SHREK 2 [2004]

Once Upon Another Time...

The kingdom of FAR FAR Away, Donkey? 
That's where we're going! 
FAR! FAR!... away.

[Shrek]

How many cats can wear boots? Honestly?...

[Shrek]

Oh, Shrek. Don't worry. 
Things just seem bad because it's dark and rainy 
and Fiona's father hired a sleazy hitman to whack you. 

[Donkey] 

I'm a stallion, baby!

[Donkey]

[looks over her bookshelf] 

 Let's see... 
P-p-p-p-p, Princess. 
Cinderella... Handsome prince, lived happily ever after... oh, no ogres! 
Sleeping Beauty... handsome prince, no ogres. 
Thumbelina, no! 
Hansel and Gretel, no! 
The Golden Bird, the Little Mermaid, Pretty Woman... no, no, no, no, NO! 
You see, ogres don't live happily ever after.

[Fairy Godmother]

[Princess Fiona]: You know, you are acting like a... a...

[Shrek]: Go on, say it. 

[Princess Fiona]: Like an ogre!

[Shrek]: Well, whether your parents like it or not, I am an ogre! 
And guess what, princess? That's not about to change. 

[Princess Fiona]: I've made changes for you, Shrek. Think about that.

[Shrek]: Donkey, think of the saddest thing that's ever happened to you.

[Donkey]: Oh, man! Where do I begin? 
First there was the time the farmer traded me for some magic beans. 
I ain't never gotten over that. 
Then this fool went off and had a party, and they all starting trying to pin a tail on me. 
Then they all got drunk, and started hitting me with sticks, yelling 'Piñata! Piñata!' 
What the hell is a piñata, anyway?

[Donkey]: What about my Miranda rights? 
You're supposed to say, 'You have the right to remain silent.' 
Nobody said I have the right to remain silent!

[Shrek]: Donkey, you HAVE the right to remain silent. 
What you lack is the capacity.

[Donkey, after drinking a beauty potion]: I don't FEEL any different. Do I look any different? 

[Puss-in-Boots]: You still look like an ass to me!

[Princess Fiona]: They just want to give us their blessing.

[Shrek]: Oh, great! Now I need their blessing? 

[Princess Fiona]: Well, if you want to be part of this family, yes.

[Shrek]: Who said I want to be part of this family?

[Princess Fiona]: Uh... you did? When you married me?

[King]: Who on earth are they?

[Queen]: I think that's our little girl! 

[King]: That's not little - that's a really big problem!

[Queen]: Well, he's no Prince Charming, but they do look...

[Shrek]: Happy now? We came, we saw them. Now let's go before they light the torches!

[Princess Fiona]: Hey, they're my parents!

[Shrek]: Hello, they locked you in a tower!

[Princess Fiona]: Hey, that was for my own... 

[King]: Good! Now here's our chance. Let's go back inside and pretend we're not home.

[Queen]: Harold! We have to be...

[Shrek]: Quick, while they're not looking, we'll make a run for it!

[Princess Fiona]: Shrek! Stop it! Everything is going to be... 

[King]: A disaster! There's no way...

[Princess Fiona]: You can do this. 

[Shrek]: But I really...

[King]: Really... 

[Queen]: Really...

[Shrek]: Don't... 

[Princess Fiona]: Want...

[Queen]: To... 

[Shrek]: Be...

[King]: He-ere.

[Queen]: So, Fiona. Tell us about where you live. 

[Princess Fiona]: Well, Shrek owns his own land. Right, honey?

[Shrek]: Yes. It's in an... enchanted forest, abundant in squirrels, and cute little duckies...

[Donkey]: What? I know you ain't talking about the swamp. 

[Shrek]: Donkey...

[King]: An ogre from a swamp. How original. 

[Queen]: I guess that will be a fine place to raise the children.

[both Shrek and the King choke; Shrek coughs up his spoon] 

[Shrek]: It's a little early to be thinking about that, isn't it?

[King]: Indeed! I had just started eating.

[King]: So I suppose any grandchildren I could expect from you would be...

[Shrek]: Ogres! Yes! 

[Queen]: Not that there's anything wrong with that. Right, Harold?

[King]: Oh, no, no. Of course not! That's assuming you don't eat your own young.

[Princess Fiona]: Dad!

[Shrek]: Oh, no, we usually prefer the ones who have been locked away in a tower.

