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Remember This?

It's been forever since I heard this song. I remember watching this movie during the Christmas season (well duh - it has snowmen in it, right?). And I was trolling around Youtube and discovered this. It was like fate.

Seriously - this song makes me feel sad and happy at the same time. And it evokes memories. LoL. Damn. I wanna hug someone.

The Lyrics...

We're walking in the air
We're floating in the moonlit sky
The people far below are sleeping as we fly

I'm holding very tight
I'm riding in the midnight blue
I'm finding I can fly so high above with you

Far across the world
The villages go by like dreams
The rivers and the hills, the forests and the streams

Children gaze open mouthed
Taken by surprise
Nobody down below believes their eyes

We're surfing in the air
We're swimming in the frozen sky
We're drifting over icy mountains floating by

Suddenly swooping low
On an ocean deep
Rousing up a mighty monster from his sleep

And walking in the air
We're dancing in the midnight sky
And everyone who sees us greets us as we fly

We're walking in the air
We're walking in the air

Um...

Is it just me or does the notion of Dev Patel playing Zuko seem very, very weird?

Explanations first. I am...an Avatar the last Airbender fan. My dad, believe it or not, is an Avatar the last Airbender fan. My sister (Paige - may she fall into a drain somewhere) is also an Avatar the last Airbender fan. And if you don't know what Avatar the last Airbender is - boo to you.

So when I heard they were going to make a movie - I thought...'Okay...' because we all know how movie adaptations of cartoons end up, right? Look at Dragonball - which I am not a fan of but I heard it sucked. Look at Blood+...which I am a fan of and it apparently sucked too. And Avatar? It's M.Night Shymalan (I don't think I spelled that right but who cares?). He gave us one brilliant movie...Sixth Sense, and followed it up with crap like Lady in the Water and Signs (need I even mention that ridiculous Village movie of his?).

I watched the teaser trailer - and I think Aang looks...chubby? I mean...major OMG-ness. The scene where the Fire Nation ships start launching the fireballs (0.O ballz of FIRE) is pretty awesome though.

But seriously...Dev Patel as Zuko? I mean - what??? As Sokka...sure, cause Sokka is supposed to be dark skinned. But Zuko? My beloved angsty Zuko? WHY?????

Then again, Heath Ledger (RIP) was awesome as the Joker, despite the fact that no one would think that he could have pulled of something like that. So maybe Dev Patel would be awesome as Zuko.

Slumdog Millionaire was my favorite movie this year. And of course I am not racist or anything. It's just...when did Zuko become Indian? Huh?

Although - he does look kinda cute there. I'm a sucker for a guy in armor. Which explains why I own a poster of Jon Snow (Fans of Song of Ice of Fire will know who he is).

Trailer!!!

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Sunday School Memories

Sunday school, the bane of every Catholic child's life. All the way to confirmation, we walk, dragging our feet as we move to the dreaded building behind the church proper for one and a half hours of God only knows what. Learning the bible and whatnot, I suppose.

This happened when I was 14.

We had a teacher who was one of those ultra religious goody two shoes kind of person, the sort who never misses daily Mass and walks around with the air of cloying goodness that just reminds people like me that confession was a long time ago and I am just PILING up on the sins, leaving me with a faint sense of guilt that is just that...faint and fading away as the next temptation, usually in the form of laziness and anger (at who else but Paige and Audree for being what they are).

So anyways, on this one day, she pulled out a flash card; on it was a drawing of a boy drowning in a pond. She wanted everyone who would save him to stand up.

I was the only one who didn’t.

When asked why, I replied, with the conviction of a rebellious 14 year old, “If he wanted to go for a dip in a pond, he should’ve made sure he could actually swim. Unless of course he could, but felt suicidal. Or maybe it was just karma coming back to bite him in the ass.”

The word 'ass' was a curse word that I revelled in, for the f-word remained out of bounds.

And I don’t think she appreciated my answer.

I was sent out, to “think about my morality.”

Maybe it was the hilarity of it all, or maybe it was just the interesting shade of purple she’d turned, but either way, I couldn’t help it. I laughed.

