melancholia

one night in our cabin

we opened a bottle of wine

made a fire

and watched melancholia.

such an amazing and beautiful film.

i definitely need to watch it again.

and it didn't hurt that charlotte gainsbourg is a total babe.

beginners

i've been listening to this movie's soundtrack about 10 times a day.

i'm obsessed.

another earth

the other night
we went to see this movie and loved it.
it was so beautiful.
i highly recommend it.

that's all for today.

sunday night movie in the park

by the time sunday evening rolled around

i desperately wanted to get out of the house
after being cooped up indoors all weekend thanks to a sore throat and fever.
i still wasn't feeling great
so bennett and i decided to head over to east nashville
to catch an outdoor movie.
i think it was just what the doctor ordered
because by the next day i was feeling better.


we brought a blanket
and a box of kleenex (my new best friend)
and watched the princess bride
one of bennett's all time favorite movies.
it was so relaxing and we'll definitely be going back for the next movie.

plus, they had free popcorn and popsicles
and locally brewed beer for $5.
i mean come on...
how else would you want to spend your sunday evening?

crazy, stupid, love

last night, i saw crazy, stupid, love with stephanie
and i was shocked at how much i loved it!
few movies can make me laugh hysterically
AND fight back tears at the same time
and this movie did just that.

seriously, you will never forgive yourself if you don't go see it.

babies

SO GOOD

an education

bennett and i watched an education last night

which might just be my new favorite movie

carey mulligan was absolutely incredible

(as were the outfits she wore in every scene)

so if you haven't seen it yet

you definitely should soon.

movie of my life

i cannot wait for this movie to come out

it will be the movie of my lifetime

babies are my favorite

a movie all about babies?

even more my favorite

today was a wonderful fall day

the weather was beautiful

so bennett and i went to the park

to eat lunch

and read one of my favorite christmas short stories

(which i think everyone should read)

and we are now sitting in a warm coffee shop

drinking hot christmas beverages

doing greek homework (benn)

and blogging/dilly dallying (me)

and tonight i get to decorate our christmas tree with my roommate

and then go see bennett play a house show.

christmas is so close

so close

(photo via flickr)

p.s. i watched cold mountain with bennett last night

and it is a phenomenal movie.

if you haven't seen it, you should probably go rent it this weekend.

just saying.

date night

tonight we're going to see this movie

and i can't wait

i love audrey tautou

the edge of love

i want every single outfit worn by keira knightley and sienna miller is this film.

i think i was born 50 years too late and in the wrong country...

bright star

bennett and i went and saw this movie last night...

it was so beautiful

and sad

and lovely

and inspiring

if you get the chance,

you must go see it.

what a day

today was such a wonderful day.

after a massive amount of snuggling bennett and i went to goodwill with my little sister ellen. we then went to the farmer's market where i finally purchased my...drumroll please....cactus! i had been wanting one for a while now and i finally have one that sits perfectly in my window sill. and bennett ended up getting a venus fly trap that he named perelandra (i'm still thinking of a name for mine, but i think i may just call him cactus). After that, a quick game of chess, and then we went with his brother to see this movie which i actually kind of enjoyed (despite the blood, guts, and gore). then my dad came over to my apartment and he helped me get our living room put together. my little apartment is finally starting to feel like a real home. and, of course, bennett just came over to tuck me in goodnight and i remembered how much i love him and how incredibly blessed i am.

oh and i lied a couple of posts ago. we didn't end up seeing paper heart but we are going to soon!

productive day

today i am going back-to-school shopping (my favorite!) and then to see this movie with bennett...

i hope it's good.

i bet it will be good.

date night

bennett and i had a date night last night

after we ate dinner

we went and saw away we go

and it was SO GOOD

seriously

i highly recommend it

i would see it again in a heartbeat

date night

i should be doing my homework

(darn summer class)

but instead i decided to share my pictures from my date tonight.

(i hate it when benn takes pictures of me which explains why i'm hiding)

bennett and i went to movies in the park

where we happened to stay just long enough to run into the lovely chelsey

then left because of bennett's allergies and my belly which needed a hamburger happy meal from mcdonalds.

i love bennett

and movies

and parks

and friends

and mcdonalds

and summer time

but mostly i just really love bennett and i'm so glad he's back.

goodnight.

the go-getter

zooey deschanel is absolutely adorable in the go-getter

i wouldn't mind being her best friend

some things on my mind

some things on my mind. i am attempting to make a dress out of an old pillowcase and a tank top...and no pattern. i ate too many gobstoppers today. i am so excited about working tomorrow because i love paletas and i don't like sitting around at home alone. i really need to get an oil change. every time i think of up it makes me want to cry. my window sill is covered with dinosaurs. they keep watch at nighttime and make sure i'm safe. when i was little i thought t-rex lived at the head of my bed and e.t. lived at the foot. e.t. scares me more than anything. i really need to stop biting my fingernails. i really miss bennett a lot. 6 more days...

summer comes with its color all to take your breath away

so long snuggling, movies, and endless naps. i'm back in nashville. bennett won't be back until next weekend, so i only have to wait one more week until my summer can officially start. i feel like making a list. so here are the highlights of this past week with bennett in tampa:

• sleeping until the afternoon
• double stuf oreos
• hot-tub
  
• long naps
• so much snuggling
• belly rubs
• poker with his family (and almost winning)
• new music from iron & wine and grizzly bear
• cali yogurt
• going to a wedding
• getting to see bennett play at a wedding
• watching a thousand movies (or tristan + isolde, when nietzsche wept, x-men origins: wolverine, tuck everlasting, moulin rouge, angels & demons, and up)

traveling mercies

today was such a wonderful day. bennett was feeling so much better so we were able to get out of the house. we went to the movie theater and saw up, which i highly recommend (although i have to warn you, i cried after the first 10 minutes or so, and yes, i know it is a childrens movie). then after dinner we went to cali yogurt and made a list of everything we're going to do together this summer as we sat outside eating our pink grapefruit yogurt.

then tonight, as we sat outside on the dock, i was reminded of how blessed i am. despite everything we have gone through this year, every surgery and every doctors apointment, we have eachother. everything will be ok. in the book i am reading called traveling mercies, the author says this:

when a lot of things start going wrong all at once, it is to protect something big and lovely that is trying to get itself born--and that this something needs for you to be distracted so that it can be born as perfectly as possible.

every time bennett has a headache or doesn't feel well, my heart breaks. it scares me more than anything. but i have to have faith that he will be ok. all of this is happening for a reason. something so big and so wonderful is going to come into our lives, and we just have to be distracted for a little bit so it can be perfect. i am blessed. i have loved more than some people ever get to love in their lifetime. i can't take that for granted.