So I accidentally-on-purpose found this old photo of Time Square I took in 2008 with my Holga, and oh my wow, I just.. meh, I feel like my love affair with New York was cut too short I have to go back and pick up where we left off or else I’d spend my entire life counting whys and what-ifs.
Times Square, October 2008
You see, I’ve been watching movies lately. Last full shows. By myself. And if you must ask, it’s not that I don’t have friends to watch movies with, it’s just that I recently discovered that it’s therapeutic to watch movies alone. For one, I get to freely choose how I want my popcorn and have it all to myself (sour cream with extra salt, please). Secondly, I get to pick which movie to watch without the fear of being judged for my preference (chick flick which doesn’t require too much thinking, please).
It’s my third movie date with myself tonight. The last two movies I watched were Remember Me and When In Rome because the options were either way too comedy or way too action for my taste.
I really don’t want to discuss in length how I thought Remember Me was too depressing to be watched alone, and how confusing it was to see Edward Cullen, James Bond, and Ellis Grey all together in one film; or how mediocre When In Rome was and how, the only interesting part of it was the fact that some scenes in the movie were shot in Rome (You’d think, with that title, that the entire film took place in Rome. Nope.)
I’m going to say my point now, people, my apologies for talking way too much.
What I’m saying is.. What really made my heart leap in both movies was how they brought me back to New York City and wooed me with beautiful moving images of Manhattan, Times Square, Central Park, Staten Island ferry, Brooklyn bridge, those yellow NYC taxi cabs, pigeons flying all over the place, and empty subway stations, so much that it starts to feel like there’s this void in my heart that only New York can fill.
I’m bound for New York again, I know it. I just don’t know exactly how in the universe it’s going to happen and when, but I am so going to be back there.
I agree with everything you said up there about watching movies alone. I do that all the time too. :P
And your New York posts make me want to really go to New York now, too. Someday, Tina, someday, you’ll get there. I’m sure you’ll get to go back there, soon, too, Riz. :)
Yay Tina gooo! :) Dream Big!! :)
HAHAHAHA! I thought there was gonna be a lot of action in Rome too as the title suggests LOL. But I loved Kristen Bell’s fashion style in the movie.
If you ask me, mas bagay kang tumira sa New York. As in, permanently. ;)
E kung ITALY? :)
And yeah, I guess it’s not that bad. Kristen Bell’s really cute, I think I developed a girlcrush on her! The plot lang talaga is too Disney, ifyouknowwhatimsaying, but Rome, New York, the fashion, and the museums are quite interesting to watch. :)
Girl-crush, yeah! Maybe second to Zooey Deschanel nga lang. hahaha! Literally, Disney film nga talaga sya. Hehe :)
About Italy, diba ang plan natin before eh kasama natin si friend #1 at friend #2 (na totally wala na picture, haller!)? Ano kaya ang final plan natin someday natin no? hahaha.
E kung kasama ang mga DJ? :)
LOL.
Eto na naman ako e, nagsasalita na naman ng tapos haha. We’ll see we’ll see. :) But YOU & ME TIL THE END JONI. That’s for sure. Hahaha.
Let’s goooo, Riz! My husband and I are dreaming of going there one day, too. That’s why we are living the cheapskate lifestyle so we can travel, travel and travel. Law of attraction. We will be in New York! :)
Yeahh it’s definitely a great place to go to with a special someone. I find NY very romantic. See ya there if ever, haha ;)
Hello!
I’ve been link-hopping a bit and stumbled upon your blog.
What can I say? As much as I refuse to watch Remember Me (still too soon for me to deal with *that* ending) and as much as I hated When in Rome… I’ve been surrounded by a big,blinking,neon ‘MOVE TO NYC’ sign wherever I turn.
Does it make you feel better if I tell you that I spent last weekend streaming episodes of Jack & Jill .. a show which ended in the 1999/2000? It’s set in NYC. As cute as Ivan Sergei is, I was enraptured by the backdrops instead.
I found out that a museum was showcasing JD Salinger’s never-before-seen letters to the guy who designed the cover of Catcher in the Rye. Just *one* more reason to move to NY.
I don’t know if I’m looking for the reasons, or if they’re finding me… either way, for whatever reasons.. I want to move to NYC, even if it’s a silly tv show (or a chick flick) that set it off.
Hope you get there- sooner, rather than later. x
Hey Risha, glad you stumbled upon my blog! :) I have not seen Jack & Jill, but yeah, I guess it does make me feel a little better knowing that someone’s enthralled by NYC too. How about some Gossip Girl? :) Good luck on finding your way to New York!