BECOME A YES MAN...UH...PERSON!

Greetings dear reader!

Back from our Easter at our son's home in Knoxville. Paul and Leah have decorated and painted their home in an "oh-so-cozy" fashion. It's so very THEM. Their original artwork, writings, and photography are everywhere. I so loved it...sans the grandkitties. Apparently grand ma-ma is still highly allergic. Quite a miserable weekend from a sneezing, hacking, watery eyes point of view...but the kittens are SO cute you can't help but be smitten by the rotten little things. I digress...

The reason for this post is to let you know about a FAB movie we watched while there..."Yes Man" with Jim Carrey. For reasons I am not entirely sure of, this movie didn't get the typical "Jim Carrey, funny man" hype. However, it SHOULD have. Besides a great movie soundtrack (excerpts to follow), the message of the film was really quite daring: "Say YES." To life. To opportunity. To love. To adventure.

So many of us are calm, rational thinkers that we talk ourselves OUT OF saying yes. We can give you a jillion and one reasons why we DO NOT do something, but can often come up with few for why we DO what we do. "Why DID I buy that top?" "Why did I buy those Jelly Belly jellybeans?" "Why did I go out with HIM?" "Why did I take that ceramics class?"

Lots of great music in the movie too:

Opening song - Separate Ways (Worlds Apart) by Journey

Bigfoot Lodge - Old Enough by The Raconteurs

To Lick Your Boots by Eels

Bus Stop Boxer by Eels

Eyes Down by Eels

The Sound Of Fear by Eels

Your Lucky Day In Hell by Eels

The Spaces Between by Expatriate

Persian wife web site - El B’Nia by Maghrebika

Bar song - Swollen Summer by The Bravery

Dancing game - Flowers by Terra

Staring At The Rude Bois by Gallows

Emperor Waltz by Lawrence Welk

First song by Zoeey Deschanel - Journey To The Center Of The Earth by Von Iva and Zooey Deschanel

Bar song - Hyper Enough by Superchunk

Playing keyboard - Star Spangled Banner by Zooey Deschanel

Zooey Deschanel sings - Uh by Huh by Munchausen by Proxy (f/ Zooey Deschanel & Von Iva)

In A Jar by Dinosaur Jr

Last Zoeey Deschanel song - Sweet Ballad by Munchausen by Proxy (f/ Zooey Deschanel & Von Iva)

6 am running - Helicopter by Bloc Party

Talking at Griffith Observatory - Blinking Lights (For You) by Eels

Theme From Blinking Lights by Eels

First Harry Potter song - A Reunion Of Friends by John Williams

Second Harry Potter song - Leaving Hogwarts by John Williams

Wooden Nickels by Eels

Ana Ng by They Might Be Giants

Animal by Eels

Water Music by Aradia Ensemble

Hollywood Bowl - Can’t Buy Me Love by Jim Carrey and Zooey Deschanel (originally performed by The Beatles)

Talks the man off the ledge - Jumper by Jim Carrey (originally performed by Third Eye Blind)

Nebraska football game - Mr. Touchdown, U.S.A. by The University of Nebraska-Lincoln Cornhusker Marching Band

Yes To You by Alice Faye

Umbrellas To Mend by Frisco Jass Band

Lazer Gun by Dr. Dud

Song at the bar during wedding shower - Stomp! by The Brothers Johnson

The breakup - The Good Old Days by Eels

Let’s Get Small by Trouble Funk

Cool Jerk by The Go by Go’s

Bridal shower - Carry On by Jean Knight

Second bridal shower song - Olde Mill Inn by Blackmore’s Night

A Little Bit Of Basie by Red Garland

Flyswatter by Eels

Keystar by Munchausen by Proxy (f/ Zooey Deschanel & Von Iva)

Prologue by John Williams

Somebody Loves You by Eels

Riding on the Ducati - Separate Ways (Worlds Apart) by Journey

Yes Man by Munchausen by Proxy (f/ Zooey Deschanel & Von Iva)

Man Up by Eels

Original music for Yes Man by Lyle Workman and Mark Oliver Everett

Now, you may be thinking (especially after seeing the soundtrack list) that the movie is probably lacking in profound moments...it is NOT. Because he can only say YES, Jim Carrey, helps a homeless man which causes him to meet a woman, which causes him to look at relationships in a different way, which causes him to behave in a different way, which causes him to scale the fence at the Hollywood bowl, seek out a wife via Persian Companions online, throw a wedding shower for his best friend's fiance, etc. etc. ALL BECAUSE HE SAID YES.

I challenge you, dear reader, to say YES to something you'd normally say "no" to...nothing dangerous. Nothing stupid. Just... say...YES! Keep me posted!

More soon!

XOXOXOX



Paula Clare