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AmysJourney · May 05, 2014, 08:18 AM

"Day #11&12

Yes, I really do have to combine these two because I didn't write yesterday at all. And I am telling you, tat really is progress fro me to not feel too guilty about it. Old me would have probably felt anxious that I promised to write every day and then leaving a day out.
But new me feels it was good to take a day to myself. It has been a lot of excitement lately -good and bad- that sleeping and recuperating was exactly what I needed.

But sleeping all day made me feel so awake in the middle of of the night, so I watched 6 episodes of "The Andy Griffith Show" and I wished I was a citizen of Mayberry, haha.. That little world in there is just too seductive. Everything always works out fine in the end, the criminals in Sheriff Taylor's little jail cell are treated like people with feelings and their stories and backgrounds are respected, and they are given meals that Aunt Bee cooked with lots of love. I found myself thinking, if I lived there, I would have smashed a window or two just to spend a night in Andy's jail, haha
Even though I know why the series was made the way it was, even though I know the political background of that time, even though I know that Andy Griffith was not the same man off screen as he portrayed on screen - I still admire the show for letting me believe that all that humanity is possible and if people only managed to look beyond themselves sometimes, great things can happen.
It definitely is a world worth escaping to when my own world feels like it's too much.

That's a thing that some of you will know about me: I am a movie fanatic and apart from gory serial-killer horror there isn't much I haven't seen. I can get completely engulfed in a 9 hour Lord of the Rings marathon and I can appreciate a well made documentary. I love foreign movies as much as I love watching silly movies like the Rocky series. When I was younger I was in love with Bruce Lee
Later I loved Vincent D'Onofrio - he is just so special.
My favourite actor was Philip Seymour Hoffman and I cried when I heard the news of his passing. I will always cherish the memory of meeting him and talking to him.

Some people asked me to write more about me and what I like/dislike so I thought I make a few top 5 lists for you today.

My top five movies of all time?

5: The Godfather (only the first one though)
4: Flawless (the one with Philip Seymor Hoffman)
3: The Story of the Weeping Camel
2. One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest
1. The Shawshank Redemption

My top five TV series?

5: Friends
4: Rules of Engagement
3: 7th Heaven
2: The 4400
1: Lost

My top five foods?

5: Milk Chocolate
4: Hazelnut Chocolate
3: Dark Chocolate
2: Mint Chocolate
1: White Chocolate

My top 5 songs:

5: Where the streets have no name (U2)
4: Across the Universe (Rufus Wainright)
3: Jesus blood never failed me yet (Gavin Bryars with Tom Waits)
2: In my Secret Life (Leonard Cohen)
1: Carrying a Torch (Van Morrison)

Five things hardly anyone knows about me:

5: I smoke and I like it
4: I wake up in the middle of the night with a craving for Belgian Seashells so I always have a box available. If I am about to run out, I get nervous
3: I drink Orange Soda only and I hate water
2: I am a really good cook and I hardly ever use recipes. If I do try out a recipe from the internet or from someone around me, I can remember the exact ingredients and amounts and never need to look at the recipe again.
1. Most of the songs I have ever written come to me in dreams. Like in my dreams I sing a song and when I wake up I have the melody, and sometimes even most of the lyrics.

So now you learned a little more about me again Haha, and without thinking too much I wrote the email for today.

Have a good day.
Lots of love,
Amelia"