Day off? What day off?

I think in my last post I said something about writing about Syriana and Wimbledon on my day off, which would have been today. Unfortunately, the pregnant massage therapist at work who wasn't due until mid-May went to the hospital today, so I got called to take her shift. And then I'm taking her shift tomorrow morning and Saturday morning as well as my Friday and Saturday afternoon/evening shifts. I'm going to be one busy little massage therapist the next few weeks.

As far as Syriana and Wimbledon go... The basic message of Syriana is that America is evil and corrupt, which is what I expected of the movie. Also, I didn't like it because they killed off the only character I actually cared something about. Wimbledon isn't the greatest romantic comedy out there, but I think it's worth watching, especially for the director's commentary on all the different camera tricks they used, or if you like tennis and/or seeing Paul Bettany's rear end multiple times. Of course, you could just watch A Knight's Tale for that.

If there's any pet peeve that I have about romantic comedies it's that couples tend to fall madly in love in an unrealistically short period of time. I realize there are some people who do. I used to work at a summer camp with a guy who met his wife on a Monday, and that Friday he told her that the next week he was going to take her out on a date and ask her a question and he wanted her to be thinking about what her answer would be. But for a majority of us that isn't enough time to meet someone and get to know them well enough to know that you could live happily with them for the rest of your life. I told Brian after we watched Wimbledon, "If you ever make movies, and if you make a romantic comedy, can you make sure that it takes the couple longer than two weeks to fall in love?"