Well, it's been ages since I last posted. Since then I've gone through summer classes, full time work, the start of my senior year of college, and grad school applications. Basically, I've been a bit busy. But I'll try to keep updating again, regularly.
Alright. Here we go.
I was recently introduced to the movie Imagine Me & You. Yes, I realize that I'm a little slow, since it came out in 2005, but give me a break.
Needless to say, I absolutely love it. It's now my favorite romantic comedy ever. And it's not even just a romantic comedy...it's a wonderful love story, that's also quite heartwarming (is everyone sick from my sweetness yet? I am. I can't help it; I have a new obsession!). Anyway, the point I'm trying to make, is that everyone should see this movie.
No, that's not really it. It's that Lena Headey and Piper Perabo make great (and quite attractive *cough*) lesbians. Seriously. They both played lesbians before, actually, Piper in Lost and Delirious and Lena in the BBC series Band of Gold about a bunch of women in the red light district.
But this is all beside the point.
Apart from the fact that I think everyone should watch Imagine Me & You (and not just lesbians, really), I think part of the reason I'm so drawn to it is because no one died.
Yes, I did say that right. No one died. In every other lesbian movie I've seen, one of the girls died, or decided she was suddenly straight, or any other number of horrible things. Plus, it's always about being gay. It's the same with almost every book (certainly young adult books). It's all about coming out, or being gay and misunderstood.
This plot is completely fine, but where are all of the other books, with regular plot lines, and gay characters? That's what the movie is about. It's just a love story, that ends up having a relationship between two women. It's not about being gay, and it's just a normal plot with gay people in it. That's part of what interested me, since some of my writing is like that, too. I feel as though there aren't enough books and movies with just gay characters. Particularly love stories. I like having love stories that are normal love stories that just happen to have two women. Or two men. Or anything else. Almost. But the point, is that it doesn't *have* to be about being gay! It can just be about being people. =). And watch that movie!
P.S. One other thing I noticed about the characters in that movie is that Rachel, Piper's character doesn't suddenly get all into "being gay" after she discovers Luce. She's just herself! And both characters are quite feminine, which is really just refreshing to me because I usually don't see that in media. Not that there's anything wrong with more masculine lesbians (I sure as hell know a lot of them), but this is far more applicable to my life, and my story, since that's how my girlfriend and I both are.
Also, would anyone be interested in reading my writing? Parts of my actual writing that I would post up here? Let me know!
That is, if anyone reads this...
