Last year I didn't get Mike anything, not even a card, because I said it was a made-up holiday*. Sometime last week, I asked Mike what we were doing Saturday. He said nothing. I said we're not doing anything for Sweetest Day? He said that last year I said it was made up so he didn't plan on anything. It is rare that Mike and I have the same day off and actually do something together, so it was nice to make plans.
We decided to go to the movies. We went to see Flags of our Fathers. I was hoping it would be good because Mystic River and Million Dollar Baby were good Clint Eastwood films. After seeing the movie, I was disappointed. It was good, but not that good. In the beginning, it was hard to follow. It was jumping back in the past then to present time, then back to the past and all over. The movie also dragged in many parts. I was thinking during the movie, "Did this really need to be here?"
After the movie we went to dinner. With my jaw still hurting from my oral surgery, we settled on El Chaps. I had tacos and a cheese enchilada. It was soft for me to eat and didn't involve that much chewing. It was there we saw that the Tigers were down to the Cardinals in the World Series. The Tigers lost Game 1 of the World Series to the Cardinals 7-2. But at least one Michigan team won that day, Michigan beat Iowa in football 20-6.
*On the back of the card I bought Mike, it explained the origin of Sweetest Day.
Observed the 3rd Saturday in the month of October, Sweetest Day observance originated in Cleveland in 1922. Herbert Birch Kingston, a philanthropist and candy company employee wanted to bring happiness into the lives of orphans, shut-ins and others who were forgotten. With the help of friends, he began to distribute candy and small gifts to the underprivileged.
Primarily a regional observance celebrated in the Great Lakes region and the Northeast, Sweetest Day is gradually spreading to other areas of the country. Ohio is the top state for Sweetest Day sales, followed by Michigan and Illinois.
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I was really looking forward to Flags of Our Fathers also, but like you, came away disappointed, ... my main beef, though, was with the ending, which just felt tacked on and redundant after what came before it
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