Puerto Rico Pictures
March 25th, 2009
The Puerto Rico pictures I have are now on the web. I’ll add more once I get Jess’ phone. Have a good evening.
Archive
Archive for March, 2009
Pi: A Case Study in Communication
March 19th, 2009
Jess and I rent from Netflix. We try to alternate back and forth so that we each get something we’re interested in watching in each shipment. I had heard out in the ether that the movie Pi was a really cool, interesting movie. It was on a subject that interested me. (Number Theory has always interested me, don’t ask me why.) I had convinced Jess that it sounded like a good movie, that was kinda like The DaVinci Code, and that we ought to take a look. The premise of the movie was cool; trying to find patterns in nature and, particularly in the stock market and this mathematician’s personal journey with schizophrenia, and the various conspiracy theories that emerge as a result of his work.
The movie sucked.
The movie sucked big time.
So at the end, Jess and I were sitting there and I asked her what she thought. She said “It was…ok…I can see why people have liked it so much.” I said something along the same lines and we headed to the kitchen to make a snack. There was…something…in the air. Not tension, but just something unresolved. I broke the ice a little and said that the movie wasn’t quite what I thought it was going to be and Jess kinda agreed. The next step was some additional critique of the movie that Jess sort of followed along and agreed with and then at one point (I don’t remember who.) one of us just point blank said “I hated that movie!” and the other person said almost relieved “So did I!!!”
Why is this “A Case Study in Communication”? Because it was a microcosm of communication in relationships. It’s whether or not you liked a movie…straightforward, isn’t it? The more we talked after we both came to the realization that we both hated the movie, we found out I was worried that she thought I was someone with really bad judgment and taste in movies and she was worried I thought she wasn’t educated or cultured enough to appreciate the movie. That “something” in the air? Imagine something far worse lasting for a lot longer than 10 minutes. Wouldn’t it be easier to just dispel it right from the start?
Our Late Winter Holiday
March 19th, 2009
Sorry we haven’t been posting a lot recently. Jess and I went on a long weekend trip to Puerto Rico. We’re both a little more relaxed, a lot more tan, and looking forward to Spring. I’ll post pics when I get the chance in the next few days.
Just as a quick review of Puerto Rico, Jess and I both highly recommend the trip!
The Baby Bug
March 5th, 2009
Oh, boy have Jess and I been bitten by the baby bug recently. It seems that every time we see a cute baby, it turns into a 2 or 3-day period of reflection about whether or not we want babies or not. Jess has been, I have to say, a bit more symptomatic in this case, but I still get it once in a while as well. The other night, we were talking about how we’d teach kids responsibility and whether or not sending them to college is a privelege or a right for the kid. I’m sure next week we’ll talk about what kinds of names we want for the kids.
We have a strategy. Not a plan. Plans when it comes to this fail miserably. (You know, the whole God laughing thing.) We’d like to enjoy being married for a while, travel a little here and there, and decide what we want to do when we grow up. In the meantime, as you could see from my minipost before, you can look at pictures of our other babies.