I used to have a still from The Notebook as my desktop background image: it was of the scene where they're laying down in the middle of the road, at night, watching the traffic lights change. But I've now changed it to a photo of Katy Perry, performing on what seems to be a catwalk, wearing a dress where the skirt is a model of a carousel. Forget romance, Prince Charming and "happily ever after". What I need is to remind myself that I can be independent, interesting in my own right and simply amazing (if I just stop spending so much freakin' time on the computer and grow up already).