[Princess Fiona]: Shrek, please!

[King]: I only did that because I love her! 

[Shrek]: Oh, yeah! Daycare or dragon-guarded castle!

[King]: Darling? 
Ah, I thought I might find you here - how about a nice hot cup of tea before the ball...

[Princess Fiona]: I'm not going. 

[King]: B-b-but the whole kingdom's turned out to celebrate your marriage!

[Princess Fiona]: There's just one problem - that's not my husband. I mean, look at him!

[they both watch Charming, showing off in front of everyone]

[King]: Yes, he is a bit different, but people do change for the ones they love - 
you'd be surprised how much I changed for your mother...

[Princess Fiona]: CHANGE? He's completely lost his mind! 

[King]: Darling, why not come down to the ball and give him another chance - 
I mean, you might find you like this new Shrek...

[Princess Fiona]: But it's the OLD one I fell in love with, Dad - 
I'd give anything to have him back... 

[King]: I'm sorry, Lillian. I just wish I could be the man you deserve.

[Queen]: You are more that man now than you ever were, warts and all.

[Shrek]: Quick tell a lie! 

[Pinocchio]: What should I say?

[Donkey]: Say something crazy... like you're wearing ladies underwear. 

[Pinocchio]: Um, ok. I'm wearing ladies underwear. [silence]

[Shrek]: Are you? 

[Pinocchio]: I most certainly am not. [nose extends]

[Donkey]: It looks like you most certainly am are. 

[Pinocchio]: I am not. [nose extends]

[Puss-in-Boots]: What Kind?

[Gingerbread man]: IT'S A THONG!

[Fairy Godmother]: Your fallen tears have called to me / So here comes my sweet remedy / 
I know what every princess needs / For her to live life happily / 
With... just a wave of my magic wand / Your troubles will soon be gone / 
With a flick of the wrist in just a flash / You land a prince with a ton of cash / 
A high priced dress made by mice no less / Some crystal glass pumps and almost dressed / 
Worries will vanish your soul will cleanse / Confide in your very own furniture friends / 
We'll help you set a new fashion trend / I'll make you fancy, I'll make you great / 
The kind of gal a prince would date / They'll write your name on the bathroom wall...

 [Bookcase]: For happy ever after, give Fiona a call! 

[Fairy Godmother]: A sporty carriage to ride in style / A sexy man-boy chauffer Kyle / 
Vanish your blemishes, tooth decay / Celulite thighs will fade away / 
And oh, what the hey? / Have a Bichon Frise / 
Nip and tuck here and there / To land that prince with the perfect hair / 
Lipstick liners, shadow blush / To get that prince with a sexy tush / 
Lucky day, hunk buffet / For the lipstick a roll in the hay / 
You can spoon on the moon / With the prince to this tune / 
Don't be drab, you'll be fab / Your prince will have rock-hard abs / 
Cheese souflee Valentine's Day? / Have some chicken fricassee...

[Prince Charming]: Once upon a time, in a kingdom far, far away, 
the king and queen were blessed with a beautiful baby girl, 
and throughout the land everyone was happy, 
until the sun went down, 
and they saw that their daughter was cursed with a frightful enchantment that took hold each and every night. 
Desperate, they sought the help of a fairy godmother, 
who had them lock the young princess away in a tower, 
there to await the kiss of the handsome Prince Charming. 
It was he who would chance the perilous journey through blistering cold and scorching desert, traveling for many days and nights, 
risking life and limb to reach the dragon's keep, 
for he was the bravest, and most handsome in all the land, 
and it was destiny that his kiss would break the dreaded curse. 
He alone would climb to the highest room of the tallest tower to enter the princess's chambers, 
cross the room to her sleeping silhouette, pull back the gossamer curtains to find her [gasp] 

[Wolf]: What?

[Prince Charming]: Princess... Fiona?

[Wolf]: NO!

[Prince Charming]: Oh, thank heavens! Where is she? 

[Wolf]: She's on her honeymoon.

[Prince Charming]: Honeymoon? With whom? 

[Princess Fiona]: Is that glitter on your lips?

[Prince Charming]: Mmm, cherry flavored. Want a taste? 

