The most terrifying night of 2008...and my entire life

Death Be Not Proud



Die not, poor death, nor yet canst thou kill me.
~ John Donne



I was driving home from work. Just another night that followed a dreary, gray January day. Same old, same old. Ennui had set in, and an overall vague depression.

At least I was almost home. Though my house was now empty, all the family that lived there besides me had moved across the country. So even the prospect of home wasn't that thrilling.

I was in the middle lane, three exits from mine, on the Meadowbrook Parkway. I got over to my right, just like I'd done thousands of times before.

Only…my car wasn't turning right. My car was turning left. My body filled with the ringing of adrenaline before my brain realized what was happening.

Maybe I'd gotten distracted. Please tell me I'd gotten distracted. I turned the wheel right again, and this time, my car started waving around the road like a belly dancer.

Then time seemed to stand still. I lost a friend whom I won't name. He lost control of his car on a highway. In those split seconds that felt like forever, I clearly remember my own voice in my head: "This is how (friend) died." I heard it as I veered further and further to the left, and as an SUV whizzed past me to my right.

I knew at any moment I'd hear the horrid sound of metal crunching, as other cars would follow the SUV and smash into mine. Then I heard a screaming in my head:

FOCUS! GET AWAY FROM THE MEDIAN!

I was so close to the median. My car wasn't responding to anything that I did. It was dancing all over the parkway, dancing towards the concrete wall at a rapid speed.

I cried out in a voice so terribly weak from fear the shortest prayer I'd ever uttered, "Jesus?" One word, a prayer for help, a prayer to not be scared, and a prayer for my soul if I died. One word was all I had time for; I had to FOCUS.

Every ounce of adrenaline that I had and that I could summon, every bit of strength that was in me, I threw into fighting with the wheel to go right. I willed the car with my entire body, mind, and soul to GO TO THE RIGHT. It felt like when you first try to get the teacups to spin at an amusement park, the same resistance.

Finally, it responded. It spun around, but it went right until I stopped with a crash. I'd smashed into the guardrail.

And time stood still again.

I wasn't dead.

I turned my head to the right. Every single car was stopped, many feet back. They waited. I put my car in reverse, terrified to have it move again, but knowing I could go really slow, at least. I looked at the guardrail and was amazed to see that it was fully intact.

Not one car moved as I backed up, and turned my car around. The entire ride home, I couldn't stop shaking. Finally, I was home. Before getting out, I told myself not to freak out if my car was destroyed. I was alive.

Holding my breath, I looked at my car.

Nothing. Just a little paint missing.

I broke down and cried like I never had before.

Why hadn't I died? What had just happened? No one pays attention on the roads anymore. It was rush hour. How was it that only one car came even close to me?

How was it possible that I lost control of my car so completely, yet walked away with not a scratch on me?

These were the questions that haunted me throughout 2008, when I wasn't being haunted by my dreams. That is, when I could sleep at all. The adrenaline that filled me that night never left. I am just now learning how to breathe all right while in a car.

That night was just the beginning of the hardest year of my entire life, even beating out 2004. But it was also the beginning of the most amazing year of my entire life. The year that "I walked through fire and didn't get burned." Looking back on it all now, where I was a year ago…let's just say I'd never want to relive it, but I am so glad that I kept fighting. After that night where I lost control of my car, but fought it, and lived, I knew that I had it in me to fight, and fight harder. And then fight even harder.

I know so many of you have been to hell and back in 2008. Keep holding on, keep pushing through. Hang in there. It's scarier than lying down, and it's scarier than hiding. But it is so, so worth it.

Here's to 2009. We can help each other through this one from the very beginning :)

















©2008 (last one awwww)

Nice Guys Finish Awesomest

So a few nights ago, I was being that emotional girlfriend. Where I really just have to give Javier credit. I was crying. SO sentimental and sad about the fact that this year was my first Christmas without my family.

It didn't help that I re-found my Christmas stocking. Oh, man.

I literally do not remember a time in my life without this stocking. It was small, red and white felt, faded at the top. And in glitter script, "Judith."

My mom's handwriting. My parents were poor back in the day when I was a kid. Beautiful red, green, and silver glitter glue mixed together to form my one stocking that back when I believed in Santa, was the gateway Christmas tradition to my true love and loyalty.

This year, I stared at that stocking. I wept and clutched it to my chest, this symbol of my 2008 loss.

Javier saw I was red-faced, and never made me feel like That Crying Girl In The Room.

"Baby!" he said as he rushed to me and held me in my angst. "What's wrong?"

