I'll be the greatest fan of your life

True to my not-so-inner-dorkiness, despite a very tempting offer to go out dancing with a friend, I decided to spend my Friday night at home alone.

But wait, it gets better...


I watched A Cinderella Story starring Hilary Duff and Chad Michael Murray.

This still photo is from one of my favorite scenes of the film. The two have been communicating on-line, and finally meet in person at their high school Halloween Homecoming dance. They break the ice by playing a game of twenty questions (which is just SO endearing to me), and then the scene culminates in the slow dance pictured here (a desire of mine still unfulfilled).

The song that plays is "I'll Be" by Edwin McCain:

"I'll Be"

The strands in your eyes that color them wonderful
Stop me and steal my breath.
And emeralds from mountains thrust toward the sky
Never revealing their depth.
Tell me that we belong together,
Dress it up with the trappings of love.
I'll be captivated,
I'll hang from your lips,
Instead of the gallows of heartache that hang from above.

[Chorus:]
I'll be your crying shoulder,
I'll be love's suicide
I'll be better when I'm older,
I'll be the greatest fan of your life.

And rain falls angry on the tin roof
As we lie awake in my bed.
You're my survival, you're my living proof.
My love is alive -- not dead.
Tell me that we belong together.
Dress it up with the trappings of love.
I'll be captivated,
I'll hang from your lips,
Instead of the gallows of heartache that hang from above

[Chorus]

And I've dropped out, I've burned up, I've fought my way back from the dead.
I've tuned in, turned on, remembered the things that you said

[Chorus:]
I'll be your crying shoulder,
I'll be love's suicide
I'll be better when I'm older,
I'll be the greatest fan of your...
I'll be your crying shoulder,
I'll be love's suicide
I'll be better when I'm older,
I'll be the greatest fan of your life.

The greatest fan of your life.
...greatest fan of your life.

*sigh* oh the resiliency of our hearts in love...