Remember this song by Zero Seven? I love that album, I listened to it ad nauseam. In any case I am in the waiting line at the Theory sample sale (which isn't that bad actually), so I am just killing time here. No fitting room pics today and no disclaimers, just in the waiting line ramblings...
I caught "The Notebook" on TV the other night. There are three movies that I cannot NOT watch when they are aired on TV, one is "Titanic", the other one is "You've got mail" and the third one is "The Notebook", with the latter being my favorite. That could say a lot about my movie tastes but in reality I am a movie junky, I can watch anything from very brainy stuff, to super slow-paced tales from obscure countries to silly comedies. The only type of movies that bores me to sleep are actually spy movies, I just cannot understand them, my interest is lost after the first scene when you have to figure out who is with whom.
So, the Notebook. Isn't it one of the greatest love stories (I know it has contenders, Zivago and all, but I just love love stories that end well, you know? Like with all the characters alive by the end of the movie and possibly living happily ever after)? I don't think it is only because of Ryan Gosling that I love this movie, even if he is a big part of it. I think the movie speaks to me. When I was a teen I had a similar experience, all-consuming and contrasted Love with a classmate my age. In my case the problem wasn't that I was rich and he was poor but that my parents thought I was too young and intervened. It was very dramatic, I had to change school and lost myself in books. We lived in the same city but I NEVER saw him again and for years my heart just stopped when I thought I had recognized him in the street. I am pretty sure he was heartbroken as well (I remember devastating phone calls), at least in the beginning, and I think we had something real even if were only kids. I often think what would have happened if we had met again, I am almost sure we would be married. That's why I love the Notebook, it's our revenge.
Ok, as you must have guessed if you are in my time-zone I had to stop my nostalgic tale when I got into the sale and I am already out now. I have been good and only bought a swearter (the cozy sweater that JCrew cannot give to me) and a (beautiful) black blazer. I can't believe that I left there the most gorgeous 100% cashmere camel coat that was only $250 (down from $1400), but I couldn't justify it because it was almost identical to my Zara one. If you are looking for a classic camel coat and you are in NYC, please go and grab it! A few prices that I remember: Pants were $105, sweaters $130, dresses $179, blazers $175, outwear $250, leather $350, fur $500. I might go back the last day when they typically cut prices (I was told that Sunday is the last day but I think they will slice them Friday or Saturday)
What's the movie that you cannot NOT watch when you catch it on TV? Any First Love story that ended well?
Any question about the sample sale let me know.
The Notebook always makes me cry even though I love how it ends!
ReplyDeleteI just saw Titanic for the first time recently if you can believe it. More tears, everything gets me sobbing these days!
I had a teenage love gone tragic and I wondered about him for years, but not too much because he actually dumped me for another girl (then kept coming back, it was awful). I blame the whole thing for my poor first marriage when I had given up on love etc, I married the wrong guy and knew I was doing it but didn't think it mattered.
Thank goodness I got out of that and then I found MrBP!!
I wish I were near that sample sale, it sounds amazing! I hope you show us your deals!
Oh Dani, how could he dump YOU? I guess he got what ge deserved since then he kept coming back... Mr. BP looks like a real good man and I am happy that you found him.
DeleteI will post pics for sure, I am going to wear that stuff!
Oh, Ema, my young love. I broke up with him because he made a truly major life decision without talking to me about it, and then I "saw" him everywhere for years, the set of someone's shoulders, a leather jacket, a bouncing fussball, a guy holding a coat for a girl... I followed him in the papers for a long time. Then I outgrew the shortness of breath and the flushes. End of story: my sister glimpsed him in a bookstore, bent over some biography or other, thought he'd really aged well, in fact hadn't changed at all, and she decided to say hello. Of course he didn't remember her, of course it wasn't my old guy, it was his son. After the shock wore off, I realized that I was glad and relieved that I hadn't ruined his life, but it was a shock.
ReplyDeleteSometimes I miss those flushes and the heart skipping a beat...
DeleteThat must have been shocking, seeing his young self in his son's flesh and blood! A friend of mine actually saw him one day and told me that he had become a very intellectual type, I know he went off to study psycology but then I lost his trace. He is actually on Facebook (yes, one day I tried his name), I wonder if we would have reconnected in the Facebook era...
I cannot resist Meet Joe Black whenever it is on TV. I know everyone says it's a terrible movie but Brad Pitt is absolutely delicious looking in this one. I always, always cry at the end. Good for cleaning out the sinuses. Another stop everything must watch for me is Oceans 11. Between Clooney & Pitt, it is a festival for the eyes (and ears, in George's case, his voice makes me swoon).
ReplyDeleteHow I wish I was in NY; I would scoop up that camel cashmere coat in a second. Hope you'll post pictures of your sample sale finds.
I agree, he is awefully cute in Meet Joe Black. He is actually even cuter in "Benjamin Bottom" but that part (when he is very young) lasts very little and you have to go through the LONG part when he is older before getting to it.
DeleteThe movie love story that spoke to me was 'The Age of Innocence', because I had this infatuation with a guy that was dating my good friend (who wasn;t that much into him). He would visit me every week for two years, spend countless hours with me just talking late into the night. We even went on hiking vacation together and had once to sleep in one sleeping bag. And NOTHING ever happened, sniff sniff. I was desperately in love with him and then years later I found out that he was too and for many years had a room plastered with my pictures. But I was already (happily) married. So I don;t know if it means it ended well but I got some consolation from the fact that he was also in love with me, even if unfulfilled. On the other hand, how stupid were we, so afraid to make a move, it blows my mind now...
ReplyDeleteOh now I want to see it again. I watch it many years ago and I even read the book right after because I loved it so much, but my memory is failing me now. Isn't it all about social conventions? I don't remember why the character played by DDL is tormented and doesn't declare his love. Is he married? Must watch again.
DeleteYour story is such a bummer, but at least you have the consolation to know that you both felt the same.
He is not married but she is getting divorce which is scandalous whereas Meg is perfect match in eyes of society. Ellen on the other hand does not want to upset Meg who is her cousin. So yes, social conventions and I guess mine were being loyal to my friend. Which is ironic because few years later she told me that she once slept with my (other) boyfriend because 'it just happened'.
DeleteThanks, I remember it all now. That wasn't a good friend, clearly! I was secretely in love with my best friend boyfriend when I was in second year of college but I just sucked it up because of my loyalty to her (nobody never knew, I think he would be shocked if I told him now!)
DeleteOh Good topic! I have you all beat on tragedy (how appropos for this week!) - my first boyfriend died in a small plane crash when he was 20. So sad - I loved him so much and we dated when I was 14 and 15 and then I moved away and we always kept in touch through others and I always assumed we would get back together at some point.
ReplyDeleteI cannot NOT watch "You've Got Mail", "Sleepless in Seattle" "The Chost and Mrs. Muir" and "Wuthering Heights" - all of them make me blubber. Of course the notebook would have to be in the top ten!
Oh boy, with all due respect for the situation, you have definitively earned the title of tragedy queen this week.
DeleteI just learned in the summer that one of my classmates in middle school died when he was 20 in a car accident in South Africa, where he had moved with his family. We weren't sweethearts or anything but it shocked me anyway because it always shocks me when young people die suddenly and this was someone who I actually knew (unlike actor River Phoenix). So I imagine how you felt about your first love and the news that he had died in a crash.