Things that shouldn't make you cry...but they do...
So, in the month between the end of school and going off to camp, my 12 year old daughter has been binge-watching "Glee."
She shared with me how the current season she's watching has had her in tears. Apparently, there have been a lot of relationship break-ups and other dramatic nonsense.
I was teasing her for crying, and then she reminded me that I teared up during Jim Harbaugh's introductory press conference. Touche, 2026 UM Grad. Touche, indeed.
In addition to freshly-cut onions and dust, there are some other things that make me get a little misty-eyed..."The Natural"..."Joy Luck Club"...certain episodes of "The Wonder Years."
Anyone else willing to come clean and share what makes you cry?
(Of course, I'm not referring to truly sad situations like the death of a loved one, a job loss, divorce, etc.)
(EDIT: Of course, I did a search of MGoBlog after I posted this, only to find that a similar topic had been posted about three months ago. Seems, though, like that's enough time in between posts...)
However, Brock leading the team out of the tunnel got me pretty good.
A few years ago watching the Chicago Marathon on my block there were these two guys from a central american country (I don't remember which one, let's say Columbia) with a flag. Whenever they saw a runner (maybe 5-10 times while I was watching) wearing something with the Columbian flag on it they absolutely flipped their shit. "VAMOS COLUMBIA!!!!" the utter joy that these two strangers brought to these runners was awesome. It got dusty.
Finally, this book. https://www.amazon.com/Dogs-Purpose-W-Bruce-Cameron/dp/0765326264/ref=bseries_primary_1_0765326264 "A Dog's Purpose" by Bruce Cameron. As I said, I think that these two memories are the only times I've cried in the last 10 years or so. Besides this book. I was in tears after chapter 1. I cried 4 times reading the book. My dog was sick at the time (She pulled through! Maize turns 7 this weekend!) and this book hit home so damn hard. It was wonderful, but again, cried 4 times.
Brock Mealer's strut was the last time I welled up in public.
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Did you say... over?
I don't tear up, but damn that's a good scene
Shawn Crable.
2006.
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God damn you. I had to go back and re-read the Shawn Crable posts from Brian... ugh
that should make you happy in hindsight, you avoided a beat down at the hands of urban meyer and the gators,lol
When MIke Illitch named the new arena Little Caesar's Arena or when free agency opens for the Wings and Ken Holland signs an aging, middle of the road forward/D-Man or gives Jimmy Howard a long ass contract.
you mean eyes watering from gagging
Ur doin it wrong.
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This is one of those things that I would only admit on an anonymous online message board, but here goes... There's a scene in 'Twins' where Danny DeVito's character, a scumbag con-artist who had just met his long-lost twin brother (played by Arnold Schwarzenegger), was about to take off with $5 million in cash and leave his unarmed brother alone with a hitman who was threatening to kill him. Though he barely knew his brother and had only looked out for himself his entire life, he couldn't bring himself to leave him there, and he went back and offered up the money to the hitman if he would let his brother go. I cried like a baby after that scene.
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drops the snap, then doesn't fall on the ball.
The ending of Sixth Sense
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This part:
Dragons live forever but not so little boys.
Painted wings and giant strings make way for other toys.
One sad night it happened, Jackie Paper came no more
And Puff that might dragon, he ceased his fearless roar.
His head was bent in sorrow, green scales fell like rain,
Puff no longer went to play along the cherry lane.
Without his life-long friend, Puff could not be brave,
So Puff that mighty dragon sadly slipped into his cave.
I started thinking about it when my kids got older and suddenly weren't that interested in going to play at grandpa's (my father's home) anymore.
but mostly booboos
I break up every time at the conclusion of The Twilight Zone episode, "Time Enough At Last."
I was on stage at Hill Aud ready to sing Mozart's Requiem listening to Schlissel and A2's mayor introducing the show and I just lost it. 50 people died for what - - it could have been 50 plumbers or 50 senior citizens ... but it was one of my best nights of singing, tears or not..
The last scene is so freaking sappy and I cry every time!
Pride of the Yankees too when Lou Gerhrig delivers his "luckiest man" speech.
Worst was on a first date (many years ago) I saw Terms of Endearment. I was awkwardly trying to be real cool. The scene where Debra Winger is dying of cancer and telling her kids to be nice to each other after she is gone, produced a river of sobs, against my will. I knew almost as little about women then as I do now. Anyway, much to my amazement, this turned out to be a real turn on to my date. Who knew?
Its amazing to me that I can find so much meaning in someone else's words and chords.
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