My Single Mom Life

I know posting about barf and then going out to eat a greasy blue cheese burger, all in the same post, was kind of nasty, but that's just how my brain was working at the time.
Sorry if I grossed anyone out.

Anyway, the teens loved their hot wings.
They were totally surprised and like OMG! Mom I love you!, and then we sat down and watched The Golden Compass while they ate.

I liked the move, a little long in some parts, but good none the less.
It also was an opportunity to discuss with the teens why so many people were pissed about the movie when it came out.
Mark brought it up when the movie ended, and he asked; "Why were people trying to get others to boycott that?"
I explained to him that it was because A) the book's author is an atheist, and B) because the things contained in the movie have an anti-religion, anti-government message.
The magisterium represents both the government and the church.
They were trying to keep people from learning about the other worlds and other people who lived in those worlds, by controlling the people by limiting the information that gets out, as well as controlling the people themselves.
Telling them what to do for their own good kind of thing.
The college was about free thought, the ability to freely learn, and pass on what they learned, about the other worlds and people, the "dust", so the people could think for themselves and not be controlled.

Mark had one of those "a-ha" moments, and then he laughed.
"So basically, the people who were attempting to get this movie boycotted, were attempting to control the free passage of thought and information, because the messages that may be learned are not what they feel is for the good of the people. How ironic."
I love that kid.

We also have another movie to watch tonight.
I'm going to introduce the teens to Patrick Bateman.
For those who don't know, he's the main character in American Psycho.
While it is very violent, it is also comical.
It has a very dry sense of humor flowing throughout the film.
The business card scene is perhaps the most well known, and most brought up at any meeting where people may be handing out cards.
Last summer was one of those times when I sat around a large table and one man started handing out his cards, then another, then myself, and then everyone with a card.
We all ooh and ahhed at the thickness of the card stocks, the luster, the fonts.
Someone even mentioned how they suddenly felt like they were Patrick Bateman, and then a couple of giggles followed by those of us who know the film.
There's always someone who has no idea, and then someone else explains it.
It's a really great scene in a really great movie.