Among the numerous differences between our parents, movie watching is one of the most dramatic. Al's parents enjoy staying current on all the new releases while the last time my parents went to a theater, Ronald Reagen was president. Al & I are good for a movie about every other month. It definitely has nothing to do with not liking movies. I think it has more to do with commitment and less to do with upbringing. We have a hard time committing ourselves to sit for 2 hours. Not that we haven't spent that much consecutive time watching Seinfeld or Office Episodes or YouTube surfing, but making that commitment up front has been a tough pill for us to swallow.
Tuesday night, it was 8:45 pm, and we had finished everything we had to do and neither want to start on the "things we should do" list. We agreed to make a two hour commitment and My Fair Lady began. I love the old classics and Al is great about tolerating them. We should have seen that it was actually closer to three hours. Drifting to sleep was our enemy. It would take 4 nights to see Eliza and Mr. Higgins actually get together. All that build up and we were quite disappointed that fourth night when the best we got was "I've become accustomed to her face".
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I can't wait to see you guys in a few weeks! I am so excited! It sounds like things are as happening as ever around there! I had no idea that you liked old movies. You've got great taste!
If we start a movie anytime after 4 pm, I can't stay awake. I love old movies, too and I haven't seen that one in a long time. Maybe I should make Jake watch it.
We enjoy watching a good movie together. For some reason Nathan is on a new kick of renting from the library old Westerns. My expectations are so low that when I actually stay awake it is surprising.
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