Nothing to say

We saw one and a half movies tonight. This was the first. The other I don’t want to mention in the same post as this.

I would recommend this film to absolutely everyone, with a couple of exceptions. First of all, if you’re too young to discuss sex, don’t see this film. Second of all, if you’re old enough to discuss sex, but don’t have anyone mature to discuss it with, who can answer your questions or help you through what can be quite a difficult and mysterious topic, skip it until you can find someone to talk to. They cover a lot of material, and with the exception of Jennifer Garner (who plays a rather flat character, or plays her character rather flatly), they do an absolutely excellent job.

I don’t really follow Jason Bateman’s career, but I can say that this is, without a doubt, the highlight of his entire body of work. By why I mean to say it’s all I can remember him in, though I did know his name before the film. Really, he got an amazing role, and played it beautifully.

We both thoroughly enjoyed this film. It does cover a very sensitive subject, but it is done with emotion, honesty, and tact.

The soundtrack is also excellent. Bummer they had to include Belle & Sebastian, but that isn’t enough to spoil it. Really stellar.

We saw a movie and a half tonight.  This was the half.  I really enjoyed certain parts of it, but not enough to recommend it to most people.  John C Reilly, the star of the film, can rock out with his Cox out (I haven’t seen that joke yet, but I’m sure it’s everywhere).  The jokes get tired fast, though.  It was fun, if you can dig the mindlessness.

U.S. to Cut 10 Percent of Diplomatic Posts Next Year

I have a lot of ideas, feelings, opinions, inclinations and tendencies that cannot be explained.  Well, perhaps they could, but not by me.  One of those things is that I really want to homeschool my children.  I’m really not entirely positive why.  I am definitely aware of a couple of reasons I don’t want to.  Extracting them from a larger group of their peers seems like it could be detrimental to helping them better handle social interactions later in life, for instance.  I don’t have any evidence to support that reasoning, but at least I have a reason for it.

The hard part comes when I’m actually asked to explain things that I have no reasons for whatsoever.  This may be a result of my tendency to draw conclusions from facts and then forget the facts from which the conclusions were drawn.  The conclusion having been the ultimate goal of the facts, the facts themselves are no longer useful, right?  Well, wrong, because I may want to reassess my reasoning at some point, but that’s generally fairly impossible.  Regardless, the trend is the trend, and it’s merely background information to my point.

My point is that I have very little idea why I’m so strongly inclined toward homeschool.  Fortunately, I just gathered one fact: the ASVAB.  In These Times recently released a story on the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery, and it just makes me sick.

You know … I need to refine my point just a bit.  I don’t necessarily mean homeschool, now that I think about it.  I mean that I don’t want my children in US public schools.  That’s kind of a horrible thing, and I’m not speaking badly about any teacher, district, or feature within this system.  I’m quite happy with a great deal of my public school experience.  I guess it ultimately depends on where we are; not all school districts were created equal.

So the point…  I don’t trust public schools in general.  I think the bad districts outweigh the good ones, and the national average definitely leaves something to be desired.  If I don’t trust someone or something, I’m certainly not going to entrust my children’s care and education to that entity.

Now I just need to come up with enough additional concrete facts to support this opinion.  :)