When was the last time you paid for a movie, spent the last part of the film looking at your watch and hoping it... [View all]

...it would end soon?

It happened to me last night. My wife and I, newly "empty nesters" are trying to enjoy the last weeks of the Biden Presidency by going out with each other, dating, I guess, dinner and movies, usually. We had a nice dinner, a beer each, then walked across town to the movie.

She wanted to see "Wicked," so I went, and spent the last 45 minutes of the showing looking at my watch. I suppose the film was supposed to be "anti-racism light" but it was, well, unwatchable for me, something of a high school "cool vs. nerd" type movie for lightweight teenaged girls (as opposed to brilliant, observant and morally deep teen aged girls, who I know exist and to whom the premise may be unfamiliar). (Not everyone can be Malala.) I thought though, that my wife was enjoying the movie, so I kept my boredom to myself.

Later, when the movie was over, we were walking back to the car in the cold night, it turned out she was as bored as I was. We'll definitely skip the announced sequel.

I really love my wife.

She did explain to me who Ariana Grande is, since I didn't know that, and she did. As a result, I'm better acculturated, although I can't imagine that knowing who Ariana Grande is will ever actually make a difference in my life.