"That's How You Know" as sung by Amy Adams

The last couple of posts were kind of heavy, so let's start off this week a little lighter. Because it's been raining all day but I'm still in a pretty good mood. The movie "Enchanted" is a parody of the classic Disney fairy tale and romantic comedies in general. For those who haven't seen it, the plot centers around a classic animated princess named Giselle (played by the eternally lovely Amy Adams) who is thrust from her fairy tale world into the "real world," which is always invariably synonymous with New York City. A man and his daughter - who believes wholeheartedly in the magic of fairy tale romance - take pity on her and invite her into their apartment, because they're convinced she's just a beautiful crazy person that needs help. As a beautiful crazy person myself, I intensely relate to this situation and hope someone takes pity on me if I get lost in some new city (which will most likely happen one day). Anyway, crazy antics ensue - people start bursting into song, she turns their curtains into amazing dresses, and other fairy tale characters come into the picture, including Prince Charming intent on rescuing Giselle. But, of course, the cynical father falls head over heels for her, despite being engaged to another woman (played by the always amazing Idina Menzel). In the end, the Evil Stepmother/Sorceress is subdued, Giselle marries the father, Idina goes back to the fairy tale world with Prince Charming and everyone gets their Happy Ending. Well, except for the Evil Stepmother, but she was never going to get one anyway. In summation, it's a light-hearted romance with some really cute, tongue-in-cheek songs.

Amy Adam's in "Enchanted"

During "That's How You Know," the cynical divorce lawyer/father - Robert - is upset after a big fight with his fiance, Nancy (Idina Menzel), after she finds Giselle in his apartment. Giselle uses this song to convince Robert to send her flowers and apologize to make up for it, even though he's not big on the whole cheesy romance thing. The scene is pretty funny, because Amy Adams starts singing and Patrick Dempsey is like, "What the fuck is happening?!" and tries to get her to stop. And that's when the Jamaican steel drum band starts up....magically! Then everyone is singing and dancing and having a grand old time. I have often wished this would happen to me, that I would start singing and - Suddenly! - I'm leading a whole army of people in a musical number. Just one of the things a beautiful crazy person imagines while she's walking down the street. Towards the end, Giselle makes a wreath of yellow flowers and gives them to a bunch of doves to deliver to Nancy, to which Robert understandably says "Are you crazy? They're birds!" But, at the end of the song, he gets a call from Nancy - she's happy and all is forgiven. There's your relationship tip of the day, fellas - have a flock of birds deliver a bouquet of roses to your beloved when you've fucked up. Or give her chocolate - that works, too.

Well, does he leave a little note to tell you

You are on his mind?

Send you yellow flowers when the sky is gray? 

Hey!

He'll find a new way to show you

A little bit everyday

That's how you know

That's how you know he is your love

Some girls don't like this shit....but I do. Kind of wish The Husband would do more of it....or do it at all. He used to tell me watching movies like "Enchanted" (and "Sleepless in Seattle," which we watched on Amazon Prime this weekend) gave me unrealistic expectations. To an extent, he's definitely right. But I don't expect flowers every day...just on my birthday would be kind of nice. Oh well. I'm also the kind of girl who would give a guy a chance if he used a cheesy pickup line...if I thought it was really clever. My favorite is when a guy trips and falls while he's walking and then turns to whatever girl is there and says, "You're the only girl I've ever fallen for." ::swoon:: There are some other good ones out there on the internet - like "Am I dead? Because I'm pretty sure you're an angel!" or "If you were a library book, I'd check you out." It takes a lot of guts to sound this dorky and I appreciate that. But, understandably, it's hard to figure out which girls will think it's cute and which girls will give you a Death Stare. However, if a girl breaks out into random song, wondering if she'll like your cheesy pickup line is probably the least of your worries. Because, without a doubt, she has a Handsome Prince or an Evil Sorcerer following close behind and that's a level of shit most people would rather not deal with on a Monday.

The video is the aforementioned musical number. Because the expressions on Patrick Dempsey's face are half the fun. It also has the lyrics on the bottom, if you're inclined to sing along.

"That's How You Know" Video