I apologized profusely for being ridiculous, and he told me to let it out.

So I cried about my Christmas stocking.

"There has not been one Christmas of my life where this stocking was not full. Nuts…oranges….oh my God, the cereal!"

I burst into tears.

I don't know how you guys feel about the cereal variety packs, but to my brother and me, they ruled the world. When you're not spoiled, how magical are the tiny cereal boxes?

My mom was awesome and realized that tiny cereal boxes were important to her kids. So she started putting one in each of her two kids' stockings; then Eric was born and he got one; then Sasha and Luda came to our family, and they each got one.

Javier comes from one of the most generous families I've ever known. His Christmas fun had nothing to do with little boxes of cereal. But I wept, and he nodded, and was the best boyfriend in the world.

Fast forward to his family's Christmas celebration, and the exchanging of presents. There was a surprise present from Javier, though we'd already exchanged presents.

I ripped off the wrapping paper, and there was a variety pack of cereal. And not even the usual run-of-the-mill variety pack. Honey Smacks, Cocoa Krispies…top of the line.

Javier gave me cereal.

Already, he'd given me beautiful jewelry, but the cereal was my favorite present in many Christmases.

To have a guy who not only doesn't run for the hills when I cried, but went and found the one little thing that made me weep for my childhood Christmas stocking?

Wow. That is an amazing guy. One of my top Christmas presents, of my life.

You don't need a lot of money to make someone's Christmas. You don't need to be a stud or a millionaire to rock a girl's world. You just need to love someone, and pay attention. It's amazing, how far a dollar can stretch, when love is involved.












© 2008

Stop Romanticizing Stolen Dick

You can’t be one of those girls who blames the wife for forcing the husband to cheat.
~ Lorelai





Warning: this is VERY angry. I am very angry. Also, there are a number of people this could be directed to. It’s not towards any one person. Besides, an affair is an affair is an affair. The more the “couple” says that they’re different, the more the stories and excuses read like a textbook of Adultery for Dummies, aka, y’all say the SAME thing.

Also, I’m getting some comments about women cheating too – oh I know! Sad. But I wanted to focus on blaming the wife, specifically. Personally, if I’d gone through 18 months of pregnancy and two childbirths for a dude and I heard his girlfriend blaming ME? Oh HELL no. So but yes, women cheat too, I know that.

Before I begin, I will say one more thing. A person’s relationship is that person’s responsibility. The whole vilifying of the other woman while the guy gets off scot-free is misogynistic. But you know what else is misogynistic? Blaming the wife for your inability to keep your legs closed.

What the fuck, “ladies?”

I mean, are we really that hateful towards each other at the core? That somehow we not only justify sticking a spoken-for dick in ourselves, but we can actually manage to blame HIS WIFE???

I cannot tell you the number of times this year alone that I’ve heard someone blame a “man’s” wife for his cheating.

“She’s a bitch.” (Still his wife.)

“She doesn’t understand him.” (Still his wife.)

“They never have sex anymore.” (Yeah, keep using that word – “never.” It’s comforting isn’t it? Sucker.)

“The marriage is over.” (Nice try, watch the video.)


Maybe she’s a bitch because she’s born him two children and he’s fucking another “woman.”

Maybe she doesn’t understand him because rather than man up and fix the relationship, he pussies away to a woman who can “understand” him all the fuck she wants; she doesn’t have to live with a cheater..

Maybe they never have sex because HE IS A LIAR WHO FUCKS OTHER WOMEN. But again, why exactly do you believe him when he says he never has sex with his wife anymore? How do you know? “I just know.” No you don’t.


“LADIES!” SERIOUSLY! DO YOU HEAR YOURSELVES?????

Where is the compassion? Where is the love? The nurturing, our stereotypical good qualities that make us loving in relationships in the first place?

I could go on all day, and I would but I will get too angry, so I’m going to stop. All I will say is this:

“Men” who are cheating on your wives. You are fucking around with life and karma in a major way, and it WILL catch up to you. Also, if you have kids, where the HELL is your respect? You deserve to lose all rights to your children. Oh MAN, if I had kids with a guy and he cheated on me, that would be exactly the time I unleash my pack-of-wolves lawyers, because you can best believe that woman who thought his cheating “was my fault” would NOT be raising my kids, no way, no how.

Women who are helping him cheat. He will do it to you.

Yes he will.

Yes. He will.


I’m out. Watch the video though, I normally don’t tell you that, but it’s uber-relevant here. Listen to his textbook answers, and mostly listen to what Lorelai says starting at 3:40.





















