Monday, May 14, 2012

First Loves Blogfest

I'm happy to join Alex Cavanaugh's Four First Loves Blogfest today. We'll be talking about our first love in movie, song/band, book and person. It sounded easy when I registered with this challenge but coming to write about it, I find that my memory is failing me. But after a bit of digging around in my memory bank, I've selected the following to share with you.

Song: Interlude (Time is like a dream)


I don't think I've seen this movie but the romantic voice of the singer and the simplicity of the lyrics have made a lasting impression in my mind. "What seems like an interlude now could be the beginning of love..." Life is short and we should treasure every moment together with our loved ones.

Movie: Somewhere In Time



This movie explains why I love time travel stories so much. There are so many possibilities if time travel is feasible in life. This is a very romantic movie and both Christopher Reeve and Jane Seymour were wonderful in it.

Book: Pride and Prejudice

I think you won't be surprised that Pride and Prejudice was my first love. This is the first book I bought using money I earned from my first summer job. I heard a radio drama of it when I was younger but it ended in the middle of the story, with Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet tore apart with the news of elopement of Elizabeth's sister. I often wondered why the story felt unfinished and I was happy to find the book in a library, giving a very happy and satisfying ending. I loved it so much that when I earned some money from my first summer job, I bought my first copy of it. Since then, I've bought several different editions and it remains my favourite book. Why? The constancy of love is most appealing to me. 

Person
Who is my first love? Mother? Father? Siblings? Boyfriends? Hmm, difficult to choose. But one of the best memories I had was playing on my father's lap. I pretended to be a shop keeper and tried to sell food to myself. It sounded silly now but I think I had heaps of fun then. No wonder I love food so much...

What are your first loves?

25 comments:

  1. It's terrible I know, but I've never read Pride and Prejudice. I didn't even watch the tv adaptation. I suppose I really should read it one day...

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  2. I'll beam Mr Darcy to you, Angeline. LOL.

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  3. Impressive - you've loved very high quality people and things.

    Thanks for visiting. I'm glad to discover your blog and loves.

    xoRobyn

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  4. Oh! I LOVE Somewhere in Time. That's one of those movies I can watch over and over again. Great post of firsts!
    A2ZMommy and What’s In Between

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  5. Great loves and what a wonderful memory!

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  6. Oh man, I LOVED Somewhere in Time. So romantic. It was the first ever time travel story I'd ever seen before. I fell in love with time travel stories shortly thereafter. And Pride & Prejudice is one of my all time faves. I only read it like 4 years ago, but it is timeless!

    I'm a new follower via the First Loves Blogfest. Nice to meet ya!

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  7. that movie was so sad... i want my penny back. it was a penny right?

    We all love something...right!
    Jeremy [Retro-Zombie]
    Howlin' Wolf Records: On-Line Magazine

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  8. Pride and Prejudice was my favourite book when I was little. My grandma Alice read it to me when I was about 8 years old, I loved Elizabeth's character. When I was about 11 mum and I would read it together as it was a project at school which I had to explain what had happened and why I thought that Elizabeth had taken such a dislike to Mr Darcy and why she turned to Wickham. I got an A* for my work. Later when in my last year at school I read the book again and fell in love with the character of Darcy as I could see like myself at the time he was in away shy.

    I have never seen Somewhere in time but the music I have just listened to was so romantic it should have been used as a song in the film.

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  9. Thank you Lynne, Danielle, Nancy, Robyn, Tracy and Jeremy. It's a good blogfest, talk about what we love.

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  10. It's been almost 30 years since I watched Somewhere in Time. I remember it was really sad.

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  11. Did you buy the food from yourself? That's the real question.
    Thanks for participating in my blogfest, Enid!

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  12. Yes, Diane, a sad but great romance. Alex, yes, I did buy the food from myself. Absolutely silly but who cares?

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  13. Family is, without a doubt, the firsts we love!

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  14. That does sound like a great movie! :) And I think it's cute that you played shopkeeper with your dad.

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  15. Thanks Juliana and Krisa, Alex comes up with a great blogfest. It got us to remember some of our best memories.

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  16. Somewhere in Time is a magical film that every romantic should see. Loved it! They are a beautiful couple too :)

    Andrea

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  17. So cute! I have a special bond with my dad as well :)

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  18. Oh. My. Gosh. I cried so hard at Somewhere in Time! Richard! :)

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  19. Great to hear about that, Cassie. So you're a cry baby too, Shiela, when you watch sad movies?

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  20. I read Pride and Prejudice for the first time just a couple years ago. It's wonderful! Don't know why I waited so long. :)

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  21. What classic and wonderful choices! Very romantic all around. My kids love to pretend to order food from each other, with the other taking orders, so it doesn't sound silly to me at all. :D

    Shannon at The Warrior Muse, road tripping through the #atozchallenge participants!

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  22. Good to know about that, Shannon. Thanks for Rachel and you for dropping by.

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  23. Cute story about playing "shop" :) I think I went through this as well. Enjoyed you post - thank you.


    Sharing the Love!
    English Speaking Zone

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  24. Thank you Barbara for dropping by.

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