24 December 2001 - 11:10 p.m.

Okay. This is going to be a three part rant ... full of lots of girly angst. I can not help it, I swear!

Part 1 of Mel Ranty-ness: The Lord of the Rings and Other Childhood Memories

The first real day I was home, I saw Lord of the Rings. My trip to the movie proved a few things to me. First, I definitely have more male friends than female friends ... not just in Boston. There were 15 of us at the movie, and 11 of them were boys. :::sigh::: Second, I am not SO bad at being a girl. I was VERY girly at this movie. For those of you who have not seen it, it is terrifying. The books scared me, but not NEARLY so much as this movie. I cannot remember being so frightened in a movie before. Yes, I am a big dork, but I was really scared. I sat by Tim and spent about eighty percent of the movie hiding in his shoulder squeaking (the squeak is the frightened equivilant to my girly giggle ... it is very very girly). I was actually fairly proud of myself because I didn't scream during the movie. That is how scared I was. Okay, anyhow, the real point of this Lord of the Rings section of my rant is to talk about how it made me nostalgic. As soon as we went, I remembered my daddy reading The Hobbit to me when I was three ... and then reading The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings when I was not so old. It is funny ... the things I associate with childhood. Along with J.R.R. Tolkein and his books, Monty Python and The Princess Bride make me think of being a little tiny kid. It made me really happy to remember being little.

Part 2: Why Mel is a Disapointment to Society ... or at least her family.

My GPA this semester was higher than it has ever been at BU, I have a great job, I have been ridiculously involved at school, I volunteer and babysit in my spare time ... and yet, I have not managed to make my family truly happy with me. I was sitting in my room the very first night I was home, and my mom walked in. Here is the conversation we had.

Mommy: So ... um ... are there any cool guys at school you're dating.

Mel: No.

Mommy leaves. She re-enters about 2 minutes later.

Mommy: I know you don't like cool guys. I meant are there ANY guys at school you're interested in.

Mel: Not really, no.

Mommy: Not really? Or not at all?

Mel: Not at all.

Mommy: Okay.

I thought maybe she was just curious. Anyhow, two days later we went shopping. We had another riveting conversation while we were in the car.

Mommy: Well, you know ... you dated some people last year. (Yes ... this was COMPLETELY out of the blue.)

Mel: Yep, I know.

Mommy: Have you this year?

Mel: Have I gone on dates this year? Or have I been dating a guy in particular?

Mommy: Either.

Mel: Yes, I've gone on dates, but I am not dating anyone in particular.

Mommy: Why didn't you tell me about these dates? What's wrong with the guys you went on dates with?

Mel: I didn't tell you about these dates because none of them are particularly noteworthy. Nothing went particularly well ... so I am not dating the guys.

Mommy: Why?

Mel: Because I don't like them romantically. Is that okay?

Mommy: Well ... I guess so. You know Colleen's getting married, right (Colleen is my cousin ...)?

Mel: Yes, Mommy I know that.

Mommy: She's your age.

After that I refused to talk about this anymore. It's amazing to me. I know that my entire family is coupled up .. . and that I'm not. It was just easier when my mom blamed it on the guys in Chesaning not liking me, rather than blaming me for having some sort of defect which renders me incapable of maintaining functional relationships. Blah.

Part 3: Happy Movie-ness.

I've been watching some of my favourite movies lately. I saw The Princess Diaries with Kelly, Jenny and Jenni Saturday night. I waver between thinking this is a horrendous movie because it sends the message that you have to be beautiful to be worthwhile ... and thinking that I need to go dig out my own tiara and prance about pretending to be a princess. Anyhow, I watched My Fair Lady as well. I adore this movie. I want to be Audrey Hepburn more than anything else in the history of the world. I adore her in this movie. I also watched Moulin Rouge and Shrek last night. All of them made me absolutely pine for My One True Love.

I'm listening to my new John Mayer CD (how happy am I that I got to open this for my Christmas Eve present), and he is singing Love Song For No One. It is SUCH the most marvelous song in the history of the Earth. All of my single friends who read this should go listen to it. It makes me glad. All of my non-single friends who read this should not go listen to it because you are already happy ... And no, I am not bitter.

Happy Christmas everyone!

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