boy meets girl ..

i saw wall·e for a second time last night
and it seriously broke my heart.
the first time i saw it, i was pretty much just stunned.
but this time, i seriously wanted to cry.
**the following comments contain spoilers**
basically that scene when wall*e is taking care of eve
holding umbrellas over her head and rowing with her in the tire
is the most fucking adorable thing i have ever seen.
but then, when she watches it back
and they're both practicing holding hands,
makes. me want. to scream.
that is just so perfect ..
but there's a moment that i feel
when wall*e is climbing up the side of the spacecraft to get to eve
that someone out there has got to be willing to do that for me
come and keep me dry when we're in the rain,
wrap christmas lights around me
watch the stars with me
hold my hand
and then later when eve kisses wall*e and she keeps hold of his hand
and he is revived -
that's. love.
granted, it's between two robots and in reality a kiss probably wouldn't bring someone out of a coma or whatever the equivalent is for wall*e's state ..
but it just makes me really crave a walk in the snow with someone
with cups of hot chocolate
and holding glove in glove
i'm just really craving some old fashioned boy meets girl
and girl and boy fall in love
romance.
i was reading one of jd salinger's short stories last night
where he was explaining why he couldn't write his boy meets girl story
"i was going to write a lovely tender boy-meets-girl story. what could be finer, i thought. the world needs boy-meets-girl stories. but to write one, unfortunately, the writer must go about the business of having the boy meet the girl. and i couldn't do it for this one.
in a boy-meets-girl story, the boy should always meet the girl"

so i want to meet that boy,
that boy that'll hold out umbrellas for me in the storm
and that boy that'll take me rowing in a tire
and that boy that'll climb ladders in space
to get to me.