Marital Sins

sixofclubs — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 08:10:17 +0000

This weekend I am going to New York with Belle to see the Tim Burton exhibit at MoMA. If you know me at all, you know how very exciting this is to me! I have such admiration for Tim Burton. His dark whimsy speaks to me. It is fun, it is just a hair creepy, but joyful, all at the same time.

Also happening this weekend; I commit one of the worst sins of marriage you can do. (Get your mind out of the gutter.)

I am leaving my husband with our daughter (who is not eating much of anything, but is hungry… a topic for another post). That isn’t even the marital sin. The part of the story that is horrible is that my father is coming into town the same day that I leave.

This means that I am leaving my husband, 15-month-old daughter and the father-in-law… and blowing town. OH – right – this is also the week before hubby’s finals week.

I would try to defend my actions by saying that I planned my trip well before the eating disorder showed itself and well before my father’s travel plans. I did try to discourage a Saturday arrival by my father and was very clear about when I would be home again. But alas, this is happening. Hubby, Pops and Baby will be studying for finals for 36 hours before I am back from my Tim Burton extravaganza.

My sister just laughed and asked if she could tell her husband (so he would know what a good wife she is since she has never committed such a sin).

How does a wife make up for such a sin? (except canceling the trip. It is Tim Burton! This is the last week of the show!)

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sixofclubs — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 10:03:53 +0000

Over the weekend I went to see ’9′, the latest Tim Burton flick. Here is the trailer.

The standard disclaimer is that I LOVE Tim Burton, so my review may be slightly skewed.

I was really looking forward to this movie, even though it was a genre I don’t normally care for (post apocalyptic / sci-fi adult animation). The story was good. I liked the various ways you could read the main characters without a detailed explanation. I was looking forward to the great soundtrack that I assumed was there based on the trailer, but it was missing. Of course Danny Elfman did the music, so it was good… but I thought it was going to be metal. (expectation smashed) I could see Tim Burton influences, but they weren’t as pronounced as I thought they’d be. The moral of the story was good, action was good… all was good. But. It was only good. Not great. I walked in with VERY high expectations and am disappointed. Everything I was expecting wasn’t there.

There were several kids in the theater. This was NOT a movie for kids. Animated… but not appropriate. I could hear the kids crying and I can’t imagine a little person liking the movie at all. I will call it a lesson for myself – research what movies you take kids to. Just because it is animated, doesn’t mean it is kid friendly.

All in all, the movie was OK. Worth watching, but maybe only worth an movie channel watch.

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Marital Sins

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