Another Life

In another life, I would have married Adam Sandler. I just know it. In this other life, I would be the equivalent of the character played by Christina Ricci in Now & Then. She was my ideal from the time after that movie came out. She was cool, mysterious, and haunted by her past. But she was adventurous and fun, too. She seemed to have everything that an introverted, overgrown child, like myself, lacked. She was interesting.

Adam Sandler would fall in love with someone interesting. He'd want to marry that girl because she was beautiful and crazy. That's why I wanted to be her.

Adam Sandler is one of the most endearing actors I've ever seen, and not just because he's cute. Nope. He has kind eyes - have you ever looked at them? All you ever hear from his fellow actors is that he's kind and sweet. He loves animals; there are always animals in his movies, usually strange ones, too. He likes to sing crazy made up songs. He's got an egg-shaped head and he's not embarrassed about it; he actually makes fun of it himself in his movies. He's not beautiful or gorgeous and that is what is so appealing about him. He's nearly normal-looking. It's his personality that's the clincher. I need somebody who's a bit crazy, who loves to have fun and has a hilarious sense of humor. If only there were two Adam Sandlers and one lived in Arizona and wasn't married yet.

I thought I'd found someone very much like him once. I was sure of it. Only, he turned out to be an ass. Typically.

I guess I'll have to placate myself by watching some of his sweetest movies 50 First Dates, Big Daddy and Mr. Deeds.