i get to take a shower, i get to take a shower

this is what i sing every time i'm about to take a shower.
like right now.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JqGSoWHNQg&feature=related

i have a problem. of the organizational type.

my closet doesn't have a door,

so i can't hide any mayhem that may be inside.
which is all fine and good, until you see my shoes.(poor shoes. look how crowded they are. they probably think i don't love them. but i do.)
so, basically, i need a new way to organize my shoes.
but i don't know what to do.
i'd LOVE to do this:

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but i live in an apartment, and they frown upon adding fixtures, or paint.
if you have any ideas, you feel free to throw em out there.

best quotes from book 4 (part 1)

this book has a lot, as it is hilarious.

"Really?" said Mr. Weasley's voice excitedly. "Eclectic, you say? With a plug? Gracious, I must see that.... Let's think...ouch, Ron!"
Ron's voice now joined the others'. "What are we doing here? Has something gone wrong?"
"Oh no, Ron," came Fred's voice, very sarcastically. "No, this is exactly where we wanted to end up."
"Yeah, we're having the time of our lives here," said George, whose voice sounded muffled, as though he was squashed against the wall."

"Percy's enjoying work, then?" said Harry, sitting down on one of the beds and watching the Chudley Cannons zooming in and out of the posters on the ceiling.
"Enjoying it?" said Ron darkly. "I don't reckon he'd come home if Dad didn't make him. He's obsessed. Just don't get him onto the subject of his boss. According to Mr. Crouch...as I was saying to Mr. Crouch...Mr. Crouch is of the opinion...Mr. Crouch was telling me...They'll be announcing their engagement any day now."

"Just put them on, Archie, there's a good chap. You can't walk around like that, the Muggle at the gate's already getting suspicious--"
"I bought this in a Muggle shop," said the old wizard stubbornly. "Muggles wear them."
"Muggle women wear them, Archie, not the men, they wear these," said the Ministry wizard, and he brandished the pinstriped trousers.
"I'm not putting them on," said old Archie in indignation. "I like a healthy breeze 'round my privates, thanks."

"Ron pulled out his Omnioculars and started testing them, staring down into the crowd on the other side of the stadium.
"Wild!" he said, twiddling the replay knob on the side. "I can make that old bloke down there pick his nose again...and again...and again..."

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a belated happy birthday.

really, it's only by a day.
and i did say happy birthday on her birthday,
but i'd like to say it publicly.
alison,
(or if you'd like to be french, alisooooooooooon)
HAPPY 21 BIRTHDAY!!!
i love you,
you're my best friend and i'm so excited that it's your birthday,
or was yesterday.

yes, that last one is alison and i. she's the one on the left with the sweet head. i'm the one on the right with the sweet hair.

katie lee, this is for you

this is katie:
isn't she pretty?
well, katie and i met our freshmen year.
she lived downstairs, and later became roommates with dana.
we bonded over several things.
the office
bill cosby
high school musical
being the youngest
not being good at sports
now, we're in advertising together, and it's SO MUCH FUN to have classes with katie.
she's fun and exciting and has a very infectious laugh.
today, katie asked me if i could mention something, and this is for katie.
remember Henry V?
remember how i said that i also watched Romeo and Juliet?
well, katie and dana, when they lived together, would watch that movie a lot.
over and over and over.
and i also love that movie.
it is fantastic.
so here, katie, this is for you.
but also for me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGdrGbDqgA0
enjoy.

k, i'm just talkin about movies a lot this week.

when i was little, probably about 9 or 10,

daisy decided that it was time kathleen and i started being educated in the finer works of literature.

as we were too young to read them (at this point in time, i doubt i'd ever finished a book) she had us watch the movies.

so, i watched Much Ado About Nothing at age 9, Romeo and Juliet (leo and claire danes) at age 12, and Henry V at about age 10.

today, we're talking about Henry V.

i'm reading it in my Shakespeare class, and it brought back a lot of memories.

i remember being inthralled by the film.

i didn't get what was going on, that's for darn sure, i kept turning around and being like "what does that mean?"

but i loved it.

kenneth branagh is amazing, christian bale brings tears.

however, the most climactic and heart wrenching part is the song sung in the end, while kenneth branagh carries the passed baby christian bale from the battlefield, and all the english carry their dead.

i don't care how many times i hear the song or watch the clip. i get choked up.

here's that clip:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1GDRx-F1C0

you really should watch the whole movie.

it's amazing.

Two dollars!

have i ever mentioned that i love this movie?

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really. probably one of the best 80s movies.
john cusack plays a teenage boy trying to win back his girlfriend.
what's so great though, is that this movie illustrates how every teenager feels.
his mom is crazy
everybody wants to date his girlfriend after they break up
he's the only one who doesn't get math
it's over exaggerated and hilarious and great.

this weekend, i watched better off dead, and was reminded that i love the song from the dance scene.

and, after years of trying to find it, i finally did.
it's on my ipod, and i've been listening to it for 2 days straight.
oh man.