What do you want to watch?
“Because I’m not in the mood to watch something I really want to watch.”
“Well what choice does that leave us then, if you don’t want to watch something you don’t want to watch, and you don’t want to watch something you do want to watch?”
“You know what I mean.”
“How can I possibly know what you mean?”
In fact I’m being unfair. I do know what exactly she means; I’m just being awkward because I can’t decide what to watch either.
Some films you want to save up as a special treat for the right moment. If you watch them in the wrong frame of mind it’s like having a bag of your favourite sweeties after you’ve had a big dinner and are full up. It’s a waste.
With Rogan away we could watch any DVD we want without worrying that it’s unsuitable for an 11 year old, or that we can only start watching it after he’s gone to bed. So here’s a rare opportunity to just sit down and watch something where it’s still early enough in the evening for there to be a good chance we’ll both be awake at the end of it.
“You still haven’t seen House of the Flying Daggers yet, which I know you’ll enjoy. Or what about Goodbye Lenin, which you got me for Christmas? We still haven’t seen that yet.”
“I can’t face anything with subtitles tonight, sorry.”
“So what do you want?”
“Something light”
“We don’t have anything light. You always want something light, so anything light gets watched right away.”
“Don’t we have anything recorded from the TV during the week?”
“Only heavy documentaries about global terrorism, conspiracy theories and that thing on the First World War I haven’t seen yet. Oh, and that drama about the guy who suffers a complete personality change after an accident and his wife struggles to cope, but that has no appeal right now.”
“Well what would you watch if I wasn’t here?”
“Some mindless action adventure thing, or The Good, The Bad and The Ugly which is still in the cellophane wrapper from my birthday because there’s never a good time to watch it.”
“I don’t fancy that.”
“I know you don’t. So what are you wanting to watch?” I scan the videos and DVDs on the shelf again, desperately hoping something will present itself. “What about Manhattan? You love Woody Allen and you’ve been itching to watch it again.”
“I’m looking forward to seeing it again, but just not tonight.”
“Why not?”
“Because I’m not in the mood to watch something I really want to watch.”
“Well what choice does that leave us then, if you don’t want to watch something you don’t want to watch, and you don’t want to watch something you do want to watch?”
“You know what I mean.”
“How can I possibly know what you mean?”
In fact I’m being unfair. I do know what exactly she means; I’m just being awkward because I can’t decide what to watch either.
Some films you want to save up as a special treat for the right moment. If you watch them in the wrong frame of mind it’s like having a bag of your favourite sweeties after you’ve had a big dinner and are full up. It’s a waste.
With Rogan away we could watch any DVD we want without worrying that it’s unsuitable for an 11 year old, or that we can only start watching it after he’s gone to bed. So here’s a rare opportunity to just sit down and watch something where it’s still early enough in the evening for there to be a good chance we’ll both be awake at the end of it.
“You still haven’t seen House of the Flying Daggers yet, which I know you’ll enjoy. Or what about Goodbye Lenin, which you got me for Christmas? We still haven’t seen that yet.”
“I can’t face anything with subtitles tonight, sorry.”
“So what do you want?”
“Something light”
“We don’t have anything light. You always want something light, so anything light gets watched right away.”
“Don’t we have anything recorded from the TV during the week?”
“Only heavy documentaries about global terrorism, conspiracy theories and that thing on the First World War I haven’t seen yet. Oh, and that drama about the guy who suffers a complete personality change after an accident and his wife struggles to cope, but that has no appeal right now.”
“Well what would you watch if I wasn’t here?”
“Some mindless action adventure thing, or The Good, The Bad and The Ugly which is still in the cellophane wrapper from my birthday because there’s never a good time to watch it.”
“I don’t fancy that.”
“I know you don’t. So what are you wanting to watch?” I scan the videos and DVDs on the shelf again, desperately hoping something will present itself. “What about Manhattan? You love Woody Allen and you’ve been itching to watch it again.”
“I’m looking forward to seeing it again, but just not tonight.”
“Why not?”
“Because I’m not in the mood to watch something I really want to watch.”
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