Information taken out of context can be quite interesting and illustrative. Also embarrassing.
My friend Tina (36-hour Tina) mentioned a movie I hadn’t yet seen (“Saving Grace”), so I visited Netflix to add it to my queue.
This is what I found:
Hmmm. A superhero story, a documentary about birds, and “Zombie Strippers.” What does that say about me?
Let me explain.
“Spider-Man, Vol. 1: Interactions”
Eddie selected this for the boys to keep them from destroying the house. Yes, we occasionally use the TV as a babysitter and anesthetic. Don’t call DFCS on me.
“The Life of Birds: Episode 1”
I picked this for Dominic because he has developed an overwhelming interest in birds. Gideon was having none of it, though, and tried so hard to distract his brother that Dominic finally gave up on the (very interesting) documentary. It’s too bad. We almost made it to the end.
Sigh. This is the one you really want to know about, don’t you? It was an Eddie choice after we had finished watching “Breakdown” (How is it possible that I had not seen this classic with Kurt Russell as the vengeful, driven husband and J.T. Walsh as the leader of the bad guys [as usual]?). I like ridiculous, campy movies very much, but I guess I just wasn’t in the mood for “Zombie Strippers.” And it was way past my bedtime. I gave up on it, much like I gave up on “A Prairie Home Companion.”
Perhaps we’ll return to the movie at some point. I’m not a particularly discerning viewer. After all, I sat through all of “Not Your Typical Bigfoot Movie” and “Sherman’s March.” (Eddie still hasn’t forgiven me for that.)
Observe and report 
if I didn’t love the radio show, I would never have sat through that whole “Prairie home companion” movie. I wanted to be delighted, or simply wished to see the real goings-on backstage at Prairie home companion. the movie was kind of plodding, and the fantasy version of the show wasn’t all that fantastic.
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I wanted to like it, but “plodding” is a very good word for it. Two more: freakin’ boring!
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Ah, yes. I’m always wary about checking the Recently Watched section of our Netflix account when I return home from a trip without Nathaniel.
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Oh no. Are you thinking “Gambler Strippers” or the like?
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