*****

THE PRINCESS DIARIES 2: ROYAL ENGAGEMENT [2004]

You Are Cordially Invited 

To The Royal Event Of The Season


 Of course I'm completely excited to be going back, but I'm also a bit nervous.
Grandma Clarisse will step down by the end of this year as queen,
and I'll be taking over since I'm now 21.
I know I studied diplomacy and political science at school, 
but there was no course in "Queen" or "How To Run A Country 101."
But Grandma's going to help me, and I'll take over when she thinks I'm ready.
Of course I wonder, will I ever be ready?
In the meantime, I'm going to live in a beautiful palace like in a fairy tale,
and eventually sit on a throne and rule the people of Genovia.
Is that scary or what?
~Mia Thermopolis

Viscount Mabrey: So, as of the 20th of October last year, on the occasion of his 21 st birthday,
another Genovian of the royal bloodline became eligible to assume the throne.
My nephew, Lord Devereaux.
Queen Clarisse: I beg your pardon?
Viscount Mabrey: My nephew's mother was my wife's sister.
Therefore, Your Majesty, I am pleased to say that my nephew is ready to take his place
as Genovia's rightful king.
Queen Clarisse: Shut up!
Parliament Member: But isn't Princess Mia first in line to ascend the throne?
Lord Crawley: Not yet. 
Genovian law states that a princess must marry before she can take the throne.
Queen Clarisse: We have never enforced that law.
A man doesn't have to marry to be king.
I mean, this is the 21st century, for heaven's sake.
My granddaughter should be given the same rights as any man.
Lord Palimore: Genovia shall have no queen lest she be bound in matrimony.
That is the law of Genovia for the last 300 years.
Princess Mia is not qualified to rule because she is unmarried.
Forgive me, Your Majesty. 
Not all of us are sure that the princess is the most suitable choice to govern our great nation.

Mia: What kind of person agrees to an arranged marriage?
[Queen Clarisse look at the photo of her and King Renaldi]
Uh... you agreed to an arranged marriage.
Queen Clarisse: Yes, I did. And it turned out quite spendidly.
He was my best friend. We grew very fond of each other.
Mia: Sure, Grandma, but... I dream of love, not fondness.

Mia: Courage is not the absence of fear,
but rather the judgement that something else is more important than fear.
There are 550 years of Renaldis on these walls.
And I will up there next to my father.
I'm sure I want my chance to make a difference as a ruler.
Queen Clarisse: Spoken like a true queen.

Queen Clarisse: Would you care to explain what was going on out there?
Mia: Sorry. I... have met Lord Nicholas, actually. At the ball.
Didn't know who he was, so, you know, we danced and I flirted.
I feel so stupid right now.
Queen Clarisse: Well, as your queen I absolutely cannot condone it.
As a grandma, I say, 'right on'.

Nicholas: Uncle, I hate to say this, but you're wrong.
Princess Mia has managed to find a husband within a week.
Viscount Mabrey: Mia cannot possibly be happy with the idea of an arranged marriage.
Your task is to romance her.
Show her what a real relationship could be like. A relationship filled with heat and passion.
Nicholas: And change her mind about Andrew.
Viscount Mabrey: Exactly.

Power, my boy, means never having to say you're sorry.
~Viscount Mabrey

Mia: The point is that I...
Nicholas: What is the point?
Mia: The point is that I'm onto you...
Oh, boy... am I onto what you are trying to do.
Nicholas: And what am I trying to do?
Mia: I think we both know exactly what that is.

Nicholas: I'm Nick. Viscount Mabrey's nephew.
Andrew: Ah, the chap who's trying to stage the palace coup.
I'm Andrew Jacoby, nice to meet you.
Lilly: Lilly Moscovitz, official best friend of future queen. 
I don't like you.
Nicholas: Pleasure.

 Joe: If you hurt my girl, you will answer directly to me.
And whatever crime I commit against you, remember, I have diplomatic immunity in 46 countries. Including Puerto Rico.
Viscount Mabrey: Sir, you will find that the word 'fear' is not in my vocabulary.
Joe: Perhaps. But it's in your eyes.

Queen Clarisse: Why are you so against Princess Mia being queen?
Nicholas: Well, my uncle feels that Princess Mia doesn't know the people.
Queen Clarisse: And you feel you do know the people?
Nicholas: Yes. I was born here, I went to primary school here. I am a true Genovian.
Mia didn't even know she was Genovian until high school.
And to be frank, she's spent little time here since then.
Queen Clarisse: Well, I happen to feel that she'll make a great ruler.
She's terribly bright, sensitive, caring.
Nicholas: I know that.
Queen Clarisse: You do?
Nicholas: Yes, I do. But... How can one rule the people if they do not know the people?

