October 27, 2009
grace in small things: forty nine
Charlie is home sick, for the second day in a row; he has an ear infection and a disgusting cough. He’s too sick to go to school but not sick enough to fall asleep, which means we’re camped out on the sofa watching a lot of television. Specifically, we’re watching “Catch That Kid,” for the second time in two days.
Spoiler: OMG this is a horrible movie. Unless you’re a seven-year-old boy with a hacking cough, in which case it’s a pretty good movie. Good enough to watch twice.
Oh Kristen Stewart. Seriously.
(I would recommend “Stormbreaker” if you’re looking for kid-friendly action movies. James Bond for tweens. With Alicia Silverstone as the quirky housekeeper.)
So I’m sitting here thinking about movies I really could watch two days in a row, and realizing that it’s a pretty short list. Five, in fact. How’s that for coincidental?
1. Pride and Prejudice. The Colin Firth version, of course.
2. Persuasion. I’m a sucker for Jane Austen.
3. Clueless. Based on Austen’s “Emma.” So there.
4. School of Rock. See, not all highbrow!
5. Sweet Home Alabama. “Look at you, you have a baby… In a bar.”
Your turn: What movies could you watch over and over? Say, if you were trapped at home with a sick child? Or if that sick child coughed on you and possibly got you sick, too? Because you know that’s what will happen.
To you, not to me. God I hope not.
Photo: BBC.co.uk
