I've had a painting in my mind since that beautiful fall day last year when I was out visiting the stunning Selle Francais Stallion, PS I Love You at Armstrong Farm. PS was in his paddock walking to and from me as I snapped away with my camera. He had a swagger, and immediately made me think, 'if this stallion was a man, he'd wear one fine Armani suit really well on the catwalk' .... (I always love a man who looks good in a fine designer suit.. :)   Well, I caught the shot and have painted it a few times, first one was too boring, next one too much, this one I am feeling is going somewhere... now agree me, doesn't he look like a runway model?

Gisteren EINDELIJK naar Wall-E gegaan en ook maar weer eens naar Wagamama.
Veel te lang geleden.
Dank daarvoor!

Ik moet zeggen dat mijn verwachtingen van Wall_E iets hoger lagen dan de film deed waar maken.
Er zaten echt super leuke stukjes tussen hoor!
Ook de short film Presto was erg leuk!

Maar het duurde een beetje lang en ik had meer spektakel verwacht.
Evengoed een leuke film om te zien!
Special effects en details alom outstanding!

Ook heb ik de film P.S I love you gezien.
Ik vind die echt heel erg leuk en Mellie, ook voor jou een aanrader! ;)
En KUDOS to you Theo, ja die Butler was ook de Phantom of the opera ja.
(there she admitted it!)

I know what I want, because I have it in my hands right now. You. (smelt)

Haha Denise haar acties dan, heerlijk!

Ook de begin scene is ZO herkenbaar! Heerlijk!
En dan aan het einde, die perfect kus (herkenbaar boo.....)

OK verders is mijn fiets gesloopt dus die staat bij de fietsenmaker. (grom)
Ben nogal vergeetachtig met dingen en vergeet dus de container bij de weg te doen, en er is een programma op nu hoorde ik wat ik heeeeel graag wil zien maar ja als je nooit tv kijkt dan vergeet je het gewoon.
Dus nu staat het op de kalender voor volgende week.

Waarempel word ik steeds handiger met de pc, ik sluit aan, installeer van alles.
Goed bezig!

Nou verloofde (*proest*), heb je al gekeken?
Wanneer 15 @ Amsterdam? Havixhorst? Of dat Indie dingetje in Utrecht?

Oe ik heb ook al de pepernoten gevonden en toebehoren.
Erg fout maar ik hoopte stiekem al dat ik ze binnenkort zou vinden.
Mini zakje pepernoten gekocht....en ja ze waren heerlijk!!!!
(damn die streek-frambozen toestand ook! ;) )

Voor nu.. ik ga weer aan mijnn cursus verder en lekker eten maken.
Dank allemaal voor de many hits en gisteren weer mijn record aantal mensen per dag te breken!
:D

Nama Cecelia dikenal banyak orang lewat novel-novelnya yang selalu menempati daftar best seller di Irlandia dan Inggris. Novelnya diedarkan di 46 negara dengan total penjualannya delapan juta eksemplar.

Semua itu bermula dari malam-malam melelahkan yang dilalui Cecilia di dapur rumahnya berteman bercangkir-cangkir kopi dan cahaya temaram. Cecelia yang saat itu berusia 21 tahun menulis dengan pena dan kertas nonstop mulai malam hari hingga matahari terbit. “Rasanya ide lebih mengalir kalau menulis dengan tangan sampai-sampai tangan tidak bisa mengimbangi ide yang mengalir deras,” kata penggemar penyanyi rap 50 cent ini.

Ketika novel yang diberi judul “PS I Love You” diterbitkan, banyak yang mencibir dan menuduh Cecelia mendompleng nama besar sang ayah. Tapi semua suara sumbang tak digubrisnya. “Tumbuh di keluarga politisi membuat saya siap menghadapi kritik paling pedas sekalipun,” ujar penulis yang menyumbangkan royalti antologi cerpennya untuk amal.

Cecilia tidak berpuas diri dan terus menulis novel yang ketika diterbitkan langsung melejit jadi best seller. Gadis yang pernah bekerja menjadi sales toko pakaian dan pelayan restoran ini mengaku ingin terus menulis karena sangat mencintai aktivitas ini.

Cecelia yang sejak berusia delapan tahun sudah menulis catatan harian ini menemukan jati dirinya lewat kelas-kelas menulis kreatif saat kuliah. Namun yang paling mendorong ia menulis novel adalah ibunya yang sangat tertarik membaca draf novelnya dan ayahnya yang meski politisi selalu membaca novel Cecelia yang bertema cinta.

