But it's time to shine.

Listening to: Alexi Murdoch - Shine
Feeling: Ready to be productive

Part of my Winter break agenda is catching up on movies I've been craving to see, but simply haven't had the time. To begin my movie-watching adventure, I finally finished "Stardust" online and I know I'm about a year or so behind, but it was absolutely amazing. It was annoying how slowly it loaded, but well worth the wait.
"You know when I said I knew little about love? That wasn't true. I know a lot about love. I've seen it, centuries and centuries of it, and it was the only thing that made watching your world bearable. All those wars. Pain, lies, hate... It made me want to turn away and never look down again. But when I see the way that mankind loves... You could search to the furthest reaches of the universe and never find anything more beautiful. So yes, I know that love is unconditional. But I also know that it can be unpredictable, unexpected, uncontrollable, unbearable and strangely easy to mistake for loathing, and... What I'm trying to say, Tristan is... I think I love you. Is this love, Tristan? I never imagined I'd know it for myself. My heart... It feels like my chest can barely contain it. Like it's trying to escape because it doesn't belong to me anymore. It belongs to you. And if you wanted it, I'd wish for nothing in exchange - no gifts. No goods. No demonstrations of devotion. Nothing but knowing you loved me too. Just your heart, in exchange for mine." -Yvaine

Ugh, my favorite monologue from the whole movie. So cute. I'd like to get it on dvd at some point. Robert DeNiro is hilarious and Michelle Phieffer makes a great villainess. The ending wasn't entirely predictable either. And the love story is obviously crazy adorable. I'm such a sucker for fairytales and the notion of true love. And this was exactly I needed.

[Insert contented sigh here]