So yeah...

If anyone reads this and happens to know who I am, you'll know that I am a married man, college student and avid movie lover. Of these three things, I'd like to take some time to address them all.

I've been married for 19 months, and of those 19 months, 19 of them have been wonderful...truthfully. Don't get me wrong, it's not perfect, but I wouldn't trade it for anything. In every relationship you have your ups and downs. For me, I feel like I carry a majority of the problems in our marriage, or in other words my wife puts up with a lot. I'm lazy, sometimes irresponsible and I have a spending issue...my DVD collection can attest to that. Now, if you're reading this and asking yourself "why the heck is Brandon ranting and raving about his marriage", trust me, I'm getting to a point.

I'm currently going to college and I'm suffering from chronic laziness. I can't seem to focus on the tasks at hand and I have lost the desire to move forward on assignments. It sucks but...well, I don't know what to say to that.

In light of all this, I love movies. Weird turning point I know. But it's because of this affection of film that I write this here blog entry. Just the other night my wife and I went to see "Couples Retreat", a funny film that looks at three couples' relationships at different points through out. I try to gain something from every film I see. Not so much a "life lesson" but something interesting or maybe worthwhile. You see, films for me (as I think they should be) are an opportunity to escape from our own lives and take part in another. I try to lose myself in the moment. While watching "Couples Retreat", I couldn't help but but think about my own relationship, my own downfalls (who does that?!) and it made me realize (though I'm still a greenie at this whole marriage thing) that I, too can improve. I don't find myself as funny as Vince Vaughn or as witty as Jon Favreau, but I do find myself in similar situations and I do know that things can improve...and I have my undying, unconditional love for the cinema to thank for that. Okay, enough with the sappiness!

P.S.
Go see "Couples Retreat"...it was hilarious!