Karena itu Cecelia sangat percaya diri dan cuek terhadap semua kritik pada novelnya. Tapi ia sangat keberatan kalau novelnya disebut chicklit yang dianggapnya istilah yang merendahkan dan membatasi kalangan pria untuk menikmati karyanya. “Hanya karena ceritanya hangat dan menarik untuk perempuan bukan berarti novel saya tidak intelek,” kata dia kesal.

Cecelia memang tidak pernah mengambil tema cinta yang sederhana dan selalu penuh dengan imajinasi dan bumbu dongeng yang menjadi ciri khas Irlandia. Dalam novelnya “A Place Called Here”, Cecelia mengisahkan tokoh utamanya mencari sahabat kecilnya di negeri tempat semua benda yang hilang berlabuh.

Kini Cecelia sedang menanti drama televisi dari novel A Place Called Here dan film musikal yang dibintangi Hugh Jackman yang diadaptasi dari novel “If You Could See Me Now”. Novel terbarunya “Hope Only Comes Once” akan diterbitkan April 2008 di Eropa.

Setelah semua kesuksesan diraihnya di usia yang sangat muda, Cecelia tetap dikenal sebagai gadis yang ramah dan membumi. Ia memang tidak pernah bermimpi menjadi milyuner dan hanya ingin terus menulis selama ia bisa. “Kata-kata dituangkan di atas kertas akan diingat dan tersimpan selama-lamanya,” ujarnya.

American actress Hilary Swank (P.S. I Love You) has bought the movie rights of  bestselling author Emily Giffin's first two books, Something Borrowed and Something Blue, through her production company 2S Films. The films would of course be starring vehicles for the two-time Oscar winner, who would play the role of Rachel White, a hard-working attorney who sleeps with her best friend's fiancé after one drink too many. No writer, director or additional cast is attached to the picture yet, as Swank is a hard-worker herself and has no less than 8 movie projects currently in various stages of development.

Hilary Swank will next be seen late next year in the Amelia Earhart biopic Amelia, from director Mira Nair (The Namesake). Amelia Earhart, a noted airplane pilot, is mostly famous for being the first female to fly solo across the Atlantic.

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i'm sure many have already watched/read this story. i'm late i know, but better late than never.

it's about a couple who are very much in love but the husband passed away due to an illness. the wife then sinks into helplessness. one day, the wife receives something from the deceased husband and continues to receive letters after that. she thrives on those letters and looks to those messages for guidance. but she didn't seem to be recovering from the pain, instead she lives in his 'shadow'. the story continues to illustrate how she eventually picks herself up.

it's a great show.

i'm sure all of us will grieve if a loved one passes on. be it parents, close relative or friends. let alone the love of your life, isn't it? well, maybe not all of you agree with me, but personally, my love is important to me. in a strange way, perhaps losing my love will be more painful than losing my parents. i hope this doesn't sound unfilial - not that parents are not important to me, not that they hold a lower priority than my love, but logically we all know that parents will leave us one day, and biologically speaking, they usually leave earlier than our love, simply because they are much older. ok, never mind, i dunno how to put my point across.

in the movie, the wife had time to prepare herself for the loss, because the husband was taken away by an illness. i think the pain is more intense if a loved one is taken away due to sudden accident. totally unprepared. it just hits you like that.

a couple of months ago, 2 young men from the army died within a few days of each other. when i first heard the news, i was sad for their families. but to be frank, i didn't knew them, so the sadness went away pretty quickly. shortly after, one of the forums which i frequently go to posted a blog link. it's the blog of one of the men's girlfriend. i read it, word for word, and i almost cried. in the office.

she was waiting for him to return from his brunei training. only to learnt that he has passed away. on the last day of the training. they were young, and loving. but their love story had to come to an unexpected end. she mourns for him everyday. friends of hers encouraged her to pick herself up. i wasn't sure whether that's the best for her. i think she should be allowed to grieve. as long as she wants to. only she herself can put a closure to it.

everytime i read her blog, i am fearful that dearest will leave me one day. i am fearful for his health, his safety. i am also fearful that he will lose his love for me one day. i am afraid to spend my life without him by my side.

after i watched the movie, i thought to myself, are my fears of losing dearest because i am dependent on him, or because i love him? i thought about my previous relationship, and i know the answer. i cannot live without dearest because he matters to me. because i love him.

