I would marry them both.

The Wilson brothers, that is. I just read Liz’s blog, and her passing reference to Owen Wilson produced a flood of love and longing in my soul. I can could give you a lengthy description of the quirks and charms that endear those men to me, but really they can all be summed up with one single, beautiful word, “Bottlerocket.”
Ca-caw! Ca-caw!
The thing is, they are just perfect compliments to each other. I can never really pick a favorite, because they are so nice as a pair. Luke, Luke, Luke. Steady as a rock. And oh oh, Owen. Such a lady killer! Just slaying them! If they both proposed to me on the very same day, but the offers expired at midnight and I had to choose, I would pick Luke. Because I am pretty sure he would make a better husband- do the dishes, paint the fence. Owen would be awfully fun, but he might just be a cheater. He’s sneaky, you know? And while I would like to make sweet love to him, I think he would be an excellent brother-in-law. He’d bring the beer at the 4th of July BBQ, and who knows? Maybe a joint, too.
There was a time, after Rushmore but before Royal Tenenbaums, when I was convinced that if I crafted the PERFECT letter to Wes Anderson (I mean really perfect) he would fall half in love with me and put me in a movie. I would play a returning astronaut with a crippling case of Vertigo who rides a bike barefoot and always wears short-shorts. My leading man? Insert Wilson brother here.
Sigh. Gweneth Paltrow stole my thunder, and my chances of lasting love with Dignan or Anthony were dashed forever. Ugh! “I want to hug him!”

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4 Responses to I would marry them both.

  1. jon says:

    willow, its not that i doubted the depth of your awesomeness, but i had no idea to its breadth.
    my confession is that i am the worlds #2 bottle rocket fan. i am not talking wes anderson, or his films; i am talking two words: bottle. rocket.
    the #1 fan is, of course, my friend ed, who introduced me to the movie after having watched it himself about 30 times before anyone remotely resembling a hipster had ever heard of it.
    how deep is our love? we went to every night of its showing at laurelhurst several years ago. with tape on our noses. (we couldnt find *yellow* jumpsuits, and to this day still keep an eye out for them.) we spend many a summer “ca-cawing” for each other from our bikes as we ride by each others houses. we were *this* closes to completing an on-stage re-enactment in front of a projection, cleverly (not) titled “bottle rocket picture show”.
    the list goes on and on.
    so, needless to say, you shine brightly in my eyes right now.

  2. willow says:

    Jon. You are my new BFF. I could recite the entire movie in my sleep. In fact, I probably have. Ugh! “You have very nice posture!!” OMG!! “Aren’t you supposed to be in literature? ” “It was all full up.” !!!! A perfect film. PErfect.

  3. Justin Sanders says:

    Best line in movie history:
    “He’s just a mixed up kid!”

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