Princess Teresa Hard Lemonade’s Movie Marathon

It is almost like I am 15 again. But this time around, I get to enjoy my princess, romantic happy-ending movies with a side of alcohol. Yeah!

My beau is working in the city for the week. Thus, I am left to find my own entertainment during the evenings. Tonight I am enjoying some fluffy, extra-girlie movies and a whole bunch of Mike’s Hard Lemonade. I have not felt this stereotypically girlie in quite some time.

Six bottles and three movies in and I am longing to don a tiara and a beautiful ball gown.

Ladies and gentleman, introducing the crowned princess Teresa Hard Lemonade the Sixth!

Check out some of the clips from a few of my ‘flicks of the evening’:
Made of Honor – Patrick Dempsey is sooooo dream*eyelashes fluttering*
Enchanted – an adorable movie clip (Amy Adams steals the screen)
The Princess Diaries – the shots on San Fran make me miss the city =[

Behind the Times

I am reading an awesome book right now. John Connolly’s The Book of Lost Things is an interesting take on the popular theme of a world in which reality and fairy tales collide.

As I was turning a page, I found myself imagining what a movie adaptation of the book would be like. I popped on the interweb and, low and behold, a movie version is already en route. Due out in 2009.

I would say I have a knack for recognizing when a book has movie potential, but all my insight bubbles up years after the book’s actual release. However, I am not discouraged. Nope. My fingers are still crossed for a Spellman Family film.

What about a new fantasy flick? What fan wouldn’t be excited for a screen version for Jacqueline Carey’s Kushiel’s Legacy or Santa Olivia?

Although, screen adaptations sometimes bomb. Hmm…don’t know how I feel about that prospect.

Gimmie Money, Honey. Chiquitita, Mamma Takes It All!

Wow, this post title sounds dirty when I say it out loud. Don’t worry folks, this post is not about some secret, corner night life. It is about ABBA and Mamma Mia!

For those of you who are not familiar with either the group ABBA or the musical/movie Mamma Mia, my fabulously long post title is a combination of some of the song titles. Bask in the creativity. Ha! No, seriously. The more I look at the title, the more silly it becomes.

Tangents aside, the brains who transformed the popular ABBA music into a musical are geniuses! The versions of the songs used for the stage are disgustingly catchy. Those who hear (or accidentally overhear) the tunes will soon be humming along, whether they are into the tunes or not. Take me, for example, I have not even seen/heard the musical recently. Yet, I found myself humming the tunes while I was at work today.

Out of nowhere! How did that happen? Now, all I want to do is listen to the music and rent the movie. I would see the stage show again, but I don’t think I can afford the plane ticket… or the show ticket, for that matter. Ah well, I’m perfectly happy just singing along with the soundtrack while I dance around my apartment.

Take a listen and belt out the music like you know you belong on Broadway!
Gimmie Gimmie Gimmie
Mamma Mia
Honey, Honey

If you have not seen either the stage version or the movie version of the musical… you should =D

The Austen Genre

Oh wow, I have not created a post for quite some time. What can I say, I had a lapse of laziness.

Work has been the same. Organize those books! I have spent the last week working in the Fiction & Literature section. Rows, upon rows of books in this section. Working my way through the shelves, I found myself reading the back of several different books each day. The strange thing is that I have found a trove of books that I want to read but never would have know about if it was not my job to sort through them all.

I tell ya, bookstore or library work is such a treat for book lovers. Not only do I get to sort through countless titles, but I occasionally get free books. Score! One of the freebies that I picked up was a novel written with Jane Austen lovers in mind. Did you know that there is an entire sub-genre of novels whose authors are devoted to recreating, continuing, and building on the timeless pieces created by Jane Austen?

Lovely. I am an Austen fan. I reread Pride and Prejudice almost every year. What can I say, I love to escape into the world Miss Austen created–though I am not one of those women who longs for a Mr. Darcy. =D

So, since I am in the Austen mood, I have decided to try and work my way through each of Miss Austen’s completed novels. I even used my bookseller discount to get a super cheap book that contains seven of Miss Austen’s novels.

My recent purchase reminded me of a scene in the film adaptation of The Jane Austen Book Club. In this scene, the sole male in the book club is under the impression that Miss Austen’s novels are a series. Silly boy [hit minutes 7.38-8.50].

Man, I am a dork. Oh well, happy reading to me

Lady Gresham: What is she doing?
Mr. Wisley: Writing.
Lady Gresham: Can anything be done about it?
- about Jane Austen in the movie Becoming Jane