why wy?

On sex and the city last night, carrie pondered whether women have become too cynical for old-fashioned romance, after her current flame composed a tune for her on the piano and read her poetry. She and her date ended up at mcdonald's, after she fainted from all the romance and missed the opera. Just like our valentine's day tradition, but without the pink oscar de la renta dress and manolos. (joe is very glad.)

Sadly, I think she's right. When I was 17, someone gave me a poem from bryon, i bit my tongue and tried not to snicker. (i'm sure it would be different if the poor boy had been one of the sex and the city men.) This raises an interesting question: If a suave, good-looking man (insert name of dream date here) were to mouth corny lines - like your dad must have been a thief because he stole the stars for your eyes - would it still be corny? Or would the sheer attractiveness of his presence blot everything else out? I'm leaning towards the latter. It's not everyday you get to go out with (insert name of dream date here).

And the truth is out. Titanic - the movie outlawed by the geneva convention for cruelty to the audience - has zero romance in it, according to researchers on sexual chemisty. Which is really funny, because some people actually cried buckets and saw it repeatedly, took their own i'm flying jack, i'm flying photos, etc. The highest rated films were when harry met sally, casablanca, breakfast at tiffany's (both which i never really got into), pretty woman and lost in translation.

well, I thought kill bill 2 was pretty romantic. anyone else wants to stand in my corner?