Cinematherapy

Last night I was feeling a little down, so I headed to the local movie theater for some cinematherapy. I don't usually get to watch midnight movies on Thursday nights, but due to a day off I decided to check one out. My flick pick was Dan Who Lives At Home, so I shuffled into the nearly-empty movie theater with my sour punch straws, medium coke, and small popcorn. The movie was really enjoyable, and it was the perfect therapy for a bummed out brain. I appreciated how uplifting and affirming it was without being hackneyed or lame. It had something pretty honest and realistic to say about the human experience, but really it was just a simple, character-driven story, which is my favorite type of movie.

 As I left the theater though, I was confronted with these lovely movie posters. Okay, obviously everything about pregnancy makes me jealous and cynical right now, but even if I'd never had a miscarriage, I don't think I'd have any desire to see this movie. These chick-flicks that insult female intelligence and wheedle us down to the lowest common denominator are not my favorites. Guys versions of how we think. Or maybe I'm just jealous that I won't look like Cameron Diaz when I get pregnant. lol. It just looks a little silly, so I'm not interested. But then again, isn't that like every single movie that comes out these days? It's not often that I actually get the urge to head to the movie theatre nowadays. But you just watch, I'll be eating my words in like four months when I'm pregnant and I'm all like "I wanna go see the stupid pregnant lady movie". lol.

Thursday was a pretty good day all in all. I didn't eat well, unless you consider pizza in the Little Caesars parking lot to be a well-balanced meal, but I did get some walking in on a very windy and foggy night. I guess we've been a little spoiled with 75 degree days. It's still March, after all. My total walking for the day was 3.3 miles which is pretty decent, so I'm feeling pretty good. Hopefully the weather will stay nice, and I'll get to walk this much consistently going forward.