"She crammed 11 cookies into the VCR."
It'll make people stop and read my headstone, right??!! :*D
This is also my new iphone case. And for those who don't know is a line from the movie Elf. It's right before he runs away, and the whole line is, "I'm sorry I ruined your lives and crammed 11 cookies into the VCR."
It also makes a point about living in the moment -- what?? You say.....how the hell does it do that??
I have a 5 year Question-A-Day journal that I write in every day. The question for yesterday (12/1) was to write my epitaph. I couldn't think of anything to say last year - I was at a point in my life where I was agonizing over every little thing - I couldn't think "in the moment." Every little decision - even simple little fun ones - took effort. Well, this year, I'm much freer. I'm having a lot more fun! And when the question came around this year, and after having recently watched the movie Elf, I, of course, immediately thought of the line from the movie! (Wouldn't you? :^P)
Every time I think about that line I start laughing - not just smiling but full-blown laughing! For several reasons - first, why 11 cookies? Why not 10? Or 15? And can't you see someone hurriedly cramming - because you don't leisurely "cram" anything - cookies into a VCR - trying to sweep the crumbs away to hide the evidence. Also, imagine if that were on my headstone - what would people think in the future as they walked through a cemetery.....What the hell?? Why is she....? And what's a VCR?? Would it interrupt their grief? Would it help them? Would they think I was some kind of rich, crazy person?
"She crammed 11 cookies into the VCR." Bah!!! I'm still laughing - in this moment - still laughing!
