summer loves.

Byu started today, without me!!!

miss annie gave me the great idea to make a "fave list" to close out the summer.


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my summer loves {the very best moments of summer 2009}:

-my new short do
-graduating with my bachelors
-becoming brave enough to wear russain red lipstick
-seeing "up"
-planting my lavender plant {and reaping the benefits ever since}
-seeing "vertigo", "rear window", and "dial m for murder" at the gallivan
-going to st george twice, and even swimming in the algae infested pool
-fort wightman
-the ville days, and playing ticket to ride in the park while listening to the orchestra play "the 1812 overture"
-raccoon hunting {we have yet to see the little rascal}
-making bracelets, meeting hickens, boating, and listening to eddie money while eating popcorn and watching fireworks in roosevelt, ut {aka the middle of nowhere}
-making oodles and oodles of delectable crepes
-getting my mission call!!!
-seeing jakeambermicael
-going through the temple
-getting this headband for my birthday, in which i feel like daisy from the great gatsby {or something}
-being with PAIGE every minute of every day.



oh, it was good.

at the movies.

1. i saw "up" on friday ... simply marvelous. and just what i needed; life is it's own adventure. and i have to say that ellie reminded me and others of little courtney. definitely see this. definitely.

2. i also saw "the brother's bloom" this weekend. very delightful. very woody alleny. see it too.
3. this brings me to my next subject ... the broadway theaters on 3rd. i'm an avid movie lover and i quite enjoy seeing copious movies in the theaters, however, so many people today are completely disconcerned with respect that watching a movie in the theaters becomes like watching a movie in their own living room. all that texting and talking makes me crazy.
here's where the broadway comes in. its in the heart of salt lake {what's better than that?}, they show the "artsy" movies that don't come to big theaters {usually the better films}, and only movie lovers {people that don't talk or text during the film} go to this theater. its great.
so if you can't find a good movie to go to in the big theaters go to the broadway and be satisfied.
that's all.

oh and i love this one just as much.

{something about this, one of the earliest documentaries, is so genuinely intimate}

today i learned about the history of film.

see this:

and then watch this:

and then fall in love with them just like i did today.

{also forgive the sloppy editing, part one and part two over lap a bit}

midweek goodies.

1. i made an apple pie today but i'm saving it for thanksgiving.
2. i dreamed about painting ceramic bowls last night.
3. i watched half of 'paris, je t'aime' today and i love it. what is it with french movies?
4. maybe i'm listening to christmas music already. and maybe i love sufjan stevens' 'songs for christmas'.
5. i'm seeing wall-e tonight at the dollars. wish me luck.
6. bye.
7. also, i dig this photograph i learned about today:

{tears, man ray, 1930}

courtney's top 100 movies of all time.

i really enjoy movies and decided to share my top 100 with YOU. be excited.
{these are in no particular order}

•the eternal sunshine of the spotless mind
•little miss sunshine
•garden state
•you’ve got mail
•gladiator
•better off dead
•school of rock
•zoolander
•meet the parents
•the shining
•moulin rouge
•batman begins
•across the universe
•stranger than fiction
•rear window
•a beautiful mind
•when harry met sally
•it’s a wonderful life
•ratatouille
•cinderella
•ever after
•toy story
•the incredibles
•the ring
•big fish
•silence of the lambs
•the Truman show
•casablanca
•the others
•the nightmare before Christmas
•sixteen candles
•the breakfast club
•the sixth sense
•ferris buhler’s day off
•no reservations
•marie Antoinette
•adaptation
•to kill a mockingbird
•ameile
•cinderella man
•finding neverland
•the shawshank redemption
•planes, trains, and automobiles
•how the Grinch stole chirstmas
•so I married an axe murderer
•pirates of the Caribbean
•the graduate
•the lord of the rings: the fellowship of the ring
•the lord of the rings: the two towers
•the lord of the rings: the return of the king
•vertigo
•north by northwest
•small time crooks
•scoop
•disturbia
•Manhattan murder mystery
•italian job
•legally blonde
•ocean’s 11
•ocean’s 13
•alice in wonderland
•cast away
•the 7 year itch
•return to me
•the wedding singer
•the wizard of oz
•proof
•hitch
•bruce almighty
•cable guy
•memoirs of a geisha
•as good as it gets
•twister
•american graffiti
•one flew over the cuckoo’s nest
•Shakespeare in love
•crash
•chocolat
•singing in the rain
•young Frankenstein
•willy wonka and chocolate factory
•nodding hill
•memento
•help
•into the wild
•batman: the dark knight
•kung fu panda
•be kind rewind
•beaches
•son of rambow
•Forrest gump
•stand by me
•the orphanage
•pan labyrinth
•dan in real life
•the emperor's new groove
•the mummy
•matchstick men
•catch me if you can
•edward scissorhands
the end.

