Movie Night

This is probably the first time I will flat out admit that I don't want to be updating this blog. Not because I don't care to update it, but more because me updating it means I am not home - AGAIN. After being home for two weeks straight (actually it was 16 days in a row and 17 nights in a row) being away this week is even harder than usual.

I really don't have a ton to say. I think we had such a nice weekend together and really finished the two weeks together on a real high note. so I won't bother re-hashing the entire period. I do know that I really hope my new boss will allow me to spend even more time at home. We'll see how that goes.

I came up with this weeks blog idea from that silly e-mail thread your sister sent out today. As I was trying to come up with my four movies for the list I started thinking about movies that reminded me of you. So I came up with my own Top 10 List of movies that remind me of you. Since I promised lots of lists, etc. when I started this blog over a year ago and haven't delivered that many of them this represents a move in that direction.

Criteria for the list includes: we saw it together for some memorable date, it is a great "cable movie" that never gets passed up, there are parts of the movie that remind me of you or the whole movie reminds me of you, it makes both of us laugh or you use the movie to torture me.

Top 10 Movies That Remind Me of Us (this list brought to you by IMBD.com)

10) Con Air (1997) - This one seems an odd addition to the list. It started our desire to fill in our "Action" movie DVD collection. We both really enjoy this movie. When it comes on cable we never turn the channel - ever. "Put down the bunny" is actually a phrase we say more than we really think we do.

9) The Family Man (2000) - back to back Nicolas Cage movies here. This is really a "me" movie. But it doesn't change the fact that every time I watch it I am reminded how lucky fate was to bring us together, give us our family and made sure we are part of each other's lives.

8) The Ring (2002) - I knew I needed a scary movie that made me hide my face. So I picked this one. Face it watching scary movies and hiding my face in a pillow and having you tell me to stop is a big part of our movie watching history. What better choice than one that you have the added benefit of knowing how TRULY scared it makes me?

7) Something to talk About (1995) - I am pretty certain this is the most classic cable movie we can name. To my recollection we have never "passed" by it with watching it to completion from wherever we caught the movie. We own a copy that has never been viewed. Add in that we both really like the movie and that completes its entry on the list.

6) Silence of the Lambs (1991) - Another one that scares me. But it is really on the list because you love it and you know how much the "tucking" scene makes me want to vomit. It is also the first academy award winner on the list.

5) P.S. I Love You (2007) - Seriously - I cried on airplane over the Atlantic Ocean when i saw it because it is as close to seeing someone love anyone as much as I love you as i have ever encountered. The movie instantly made me miss you even more. I picked up a copy and made you watch it the day it came out.

4) (tie) Drowning Mona (2000) and Nothing to Lose (1997) - These are as close to our own version of "cult classics" we have. Many people have never even heard of these movies, let alone know that they are so funny. We "discovered" them both by accident and laugh every time we watch them.. granted Drowning Mona is by far the funnier of the two, but both are our own discoveries.

3) (tie) Batman (1989) and My Stepmother is An Alien (1988) - Both great dates. The Batman story still gets told. "dunna dunna dunna dunna Bat Cow!" How can we forget. And the other might be the worst movie ever made, but frankly I don't even remember seeing it, their was too much going on at the time.

2) It's A Wonderful Life (1946) - No movie list for you is complete without this one. Add in that I now can claim to having seen it more than a million times and i guess it has to be on my list as well. A sure sign that your favorite season is upon us and all is right in your world.

1) The Accused (1988) - An academy award winner in real life and the overall winner in ours. The "date" that put us together forever. Since that date now almost 21 years ago today we have been together without interruption. It is the best day of my life, if seeing this movie happened on the best day in my life, then it has to top the list.

There you have it - am sure I missed few, but you know how my instant recall ability can be.

I love you - maybe we can watch a movie together this weekend. Who knows, maybe it will make the next list. We are still making plenty of memories together aren't we?

I love you more than anything the world.