©2008

Not This Again!

My Darling Fellow Long Islanders.


It is December. Granted, winter does not officially begin until the 21st, but for all intents and purposes, it's winter. I'd say look at all the Christmas lights, but they've been up since August, so instead: witness the absence of Indian corn and leaf garland.

Because it is winter time.

That means it might snow.

OKAY??? It's not like "Amends" in "Buffy," where yes, snow in southern California = unexpected.

We are in New York.

Every. Single. Year. It snows. So please! Please. I'm not talking about it any more as like, a topic of urgent conversation. At a certain point, if you are still shocked beyond belief by the snow, well, pull out a map. Look at where you live. The Northeastern United States? Well that is where the snow happens, often times. Deal with it or don't, but for heaven's sake, can we stop acting like frogs are falling from the sky?

Thank you so much.



Sincerely,
Judi


P.S. If you can't drive like a human being in the snow, then don't drive. Or I will shoot your tires with a B.B. gun so you are no longer a danger to society.









One of my favorite songs EVER







©2008

Spike TV's Video Game Award Show

So after the fun of writing about Spike TV's Guy's Choice Awards, you can imagine my excitement that Javier was DVRing "Spike TV's Videogame Awards." Stellar.

As you know, I am not a gamer, but I have love and respect for video games.

And I admire the culture. I'm working up this whole conspiracy theory in my head regarding the connection among gamers, hip hop, hippies, and the military, but more on that another time. For now, I give you my notes from…




Spike TV's Video Game Awards!


See now, as cool as Jack Black can be, I just don't need to see him, or anybody for that matter, having a graphic threesome with a Playstation 3 and an Xbox 360. I mean, I get that they are the current Betty and Veronica of systems, but dude. Certain things are better left unspoken. And unseen.

But on it goes until the Wii shoots Jack Black. Also the Nintendo DS is his son. Please feel free to fill in blanks. No pun intended.

Now Jack Black is singing in his underwear, and here is Craig Robinson! Hooray! He sings, which is awesome as always.

I was still getting into the flow of this world when the following happened, so I'll just give you my notes:

"I don't know how to explain this."

"GTA IV"

"Wii Fit"

"Queen of Hearts Barbie chick"

"Javier: Yay! Tenacious D!"

Craig pronounces Jack Black the host of the 2008 Video Game Awards and I realize that my hand hurts and this hasn't even started yet. That's what she said.

Here is our first sneak peek at Brutal Legend, and get used to it, because this show is basically one big commercial for it. But I am okay with that, due to subject matter

Here's Marisa Miller; cue my usual internal debate regarding her.

But hey, she is introducing "Gears of War 2," which is one of the games I am getting Javier for Christmas! I respect his taste in videogames, so I have to give it up for this segment.









LL COOL J!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



I love LL Cool J. He is just the best. Except I experience a moment of ambivalence when he says "Holy Spirit" and "utilize" in the same breath.

"It's time for war!" Pretty badass.










And this is all to lead up to announcing a UFC® game. Which is awesome.

Now I recognize Forrest Griffin, and feel very cool, indeed.










"Mama Said Knock You Out!" SWEET. I wonder if my affinity for Spike TV has to do with their catering to my age group. I went straight back to the lab tables in junior high when LL started doing this song.

Okay! Well now, Javier informs me that Rashad Evans is presenting the award for:




Best Shooter:

Far Cry 2
Resistance 2
Left for Dead
Gears of War 2




Gears of War 2 wins, this category and also Best Xbox 360 Game.

I should mention that the requisite model chicks who present and walk around look like tin men angels, which I think is cool 'cause this is a videogame awards show, and they keep it all in character.



World Premiere! GOD OF WAR III. Javier is excited.





The president of EA Sports introduces the "ultimate boxing game experience," and here comes Mike Tyson and the audience has its usual mixed reaction.

World Premiere! Fight Night Round 4.









I'm probably the last person you should ever take financial advice from, but I think that GameStop is a good stock/franchise(?) investment right now.

NEIL PATRICK HARRIS!!!!!!!!!!!







Some dude heckles NPH about Doogie and NPH pulls out a gun and says "I was in 'Proof' on Broadway!" which is awesome on a lot of levels, but mainly I just think that's cool! The same time as Mary Louise Parker?

NPH is presenting:



Best Independent Game Fueled by Dew:

Audiosurf
Braid
Pixeljunk Eden
World of Goo



NPH doesn't have the winner's card! Aw.

