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I saw two movies this week.

I haven’t seen two movies in one week since my pregnancy. Jake and I LOVE going to the movies and used to see one almost every weekend, sometimes more if there were a few things out we were dying to see. But that all ended when Bridget was born. Damn babies are so selfish.

Thanks to generous babysitting by Jake’s sister and my parents, plus Mother’s Day Out, we are getting our movie fixes a bit more regularly than we had been.

This week, I went alone to see Sweeney Todd, which I really liked. I liked it more than the stage play. Now I know that’s odd to say but I think we saw a low-rent version on the stage. The sets were bare bones and there was no orchestra - every cast member played an instrument on stage. It was good but odd. The movie had so much more depth and the use of makeup was really good. Normally you don’t notice such things in a film, but this was really good. I’m not a huge fan of Tim Burton’s in general but I really liked this. I’m glad I went alone, though because Jake would have hated it. All the singing…. ewww… But how can you go wrong with singing about murder and cannibalism?

Today, I wasn’t sure what I was going to do with myself when Bridget was at MDO. I try to use it as “me” time but there was nothing I really wanted to do. Pay no attention to the fact that I still have a formal living room full of Christmas decorations well over a month past Christmas. Jake decided he could squeeze in a flick so what the hell? Those decorations aren’t in anybody’s way, now are they? We wanted to see another movie more but the times just didn’t work out for us, so we ended up at Michael Clayton. This is a movie I had really no interest in when it was first released. But I’d been hearing more and more good things about it, plus all the Oscar buzz has piqued my interest. Once upon a time, I made it my business to see every film nominated for Best Picture. Well, you can see how I’ve one on that over the past year. Anyway, Michael Clayton did not disappoint. It was so good! I completely agree with all of its Oscar nominations.

Sadly the one movie we are D-Y-I-N-G to see, the new U2 movie, just isn’t happening for us. It’s only at the IMAX theaters and at wonky times, so it’ll never work for a MDO day movie. And I’ve been working so much on Saturdays and Sundays that it’s tough. I think I’m just going to have to take one for the team and send Jake alone to this one. I really want to go but he’ll be crushed if he misses it.

And now for further excitement - the Lost premier tonight. C’mon Lost! Don’t let me down!

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