This movie is about the destruction of relationships and where you go from there. Not the most cheery of movies. You would think it’s a chick flick but it’s not so straight forward. It follows the lives of four near 30 year old men who have known each other as far back as pre-school. All seem to be having an early midlife crisis. In any other movie the guys would be painted as jerks but this movie gave them some sympathy. After the movie was done I realized there was no role in religion in their lives. Everyone was struggling to weigh out their values in their own way. It’s true that religion can be used to harm people and because of recent events we are constantly reminded of that. However religion can offer safety as well. The main character doesn’t want to marry his girlfriend and doesn’t want to buy a house with her in fear that it’s too “final”. He does love her. When his girlfriend gets pregnant he feels trapped and confused and somehow decides he needs to cheat. Now the idea of a man impregnating the woman he loves but then refusing her a marriage, a joint settled home and then going out and cheating on her because he’s confused is unsettling to me. He realizes his errors at the end but I can’t help but think a man of faith (any faith) would have certain values already settled in his mind. There’s also a side story of the parents of the pregnant girlfriend. Her mother is having difficulty aging and doesn’t feel wanted by her husband.

It’s a good movie if you want to think about relationships. I think it’s pretty important to at least be exposed to the viewpoints of people you would readily consider to be jerks. The new rating system is not up yet.

4/5

In the last few days I’ve really really proven myself to be a klutz. I dropped my cell phone which killed it. I spilt a full large cup of copy all over Tipu at a coffee shop. I recently lost my set of car keys. Yesterday, I dropped our digital camera. It is now hovering at near dead. I also thought I had locked the last remaining set of keys in the car yesterday which sent my heart racing. So please becareful around me. Keep your distance.

840 Erin St.

Tipu found this restaurant a while ago and we went there for my berfday yesturday. We didn’t have too much because we had already had fries at the Golf Dome. We ordered the hot and sour soup and we had Laap. Laap is dried up/grated meat with spices served with lettuce, cucumber and sticky rice. There’s three different traditional ways you can eat Laap. You can put the meat and sticky rice on the cucumber slices and eat it like an appetizer. You can put the rice and meat in the whole romaine lettuce leaf and have it like a taco or you can make your own rice ball and stab your thumb in it and put the meat in the indentation. Laap reminded me of shutki. The restaurant looks drabby from the outside but pretty, warm and friendly in the inside. The service was really good.

The hot and sour soup was pretty much the same as the Thai version. I have one pet peeve about such soups. I understand it’s all about the savoury spicy broth and everything but I really do think they should put more solid objects in such soups. Veggies, shrimp, meat, whatever… more than three of each I say.

3.75/5

{the husband has hijacked and sabotaged this post to finally call an end to the decimal fractions rating system! It sadly sucks. Ladies and Gentlemen voice your opinions about the OUT of 5 stars thing that you see right below. It’s a demo for now, it will be implemented sitewide once the vote is out. REMEMBER: It doesn’t have to be stars, it could be bananas, apples, oranges, thumbs - up, spoons, frying pans, forks, knives, or what have you, muhahahahahah!!!! }

Last night my mom, sister and friends had a surprise birthday party for me. I felt vibes that it could happen but I wouldn’t let myself believe it would happen so I wouldn’t get dissapointed if it didn’t happen. The secret was well kept but early on I felt the evening’s plans were prime for surprise festivities. Anyways, I think this year I really needed it. Twenty-six was always my freak out age. To me it has always represented the crossing over from young adult to adult. It’s a huge step function. The good news is that I don’t have any more freak out ages to worry about. After 26 it’s all the same plane of adulthood. Adulthood is very challenging. Although fun and joy are possible I feel that they are dampened by maturity.

I had a great evening. We ate, we played “Scene It” and we danced around. I haven’t danced around like that in months, definately before there was snow on the ground. Thanks to everyone who came. Gifts were not necessary. I had a really really really good time. I haven’t been that unrestrained crazy happy in a while.

I came across an interesting discussion. Some muslims have expressed concern about the authenticity of certain scenes in the show and it seems Zarqa Nawaz would agree. There are so many production issues that most muslims are not aware of but need to consider before they judge.

Here’s the link.