under my skin

there's this scene in a walk to remember - some will know the movie cuz you're incorrigible fuzzyromance junkies, some cuz you need to know what mushierthanprisongruel flicks you wanna stay away from - where mandy moore's character tells shane west's her secret (or not so secret) list of things to do in her lifetime.

this is not a post about wish lists, although it relates, although i have one (scrape wish; make it to do).

for jamie (moore), some were:
befriend somebody you don't like.
be in two places at once.
get a tattoo.

one night, some distant future into the movie after wishlist is forgotten, landon (west) takes jamie for a would-be random, very mysterious car ride to apparently the middle of nowhere. fastforward some hundred thousand miles, he takes her hand, starts running, and finally positions her into the middle of the deserted road. to her quizzical looks, he says, Okay, right now, you're straddling the state line, then motions to a sign behind him that says 'Welcome to Virginia'. You're in two places at once.

the script then reads:
Everybody's dancin' in the moonlight
They're both grinning like idiots. Too cute. Jamie laughs and hugs him. He picks her up and spins her around. (Awww.)
Dancin' in the moonlight Everybody's feelin' warm & bright...

[did i mention i love that song? some songs you love for its musciality, some for its sentimental value. this one, for me, has both.]

my point then - never mind that i am blatantly and shamelessly lured within the dewy trappings of romance - is that i want to be in two places at the same one time. and that it is only the very last shreds of will in me keeping me from throwing a hissy fit this instant. so you see, boys and girls, beware what it is you keep close to your heart, for if they do not coincide (geographically, in this case), you may well end up like me, and take my word for it - it's a messy, messy business.