My girlfriend's and I have been planning on going to see the movie Magic Mike ever since we knew it was coming out. Up until now, one or more of us have been out of town and so none of us have gone to see it yet. When the girls heard I was coming into town this weekend, they immediately said we must go see Magic Mike. And so today we went to see Magic Mike. Marshall smartly opted out of the outing. So first we all went to lunch so that Marshall, my Dad, and our friend Melissa's brother Geoff could join us. Geoff is trying to break into the film business in the sound department and Melissa has been mentioning to us for some time to think of him if we ever heard of anything. When we heard our friend Mike (not Magic Mike, just Mike) was looking for cable puller to work with him in the sound department of the new TV show Revolution, we mentioned Geoff to him.
After some chatting back and forth, it was finally decided that Geoff would come down to Wilmington from New Jersey for a couple of weeks and intern with Mike in the hopes that eventually it would turn into a full time job. Geoff just arrived from New Jersey this morning so we invited him out to lunch with all of us. I wish I could have seen more of my Dad this weekend, but with him having to work on Saturdays and me having to leave on Sundays, there just wasn't much time in between to do much. That's the hard part about having divorced parents. You can't just have your parents over for dinner and visit with them both and feel like you spent equal time with them. It's always one or the other, because let's face it - my parents do not like each other. They can be civil at times, but in the general sense neither one of them wants to be around the other. They do it when they have to. Like my wedding or when Nolan was born, but they don't enjoy each other's company. It's one of the many reasons I waited forever to get married. I could have married the guy I dated in college, but I would probably be either divorced or miserable by now. I waited so long to make sure I actually was marrying someone I like to be around. Someone who made me laugh. And Marshall certainly does that. To top it all off, he's pretty on the eyes too. In fact, before we got engaged I had several of my friends tell me that if I didn't marry him, they were going to. Lucky for me he wanted to marry me too.
After a tasty lunch at Los Olos, Stacey, Susan and I said goodbye to the guys and headed across the street to meet Dawn and Cristy for Magic Mike. I had no delusions about the film actually being good, but that's not really why women are going to see it now is it? Let's get honest. There's only one reason why women are going to go see it and that's to see Channing Tatum with his shirt off the entire film. He's a pretty good dancer to boot. I never saw Step Up (which he also is in) so I've never seen his dancing skills before. I knew he had a dance background but didn't know he was that good. I guess some women might also be going to see the film to see Matthew McConaughey without his shirt on, but he just didn't do anything for me. The story was predictable but I didn't mind it. You tend to overlook the storyline when there's a buff shirtless man on screen for 95% of the film.
Marshall and Geoff did agree to meet us for frozen yogurt after the movie, so we headed to Fuzzy Peach where I proceeded to delay leaving even further. Fuzzy Peach is the best frozen yogurt bar in town and remarkably close to our house. It never fails though, every time we go the place is packed. They must make a fortune there. Eventually, though it was time to head home, pack up and get on the road back to Charlotte. I pushed it off until the last possible moment as I just was in no hurry to leave my house. It was a long solitary drive back but I did see a spectacular sunset as I drove west. It was a beautiful ending to a fabulous weekend. Hopefully, I will get a chance to go back home next weekend too and have yet another wonderful weekend at home.
My girlfriend's and I have been planning on going to see the movie Magic Mike ever since we knew it was coming out. Up until now, one or more of us have been out of town and so none of us have gone to see it yet. When the girls heard I was coming into town this weekend, they immediately said we must go see Magic Mike. And so today we went to see Magic Mike. Marshall smartly opted out of the outing. So first we all went to lunch so that Marshall, my Dad, and our friend Melissa's brother Geoff could join us. Geoff is trying to break into the film business in the sound department and Melissa has been mentioning to us for some time to think of him if we ever heard of anything. When we heard our friend Mike (not Magic Mike, just Mike) was looking for cable puller to work with him in the sound department of the new TV show Revolution, we mentioned Geoff to him.
After a tasty lunch at Los Olos, Stacey, Susan and I said goodbye to the guys and headed across the street to meet Dawn and Cristy for Magic Mike. I had no delusions about the film actually being good, but that's not really why women are going to see it now is it? Let's get honest. There's only one reason why women are going to go see it and that's to see Channing Tatum with his shirt off the entire film. He's a pretty good dancer to boot. I never saw Step Up (which he also is in) so I've never seen his dancing skills before. I knew he had a dance background but didn't know he was that good. I guess some women might also be going to see the film to see Matthew McConaughey without his shirt on, but he just didn't do anything for me. The story was predictable but I didn't mind it. You tend to overlook the storyline when there's a buff shirtless man on screen for 95% of the film.
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