Learning Feng Shui ...

Yay!  I love my Momma... I'm 24 years old and still get an Easter basket :)  Lucky me!

Dear Summer,

I miss you so.  Please come home to me.  It's been too long.

Love,
Jessica

Fwd:

Off to the car show with my Daddy and Mair for Dad's birthday!

Beautiful

Oh my god this guy is insanely talented ... I'm going to post a few more videos with him because he's seriously incredible ... ugh I'm blown away!

Just breathe... It'll be ok... I hope...

Possibly the most delicious cupcakes I've ever experienced!

Studying for the middle school Praxis... fun, fun... Oh classic American Literature, how I love you...

This piece of artwork is constructed completely of feathers! Incredible! I saw it in a gallary in New York.

New York on New Year's day :)

Everybody dies but not everybody lives (Drake)

My Momma loves me :) Hot chocolate on a snowy day!

Merry Christmas to me :) Thanks Momma!

Mmm granola

How clever... Mr. Wonka would be proud

Well I'd love to write a love song but I can't hear the words when all she does is sing along... (TGAS)

Love it

The truth is ... I just want someone to love me, and someone to love back

Merry merry

Family Thanksgiving time :) How am I so lucky?

The Thanksgiving Feast of Friends is about to begin! Agh! So excited!

Change needs to happen ... Now... No more worrying about everyone else... I'm putting my foot down... I'm focusing on me.

I saw this written on a bathroom sink in the city ... it says, "I found my soul mate.  I'm finally happy ... really happy for the first time"

... I hope to feel this way one day

Cutest salt and pepper shakers ever! Aw :)

Oren Lavie you are incredible... If you don't know who he is look him up... His music will truely give you goosebumps... Agh! Amazing...

<3 this

Mmm Morning Glory

Keep your sunny side up :)

My god, the colors on some of these trees are more beautiful than most flowers... The vibrant yellows and that bright red! GORGEOUS!

I was so sad to throw these cute bags I made away today... My favorite time of year is passing me by! At least I still have Thanksgiving to look forward to!

Absolutely love this band right now ...

Oh John how you leave your mark on us all ... lucky girl to have had you for even a moment <3

Oh the power of an idea...

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

The most beautiful fall color there is... That vibrant red... Ugh gorgeous

I believe patience is wisdom in waiting

Real Tragedy

I recently had the pleasure of viewing Matt Reeves' (director of Cloverfield) new movie, "Let Me In".  The movie is actually a remake of a Sweetish movie entitled, "Let the Right One In".  I have not seen the Sweedish version, however, I can't stand to believe it would impress me more than this movie has.

It seems to me that vampires have become somewhat of a trend in movies, youth culture, and television in the last couple of years.  Namely, the Twilight Saga has become overwhelmingly popular among our youth.  However, movies such as these portray vampires to be such admirable creatures of strength, love, and ferocity.  "Let Me In" does not take this approach.  It is absolutely not your typical vampire film.  Instead, this movie portrays the torturous life of isolation the damned are forced to embark on day, after day.  

The fact that a 12 year old girl represents the immortal in this film brings an innocence, and a certain sadness to the entire situation.  Her lifestyle is that of misery, and fear.  Having to discretely kill innocent people, only to fend for herself, while insisting on a constant separation from the world around her, honestly brought a tear to my eye.  And my god!  The connection between her and the young neighbor in her building is reminiscent of a mature, adult love.  The care this boy (and others in her past) have felt for her is both remarkable and moving.  I could only hope to find a love like this in life.  The entire movie draws a parallel to the classic Shakespearean novel, Romeo and Juliet in that the two would do absolutely anything for one another... even die.  There are no words...

Simply put .. this film is both beautiful .. and devastating.  It is not so much horrific, as it tells a story of a truly sad, damned, and lonely girl, while shedding light on the tragedy of never ending life without a soul.  Eternal damnation is truly a curse, and is nothing to be envied.

Keep an open mind, do yourself a favor, and go see it.