World of Goo wins. And as an aside, those games all look really cool to me. I love that there's always "Independent," no matter what's going on.

One World of Goo dude is there, but not another, so the one who is there holds up a picture of the other guy on a popsicle stick, which I am choosing to take as a shoutout.










Oh hey, Pearl Jam's "Ten" is coming to Rock Band!

And here is a Ms. Pac-Man background! Yay! I should mention that the stage and place in general is very cool looking, with lots of neon lights that change around. I like it!

Eliza Dushku! Presenting a Big Name in the Game Award to Kiefer Sutherland for Call of Duty: World of War. Kiefer gives a very nice speech, in which he says "grooviest."










Chris Evans is here to introduce the All-American Rejects, and they play, and I'm never sure what kind of reaction I'm supposed to have, regarding this band. There seems to be a lot at stake though, based on the heated debates.

Kim Kardashian presenting World Premiere! Dante's Inferno. There is a line about how Dante's Inferno is a book, that I will not discuss; I will just move on in general but not before casting one quizzical look back at society, that Kim Kardashian is a celebrity to begin with.

That said, it looks like a good game.











Tony Hawk here, to present the Gamer God Award to Will Wright, who talks about physics, fittingly enough ("Survivor," woot!)

Now here is Jeff Keene (sp?), introducing a World Premiere! Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned. It looks interesting! Biker dudes. Download it exclusively on Xbox Live!









From the upcoming "Street Fighter" movie, here are Chris Klein and Kristin Kreuk to present:




Best RPG:

Fable 2
Fallout 3
Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning
The World Ends with You

Winner: Fallout 3.










Busta Rhymes! Is here, and has a new album out on March 10, 2009.

World Premiere! Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

Scary! There is a train crash, and just, whoa. That one looks interesting to me.












World Premiere! Terminator Salvation.







World Premiere! Mafia 2.







Tony Hawk is back, introducing 50 Cent, who performs that new song I really like.

World Premiere! Watchmen: The End is Nigh.

Yay, Pat Wilson and Scott Shriner from Weezer! And they awesomely parody the whole Guitar Hero/Rock Band vs. the people who see that as selling out debate. Then they present:



Best Music Game:

Guitar Hero World Tour
Wii Music
Rock Band 2
Singstar




Rock Band 2 wins. Yay!

Live ad for "Mall Cop."

Rampage Jackson.





Studio of the Year:

Media Molecule - Little Big Planet
Rockstar North - GTA IV
Harmonix - Rock Band 2
Bethesda Game Studios - Fallout 3



Winner: Media Molecule for "Little Big Planet," also taking "Best PS3 Game for Little Big Planet.














And now they run through all the non-presented awards:

Best Driving Game
Burnout Paradise

Best Game Based on a Movie or TV Show
Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Movie

Best Fighting Game
Soul Calibur IV (Another Javier Christmas pick!)

Best PC Game and Best Multiplayer Game
Left 4 Dead

Best Handheld Game
Professor Layton and the Curious Cottage

Best Wii Game
Boom Blox

Best Individual Sports Game
Shaun White Snowboarding

Big Name in the Game - Female
Jenny McCarthy as Tanya in Command and Conquer: Red Alert 3

Best Performance by a Human Male
Michael Hollick as Niko Bellic in GTA IV

Best Performance by a Human Female
Debi Mae West as Meryl Silverburg in Metal Gear Sold 4: Guns of the Patriots

Best Graphics and Best Original Score
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots

Tony Hawk again, saying that his personal favorite World Premiere! was for Gears of War 2, which you can apparently download in the middle of the night, tonight. FYI.

Jack Black now brings out Tim Schaefer, of "Brutal Legend" fame and honor. Also Rob Halford of Judas Priest, who voices General Lionwhyte in the game.

World Premiere! Brutal Legend! And it's about metal!

Megan Fox presenting:




Game of the Year:

Grand Theft Auto IV
Little Big Planet
Fallout 3
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
Gears of War 2



And the winner is GTA IV, which also wins Best Action-Adventure Game! The winner gives a really nice acceptance speech, and says "We're all gamers." That's awesome.













Jack Black and Craig are back to bid adieu, and sending us out are the Weezer dudes doing this song that's really pretty cool, but I am prejudiced, because it sounds like they're using "'Tis the Gift to Be Simple." Can anyone weigh in on that?













Please fill in holes -- knowledge, information, discussion that I am not equipped for! Did you watch the show? What do you think about the awards; would you have voted differently?






