Your FACE won't DO IT

I was challenged and tagged by Summer!!

Eight things I look forward to:


1. SUMMERTIME!! 6 more daysssss

2. CONCERTS!!! No Doubt,Better than Ezra, Third Eye Blind (twice) and Beyonce!!

3. Traveling/ going to the Beach (Destin, visiting Abby, Puerto Rico and Malibu)

4. Puerto Ricoooo trip with 3 of my best friendssss. We are going on a Pirate tour of old San Juan on Seadoos. I am also going to stalk Johnny Depp who is filming a movie there.

5. Sand Volleyball

6. Staying up late and sleeping really late

7. YOUNGLIFE CAMP in Coloradoooooooo

8. Stalking Zach Braff in Californiaaaaaaaa


Eight things I did yesterday:


1. Listened to about 70 of my student's persuasive speeches.

2. Attended a pep rally.

3. 4 hour volleyball training.

4. Talked to Lauddi on the phone about her amazing job and about visiting her this summer in Caliiii

5. Watched a rerun of FRIENDS and laughed out loud by myself

6. Ate chips and salsa

7. Remembered how I am seeing Gwen Stefani in 3 days and freaked out!!

8. Engaged in stalker activities.

Eight things that I wish I could do:

1. Swim with Dolphins

2. Live by the Ocean

3. Meet Zach Braff

4. Run really fast

5. Go back to Greece

6. Surf

7. Play guitar

8. Teach with Ron Clark

Eight Shows I watch:

1. Scrubs

2. The Office

3. LOST

4. So You Think You Can Dance

5. FRIENDS reruns

6. 30 Rock

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Now I tag Anna!!!!!!!!!!! and I know she will do it!!!

"What's amazing is when you can feel your life going somewhere, like your life just figured out how to get good, like that second"

During spring break I went to visit my friend Laura (Lauddi), who recently moved to Malibu, California. So basically, it was one of the craziest trips I have ever been on. I keep reliving all of it in my head, and can't believe that most of it actually happened. I am currently planning on when I can go back, which is not soon enough!!



This is a picture of Lauddi and her horse, Lucky Lady in front of the house they are staying at.







I am going to have to break the trip down into different posts because there is just so much to tell. Well first off I will start by how I prepared for this trip. I decided that my goal while I was in LA was that I would find Zach Braff and make him fall in love with me...or at least just get a glimpse of him. I am crazy I know, but he is the one person I wanted to see. I am obsessed with Scrubs, and think we are MFEO. Anyways, while googling, "places where Zach Braff hangs out" like a crazy person I came across a blog titled, "iamnotastalker.blogspot.com". I immediatly was drawn in. This girl basically finds all of the places where movies and tv shows were shot in LA and posts there addresses. She also posts where to find a celebrity. So while looking at her blog in amazement I stumbled upon a post titled "My So Called Life House". I immediately freaked out and emailed Summer with the news. This is one of our favorite shows of all time, so I knew she would be crazy and get excited with me.








So once I arrived in LA I decided that would rent a car for the week because Lauddi had to work during the day. I do not know what I would have done with out the rent car or my handy GPS system guiding me through my craziness. So the first place that I had on my agenda was the Chase house from "My so Called Life". It is located in South Pasadena and was pretty easy to find. It was crazy to be there in person. As I pulled up to the house I saw that the windows were wide open and I could tell that it was empty. So I thought to myself, "who cares what people think, I am going to get out of my car and walk up onto that porch and do a twirl like Angela Chase did after her first kiss with Jordan Catalano". So after calling Summer and getting a pep talk I did just that.












It is a great house, I met one of the neighbors outside who was extremely nice and took a picture of me in front of the house. He told me he has lived in his house for 30 years now, so I got excited and thought that maybe he remembered when the show was being filmed. He said that there had been several things filmed in front of that house so he didn't remember it exactly. However when I told him about the show and when it was filmed he then informed me that he remembered high school kids and a girl with red hair and a backpack...which would have been the one and only, CLAIRE DANES!! I know most will not think that this is a cool experience but to me it was!! Here are a few pictures of the Chase house.



Above is the how the house looked on the show, below you can see that it has been painted. I love this house!! I love the porch and the balcony, and the street that it is on.










I also stalked the Wonder Years Home which is in Burbank, the Father of the Bride house, which is in South Pasadena as well and finally the Sacred Heart Hospital, where they film scrubs. My next post will be all about my Scrubs experience, which lead to several fun events!! Here are a few pics.




FATHER OF THE BRIDE!!! This is one of my favorite houses. There are tulips lining the walkway, just like they planted them for the wedding in the movie. I tried to see the basketball goal in the driveway where they played one-on-one but could not see because it was in the back. That is my favorite part of the movie. Such a great house.

WONDER YEAR HOUSE!!! Can't you just see the Arnold's rolling around and wrestling in the grass, like they did during the opening credits?

SCRUBS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! TO BE CONTINUED...

Top Ten Movies of All Time

(According to me)

The other day I was having a conversation with Tyler about great movies. As much as I love movies I thought it a shame that I could not actually pinpoint a favorite.

Here is my list of the top ten greatest movies from the last 25 years in the order that they came out.

10. Splash (1984)/Big (1988)

For me, these two tie for my favorite movie as a child. I used to wish that I were a mermaid so that Tom would fall in love with me and we could live together in the sea.

9. Forrest Gump (1994)

No big surprise that I loved this one, as well. It was so much more than just a story about a man from Alabama.

8. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

Great.
7. Romeo and Juliet (1996)

DiCaprio and Danes are HOT in a modern take on the classic love story.

6. Titanic (1997)

Hate to love it. Fun to watch until the ship hits the iceberg. It breaks my heart every time.

5. Almost Famous (2000)

I didn’t even come to appreciate this movie until college when I used to watch it over and over again. It’s a classic to me.

4. The Pianist (2002)

The best WWII movie to date. Roman Polanski and Adrian Brody earned their Oscars.

3. Cinderella Man (2005)

Extremely entertaining true story about a boxer who never gave up. Always makes me cry.

2. No Country for Old Men (2007)

Unlike any movie I’ve ever seen. Beautiful, honest, and brutal.

1. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)

Reminiscent of Forrest Gump, it is the life story of a man from New Orleans. I found myself wanting to warp into his world. At three hours long, I still wanted more.

The Top 30 after that!
(There are so many to love)

Girls Just Want to Have Fun (1985), The Princess Bride (1987), Willow (1988), Dances with Wolves (1990), Thelma and Louise (1991), Jurassic Park (1993), Braveheart (1995), Elizabeth (1998), The Green Mile (1999), Gladiator(2000), Cast Away (2000), The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (2001, 2002, 2003), Bridget Jones’s Diary (2001), Catch Me If You Can (2002), Love Actually (2003), The Notebook (2004), National Treasure (2004), Brokeback Mountain (2005), Munich (2005), Talladega Nights (2006), The Departed (2006), The Holiday (2006), Once (2006), Knocked Up (2007), Into the Wild (2007), Seven Pounds (2008), The Dark Knight (2008), Sex and the City (2008)