make recipes out of the cookbook that goes with the series, photograph them, and then blog about it. (if interested check out The Cat Who Wrote a Blog) In combination to this, my niece came down to visit staying from mid-June to the end of July. And the Pièce de résistance, I got a boyfriend.
I know, I know. You are all probably wondering how that happened. I still don’t know myself. But somehow it did. And no he is not an Austenite, but there is always time to remedy that.
Just kidding. I’m not going to take it that far.
So we are going to call him Michael. And he has a lot of great qualities; respectful, intelligent, cute ;), has an amazing taste in books and movies; and just someone I can talk to. Most importantly…
Anyways I’ll take more about him later. And I haven’t been completely slacking off. However, with school, work, clubs, and volunteering my writings will be once again very sporadic. But, never fear Horrorfest II is still coming and will be here. I am very excited for it!!! I loved doing Horrorfest and want it to be a yearly thing, as continue as long as I can think of 31 horror/suspense films. So while things never go exactly as we want it, there is still many pleasant surprises on the way.
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