So tonight Jessica and I went on a date and watched 13 Going on 30. Wow, what a total chick-flick mind numbing experience. Jessica enjoyed it but I found myself completely bored except for the part where they danced to Thriller by Michael Jackson. Jessica is a wonderful wife and I’d sit through “13go30” 5 more times with her without any fuss, but man, couldn’t the writers come up with a plot line? There was no surprises, no twists and formulaic doesn’t begin to describe the ‘story line.’

On the upside there really wasn’t that much swearing, there wasn’t too much in the way of sexual content and there’s something funny about a bunch of adults dancing to a Michael Jackson video. However, the bad side is the adultery, lying, back-stabbing and excessive use of nose-job jokes. I also think that the use of the Talking Heads and then immediately making fun of them was a bad choice… there were far worse bands that could have been made fun, especially since Burning Down the House is a pretty good rock standard.

Oh, well. I hope that the gals who watch it enjoy it and I hope that the guys who watch it with their gals love their gals as much as I love my bride!