how do i know that? when i was in my previous relationship, i had once thought about breaking up. it was a struggle to make that decision. but no, not because i love him. but because i thought i will not function without him. my friends can vouch for me because we had a long discussion way past midnight and i told them all my fears while they tried to 'encourage' me to break up. i was afraid no one else will want me. i was afraid i will be lonely. i was afraid i will never find another boyfriend. i didn't say that i was afraid to be without him or i was afraid that i will miss him. that, i tell you, is NOT love. we did not breakup then but only a couple of years later through his initiation. i was sad but i did not beg him to stay. i wasn't worried that i would miss him. that, is NOT love.

with dearest, it is so different. in our early months together, we were already facing external pressures. i was afraid to lose him. because i know i couldn't give up someone whom taught me what is true love. i remember having panic attacks (which i have never encountered before in my life) whenever we embrace each other and thoughts of having to end the relationship pass through my mind. i remember reluctantly suggesting to dearest that he might want to call it quits if it gets too difficult for him (but knowing deep in my heart that a major part of me will die if he did). i remember walking along the corridor of my office and smiling to myself because i recall his innocent lips on mine.

now, we seem to be able to see a future. or so dear says. but we can never be sure isn't it? it still seems so far away to me. if anyone asks me what is my ultimate dream in life, i will not hesitate and say it is to spend the rest of my life with dearest, to be able to hold hands and take a stroll at night when our hair has turned grey (if we still have hair, that is). dearest should know very well, that i am willing to give up anything for him. at one point in time, i was ready to give up my job here to move with him to australia. a few months ago, when he couldn't cope with work, i was willing to give up my job to work for his parents even though i know they dislike me. there will be more, if he ever needs, i will be there.

and all i ever need from him is his eternal love for me, to be by my side till old age and death.

if one day dearest leaves me, my world will collapse. without a doubt.

do you know that when we quarrel, i get very lost? when he doesn't call after a quarrel, i'm a total wreck. i'll start off by hiding in bed and crying. crying and sleeping. crying and sleeping. then i will go out for a walk alone at night. once, i stood outside a train station. it was raining heavily and i couldn't walk back home. so i just stood there. for a long long time. looking at loving husbands and boyfriends coming to pick up their partners. one by one they drive off. and i search the road for a yellow honda jazz, hoping that he will miraculously appear and save me from the rain.

that was just one night. and i was so lost. i cannot imagine a whole lifetime without him.

i hope dearest never leaves. but if he does, i know i will never fall in love again. ever. maybe i will marry, just to fill the void in my life. but love? nah...

i love you dearest. i dun have the reasons why. i just do.

P.S. I Love You.

going to a family meeting this week end... I just learnt that my grand parents won't be there...so that sucks. 

What better love story would there be than LOVE STORY?  This classic film is also a classic tear-jerker as it tells the story of a rich boy who falls in love with a poor girl.  And just when you think all is going well with them, the bomb drops and you have to deal with the impending death of one of the lead characters.  Drat.  I hate crying over drama films, much more a romance film, yet you just can't hold back your tears on a film like this.  It feels like the story grabs your very soul and twitches it so hard that you just gotta shed tears.

Love Story stars Ryan O' Neal and Ali McGraw.  It's been 38 years since this film was shown in theatres yet it still manages to captivate even the younger generations...

P.S. I Love You stars Gerard Butler (my crush 4 life!) and Hillary Swank.  It's amazing how a comedy film could make me cry!  P.S. I Love You's story focuses on an Irish boy and an American girl's love story.  They meet in Ireland, get married, start a life, and before you know it--at just 10 minutes into the film--the guy dies. 

It's hard to explain how I feel about this romantic (yet somehow very funny) story.  I've never laughed and cried at the same time while watching a single film--it's just plain crazy.  It's knowing that every, single person on the planet has someone that is especially meant for him (or her) and that one true love will never again be replicated. 

Add all these factors to the fact that Gerard Butler plays the dead-guy-talking-to-his-wife-through-letters role, and I'm good.  I'm all good.

"Corny na kung corny..." "Baduy na kung baduy.." all I can say is this film never fails to make me cry each and every time that I watch it.  Dang.  Sharon Cuneta and Ariel Rivera may not be the best love team to be seen onscreen but it's the story that just touches you. 

