Movie Marathon and Water Wars

I've gotta say, I think I'm rekindling some of that love I have for my home church... Last Sunday, after the service, our church decided to have "water wars," and I thought, well, I doubt it'll be anything crazy... but I might as well bring extra clothes... just in case.

Wooooo! That was so much fun! Literally anything that can be used to carry water is a weapon--buckets, guns, balloons, cups, water bottles, garden hoses, etc! Everything--and everyone--was soaking wet, no joke! It was a good bonding experience, at least for me, to have a fun, non-threatening way of reestablishing friendships and relationships with the people I felt I was drifting away slowly from. That was the day I realized that I wasn't as isolated as I thought I was, and in reality, though I'm not quite sure what's going on with a fraction of the group, my girls are still my girls, and our friendship remains. It was incredibly fun to just let loose, dump a bucket of water on someone's head, and try to run away as they attempt to retaliate!

It was a pretty awesome weekend, actually. I went home to my family on Friday night, and we grabbed a quick dinner from Tommy Pastrami and ate by Newport Beach, then had some frozen bananas and frozen cheesecake from Balboa Island. Saturday was a good day as well. Five cool people I know are having their birthday soon, and I went to the mall to shop for their gifts. Then I came over my best friend's house to have a romantic comedy movie marathon day with her folks... just nice to relax, sit, and watch for a change.

Romantic comedies are interesting, especially Tagalog ones! Tagalog romantic comedies all tend to work out perfectly for the main characters. More likely than not, I'll finish watching a Tagalog movie with a big, silly smile across my heart. Movies, in general, are interesting. Why is it that whenever we watch a movie, we know (for the most part) who the main character should end up with, and have a good idea of how the plot would and should unfold? And why is it that this doesn't apply to real life, at all? I guess movies know how to direct your focus to the parts of life that are essential to the progression of its plot. Why does it seem so much harder to pick those moments out in everyday life? Why is real life so different from what we see in movies? More importantly, would we honestly want a life that is "movie-perfect"? I personally don't. The term, "too good to be true" was not coined just for fun. It's true. All things considered, I love my life, and I wouldn't trade it for anyone else's, even if that means I'll have to await in patient wonder what each day brings, and the future lays before me like a long stretch of mist and cloud.

That's about all the thinking that my brain is letting me do right now, but it's an interesting topic, no? I'm not sure I'm done commenting on this... I might post a continuation of this later on... good night!