~ THE END ~








©2008

Liv(e) Better

* Just so you know, lots of Vitamin C can mess with your birth control -- please keep in mind if you are on birth control!


So a lot of people are sick, or getting sick right now. Which is sad. And avoidable! Now, disclaimer: This is neither an expert health opinion (I mean, let's be serious), nor a paid endorsement. It's my own experience with a product that I believe has helped me and others I know a lot. Plus, Part Two is about my political views. Obviously. But for now I would like to discuss the magic of Emergen-C.

My body used to have a pattern. Right around the time the seasons changed, I'd start to get a cough. And you know that episode of "The Brady Bunch" where Cindy sneezes and everyone completely loses their shit and act like she is Beth from Little Women all of a sudden? Well, the coughing made me not insane like that, but concerned. If a got a sore throat, I knew I was screwed, and would be on antibiotics at the end of the month to get rid of an upper respiratory infection.

I'm sorry, I didn't warn you that this blog would be sexy.

Anyway, speaking of sexy in a non-ironic way, the person who got me to try Emergen-C was Liv Tyler!







I hate women's magazines, but found that reading them while listening to my music was the most effective way to rock the elliptical machine at the gym. Also, I love Liv Tyler so much. She is just, to borrow froggy's word, lovely : ) So I went straight to the interview with her, and in it, she gets really excited talking about this wonderful product called Emergen-C. During "Lord of the Rings," a lot of them were working around the clock and getting very few hours of sleep -- that was simply the job -- and as a result dropping like flies from being sick. Liv Tyler somehow ended up being introduced to Emergen-C, and she said it just made all the difference in the world, and she got her health back and was able to withstand lack of sleep.

Anything that tells me I don't need sleep AND is enthusiastically raved about by Liv Tyler? Has my money. I went and found this Emergen-C stuff and started taking it here and there as a supplement, and more when I started getting under the weather. Things went great, so I stopped taking it. All of a sudden, the Cindy Brady Sneeze sore throat appeared! Oh no! This would be the ultimate test of Emergen-C.

I took more of them like Liv Tyler said to when you start feeling sick, but still felt sure I'd be visiting the dreaded doctor pretty soon. There had never been any turning back from the sore throat.

Until now! My body started feeling steadily better, and before I knew it, I felt completely healthy! No doctor visit necessary! Emergen-C is truly that awesome. One thing that sets it above other cold remedies for me is that not only is it essentially just vitamins, not medicine, but it has some chromium in it that does wonders to battle the fatigue a cold can bring.

I realized I'd told everyone I've ever known about Emergen-C, including the Liv Tyler part (I'm fun to take home to the parents), but I hadn't told you guys, and so many of you've been sick! Try Emergen-C! As with anything, don't jump right in; see how your body handles it (speaking of which, has anyone out there ever done the hair strand test they recommend in the color kits? And how does one reconcile that with the potentially exploding bottles they warn about?). But check it out at least. Know that it's there. It's improved my life, so I'm sharing.




Vitamin C for LIFE! Pun intended!


So!

- Have you tried Emergen-C?
- What are your favorite cold remedies?
- I find it annoying that the blog categories have neither "Health" nor "Books." How about you?
- How are you all feeling!















Hey, wow, I did NOT know about this until just went I went to look for a video! Awesome!






©2008

Christmas Movies

On Thanksgiving evening, I watched "Pieces of April" with Javier, because it is a Thanksgiving movie. I love watching holiday movies every year, for tradition. And Christmas time -- wow. There are so many to choose from! Here are 10 that have meant the most to me throughout the years.





Christmas Movies Of My Life




Miracle on 34th Street (original)


I understand the remake is good, but I just can't. "Miracle on 34th Street" to me means Natalie Wood, Maureen O'Hara, and the most Santa Clausy man ever. I think he is Santa for real. Anyway, as someone who staunchly defended Santa's existence for years, I could not have loved this movie more when I was young. My two favorite parts:

1) When Santa sends the customer over to Gimbel's the first time. If only the world had more honesty like that.

2) "I believe, I believe. It's silly, but I believe." What a great sentiment, muttered halfheartedly until – the "silly" faith pays off! There's your house, kid! Rock on. Also, is it just me, or was young Natalie Wood a lot like young Christina Ricci?









Emmet Otter's Jug Band Christmas


This is one of those movies that you watch over and over, and it is the weirdest thing ever and yet/therefore awesome, and stays with you, but you think it's your own thing that just your family knows about because you watched it 10 times a day on HBO back in the day, but then as it turns out, everyone else has seen it too, and ideally you will discover this in a bar, because few things are awesomer than a drunk person reminded of Emmet Otter; like, they lose it completely and it is great. Try it this holiday season!












