the sound of music

the cast of the sound of music were on oprah the other day which got me into musical mode. so, i watched the sound of music on thursday and i cannot get the songs out of my head. i am singing, if not out loud, then in my head, every minute of the day. at least they're good songs and not those super annoying catchy ones you hear on the radio.

so, this was the first time that i watched the sound of music and understood the movie. i don't think i've seen it since i was a kid. i got the dvd for christmas i think in 2005. my sisters (really, 1 sister and 2 roommates, but we're basically all sisters...) and i would put it on in our house when we weren't in class and we would sing the songs and dance around and what not. but, during the talking parts, we would be talking, or doing homework, or something else. so thursday was the first time that i actually watched, listened to, and understood all of it. when i was younger, i knew there was a story about nazis in there, but i never really got it before. and i NEVER knew why they left after the festival. i just accepted it. they started the movie in the mountains, why not end it there? the movie was really just a bunch of amazing songs to me before. now, there's a story other than liesl and rolfe's teenage love (one of my favorite scenes of any movie is their gazebo scene) and fraulein maria and the captain falling in love despite the baroness. man, i wanna watch the movie again. so i will. goodbye.