This post was originally written on 4/26/10, but only now do I feel like hitting publish on it. I never said I made any sense.
I had a date last night.
That’s two weeks in a row, on a Saturday night, too. Last week Dwayne and I planned to go to the movies and have dinner. Since he’s been working 6 days a week we only made it to dinner last week. If you have a Smokey Bones near you, go. They are amazing.
Last night dinner was a bit more simple. After watching Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution I am officially off most fast food. We didn’t have time for all to wait for a seat at a restaurant yet I wanted something semi-healthy. We had Subway.
Subway for me is pretty darned healthy, too. I had a footlong [actually ate the whole thing, usually I only eat half] turkey, no cheese, toasted on 9-grain honey oat with lettuce, tomato, green pepper, onion, spinach, and a dash of oregano. I added a bag of Harvest Cheddar Sun Chips [still unopened] and a Sweet Tea [my vice]. Next time I may actually forgo the turkey since I’m only in it for the veggies.
Mmm, veggies.
Okay, enough of my dinner.
On to the the movie.
I wanted to see Cop Out, but it was no longer showing at the theater. I had free tickets for a specific theater [I pride myself on being a cheap date]. Since Dwayne paid for dinner I paid for the movie snacks [almost as much as dinner - ouch!] We decided on Green Zone.
I wouldn’t say ‘go out and see this now’. It was interesting and at times dizzying. Mostly, though, it was frustrating. How is it I, an American, go to a movie, made by and starring Americans, about a war and root for, uh, I was rooting for the non-American! I knew he would die. I even knew who would kill him. Oh, and I knew so much more because this is [loosely?] based on truth.
Okay, maybe it’s not even loosely. Maybe it’s real close. I don’t know.
I do know that it made me embarrassed. Yeah, embarrassed to be an American. And I love America. I love what our Forefathers wanted. I love my freedom.
And yet I cannot say The Pledge of Allegiance
Just writing that – allegiance – what does that mean anyway?
If you like war movies, then rent this. Otherwise, skip it.
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