[after kissing]
Mia: What are you doing? What is wrong with you?
You can't just go around kissing people. Particularly not engaged people.
Nicholas: You enjoyed it. You want to kiss again?
Mia: Well, I... No! Stop trying to confuse me.
Nicholas: What's confusing about a kiss?
Mia: You're just trying to make me like you, so that I won't want to marry Andrew,
and so that you can have the crown, ha!
Nicholas: Maybe I am, and maybe I just like kissing you.

Queen Clarisse: When are you going to start acting responsibility?
Hiding in a closet with a man who is not your betrothed?
Coming out of a fountain dripping wet with the same man, who is not your betrothed?
Mia: Do you think I plan for this kind of stuff to happen?
I lost it. Sometimes you just lose it.
Queen Clarisse: You can't afford to lose it. Other people lose it, we're supposed to find it!
People look up to us, and we're held to higher standards of behavior.
Can you try to grasp that concept?
Mia: The concept is grasped. The execution is a little elusive.

Nicholas: She's smart, she really cares about Genovia, maybe it wouldn't be so bad if she ran the country.
Viscount Mabrey: Are you mad?
Nicholas: She believes in Genovia so much that she's convinced herself to marry someone that she knows she can never love.

You chose me and I accepted.
And a gentleman never backs out on his word.
We are going to stand up in church and say "I do" and tomorrow we'll be man and wife.
And you are going to make an amazing queen of Genovia.
~Andrew Jacoby

I made my choice. Duty to my country over love.
It's what I've always done, it seems. It was drummed into me my whole life.
Now I've lost the only man I ever really loved.
Mia, I want you to make your choices as a woman.
Don't make the same mistakes I did.
Make your own mistakes. There'll be plenty of them, believe me.
Now you can go back into that church and get married, or you can walk away.
Whatever choice you make, let it come from your heart.
~Queen Clarisse Renaldi

A few moments ago, I realized the only reason I was getting married was because of a law,
and that didn't seem like a good enough reason.
So, I won't be getting married today.
My grandmother has ruled without a man at her side for quite some time, and I think she rocks at it!
So as the granddaughter of Queen Clarisse and King Rupert, 
I ask the members of parliament to think about your daughters, your nieces, and sisters, and granddaughters, and ask yourself,
would you force them to do what you're trying to make me do?
I believe I will be a great queen.
I understand Genovia to be a land that combines the beauty of the past with all the best hope of the future.
I feel in my heart and soul I can rule Genovia.
I love Genovia.
Do you think that I would be up here in a wedding dress if I didn't?
I stand here, ready to make my place as your queen. Without a husband.
~Mia Thermopolis

I decline. I refuse to be king.
Ladies and gentlemen, it is Princess Mia who should have the crown.
She's bright, and she is caring.
But more importantly, she has a vision.
One that will take Genovia forward, and if the parliament were astute, they would name her queen.
Listen to her, she'll lead us into the 21st century.
And besides, just think how lovely she'll look on our postage stamp.
~Nicholas Devereaux

Mia: What is your dilemma, young man?
Nicholas: You are, in fact. [kneel]
I am in love with the queen-to-be, and I am inquiring if she loves me too.

*****

THE PRINCESS DIARIES [2001]

She Rocks. She Rules. She Reigns

Helen: Your grandmother called.
Mia: What?
Helen: The live one, who lives in Genovia. Clarisse.
Mia: Oh, wow, this is the first time she's contacted us, what's she want?
Helen: She's in town.
She wants to have tea.
Mia: Tea?
She came all the way from Europe to have tea?
Isn't this the grandmother who made you two get a divorce?
Helen: Well, she didn't approve of me.
But Phillippe and I made the decision to divorce on our own.
Mia: Why should I go see this snobby lady who ignores us?
Helen: Mia, she's your father's mother.
Just go see her tomorrow, please?
She said, your father hoped that you two would meet someday.
Mia: All right, I'll... I'll go.

Queen Clarisse: Let me look at you.
You look so... young.
Mia: Thank you.
And you look so... clean.

