Flying home

Coming back from the west coast I got seated next to a 14-year old boy traveling with his mom and two toddler siblings. They had a ton of stuff coming on board, two car seats and a mess of snack bags, iPads, etc. The guy and his little brother sat next to me, his mom and his sister were in the row behind. For someone his age, he was incredibly capable and responsible in how he handled himself and helped his mom get the kids situated and then how he entertained his little brother. I thought the toddlers could be difficult flying companions, whining and making noise etc. They were not. Turns out he had flown out to Washington the day before expressly to help his mom get the kids home, just as he had flown out with her two weeks before to get them there (she was visiting her sister who had just had a baby). His school wouldn't let him do fall sports if he had missed more classes. A total trooper.

It was too dark to read so I settled in to watch some movies. First I watched a Korean film, A Normal Family, It was a solid film, serious, thoughful, the kind of thing you can't really make in America any more. But it was dark, so I decided to follow it with Bridesmaids to lighten my mood a little. Unfortunately, the movie kicks off with Kristen Wiig having sex, albeit in a humorous fashion. At least she was wearing a bra, because I could sense the kid to my right checking it out and I was pretty sure by how nice and responsible he was that he was from a Christian family (turns out they were military) and his parents might not want him watching this kind of thing. I glanced over at him and he was indeed a little transfixed by it and we each blushed a little. At least that was extent of the sex scenes.The movie held up pretty well, good performances all around. It was nice to see that the cop was one of the guys from The IT Crowd which you should for sure watch if you haven't. Absolute classic British comedic genius.