I'm King (ahem Queen) of the World!!

Kaytie and I had the opportunity to see a sneak peek of Titanic 3d on Valentine's Day! Before I delve in to how amazing it was, let me give you a little bit of history.

Approximately 15 years ago, this movie called Titanic came out. Kaytie and I fell in LOVE with the movie and the ship's history. Not only did we see it 8 times (at least) in the theater, but we had every thing Titanic that you could imagine. We shared a room, so it was very easy to turn it in to the "Ship of Dreams" room! We had found a poster book at Sam's that had 20-30 movie posters in it. I covered one of our walls with all of the posters, putting them in chronological order of the movie of course! We recorded EVERY episode on TV that even mentioned the real Titanic. For my younger readers, we didn't have DVR we actually had to either set the VCR or manually push record on the VCR to record TV shows. Thanks to my Grandma Norma we had the 1985 National Geographic that documented the discovery of the Titanic on the ocean floor of the Atlantic. Not only did we love Titanic, but we LOVED Leo. *Sigh* I may still love him! We had every Tiger Beat and Bop magazine cover he was ever on! Our obsession grew when the movie was released on a two VHS collectors box set and we had not only the Original Titanic Soundtrack, but the Back to Titanic Soundtrack. While we are talking about the music, Kaytie and I re-wrote the words to Celine Dion's My Heart Will Go On. I wish I could find our rendition. I am sure it would win awards!

So with that crazy history lesson in the Joiner girls let me continue about the sneak preview! Of course we were beside ourselves excited. We never thought we would see it on the big screen ever again! We stood in line hoping to get good seats and once in the theater we waited with anticipation for the start of the movie. Then you see it. The Titanic and Rose saying "It's been 84 years and I can still smell the fresh paint..." We watch intently for the next few hours. We cry our eyes out when the Titanic sinks and Jack dies. It was just as awful as I remember. Then we cried again when it showed all  of her pictures at the end and she had done all the things Jack had wanted her to. *Pausing for a tear...  When it was over we got a free t-shirt and a movie poster!! It was SO Awesome!

On my way home that night I was SO excited to tell TJ all about the movie and how wonderful it was and how I want to see it again when it comes out. He was in California so he couldn't have gone with me. Well, I am driving home expressing how excited I am about this movie to my husband, and when I hang up the phone  I see a cop behind me. No lights flashing or anything, but I check my speed. I am not speeding, so I go on. After a minute or so his lights pop on. So I pull over, mentally checking my seat belt is on, my speed was good, maybe I have a tail light out? The cop comes over to my window and asks "Miss have you been drinking? Are you feeling alright?" I was shocked! I told him of course not and he asked to see my license. Let me describe this scene. A grown lady in a Titanic shirt, a  movie that hasn't been in theaters for 15 years mind you, with a Titainic poster in her passengers seat and its late at night.  All that was missing was Celine blaring My Heart Will Go  On in the background! The officer comes back and says very politely "Please pay attention to the lines on the road." I apologized, obviously horrified, and he gave me a warning. I was so embarrassed! Instead of pulling over a drunk driver, he pulled over some crazy lady, reliving 1997, hopped up on 42oz of  Diet Coke, and on Leo overload! It was was so awful. Needless to say I was a very focused driver on my way home!

Anyways, I cherish the memories Kaytie and I have from way back when and the new ones we have made recently. I love that movie, my sister, and this crazy awesome bond that we will share forever! :)

I'll Never Let Go!