Queen Clarisse: Amelia, have you ever heard of Edward Christof Phillippe Gerard Renaldi?
Mia: No.
Queen Clarisse: He was The Crown Prince of Genovia.
Mia: Mmmm...
What about him?
Queen Clarisse: Edward Christof Phillippe Gerard Renaldi... was your father.
Mia: Yeah, sure. My father was The Prince of Genovia.
Uh-huh, you're joking.
Queen Clarisse: Why would I joke about something like that?
Mia: No... no... cause if he's really a prince, then I'm...
Queen Clarisse: Exactly.
You're not just Amelia Thermopolis, you are Amelia Mignonette Thermopolis Renaldi,
Princess of Genovia.
Mia: Me? A... a princess?
Shut up!
Queen Clarisse, choke by her tea: I beg your pardon? Shut up?
Consulate Maitre'D: Your Majesty, in America it doesn't always mean 'be quiet'.
It could mean 'wow', 'gee whiz'...
Queen Clarisse: I understand, thank you.
[to Mia] Nevertheless, you are the Princess.
And I am Queen Clarisse Renaldi.
Mia: Why on earth would you pick me to be your princess?
Queen Clarisse: Since your father died, you are the natural heir to the throne of Genovia.
That's our law.
I'm royal by marriage. You are royal by blood.
You can rule.
Mia: Rule? Oh, no... Oh, no, no, no, no...
Now you have really got the wrong girl.
I never lead anybody. Not at Brownies, not at Campfire Girls...
Queen Clarisse, my expectation in life is to be invisible and I'm good at it.
Queen Clarisse: Amelia, I had other expectations, also.
In my wildest dreams, I never expected this to happen,
but you are the legal heir, the only heir to the Genovian throne,
and we will accept the challenge of helping you become the princess you are.
 I can give you books.
You'll study languages, history, art, political, science.
I can teach you to walk, talk, sit, stand, eat, dress like a princess.
Given time, I think you'll find the palace at Genovia are really a pleasant place to live.
Mia: Live in Genovia?
Queen Clarisse: It's a wonderful country, really.
Mia: Whoa, whoa... Rewind and freeze.
I'm no princess.
I'm still waiting for normal body parts to arrive.
I refuse to move to, and rule, a country,
and do you want another reason?
I don't want to be a princess.

Queen Clarisse: I speak for the entire Genovian parliament and the royal family.
Helen: And I speak for this family.
Mia: Excuse me, I don't have a family with either one of you,
because you ignored me for 15 years, and you lied to me.
Families don't do stuff like that to one another, okay?

Most kids hope for a car for their 16th birthday, not a country.
~Mia Thermopolis

Lilly, surprise by the limo: Did I miss something?
Are we going to a wedding?
Mia: No, school.
This is the surprise ride.

Queen Clarisse, as Mia turn around slowly: Well, carriage, obviously.
Hairstyle... complexion... 
Stop!
Eyes, lovely.
But hidden beneath bushman eyebrows.
The neck is seemly.
Ears... like her father.
Mia, touch her ear: Really? They are?
Queen Clarisse, grab Mia's fingers: Oh, my! Who has nails like this?
Mia: Everybody?
Queen Clarisse: Tomorrow I would like to see clean fingers.
And you will wear stockings, not tights, not socks, and I never want to see those shoes again.
[at walking lesson]
When walking in a crowd, one is under scrutiny all the time.
So we don't schlump like this.
We drop the shoulders, we think tall.
[Charlotte giggles while Mia make a funny expression]
We tuck under and we transfer the weight from one foot to...
 [at sit lesson]
No. Princesses never cross their legs in public.
Why don't you tuck one ankle behind the other, and place the hands gracefully on the knees.

Joe: The dances here are very sedate.
Right from the hips.
No bobbing of the head, please.
It's not a doggy on a dashboard.
Straight, straight, straight up.
Let's practice this here.
This dance is between a waltz and a tango, you see?
Mia: It's a wango?

I love your eyebrows.
We'll call them Frida and Kahlo.
If Brooke Shields married Groucho Marx, their child would have your eyebrows.
~Paolo

Lilly: Oi, who destroyed you?
Mia: You think it looks that bad?
Lilly: You look ridiculous, you should sue.
Mia: I know it's a little straighter and shorter.
Lilly: Weirder.
Michael: An attractive weirder.