film students.

i really think that anyone in the film program at byu is the coolest. really. shan is a film major and look how freaking awesome she is. if you are in the film program at byu, lets be friends. basically all shan and i do is fill our time with movie making, bahhh, and i love it.

we've made two horror films this semester that are going to be in a halloween film festival and i really think you should come. thursday, 8:30pm at the varsity theater. ok? click here for more info and SEE YOU THERE!

boo!

october love list.

i took this idea from britt, who took it from someone else, but i love the idea and i completely agree with the following statement regarding it: "so for the past month, i tried to pay special attention to lovable details. whenever I thought, "oh this can go on my love list!" i appreciated the moment even more. so even though [this month] was challenging at times, i still found myself looking for what is good."

october love list:
.regina spektor
.pumpkin muffins
.haunted houses
.pumpkin shampoo
.'son of rambow' [see it!]
.kathy and gary cosgrove
.meaningful prayer
.'pushing daisies'
.zupas
.'the 7 year itch'

loves.

new love, greece.

it all started when i saw mamma mia, which was great by the way, then ended upon seeing the sisterhood of the traveling pants, also good.

i love greece.



and have decided to add it to my list of destinations before death, along with only paris. what i'm saying is that a vacation spot has to sound pretty good before i blot it's name on my 'before death' list. i've fallen head over heels and have started planning where to go and what i'll do.

1. i'll eat.
i have always loved greek food. few things are better in life than dining at basilla's in st. george. i quite enjoy a grilled chiken kabob atop lemon basmati rice, followed by greek wedding cookie. but i hear that while acctually in greece you have to eat fish, of which i am opposed to usually but will make an exception while in greece as to fully partake of the culture.

2.i'll sleep.
at the splanzia hotel, a cute little "boutique hotel" in crete. i find myself waking up to a breath taking view of the blue waters each morning, then eating greek yogurt while planning my day. the splanzia is said to be peaceful, as it is not overrun with tourists.




3.i'll island hop.
i have to do this if i want to see all there is to see. both the minoan and greek societies had a lasting effect on art and i'll need to see as much of the art and architechture as i can. the island i find most appealing is rhodes. some beaches on this island are lined with umberella tables, while others are empty. a nice combination of tourist appeal and actual culture.

4.i'll sit lazyly on th beach.
this is the most important part of the vacation, the part i'm looking forward to the most.





now i just need the money. thats all, just few thousand.

i hate spiders.

as a kid i quite enjoyed the terror overwhelmingly received by watching arachnophobia. 'eight legs, two fangs and an attitude'. so great. and seriously creepy with just the right amount of cheese to dub it one of those 80's movies we'll never forget. i'm pretty sure i still think of that shower scene more than not when i take a shower.

creep.

so . . . yesterday while relaxing after a swim in shannen's pool, i reached to grab my pink lemonade but instead grabbed a big, hairy spider! bahhhh!

scary as that was, i come to find out today that just 20 miles south of me lies a city being overrun with spiders. just like on arachnophobia! residents of saratoga springs have noticed an infestation of the 'really big house spider'(the actual scientific name). some counted 40 or 50 in their front yard around sunset (which is, obviously, when they come out). what the residents of this town fear most is where the 'really big house spider' will go when the cold weather sets in. residents have already noticed them piling up onto the house.

freak!

but really, i love it. all the 'real life' arachnophobias. i just hope they don't move north.

loves.