guilty pleasures: i get so eeeeeemotional baby

so i was reading emily's blog and she linked to some other entertainment blog, i think entertainment weekly. anyways they had a segment talking about guilty pleasures and in one they talked about tv show episodes that made them guiltily (or perhaps not so guiltily) bawl their eyes out. And we've all been there, tv watchers or not, where we are watchign something, a hallmark commercial, 2 lovers breaking up on our favorite teen drama. And something about it feels very real and as moana on the bachelor said "it rocked me to my core!" so i decided to dedicate this post to such moments in tv watching history. There are many that i have forgotten, namely scenes from Felicity, so i expect you the readers (tory) to fill in your most painful tv scenes.

ER, circa season one. A red headed woman comes in with her husband and they are so excited about having their first child and then somehow in all the mix she ends up having eclampsia and dies and Dr. Greene wants to comfort the husband but he's so sad he's just like "no no!! you said she'd be ok!" and then he slams the door on Dr. Greene. Dude i think that was the first time i bawled while watchign television.

Dawson's Creek promicide episode. Joey asks Pacey to dance and they do. He mentions her mother's bracelet and she's like "i can't believe you remember that" and he kind of leans into her and very painfully whispers "i remember everything" and the piano plays in the background and he kind of leans into her, breathes in her neck, caresses her back and oooooooh one of the few moments in television where i feel it not in my eyes but in my heart. and i always imagined that my breakups would be this romantic but they weren't. le sigh

Veronica Mars when she goes to confront Logan to tell him that he was the one that raped her and i think she's trying to figure out why he is so grossed out that he had sex with her because like every girl she's trying to figure out what's so wrong with her and hello, they used to love each other! and finally logan breaks down crying and is like "i'm your brother!!!" and sweet baby jesus again my heart felt it before my eyes did. You all need to watch this show like right now. It's the only thing on tv that can make my heart flutter but also drop into my stomach. moments, people, moments!

the Sex and the City episode when charlotte tells them all "maybe we could be each other's soul mates?" The "moonriver" episode when big leaves her the record for when she gets lonely and the plane ticket "for when i get lonely." The series finale, need i say more.

The OC season 1 finale when they are at Julie and Caleb's wedding and Ryan and Marissa dance but they know this is their last dance because he is moving back to chino and then in the background Jem is singing "maybe i'm amazed at the way you love me all the time. Maybe i'm afraid of the way of love you" or whatever and oooooh.

Dawson's Creek series finale when Jen is making her dying last words to her daughter and sand sarah mclauglan "angel" is playing. "i thought i would give you a little list of the things that i wish for you...i want you to spend a lot of time at the ocean because the ocean makes you dream and i insist that you, my girl be a dreamer. God. I've never really believed in God. In fact i've spent alot of time and energy trying to disprove that God exists. But i hope that you believe in God because the thing that i've come to realize is that it just doesn't matter if God exists or not. the important thing is that you believe in something." truth!!

My so called life, i could be mixing up my episodes but I think this all might have been the same one. So Angela just caught her dad was cheating on her mom and she runs home crying because i think she also made a fool of herself at a party wiht the guy she likes. And "Everybody hurts" is playing in the background and she runs to her mom and cries in her arms and it's like she's a child again but also for the first time she has sympathy for her mom cuz she knows the truth.

last 6 minutes of Six Feet Under series finale. Holy shit it's worth watch the 3 crappy seasons before it just to get to this episode.

Grey's Anatomy (yes lame but still has it's moments). The episode in season 2 when the girl and the guy have a pole stuck in them and the girl has to sacrifice herself to save the man. The whole scene of her sacrifice if very sad but i think i really broke down at the end when her fiance Danny comes into the hospital and asks Derek what she said before she died. and he says "she asked me to tell you...she wanted you to know...that if love were enough she'd still be here with you." seriously people! Seriously! and then Later Derek is in the elevator with Bailey and starts breaking down and she very calmly without looking at him pulls the alarm to stop the elevator. He cries and then she's like "are you ok" and he composes himself and she starts the elevator again. ahhh

Alias season 1 and 2, every episode. but especially the first one where danny, her fiance dies. and then anytime she goes to see vaughn and cries and he's super supportive. damn you michael vartan!!!