You used to care more about what was inside your head instead of on it.
Come on, Mia, fess up.
I don't know where you are these days, and now you're an A-crowd wannabe?
You're morphing into one of them.
And who knows, next week you could be waving pompoms in my face.
You sold out!
~Lilly Moscovitz

You should know that no one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
~Joe

Lilly: Just because the student population might be morally bankrupt doesn't mean they're blind.
Mia: Lilly, just stop it, okay?!
Just because your hair sucks, get off mine!
Michael: Ouch, thank you. [shakes Mia's hand]
Lilly: Michael, can you please pretend you have a life for just one moment?
Michael: Hey, relax, breathe...
Lilly, as Michael go: What did you just say to me?
Mia: You heard me.
I am so sick of you ragging on me all the time and always telling me what to do.
I got enough of that from my mother and now my grandmother.
I don't need that from you.
Lilly: I'm not an idiot.
I know something's going on you're not telling me.
Friends tell.

A week ago, Mia was a normal, little kid.
 She has never been normal, she was born royal.
~Queen Clarisse Renaldi

Mia: I don't want to run my own country.
I just want to pass 10th grade.
So, can't I tell everyone that I simply quit?
Joe: No one can quit being who they are, not even a princess.
You can refuse the job, but you are a princess by birth.
Mia: How can I tell if I can even do the job?
Joe: By simply simply trying.

Mia: Does my father always want to be a prince?
Queen Clarisse: Oh, yes.
Except once about 15 years ago.
He seriously considered renouncing his title.
Because he met a lovely artist who showed him wonderful things about how life could be,
how he could be.
Mia: But?
Queen Clarisse: But he had a decision to make.
Nobody could make it for him.
Not I, though many people thought I did, or anybody else.
Phillippe knew that my first born, his brother Pierre, wanted to abdicate,
which he did, eventually, to join the church.
Your father realized that the love he could have for one person, or even 2,
could not make him forget the love he felt for his country and its people.
It was the hardest thing he ever had to do.

Mia: I just kinda hope that if he kisses me, um... my foot pops.
Helen: Pops?
Mia: Yeah.
You know, in old films, whenever a girl gets seriously kissed, 
her foot would just kind of pop.

I didn't mean it.
The green monster of jealousy came out because you were Miss Popular
and I thought I was losing my best friend,
so I got angry, upset and hurt.
I told you, I need an attitude adjustment.
You being a princess is kind of a miracle.
~Lilly Moskovitz

Lilly: I just found out that my cable show only reaches 12 people.
Wanting to rock the world but having zip power like me, that's a nightmare.
But you, wow.
I mean...
Mia: Okay, what is so wow?
Lilly: Wow is having the power to affect change, make people listen.
How many teenagers have that power?
What more of a miracle do you want?
Mia: Well... we'll just have to find a different miracle, not more, just different.

Mia: I'm still going to the Genovian Independence Day Ball and I'm inviting you.
It could be fun.
I'm wearing this great dress I can't breathe in.
Lilly's got a date.
Michael: Josh looks better in a tux.
Mia: But, I really want you to be the one I share it with.
You don't have to wear a tux.
You can wear sweatpants for all I care.
Michael: Don't worry about me.
I just consider myself royally flushed.

Lana, after Mia spread an ice cream onto her cheerleader custom: Mia, you're such a freak.
Mia: Yeah, I am, but someday I might grow out of that.
But you?
You will never stop being a jerk.

Queen Clarisse: The truth is, I think you'd make a very fine princess.
People think princesses are supposed to wear tiaras, marry the prince,
always look pretty and live happily ever after.
But it's so much more than that.
It's a real job.
Mia: You are an extraordinary person, Grandma.

Amelia, courage is not the absence of fear,
but rather the judgement that something else is more important than fear.
The brave may not live forever,
but the cautious do not live at all.
From now on, you'll be traveling the road
between who you think you are and who you can be.
The key is to allow yourself to make the journey.
~Phillippe Renaldi

I wonder how I'd feel after abdicating my role as Princess of Genovia.
Would I feel relieved? Would I feel sad?
And then I realized how many stupid times a day I use the word "I".
In fact, probably all I ever do is think about myself.
How lame is that when there are 7 billion other people on the planet.
But then I thought, if I cared about the other 7 billion out there, instead of just me,
that's probably a much better use of my time.
If I were Princess of Genovia,
then my thoughts and those of people smarter than me would be much better heard,
and just maybe, those thoughts could be turned into actions.
So, this morning when I woke up, I was Mia Thermopolis.
But now, I choose to be, forevermore, Amelia Mignonette Thermopolis Renaldi,
Princess of Genovia.

*****