A Christmas Story


Are you ready to get mad? I never liked this movie. A few years ago, my mother said, "It's a boy movie, I think." Not that girls don't like it, but it is true that I've only known girls who didn't like it, not guys. Which makes sense, because for all the testosterone injections I've gotten in the past couple of years, you would think I actually was preparing for my operation. This is thanks to Javier. I've always had a lot of tomboy qualities, but he got me into more hardcore boy stuff, and now my tastes are better. Not different, I still like all my old stuff, but now I can appreciate things like "A Christmas Story." I watched it alone a couple of years ago and was shocked to discover myself enjoying it! Then last year at Javier's house, they had it on in the den and I enjoyed it even more. I asked Javier if we could keep watching it when we went to his apartment! One thing I decided is that the mother is my hero. A bit nutso, but talk about a woman ahead of her time. She loved her kids so much, and let them be kids. Fabulous.










Little Women (1995)


I'm going to save the emotional why for its own blog, and just talk about the movie itself. My love for the remake is not a slight to the older versions; it's just the version that has my heart. I've discussed my Little Women obsession that I've had since I was 4 years old, and that Amy was my favorite. Well, Kirsten Dunst totally OWNED the role of Amy. She could not have been more perfect, and that went really far with me. I loved the casting in general. But like I said, I'll write more on this in a separate blog. It's about loneliness, yay!










My So-Called Life's "So-Called Angels"


It's not a movie, but I don't care. I love this episode and it may as well be a movie, for how amazing it is. Wilson Cruz's performance is outstanding; he just breaks my heart, and I LOVE Juliana Hatfield and especially the song in this episode, "Make It Home." This is a great character study about love, compassion, family, friendship and Christmas itself, and I'd really recommend it to parents to watch with their kids. I'm going to stop writing about it before I get all teary. I'll conclude it with one of the best/saddest television metastatements of all time: "Do we have to talk about religion? It's Christmas." ~ Danielle










Elf


"Elf" has to hold some kind of record for movie I've seen the most, that I couldn't tell you one thing about except that it stars Will Ferrell and that Zooey Deschanel is in it as a blonde, and she sings. I love Zooey Deschanel so much. But see what happened was in 2005, Babz hosted a Christmas sleepover party for our girlfriends from the office.

There was liquor.

There was beer pong.

There was this:








And all while it went down, "Elf" played in the background, on a loop. Over and over and over again. I can't tell you what happened, but I've technically seen it more than anything else on the list except the real old-school stuff.











A Charlie Brown Christmas



For the tree alone. I always had mad love for the scrawny trees no one wanted. Awwwwwww. One of my favorite new Christmas decorations is the Peanuts ice skating rink I got for Javier two years ago. "Christmas tiiiiiiime is herrrrre…" Annoying at a point? Yes! Awesome anyway? YES.










A Very Brady Christmas


What is NOT to love about "A Very Brady Christmas?" It has everything! Love overcoming all…bulldozers…Gwendolyn Pierce in "Charles in Charge" as replacement Cindy…and best of all, Marcia's immortal quote: "Don't be sorry. Just be Wally." Best. Line. Ever.

Seriously though, "A Very Brady Christmas" is special to me. I was born at a weird time, Bradywise, like this strange time when "The Brady Bunch" had been over for years before I was born, yet they did the variety hour, and "The Brady Brides," and just in general never seemed to give up on the Bradys reuniting and becoming family once more. "A Very Brady Christmas," Gwendolyn Pierce-Cindy notwithstanding, was the last time they were able to capture that true "Brady Bunch" feel. Aw.










Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

Dude. It's an outcast reindeer and outcast toys. How could I not love this movie? "She thinks I'm cuuuuuuuute!" is one of THE cutest scenes of all time. I love my Rudolph!










It's a Wonderful Life


What can I say about this movie that you don't already know? It's a classic, one of the classic movies. It has everything – fantastic cast, JIMMY STEWART who is of course one of the awesomest men of all time, laughter, tears, supernatural events, time travel, and people falling into a pool.

This movie is not overrated. If you've never sat down and watched it all the way through, give it a shot this year. It is a work of art, with an incredible amount of heart and life insight. I LOVE this movie!!!







Please tell us what your favorite holiday movie is! Feel free to post pics, videos -- have fun!







©2008