Felicity, everything that sally said made me cry. I think i'll watch this week and update you guys on the moments of this show

and finally a very recent scene i watched like 2 weeks ago on Gilmore Girls. This show gets so much crap from non viewers but so much love from anyone who has given it a shot. Seriousy it's REALLY good. So ok, Lorelai gets really drunk at the town's karaoke night and she wants to sing a song to her graduating daughter. So she gets up and sings "i will always love you" the dolly parton version which is suprrisingly way more awesome than the Whitney version. Anyways it's all very beautiful because it makes sense in the context of her singing to her child who is leaving home, but then...then, her ex, Luke, walks into the bar right during "bittersweet memories" and i swear to god she looks like she might falter but that bitch keeps on singing. But this time it's not for her daughter but for the love she lost, the man she will always love. it especially kills me when she sings "we both know i'm not what you need" because she cheated on him so it's true!! and i mean...ugh just watch

dance movies

guys, i saw "stomp the yard" last night. I would like to be able to say that someone had to drag me there and i hated every minute of it, but let's be honest. I have wanted to see this movie since i saw the preview during "the covenant" (a movie that i DID in fact get dragged to, and which i did in fact hate). "Stomp the yard," on the other hand was AWESOME! ok maybe not capitol letters wiht exclamation but it was like "step up" good. It was not quite "center stage" or "bring it on" or anything but it was good. I mean stomping, historically black universities, fraternities, brotherhood, bringing street moves to the refined world....all in one film?? how can you not go wrong. I judge all of my dance movies on a scale of 1 to 10, 1 being "save the last dance" and 10 being "girls just want to have fun." And now in honor of this i give you my greatest and worst dance off end sequence films of all time.

10 out or 10: "girls just wanna have fun" - young Sarah Jessica Parker, young helen hunt, young SHANNON DOUGHERTY!! how can you go wrong with this film. the perfect mix of 80's glitter fashion, awesome dancing, SJP in white leather ankle boots and suspenders!!...i love this movie. It made me want to be a dancer. I didn't actually try to be a dancer but like in my head i imagined a dance sequence where i'd be moving, closing my eyes, and some rough tough man in a cut off t shirt would see me and fall madly in love with me. never happened.

9 out of 10: "shag" - a group of women in the early 1960's (i think) want to take their girlfriend Carson on her final weekend of fun in the sun before she gets married. They go to murtyle beach, meet boys, dance the shag, win dance competitions, throw a massive house party, and lose their virginities. one word, eeeeemagine.

9 out of 10: "Bring it on" - Like awesome, oh wow, like totally freak me out i mean RIGHT ON! this may be the only Kirsten dunst movie i have ever liked. Also that really hot guy was in it before he did "swimfan." why?? why did he make that movie? more importantly why did i spent 2 free hours watching it on hbo???

8 out of 10: "center stage" - fuck you mandy moore for singing one of the most awesome movie theme songs ever!! fuck you mandy and your sweet dulcit tones. i love the final scene when the "fat" girl with crooked feet fucking shows them all that she in fact CAN dance so fuck you peter gallagher and your eyebrows too! also this movie reminds me of my frosh roommate who was also a ballerini and during the scene with the bulemic girl would say "oh my god this movie is SOOOO my life!"

7 out of 10: "dirty dancing" - I mean it's a little tired out but you always have to go with a good classic dance movie. And damnit if "she's like the wind" doesn't make me tear up. nobody puts baby in the corner, need i say more?

7 out of 10: "dance with me" - personally i would have liked the plot to have gone away and just seen the ballroom dancing competitions. Samba samba!

1 out of 10: "save the last dance" - ballerina meets black man, learns to hip hop and move her inner soul and her vagina or something..? I honestly don't remember anything about this movie which clearly means it was not good enough to be good nor was it bad enough to be AWESOME so it was just there. I mean... as far as dance movies goes i would not know this in a marathon.

8 out of 10: "step up" - hottness, awesome ballerini clothes, fantastic dance scenes. It was good.

8 our of 10: "stomp the yard" - I don't know much about stomping or the history behind it but it seems hella cool as does "crumping" so for originality i give it snaps. Also the men were hot and ripped and running around on hill tops without shirts on.

9 out of 10: "salsa, the motion picture" - a lesser known film but a great one nonetheless. Made in 1988, this was my aunt martha's favorite movie. I don't remember the story exactly but puerto rican Rico (who was also the lead singer of Menudo) wants to be able to qualify for this dance competition in puerto rico so he can return to his hometown. he's also in love with a girl named margarita. Anywyas it's half dance movie half musical with singing and it's 100% awesome.

7 out of 10: "strictly ballroom" - again this one loses it's points for it's wierd plot but ballroom dancing is always welcomed. Traditional dancer learns to do the paso doble from a spanish man in australia = v. random

0 out of 10: "honey" - i didn't see this movie but just judging from the fact that jessica alba was in it and i hate her i will rate it a NOTHING.

8 out of 10: "saturday night fever" - wierd plot, rape scenes, leading lady with an awful accent and irritating voice and a really let down "dance off" scene but fuck if if john travolta doesn't dance the shit out of "more than a woman."

So that is my list of awesome dance movies, no particular order. my recommendation, rent them all on a friday night and then go see "stomp the yard" on saturday afternoon.