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movie minute

So, yesterday Mimi and I got a sitter for Kiddo and went to see a movie. A real movie at a real movie theatre. That was the first time we've done that since Kiddo arrived on the scene. It was fun. We went to see Juno which is a sweetheart of a movie with a great cast (JK Simmons is my hero) and probably owes a huge debt to every Wes Anderson movie ever, but we liked it a lot.

Anyway, and if I ruin anything for you I apologize, at one point "Mark," played by Jason Bateman who continues to look like a slightly younger version of my older brother, is going through his comic book collection and he comes out with this comic book* that he presents to the pregnant protagonist of the film:

*image appropriated from cbustapeck's flickr photostream

We missed the next couple of minutes of the movie because we were laughing a little too hard and repeatedly punching each other. Not sure, but a nickname may have been bestowed upon our dear daughter that day.

And while we are in no way suggesting we want our daughter to become pregnant as a teenager, if she wanted to become a ninja we would be okay with that.

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