4 books, and 3 films

well, i missed yesterday - damnit i'm not very good at keeping up with this, LOL.
anyways, i'll kill 2 birds with 1 stone and do 4 books and 3 films together.

books - wow, ok. i love to read, but i don't have much time to lately, so it's been a while. these are the books i've read so many times that i've had to buy multiple copies.

1) the twilight series. i could wuss out and use each one for my 4, but that's like cheating, so i'll stick 'em all on this one. i love these books. i first read them while pregnant in 2008, and i felt like an absolute teenager reading a book about a teenage girl in high school, and her VAMPIRE boyfriend and their super strong, almost immediate, love - and he's a pretty manipulative guy to top that off - then you throw in werewolves, and vampire/human baby hybrid type things and "imprinting" bullshit - and for all it's ridiculocity - it's magical and wonderful and i get a little twinge of school girl happiness just reading a few pages. they all suck you in and make you happy and make you totally love edward and wish all vampire sparkled.

2) siddartha, by herman hesse. it's a story about a man's journey to finding himself and to finding enlightenment. he goes from being an ascetic (that is someone who denies themselves of any of life’s pleasures and practices extreme self-denial for religious reasons), to being a business kind of guy and taking a lover and back to being an ascetic. all because he just wants to find answers to the questions we all want to find answers to. it is absolutely one of the most insightful pieces of literature i've ever experienced and i highly recommend it to everyone.

3) she's come undone, by wally lamb. wow. this book is just wow. my aunt mary told me i had to read this when i was in high school. i did it, just b/c i was bored - and it is absolutely amazing. it's about delores price and her life, from her first memory of a television screen lighting up, to her early forties. everything she goes thru, all the bad, awful, horrible things, that i can cry just thinking about while typing this - and how she finally saw thru them, overcame them, and allowed herself to find and enjoy love and life. how she finally felt as tho she deserved it. this guy wrote so well from a female perspective, it's crazy.

4) jonathan livingston seagull, by richard bach. it's about a seagull, one to strives to be more than just a seagull. one who wants to experience true flight, and true bliss. and it's about his progression thru one life and into the next. it's very much an enlightenment book as well. lol, with the exception of the twilight books, this is more of a "find yourself and be happy" book like, HAHA.

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and now on to today's actual post....
3 films.
this could be a very very very long list if i let it. to narrow it down to 3 is really difficult.
let's see...
maybe i should list ones we're watching alot of lately:

1) megamind. i LOVE this movie!!! love love love love! it's hilarious, lola loves it, nick thinks it's great. family fun times!!! i think i've actually got a majority of the script memorized i've seen it so many times now.

2) the princess and the frog (new disney version). i love this one too!! they finally gave the world a black disney princess (about time) and did so by putting her in the heart of cajun/blues/jazz country and adding all that wonderful music and culture. i was SO surprised with this movie and the music. it's great. i could watch it over and over again (oh wait i have!).

3) toy story 1-3 - these... well... i used to love them all. now not so much. we've watched them to the point of super oversaturation. i don't want to watch them again. ever. if i have to watch one, i'd prefer to watch 3 b/c it's the one i've seen least, i HATE 2 now, and 1 is just old and boring to me - i'd rather shove pencils in my ears and pour lemon juice in my eyes than watch these again.... but i know i will. i know i will... :(
but every time i see 3, when andy is leaving them and having that one last play, i still cry.