Sex and the City

I love this show. I love Carrie Bradshaw. I LOVE Big. I love shoes. I have never been to New York but I love New York. I love my girlfriends. And you know what? After being a cynic for most of my adult life, I think that I'm actually starting to love the idea of love. Romantic love.

My favourite episode of SATC is when Carrie goes to Paris (I originally said 'Russia' but a kind reader corrected me to remind me that it was actually Paris... thank you, kind anonymous reader!) to be with Aleksandr Petrovsky. (*sigh* My biggest high school crush EVER was on Mikhail Barynshykov. Seriously. I digress.) I have two favourite scenes from that episode.

The first is when Carrie comes back unexpectedly from Paris and goes to the place where she has Saturday morning breakfast on a regular basis with Samantha, Charlotte and Miranda. The girls aren't expecting her and when she taps on the window to capture their attention, they go crazy when they see her. Bat-shit crazy. I have seen my girlfriends do that. It's incredible. The other scene from that episode that captures my heart is when Carrie is on the floor of the hotel hallway, heartbroken and just simply 'done'. She crying and defeated when she looks up and sees 'Big'. There is a look that she has on her face; it's a look that's reserved for him and him alone.

That melts my heart.

Ok. Now for some fun. A few great SATC quotes to make you smile!

Carrie: I am someone who is looking for love. Real love. Ridiculous, inconvenient, consuming, can't-live-without-each-other love.

Carrie: Maybe the past is like an anchor holding us back. Maybe, you have to let go of who you were to become who you will be.

Carrie: Maybe some women aren't meant to be tamed. Maybe they need to run free until they find someone just as wild to run with.

Carrie: Somewhere out there is another little freak who will love us and understand us and kiss our three heads and make it all better.

Samantha: [to the girls] I think I have monogamy. I caught it from you people.
Carrie: Now it's airborne.

Miranda: [on finding out she is pregnant] WHY didn't I use a condom?
Carrie: You didn't use a condom?
Miranda: He has one ball, and I have a lazy ovary! In what twisted world does that create a baby? It's like the Special Olympics of conception!

Carrie: Man may have discovered fire, but women discovered how to play with it.

Stanford: I can only stay a few minutes. I got tickets to the Vagina Monologues.
Carrie: Why?
Stanford: Just because I don't eat at the restaurant doesn't mean I can't hear the specials.

Eloquence

I have tried and tried to come up with the words to explain the past 2 years of my life. I've come close; I've written pages and spent hours in my own head coming up with just the right way to explain it. I received a quote from a friend today and when I read it, I felt like I'd been hit over the head with a baseball bat.

"...and the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom..."

~Anais Nin~

Shazam. Thank you Anais Nin... and thank you, my friend for sharing this quote with me.

Blogging In Real Time

The Blind Bay Bitches (BBB's).

Barb (of course), Holly, Claudette, Diane, Tamara, Aleia, Steph and Monica. A surprise party.

I thought that Barb and I were going to have an innocent night of movies and cream cheese in our pajamas. I had the pajama part right. Barb and I went into town to pick up a few supplies and to watch Jacob's hockey game. She decided we needed ice. And kahlua. And appetizers. Did I clue in that there might be a party in the works? N-o-o-o-o-o. We arrived home to vehicles everywhere.

It was a suprise pajama party planned by the BBB's (Claudette and Barb especially). Of course this was the first time EVER that I forgot to bring pj's to Blind Bay. WTF??? I posted on facebook that I needed pj's and sent out a plea to the BBB's to bring me a pair. The response? Nothing. NOTHING. I was perplexed and a bit sad. Where was the love?!!!! Barb made me go to Zeller's to buy some (so that I would have them for the party), warning me that I would regret it later if I didn't. Did I catch on at that point? Nope. There were other reasons motivating her for that, but I won't get into that right now.

When Barb and I walked in, all the girls were in their jammies. Laughter, fun and girl bonding; the usual with these lovely ladies. I'm blogging in 'real time' tonight which I've never done before. Holly and Claudette (thanks for bringing the tequila, toots!) are staying overnight. They are all giggling and cleaning up the appies (read: eating) as I write this and they are a bit nervous about the blogging I'm doing at this moment. No need to be frightened, girls. Not until Holly posts the photos on facebook at least. Then I will hijack them and post them here for my readers reading pleasure. (Mwah ha ha ha ha.....)

Stay tuned for more!! Thanks, my Blind Bay friends. Love you to bits. Thank you for always making me feel so loved and welcome.