more tearjerking

I posted a photo of Luis at the top of yesterday's Blatherings and was amused to see Alisa's response in
Blatherchat:

"Oh my GOD...is that maniacal looking dude at the drums actually my husband?! Hahahaha! I can't wait to show him this when he gets back from the store with Hailey. Thanks, Deb!! I must admit, he does have a certain sexy appeal. It's just been forever since he actually looked like that!"

She also included a link to what Luis looks like now (see photo at the top of today's Blatherings). Apparently Luis's response to seeing the old photo was just a "Man, I miss that shirt." :-D Check out the Garcia family site for more photos.

Allison' comment re: yesterday's photo of Luis:

"...I remember clearly the day that photo of Luis was taken. John and I had just moved into that rental townhouse and one week later we had Luis, Adam and Rand over to record tracks for the UT CD. It was enough to give me pause... the neighbours didn't even know us yet and here I was agreeing to set up a full drum kit and electric instruments for a day of recording. I was sure the noise would get us drummed out of the neighbourhood (no pun intended, well, maybe a bit) before we even unpacked our boxes! I remember sitting around the night before the session writing letters to all my nearby neighbours explaining our plans for the day and how I could assure them it wouldn't become a habit! Debbie and Adam drew little cartoons of UT and Ookla on the letters and I delivered them all. They must have done the trick because despite a -very- loud recording session we didn't get any complaints and we're still in the neighbourhood."

But back to tearjerker media...

Interesting to read the comments in Blatherchat on this topic. I agree with Frank, Allison & Chris about the STTNG "Inner Light" episode! That's my all-time fave Next Generation episode. My favourite Classic Trek episode is "City On The Edge of Forever" (also a tearjerker). For Voyager, my favourite is the episode where Janeway finds herself as a daughter in someone's life (episode name?), ends up emotionally attached to the pseudo-father.

I tend to be a weeper at movies. Certain scenes in Lord of the Rings -still- make me cry despite having seen it five times now. I cry during E.T.'s sappiest moments (yes, I know I'm being manipulated!! but I cry anyway!!). I cry during the Cantel commercial when the daughter has a fight with her dad and then opens up a Christmas present on the drive home (wouldn't it have been ironic if the ringing phone made her have a car accident??) and finds it's her Dad on the new phone, telling her he loves her (I'm getting teary-eyed just remembering this scene, I can't believe it! What a sap!!).

I even cry while reading books, sometimes having to put away the book temporarily and go hunting for tissues before I wrinkle the pages. The Great Gilly Hopkins (a children's book) still always gets to me. And The Bridge To Terebithia. And Emergence (when Terry thinks Candy is dead).

Do any books make you cry? If so, I'd be interested in hearing which ones (please avoid posting plot spoilers, though). Answer in Blatherchat, thanks.