This sappy love story is about a rich girl (a physician) and a poor young musician who have quarelling families (very Romeo and Juliet and Against All Odds) who manage to fall in love nevertheless.  The story may not be very original yet the ending is quite unexpected--where the guy has to die.  The scene before the last (where the guy sings his masterpiece to his beloved while struggling to breathe) just makes me all teary-eyed. I hate myself for crying over such a simple scene and yet I do it every freaking time!

Well, looking at all these stories, I guess I can simply say that I'm a sucker for films where the lead characters die.  This may be morbid but, somehow, taking someone from the arms of a loving better half is just the right ingredient to make your eyes well with tears and your chest heave in pain. 

And so there goes the 3 greatest love stories in my own humble opinion.  What's yours?

"Janis: That one there, that's Karen Smith. She is one of the dumbest girls you will ever meet. Damien sat next to her in English last year.
Damian: She asked me how to spell orange.
Janis: That little one, that's Gretchen Wieners.
Damian: She's totally rich because her dad invented Toaster Streudels.
Janis: Gretchen Wieners knows everybody's business, she knows everything about everyone.
Damian: That's why her hair is so big, it's full of secrets.
Janis: And evil takes a human form in Regina George. Don't be fooled because she may seem like your typical selfish, back-stabbing slut faced ho-bag, but in reality, she's so much more than that.
Damian: She's the queen bee - the star, those other two are just her little workers. "

Ahahaha and when Karen was on the news -

"There's a 30% chance that it's already raining!"

Gosh, I love that movie so much. Damian was my favourite character though, I always laugh my pants off when he says"FOUR for you, Glenn Coco! You go, Glenn Coco."... well not literally my pants off, but you know what I mean..

So Seanne and Kathleen came up last night, and we watched Brokeback Mountain (MOST BORING ENDING EVER) I was lucky we skipped the part where one of them gets hurt real bad. Then we watched P.S. I Love You, which is one of my favourite movies ever! Then Juno, I've seen it a million times now. xD

Harrison made us call him out to watch the gay sex scene in Brokeback.. I really don't know if there is something wrong with that boy.. He comes in, watches it and then says 'Oh thats gross' and its like YOU WANTED TO WATCH IT! YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO BUT YOU DID!

This morning went slow, Kathleen left at like 9.30.. I had to answer the door in my pajamas. -.-" Seanne left at like 11, she walked up to Blackwood, I told her to borrow Twilight while she was there, we spent half of the morning watching the trailers, looking at the photos and looking at more photos of Rob Pattinson. I just watched an interview Borders did with him and Kristen Stewart, wow! Down to earth much?! And my gosh, he has the cutest English accent ever. Its too bad he kinda sounds American in the theatrical trailers I've seen so far. Hopefully he has a bit of an english accent in the film.

I also did most of my homework today, I did maths and I typed up my note cards for an English Literature Oral Presentation Fi, Oliver and I are doing tomorrow. Its just a scene from Richard III, I'm a peasant who doesn't like the news of the Kings death and has little faith in the Kings child son that is about to be crowned.

I got my new Debit card in the post this week, its pretty cool, its like a Canvas Card, or something. I was a tiny bit annoyed that the minimum amount of money you can put on there to use is 50 dollars, I was hoping it would be 20 or something around that, 50 is a bit much, if I lose it it would cut me deep.

Well, I'd best get back to reading the fourth book in the Twilight Saga. xD

Over and out.

باقی ماجرا را از وب سایت اختصاصی  فیلم P.S.I LOVE YOU مشاهده کنید

"ریچارد لاگرونز" متولد 1959 .م در بروکلین نیویورک است.از سال 1989 .م با فیلمنامه نویسی کارنامه سینمایی خود را شکل داد . از سال 1998 .م با فیلم " زندگی بدون زرق  و برق " مقوله کارگردانی را تجربه نمود.عمده شهرت لاگرونز مدیون فیلمنامه های "شاه ماهی گیر " , "آرین براکوویچ " و " نویسندگان آزادی " است که فیلمنامه نویسندگان آزادی را خود در سال 2007 .م قبل از فیلم " پی نوشت : دوستت دارم " کارگردانی کرده است.
" پی نوشت : دوستت دارم " بر اساس رمانی پر فروش ساخته شده و لاگرونز کوشید تا نهایت وفا داری را به منبع اقتباس خود داشته باشد . همین استراترژی سبب طولانی شدن بیش از اندازه زمان فیلم شده است.اتفاقی که میتواند با وجود بازی خوب نقش های اصلی فیلم تماشاگر را کم طاقت کند .
فیلم ایده ای ساده دارد . مهم ترین پیام آن اینست که " با مردگان نباید مرد " چرا که زندگی ادامه دارد .
 گفته " اندره مالرو " را به یاد بیاوریم که میگوید : زندگی هیچ ارزشی ندارد و هیچ چیز نیز ارزش زندگی را ندارد .

