Sunday, August 24, 2008

A very Irish weekend

So Kyle and I spent Friday watching a very anticipated movie that came from Netflix. Since the night of the Oscars when I heard Glen and Marketa sing Falling Slowly (and win an Oscar for it), I have been dying to see "Once". Because of all the moving and such, I really have not had time to even rent a movie so once we signed up for Netflix, I knew it had to be at the top of the list.

What a beautiful Irish movie shot in Dublin. The simplicity of the movie allows you to not only get to know the characters, but fall in love with them and their music. And the ending is perfect, not some cliche, happy ending, but a very real picture of a point in your life where something is so real but yet is impossible all at the same time. I really loved the movie...and the music even more.

I think I relate to falling slowly so much because it reminds me of when I met my husband. 3 hours have never flown by so fast as they did that first meeting in the coffee shop. But the feelings I had, I was never sure he felt the same way until the day before I left for school, when he first kissed me in the car after we had been soaked by a freak rain storm. And through our relationship, me thinking that I wasn't good enough for him and sometimes trying to make issues to make there be a reason for us not to be together. But he has always been so patient with me. Understanding my hurt and my pain and loving me in a way no one ever has. Letting me be independent but still calling me out when I get carried away. He gets me...which is an amazing feeling.

So...back to the Irish weekend. Today we went to the Buffalo Irish fest. It was so awesome! Kyle drank some Guinness, we listened to a lot of Irish music, found my family's name on the map of Ireland and watched some Irish dancers who were amazing. They were super cute kids who were extremely talented:I, of course, had to wear green:

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