amy loves books

and this actually is my favorite pie.

You Are Cream Pie

You're the perfect combo of simplicity and divinity. You are a secret hedonist. No one knows how indulgent you can be. You don't indulge often, but when you do, you go for the best. You have expensive taste - even if you aren't rich. Those who like you live for understated pleasures. You're not flashy or trendy, but you have a depth that most people lack. Interacting with you makes most people feel incredibly satisfied. You are gentle, super sweet, and in harmony with those around you.

What Kind of Pie Are You?

the girls i mean to be

This is probably my favorite meme-type thingy of all time. I'd love to do it with a class one day. The idea is to find pictures of twelve fictional characters that you wanted to be (or be like). If you have never done it, you should.

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Explication
1. Alice - Alice was the first girl I fell in love with. The idea that, just a rabbit hole away, there might be a place like Wonderland, captured my heart and has never really let it go.

2. Tia (Escape to Witch Mountain)- I wanted everything: The pet cat. The twin brother. A starbox with a map inside. The cool room with the ice cream shop and marionettes. The ability to talk to animals. I wanted to be a stowaway, and, most of all - I wanted to learn, in the end, that I belonged.

3. Flora (The Piano) - because of the way she danced by herself on the beach. It looked like what it must feel like to be free. I wish I could be wild and lovely like that, even just for a moment.

4. Wendy (but only in the live action version of Peter Pan) - because she was strong, brave, beautiful, loyal, and kind.

5. Anne (Anne of Green Gables)- because Gilbert Blythe said she was the smartest girl in school, and being smart was better than being pretty.

6. Sarah (the Little Princess) - because she was lost, and then found.

7. Susan or Sharon (The Parent Trap) - because I always wanted a twin (see #2)

8. Marty (Beautiful Girls)- Marty is actually quite similar to the way I was when I was young. When I saw the movie, it made me want to be like that again- I realized that I had lost something somewhere. A few months later, I got a letter from a very good friend who knew me well when I was younger. He wrote to get in touch after he saw this film because he said there was a character in it that reminded him so much of me, and that I should watch it. I've never had anyone tell me anything that made me feel both so good and so bad at the same time.

9. Veronica (Heathers) - this movie had to be the defining film of my high school experience. I don't remember how many times I saw it in the theater - but it was at least ten. Teenage suicide - don't do it.

10. Drummer Girl (Some Kind of Wonderful) - because she was so cool. She was the best friend, she could play the drums, and she got the artist boy. And did I mention that she was so cool?

11. Lucy (Room With A View) - because she ended up following her heart, and choosing an unconventional life. I love the fact that she struggled with her decision - but in the end she choose authenticity over conformity. ? indeed.

12. Trinity (The Matrix)- how could I not want to be Trinity? She was brave, and willing to sacrifice everything for what she believed in. And also, she was cool and had a very cool name. I've always wanted to be cool and be something other than an Amy.