Even for a Sunday, I think I had to deal with too much religion today.
Went along with my family to church, which of course meant that this week's preacher was a woman who, with her voice, should have followed the call to become a kindergarten teacher rather than a person who interacts with adults on a regular basis. In addition, baptisms and communion followed, prolonging the whole mess. At least we were outside in some lawn chairs, so I could stretch my legs rather than being confined in a pew.
Got lunch after that, and did Father's Day gifting back at the house. I got my dad The Shawshank Redemption while my brother got him the book God's Debris by Scott Adams.
The play followed, and was actually very entertaining. However, it had religious overtones too—Jews calling each other ‘kikes,’ plus some more subtle stuff... I guess the play was written by the same guy who did Driving Miss Daisy, though Jews in Atlanta is about as far as the similarities go (or was the movie in Alabama? I forget...)
It was funny, though, and I went backstage afterward to visit with Suzi, my friend who was in it. She was excited to see me again, and I have no complaints about a cute blonde jumping at the chance to give me a hug ;-)
We sort of planned to see a movie together tonight, but then she went and tired herself out with the others there while striking the stage. Instead, continuing the religious theme, I went to see Bruce Almighty with my brother. It was okay, though I certainly had higher expectations for this evening...
Still, my friend said she's planning to come up to the Cities in two weeks, so hopefully we can finally see a movie together (well, actually, we once went to see Muppets in Space together years ago, though that was just because the movie we wanted to see was sold out).
Posted by mike at June 15, 2003 11:29 PM | Family , Movies | TrackBack