And laughed. The kind of chilling laughter that would make anyone doubt your sanity. Okay, I exaggerate - I am not one of those psychotic serial killers in the making, although Paige would disagree, and despite his lack of firsthand knowledge on the matter, David would concur heartily.

She called my dad, who as you know is uber religious, as I sat there on the floor, alternating between a glare and stony silence. I remember the look she gave me when she told him, “I’m sure you raised her well, but I’m afraid your daughter is morally evil.”

I remember the shock I felt, when my father replied...

“Oh, she was never morally good to start with.”

Sith Sith Sith

I want to play this game so badly right now - I mean, watch the trailer and just imagine me as a Sith Lord-ess kicking Jedi butt. I have to officially call myself a Star Wars geek right now because of the overwhelming evidence presented to me...I borrowed tons of Star Wars comics from my friend. And it has resulted in the above.

He had a black cloak all ready for me to use, but it had a freaking rat hiding inside. I mean...OMG right? So I had to wear what I had on...so behold - Darth Jessica, epic fail Sith Lord.

One Day More

It's late, I know I'm sleepy, but my mind is alert, and for some reason I have been listening to this particular song ten times in a row. It's from Les Miserables, which of course most of you will vaguely know as a book, or in the case of David, not even a book. Anyways - this song is pretty awesome.

VALJEAN
One day more!
Another day, another destiny.
This never-ending road to Calvary;
These men who seem to know my crime
Will surely come a second time.
One day more!

MARIUS
I did not live until today.
How can I live when we are parted?

VALJEAN
One day more.

MARIUS & COSETTE
Tomorrow you'll be worlds away
And yet with you, my world has started!

EPONINE
One more day all on my own.

MARIUS & COSETTE
Will we ever meet again?

EPONINE
One more day with him not caring.

MARIUS & COSETTE
I was born to be with you.

EPONINE
What a life I might have known.

MARIUS & COSETTE
And I swear I will be true!

EPONINE
But he never saw me there!

ENJOLRAS
One more day before the storm!

MARIUS
Do I follow where she goes?

ENJOLRAS
At the barricades of freedom.

MARIUS
Shall I join my brothers there?

ENJOLRAS
When our ranks begin to form

MARIUS
Do I stay; and do I dare?

ENJOLRAS
Will you take your place with me?

ALL
The time is now, the day is here

VALJEAN
One day more!

JAVERT
One more day to revolution,
We will nip it in the bud!
I will join these little schoolboys,
They will wet themselves with blood!

VALJEAN
One day more!

M. & MME. THENARDIER
Watch 'em run amuck,
Catch 'em as they fall,
Never know your luck
When there's a free for all,
Here a little `dip'
There a little `touch'
Most of them are goners
So they won't miss much!

Students (2 Groups)
1: One day to a new beginning

2: Raise the flag of freedom high!

1: Every man will be a king

2: Every man will be a king

1: There's a new world for the winning

2: There's a new world to be won

ALL
Do you hear the people sing?

MARIUS
My place is here, I fight with you!

VALJEAN
One day more!

MARIUS & COSETTE
I did not live until today.

EPONINE
One more day all on my own!

MARIUS & COSETTE
How can I live when we are parted?

JAVERT(overlapping)
I will join these people's heros
I will follow where they go
I will learn their little Secrets,
I will know the things they know.

VALJEAN
One day more!

MARIUS & COSETTE
Tomorrow you'll be worlds away

EPONINE
What a life I might have known!

MARIUS & COSETTE
And yet with you my world has started

JAVERT(overlapping)
One more day to revolution
We will nip it in the bud
We'll be ready for these

Schoolboys

THENARDIERS(overlapping)
Watch 'em run amok
Catch 'em as they fall
Never know your luck
When there's a free-for-all!

VALJEAN
Tomorrow we'll be far away,
Tomorrow is the judgement day

ALL
Tomorrow we'll discover
What our God in Heaven has in store!
One more dawn
One more day
One day more!

Eponine is the real tragic figure in this - and Lea Salonga plays her beautifully. I want to watch this musical. I've been obsessing over the songs for a while now. I first heard 'I dreamed a Dream' on Youtube, and then I began looking through Youtube for the rest of the songs in this musical and it is just soooo awesome. Ugh. I want to go for this. Broadway!!!

See? Now I'm totally sad.