"Sometimes there's so much beauty in the world my heart can't take it."

I found myself watching American Beauty on TNT a couple weeks back & just can't seem to get it out of my head. Maybe because I think Alan Ball is one of the greatest writers of our time (check out True Blood & Six Feet Under,) the performances are stellar, or Sam Mendes is capable of creating some of the most evocative moments in film and you're not even aware. The scene where Wes Bentley's character shows Thora Birch "the most beautiful thing he's ever filmed" that turns out to be plastic bag dancing in the wind, has always stayed with me, so when I saw this balloon floating outside my window, I had to capture it. Sadly I wasn't able to get any video, but it's playful nature and the delight it provided me with were just as worthwhile as the sense of surprise and shock I felt when the balloon popped soon after I took these.

yes that's the Hair Original Broadway Cast Recording Record sleeve on the wall [Saturday Night Fever and The Great Gatsby are the other 2 ]

"How can you mend a broken heart?"

I recently had my heart brusied, but not broken by 2 people [they were formerly my closest friends/confidantes] within the same week and I've turned to Al Green and asked "How can you mend a broken heart?"



Though the 2 situations were completed unrelated and out of the blue, I got the veritable brush off from both. One brush off came from a poorly written and ridiculously random e-mail, which upon reading made me feel as if I had been slapped in the face and stabbed in the heart at the same time. While the other person of disinterest...well they're not really worth even mentioning.

I'm not too sure how to exactly mend a broken heart, I know this crazy and painful experience will only make me stronger, and hopefully garner some hilarious creative material down the road, because I realized last week when life gives you lemons make Limoncello!