The Path to the Baths

Yeah, today started out great... a card from him and a card from me, and that's all I needed really. He calls me a pack-rat on a weekly basis, but I'm still low-maintenance, least I would like to think that. We made a deal earlier this week, for Valentine's Day, we would watch one of my favourite movies [I have like only 3, and he knows that too, truly!!!], and I would watch one of his. Tonight we would watch The Road Home [yeah, the first time he tried to watch it, he ended up walking away and started doing chores cuz he was bored!], and tomorrow, we would go see his movie, Touching The Void in the theatre. Fair and square.

Well, with the failed attempted the first time around [him ended up walking away and doing something else], this time it was worse... He knew certain that this is one of my fave movies... I thot, hey, a love story for Valentine's Day, seems appropriate. But a Chinese love story? Guess I'll never watch another foreign and/or sappy and/or one of my fave movie with him again!

I sat quietly watching the movie, eyes all misty-like... at times he would just make jokes about it! All the while he was doing it, I just kept focusing on the movie... Maybe I was just egg-xpecting him to like it, maybe I was wrong about the movie... maybe the movie does suck, maybe he thinks the Chinese are backward dumbasses?!? I dunno... An 87-minute movie, is that so bad? Too much to ask for on Valentine's Day? I mean I do have to sit through HIS movie tomorrow, right?

Almost throughout the movie, he was 'mimicking' the music to the movie... music that's played by some distinctive Chinese instruments... poking fun, though I stayed quiet! Towards the end, where the elderly mother was giving her motherly advice to his son, her weaping: "Have you found yourself a good girlfriend?", "You're not young anymore, you should find someone and get married.", "Mothers only want their children to be happy, and to live a full life of their own!"

"IS HE GAY?", out came his comment. In a low voice, trying to hold back my tears from the sad scene, I said sarcastically: "Guess you'll find out in The Road Home 2!"

"THE PATH TO THE BATHS". The I just walked away.

A surefire way to ruin a lovely evening. Yeah I'm pissed and now I'm blogging. "Are you mad?" "Did I do something wrong?"

"Yeah, you're being insensitive!" Well, at least he gave me something to write about, a reason to rant. I'm sure it'll be forgotten by next week and everything will be fine again. Next month will be our five-year anniversary and I think to myself: He just thinks that he knows me... One day at a time I tell ya, and that's all one can do! One day at a time...

I normally don't bitch about too many things here, tonight's an egg-xception obviously. It just hurts when someone you love tramples all over the few things that you care about [I know it's just a movie, but still!]! It's just an awful feeling. Well, if I feel better tomorrow, I feel better tomorrow... You take the good, and you take the bad...

Craptastic!!! <-- haha, this one's for you, Dieb!

Posted by robert at February 14, 2004 10:06 PM