Thursday, 09 July 2009

  • i started crying while driving to work this morning.  why??  because i was listening to country music.  i don't know what it is about country music, but it tends to make me very emotional and introspective.  and sometimes i just need a little of that.  it's cathartic.

    i also cried last night during so you think you can dance.  (i know, i know...)  there was a very moving contempory dance number about fighting addiction.  i thought it was brilliant and heart-wrenching.

    i also shed a few tears recently when steve and i went to see transformers: revenge of the fallen.  hey, don't judge me!  it's sad when those big, loveable robots sacrifice themselves for the greater good of all mankind! 

    i fought back tears on the fourth of july too.  watching the fireworks display with steve filled me with patriotism and pride.  and my heart ached for the soldiers and military families who have endured so much and suffered great losses.

    i have recently discovered that i am getting more and more emotional with age.  my crying threshold is not as strong as it used to be.  these days, i can be prompted to tears by a simple photograph or a song lyric or a novel.  why is that?  am i more in tune with my surroundings?  do i have a better understanding of life on earth and its inevitable pain?  am i just a big sissy?  i really don't know.  it's just a little piece of self-realization that i've found interesting.

    that's all for today.  i have a big stack of edits calling my name.  have a wonderful day! 

Comments (10)

  • FlyingCAB

    I know what you mean... I never, ever, ever used to cry. EVER.  The change in my "crying threshold" as you called it though was because I went on BC... ever since I started taking the pill stuff makes me cry so easily.... commericals on TV, singing a favorite hymn in church...and yes, country music sometimes  I feel your.... pain(??)

  • bethelaine

    @FlyingCAB - ohhhhhh, maybe my crying issues are BC-related too!  i hadn't considered that!
  • shannahhogue

    Hormones definitely equals crying in my world.

    And I had a similar realization the other night when I was tearing up during The Dark Knight because a little boy was being threatened and his dad was pleading for his son.  I guess actually having a son makes that less "dramatic" and more (heaven-forbid) possible now.  Either that, or I just get too involved in the story for my own good sometimes!
  • somebodysomewhereoverarainbow

    @FlyingCAB - ME TOO. It's terrible! I never used to cry before I started taking the pill. Now, I'm weeping at the strangest things!

  • Marketer319

    I'm so with you.  Right before I fell asleep last night this movie I watched as a kid jumped into my head - the one about that little girl Jessica who fell down the well and they had to dig and dig and dig for hours and hours to rescue her?  If I remember right she was somewhere around James' age, and I have no idea why that movie came to mind but I just couldn't handle it.  Thinking about how scared and hungry and tired and cramped she had to have been (even though this was 20 years ago and she's FINE) made me just about lose it right there in bed, at 11:00 at night.  Sigh.
  • ladymiss3739

    BC or you're pregnant.    Definitely a mix of hormones and being a woman.    Good things to get teary over, though!
  • davemay

    Maybe there is a little Lougee on the way.



    Don't feel bad, I still cry at the end of Mighty Ducks.  We are the Champions INDEED.
  • AdamMacsgirl

    Crying is totally fine! I cry at Hallmark commericals, etc. :)

  • greatgrace84

    i never used to cry either and I'm not on BC, but the last few weeks if I listen to "Fifteen" by Taylor Swift it gets me every time.  It's ridiculous!  I
  • bethelaine

    @greatgrace84 - taylor swift!  haha... that amuses me. 

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