Saturday: Rain Adventures.

Night of loitering, playing in puddles, wandering, yelling at Jena and Jackson not to die. Finding heat vents. Awkwardly chilling behind buildings. And goodbyes that once again, weren't actually goodbyes.

Love y'all! (That took me three tries to get the ' in the right place...)

"An' I can't stan' 'em!"

Tonight I had the glorious experience of seeing Singin' In the Rain in theaters.

It was amazing.

I've always loved this movie; it's my favorite musical. Something about the look on Gene Kelly's and Donald O'Connor's faces when they're dancing in "Moses Supposes", or the way that Debbie Reynold's   hint of a Texas accent comes out when she sings, or the way that Gene Hagen manages to be beautiful and painfully annoying all at the same time, or Cyd Charisse's ridiculously long legs (thats her in the picture with the hat on her foot) just makes me happy. This movie was a bunch of people who were not only extremely talented, but they loved what they did. Any time that Gene Kelly dances he's smiling, and not that "they told me to smile so I'm smiling but since I'm an actor so it's almost but not quite convincing" smile. It was a "wow I love to dance" smile.

Watching people do things they're good at has always been something I enjoyed, as weird as that sounds. That's probably why I've surrounded myself with talented people. Whether it's my dad painting, any of my friends acting, Jackson playing guitar, Crystina getting a whole group of people organized, Daniel playing drums, Will building things (whether or not Tina and I approve), Anna doodling, (I would say Ariel writing, but I haven't ever actually witnessed it), or Maggie crafting things you wouldn't expect, I find it fascinating. 

That's why I love this movie. It's like they found a bunch of people who were really talented, and built a movie around them. I mean, they brought Cyd Charisse in just so she could dance in one scene. She doesn't even have a line or a name, but everyone knew that she and Gene Kelly would dance beautifully together. And they did.