I’m not gonna lie: I’m a crier. Not so much with the sad things, but the touching moments. And some of them are pretty damn weird, and I should be totally ashamed to admit they made me cry. I should be, but I’m not. A sampling:
- The Lady Gaga Google commercial
- “The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants” movie
- The father-daughter dance at Every. Single. Wedding. Even if I’ve never actually met them.
- The Chrysler Detroit commercial (That city has just been through so much! And no, I’ve never been there.)
- The opening scene when we went to see the Lion King in 3-D (I was at least able to hide behind the glasses, and Zach couldn’t actually confirm that I was “having a moment.” He suspected as much though.)
- The “Dolphin Tale” preview
- The “Big Miracle” trailer
- Basically any movie in which animals, especially helpless sea creatures, triumph over adversity, including the granddaddy of them all: Mother. Effing. Free. Willy. Man, when Willy finally crests over that wall and into the ocean, I just lose it!
- Any song called “Forever Young,” from the Rod Stewart version to this classic 80s variation and subsequent Jay-Z sampling. (EDITOR’S NOTE: Dude, seriously? Rod Stewart? Get it together!)
- The “Introducing Facebook Timeline” video (Watched that for the first time at my office. Not a good career move.)
- While tearing up at this one in itself is nothing to be ashamed of, I cried so hysterically at the end of “Slumdog Millionaire” that people in the theater started staring at me. We’re talking blubbering so uncontrollable, it was like when you were a little kid and you would gulp for air in between sobs and almost start hyperventilating. Zach handed me some tissues and then pretended like he didn’t know me.