I want to work for Big Tobacco. I just finished browsing the RJ Reynolds website but alas no relevant looking jobs. They could use a Materials Engineer right? Cigarettes are nothing more than a combination of materials. Maybe I could invent some new sort of paper to wrap them in.
I don’t think I have an addictive personality but I do day dream and I’m probably borderline impressionable. I watch an old Clint Eastwood western and I want to be a cowboy; I watch Goodfellas and want to be a gangster. Maybe it’s just because those are cool things to do. I don’t watch Philadelphia and want to be gay.
Well the point of this post (I promise there is one) is that Thank You For Smoking is a seriously bad ass movie. It was the first time in recent memory where all the quotes from critics they put in the preview are actually true. It actually was the “funniest American comedy since The 40-year Old Virgin.” It has even displaced Junebug as my recommended movie.
The other half of the story is that this was mine and April’s first attempt at a long distance date. Crazy? Why yes, yes it is. I actually got that idea from that made for TV movie, “Pirates of Silicon Valley” about Bill Gates and Steve Jobs. Bill Gates apparently did it with his wife while they were apart. The concept is simple, you and your significant other are apart but still want to go out on a date, what do you do? You decide on a movie you both want to see, go see at about the same time and then call one another afterwards to talk about it, just like you were walking out of the theater together. Good enough for the richest man in the world, good enough for me.
I think this falls under the “hopelessly romantic” category, but others have described it as “cute” , “pathetic”, or just simply “weird.” I thought it worked out pretty well. But I’m curious to hear what my faithful yet always thoughtful, demanding readers have to say.
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Sounds good to me. So what else could you do besides movies… eat at mcdonalds at the same time?
This is one of the funniest posts from any blog I’ve seen in awhile.
I had the same response to Thank You for Smoking, it was very well done. One interesting thing is that there is no first-hand smoking really shown in the movie. I think the only smoking they show is when the father of big tobacco is smoking a cigar in the hospital, seen via tv.
Congrats on your new dating strategy.