Dear Banff

You were incredible. I did not feel like I was in a real place. I loved every second of you.

Your glacier lakes are otherworldly. Thank you giving me the best weather: cool, rainy, with these foggy mornings, eerie and mysterious.

And then giving us the sun and warmer temps as the day went on, yet never being too bright or too hot.

Your mountains. Amazing. Your lake waters. Absurd. Your clean crisp clear air. ridiculous.

Lake louise

Lake Louise

The view from our room at the chateau was perfect.

View from our room

Remember how we laughed at how my toe color perfectly matched that intense turquoise water of your Lake Louise?

Toe color and the lake

I think canoeing at Moraine Lake was one of my favorite parts. I’ll never forget it. It was so soothing and so majestic. You said I did a great job at canoe.

Moraine lake

Canoeing moraine lake

Your little mountain town was full of tourists but that was ok, it was not annoying it was charming. You have a very European flavor. sorry. Flavour. (When in Rome right.)

Banff gondola

Banff

I feel lucky to have been able to visit you.

Banff

I was sad to leave. I will miss you. But time to move on and make new memories. Where is the next adventure?

Trees

Love always,
Christa


Deafened by the fray

I think I will have found my perfect mate when I find someone who:

  • Loved sinners as much as me. I didn’t just love this movie. it is a revelation.
  • Deeply, profoundly affected by these two songs:
    • https://youtu.be/SqxdrIFCLjc?si=b3cQNUaxDs_9Gpij
    • https://youtu.be/LkAvm9-2jGQ?si=NDhB8YWe3fV6pj7S
  • Bob’s burgers
  • Sleep in separate beds in separate rooms in separate houses, maybe even separate cities/states

I wish I was joking. Those four requirements. You’d think it was simple. Easy. But it’s not.

And what do I have to offer? Why nothing less than the AP. And the BJ. and the CMYK.


May-December romance

I know what a May-December romance is, but I was kind of curious as to the origin of it. I didn’t really determine that, but on one of the sites I was reading, it had other suggested articles that I might be interested in.

Stories such as:

  • How to tell if your girlfriend is horny
  • How to kiss
  • How to turn on a guy
  • How to impress a girl with words
  • What are the bases in a relationship? Defining the baseball-sex metaphor
  • And maybe my favorite? Compliment a guy’s manhood: 14 sexy compliments (one of them is “that is dense” lol)

The list goes on and on. I read them of course. I mean, who doesn’t want to know the eleven steps to convince your girlfriend to send pictures?

The illustrations were great too.


Sinners

I saw this movie last weekend and then went and saw it again today. Cause I am obsessed.

It is one of the best movies I’ve seen in years. I am in absolute awe of it. It looked good from the previews and I expected to like it (vampires? Michael b Jordan? Duh) but I did not expect it to be this good and for me to love it this much.

It was even better the second time.

There is one scene in the movie that was so beautiful, so transcendent. It gave me chills and made me feel dizzy and I was breathing hard. It was pure magic.

It was the acting, it was the story, it was the dialogue, it was the cinematography, it was the music, it was the meaning, the feeling, the everything.

Ok and I have to admit to something very dumb. It was a good 30-40 mins into the movie before I realized that the two main characters, twin brothers, were both Michael b Jordan. I said to my movie companion, “wow they did an amazing job finding an actor who looks almost exactly like Michael b Jordan!” And my movie companion looked at me and said “That is Michael b Jordan. He’s playing both roles. You stupid cow.”

When I think about this movie, it reminds me of one of my favorite stephen king quotes: There are other worlds than these.