ابتدا نویسنده و سپس فیلم ساز به ما میگویند که پس از هر مرگی سعی کنید با اندوه خود کنار بیایید و زندگی را ادامه دهید . چون فقط ازدواج و رابطه زناشویی نیست که به زندگی معنا میدهد که با نبود آن زندگی بی معنا شود.بلکه چیز های دیگری چون دوستی و خویشاوندی نیز ارزش های خاص خود را دارند . حتی در گامی آرمان گرایانه که در نامه های گری مجسم شده , به مخاطبین خود میگویند که میتوانید شریک زندگیتان را در فراموش کردن اندوه فقدانتان یاری کنید !

فیلم محلی برای نشان دادن قدرت بازیگری "هیلاری سوانک" و همچنین "جرالد باتلر" است که در صدد خروج از قالب بازیگر نقش های اسطوره ای و تجربه گونه های متفاوتند . این فیلم لحظات تلخ و شرینی دارد که برای هر بیننده ای به رغم سادگی اش میتواند جذاب باشد.تم عشق بعد از مرگ از آن تم هایی است که همواره موجب پدید آمدن یک فیلم دست کم خوب میشود . و پی نوشت:دوستت دارم هم از این قاعده مستثنی نیست .

So, I woke up at like 5:45 to get ready for the Sunrise Devo, which was incredible! I'm so excited I have Randy Harris for my bible class! Once again, like I mentioned yesterday, I will upload the pics from my phone when I figure out how to. :P

After that I went to play volleyball and only 4 people showed up for my team, but no one from the other team we were supposed to play showed up so we automotically won. Than we came back to play our other game, in which our team royally sucked (seriously!!!), but since we had more people show up than the other team we ended up winning even though we were pummeled into the ground by the other team!

So now I'm extremely sore from playing volleyball and I have to play again at 8 in the morning. -_- After that we had Moody Morning in the Coliseum and I definitely slept through the whole thing. But everyone said I didn't miss much because it was a really awkward talk or something, so I don't feel too bad. Jack and Jill Maxwell painted a picture during it though and I always love when they do that.

After that we had lunch and service projects with our U100 groups. My group went to the neighborhood with all the mansions and stuff and I seriously think I found my dream house. It was so beautiful! So, we were going around collecting canned goods for the West Texas Food Bank and it was ridiculously hot and humid and I just happened to be wearing black ACU SWEAT PANTS!!! Ugh, it was awful. And those were the worst run-on sentences I've ever seen, so sorry.

After that we had dinner with our departments and I talked with two of the people from the Optimist and I got positive feedback from them. I really hope I'll be able to at least check out what they do in the newly "converged" media news room. Wish me luck??

Oh, and I definitely didn't get that job. I got an e-mail today from the girl who interviewed me and she said she hired 4 other people for the position, but she would relay my application to the admissions office because she still thought I would be good in some sort of student recruiting position. Keep that in your prayers?? I've been saying that a lot lately, but seriously, that would mean so much to me.

After that I hung out with my friend I mentioned earlier, went to Chicken Express, and then dozed off during  the movie. :P Now here I am. I hope you're all having a great week. Love y'all back home and I miss you. Toodles!

-Bee-

We're looking at doing the telephone book delivery thing as well, its 25cents per phone book so between 5 of us we can cover a really good area in no time. She's meeting with the guy this week, fingers crossed it goes well and we get this going soon.

Watched an amazing movie today ("PS: I love you") its a romantic comedy (and I do mean comedy, i almost fell off the couch laughing at some points) but its quite sad and romantic at the same time. Its worth checking out though if you're into these kinds of movies - even if you're not, give it a chance :) you wont be sorry.

Interview tomorrow, i'm a bit nervous but really excited at the same time! I'll let you know how it goes when I get home.

thats it from me, sorry its not overly interesting - i'm about to fall asleep at the keys and its only 9:30pm!

I kveld benyttet jeg anledningen til å se filmen "Ps: I love you" og den var slettes ikke verst! Tårene begynte å renne etter ti minutter, og det må vel være et godt skussmål for denne typen film. Filmen handler om Holly som mister mannen sin, Gerry, i ung alder. Hun har vanskelig for å takle tapet, men plutselig en dag får hun en beskjed fra Gerry... Han sender henne små brev, forskjellige "oppdrag", og til og med feriebilletter. Slik hjelper han henne med å komme videre i livet.

