A Year of Dates: Week 23

We got 2 whole dates this weekend, thanks to an obligitory dinner out on Friday night with Zach's new hire for Hawaii before she flew back to Honolulu, and a previously scheduled babysitter coming Saturday night. Dinner to Los Hermanos last night was nice--a first for Zach's guest and that's always fun, especially when fried ice cream was such a novelty that she took a picture of it for posterity's sake. Love it.

Tonight we went to a movie. It seems crazy to me how many movies are geared toward men born in the 1970s and 1980s who can see the cartoons and TV shows they watched, the comics they read, and even the TOYS they played with make it to the big screen. Star Wars (I realize this was a movie first, but still! All the toys!), Iron Man, X Men, The Hulk, TMNT, Superman, Fantastic Four, Batman, Transformers (A sequel? Really?), G.I. Joe, He-Man (still rumored), and as we saw tonight, Star Trek. Thank you, CG special effects, for making it possible for my husband to relive his childhood in a non-animated, grown up kind of way.

I would just like to ask one question. What would the men of the world do if their wives asked them to go to a movie based on the toys THEY played with as children? I can see it now. "Sweetie? I got us tickets for Strawberry Shortcake Begins at 7:30. It's supposed to be fantastic!" "That Pound Puppies trailer was UNREAL! Only 1 more month till it's in the theaters!" "Rainbow Bright? Did you SEE how her futuristic mini-skirt/boots combo glowed on the screen? It's gonna be outta this world!" Seriously, how weird would it be to see real live people playing The Cabbage Patch Dolls: Our TRUE origins? Very--in case you were wondering.

p.s. I actually really liked Star Trek. It was good.