“I don’t want to sell anything, buy anything, or process anything as a career. I don’t want to sell anything bought or processed, or buy anything sold or processed, or process anything sold, bought, or processed, or repair anything sold, bought, or processed.” That’s Lloyd Dobler, played by John Cusack in Say Anything, explaining his future plans to his girlfriend’s father.

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’tis the season of graduations, transitions and celebrations

when people

little and big

complete their

middle school, high school, college, post-grad

school years

they will be asked

many times

what do you want to do next?

most do not yet have an answer

or

will come up with

whatever comes to mind

they just need a minute

to take a breath

look back

at what they’ve done

enjoy the moment

exactly where they are

just a little bit longer

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‘Say Anything,’ (1989) is my favorite teen rom-com-drama movie

the movie follows the romance between Lloyd Dobler (John Cusack), an average student, and Diane Court (Ione Skye), the class valedictorian, immediately after their graduation from high school.

 in 2002, Entertainment Weekly named Say Anything the best modern romance film, and in 2012, ranked it number 11 on its list of the “50 Best High School Movies.”

 

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credits: 20th Century Fox