The Movies, an Interlude and Movie Dating Tips

How do I begin to tell the story? If the movie 'Love Story' instantly pops into your mind, then you remember those beautiful times for a variety of reason. This was one Chick Flic I actually enjoyed. It was also a great movie for any guy to take his date to show his 'sensitive' side, assuming he had one. I look at the so called Chick Flics out today and wonder what dude in his right mind would take his date to see one. Most show subservient male characters who will do anything to win the girl of their dreams. Others show males as goofy morons that the girl somehow falls in the love because I guess she thinks a moron is better than having a guy who would bring bottles of Bud Light to an opera. Other Chick Flics include historical dramas where everyone is so polite and prissy that I had to remove my socks from boredom and leave the room. Then, there are the feminist Chick Flics. No comment!

Now that I have your divided attention, I want to switch gears. I simply want to know if there is anyone that did not receive a comment from me on one of their article who had commented on one of my articles? If so, my apologies and please tell me who you are. Last weekend, I played ketchup and made exactly 286 comments to articles from people who had commented on my articles. I spent roughly 7 hours doing this. I do try to reciprocate, but I am alien and do make at least one mistake per day. If you made several comments and I only reciprocated with one comment, tell me. I like to be a fair a decent in reciprocating as I possibly can be. (This does not apply to Babel, which I have yet to read all of the comments). If I made a comment you didn't like, tell me. I'm not out to offend you. Please put your huge Voodoo doll of me and your needles away.

Now, back to the movies. I never could quite understand the reason to take a date to the movies. I mean you sit there munching popcorn getting your hands all slimy from the buttery topping, which makes your breath smell like a toxic waste dump, and you don't dare say a word because other movie goers will give you angry looks or sic an usher on you. To make matters worse, you don't dare go to the bathroom while the movie is playing and leave your date alone. When the movie is over, the first thing you and your date do is rush to the nearest toilet. What could be more romantic? Of course your date is wondering if you washed your hands because getting the oily butter off from the popcorn takes a heavy duty degreaser. What can be more romantic than to sit for two hours in a darkened room with total strangers and not say a word? I learned when I was young and still didn't worry about possible blindness from a pill for, let's say hormone needs, that there was only one movie any man should take his date, except for Love Story of course. The movie was Night of The Living Dead (1956 version). If before this movie, you had had any problems with intimacy, this movie was the cure. Your date would be hugging and squeezing you throughout and might even jump on your lap (not for a lap dance). After this movie, no more intimacy problems. I do however suggest wearing earplugs. Your dates screams could cause temporary hearing loss. Now that I'm (very happily) married, I no longer have to resort to such tactics, but sometimes my wife insists I watch a Chick Flic with her. There is no escape. I just say, 'Yes, Dear' and accept that suffering is sometimes inevitable.