Jeg ser de har forandret litt i forhold til boka, men jeg kan ikke si at disse forandringene var til det verre. Det er det fine med en bok man egentlig ikke likte, filmen har potensiale til å være mye bedre siden man ikke har noen forventninger til den! Denne filmen passer perfekt for jentekvelden. Hvis man legger til et glass rødvin og litt popcorn så er man garantert suksess!

-Daniel, on P.S. I Love You

Kommentar: Bättre romantisk film hittar du inte. Rekommenderas varmt.

Betyg: 9/10

anyway, enough of all that. my real point is watching the movie made me want to go to ireland again. yeah i've been there, but it was for one crazy weekend of st patrick's day celebrations and nothing else. we were only there for 2 days and didn't even make it out of dublin. we didn't even have a proper place to stay! only crazy college students looking for a once in a lifetime experience would go through what we went through that weekend.

this is what i saw during my short time in ireland:

all city and crowds, as you can see

this is what i wanna see next time i go:

big difference between the countryside and the city, obviously. when i and most other people think of ireland i think they see pictures of rolling green hills and blue seas rather than crowds of people moving through drab gray cities. that's the ireland i want to see and experience, and i want my family to see it too. hopefully one day...

Anyway, TV was bad that night, so I checked out the pay-per-view choices. I saw that P.S. I Love You was available; I had mildly been interested in it when it came out, but since I didn't like Hilary Swank very much or go to the movies often, I hadn't seen it. I needed a light, chick-lit type movie, so I went ahead and ordered it.

I started crying five minutes into the movie. If you haven't seen it, I don't want to give anything away, but oh my god is this a tear jerker. After the initial incident that caused me to weep, I thought "ok, now it will probably get funny or something." I couldn't have been more wrong. Well, it was funny and entertaining in many places, but it was mostly so sad. Sad in sad ways. Sad in happy ways. Sad in wishful ways.

I bawled the entire length of the movie. By bawl, I mean my body was shaking, I could barely catch my breath and my head started to pound from the overwhelming emotion pouring out of me. Bruin was confused and just sat there watching me at first. Then, he moved onto my lap and started kissing away my tears. (Oh how I love that little guy!)

By the time the movie was over, I basically had a migraine and my eyes were swelled to the size of baseballs. I took Bruin out and went to bed.

This may seem like a plea not to get you to see this movie. It's just the opposite. P.S. I Love You is now one of my all time favorite movies. It's a heartwarming story with fantastic actors and star power. Gerard Butler, where have you been my whole life?! And, Hilary Swank, I'm not sure why I didn't like you - maybe a combination of your 90210 days and how you creeped me out in Boys Don't Cry - but I'm a fan now.

If you're feeling sad or in a crappy mood, you may want to watch it with an extra box of kleenex though.

Anyway, back to the topic of this post.  I saw the 1939 Goodbye Mr Chips the other night and LOVED IT!    Even better than the book; they succeeded in capturing the warmth of the original written work.   At first, I wasn't impressed with the first scenes of Chips as the very old guy but as the movie progressed and Donat aged his character, it got better.    Garson was fabulous.   

I CRIED and CRIED!   I love crying to movies.  

My book review of this is here.

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Last night I watched   PS I Love You starring Hillary Swank, Gerard Butler, Lisa Kudrow, Gina Gershon, Kathy Bates, James Marsters, Harry Connick Jr.

I cried and cried again!  This movie was a lot better than I expected.    Based on Cecilia Ahern's book of the same name, this is the story of a young widow receiving letters from her dead husband; others are afraid this is keeping her from moving on with her life.    Can she learn to live and love again?

This was Ms. Ahern's first book - I have yet to read it, but promise you this:  I WILL - and it looks like from all the book press that she is on her way to a fabulous writing career.    The movie was everything I wanted it to be in a good love story, a woman finding herself, humor and wisdom combined with great fashion and more than a few good looking men.       [Jeffery Dean Morgan]     Hillary's character was an unhappy real estate agent (been there, done that) and she stumbles into a career idea that combines what she loves (shoes, art) and learns to appreciate those she loves even more, especially herself.

Chick lit at its finest?   Well, I can't say I'm an expert on that.     But I enjoyed this movie very much and I'm inspired to read the source.