This afternoon I skipped work to go see a movie with my daughter, whose birthday is today.

Twenty four years ago today was the last beautiful day of the autumn of 1984.  My doctor wanted to induce me because he wanted to go hunting on the weekend.  It turned out to be unnecessary, as Katie came a couple of days early, of her own accord.  The doctor said she was early, I insisted she was late.  She wasn't terribly large (she's still pretty small) but she had a head full of black hair, dry hands and feet and long nails.  All of this tells me she was late.  That and the fact that when she was two minutes old, she looked around the room and said "This is what I was afraid of."

I remember the day after she was born, laying in my hospital bed and thinking "I have a boy and a girl and I don't ever have to do this again."

Good thing for Zack and Josie I didn't stick to that.

Anyway, today she wanted to go to a movie, so we did. 

As we were watching trailers, she turned to me and said "David Duchovney and Tea Leoni have split up."

"Oh, no!"  I said.  "Was it the porn addiction?"

"I don't know."  she answered.  "I read she cheated on him."

"What?"  Is she completely crazy??  "With who?"  I demanded to know.

"I dunno.  Krycek."

"Oh."  Maybe she's not crazy.

That's kind of sad.  I liked them as a couple; they're both tall, thin, funny and although neither are classically beautiful, both are oddly attractive. 

We saw Burn After Reading, the Coen brother's latest offering.  Neither of us liked No Country For Old Men, but we've liked most of their stuff and we liked this one.  It was very funny and a bit grizzly, like only the Coen's can pull off.  Brad Pitt hasn't been this good since Twelve Monkeys.  I'd forgotten he could even play anyone but himself.  All the performances were good, with the exception of George Clooney, who doesn't seem to know where the line is between comedy and slapstick.  He was funny, but too over the top.  Kinda like Julie Walters was in Mama Mia!.

At one point in the movie, I leaned over to Katie and said "It's hard to believe that Brad Pitt was ever good looking."

She nodded and added "Or George Clooney!"

Yep.  The hunk train let those two off a few stops back.

Frances McDormand, John Malkovich and Tilda Swinton are great.

 

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