away we go

I like to go on dates.
Last night I went on a date with a very handsome boy.
We went to see Away We Go, and I laughed until I cried.
But, no, this laughing until I cried didn't just happen once, or happen a little.
You can ask my very handsome date to tell you how I laughed until I gasped for air, and snorted, and generally wet myself like six times.
Except that I didn't actually wet myself. Just my face.

Now, I've laughed until I cried during many movies, but not movies like this one. Movies where I've laughed until I cried were usually movies like The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, or Finding Nemo.
The first is crude, horrible, plug-your-ears hilarious, and the second is fun for the whole family, Ellen is pretending to speak whale, and doesn't Marlin remind you a little of grandpa funny.

I loved that Away We Go was so unbelievably human. I didn't always laugh when the characters were laughing, because their jokes weren't funny. I laughed when they were being people, because they were such people.
It reminded me a little of Garden State in its humanity (although Garden State is much more crude) and it reminded me of Stranger than Fiction when you looked at the characters' flaws, and their strengths, and how they interact.
I assume that most people who actually read my blog won't see this, so now I get to share a moment that stuck out to me. This couple is beginning to start a family and trying to decide where they should be, and they go all over the country visiting people and trying out cities. When they see all these families that are really pretty screwed up, or falling apart, the woman Verona says, "No one is in love like us, right?"
And it is so hard, because she needs a confirmation that their family won't break, that they're stronger than everyone else who is falling apart, and yet, in order to accept that, she also has to try to accept that what she and Burt have is as good as it gets.
Obviously, especially having had such a good family growing up, and understanding the gospel, I know that what they have isn't as good as it gets, but sometimes, for the world, I think that it is.
and it's heart breaking to think that sometimes you really hit the peak, this is as good as it will ever get.
Let's just say, I love my life, and I'm pretty happy with it so far, but I sure hope it hasn't peaked yet.