Netflix

The boy is finally starting to get excited about my upcoming visit. He’s not one to show a lot of emotion, so I was really happy when he called me up to tell me that he’s been looking at the social calendars The Stranger publishes. Since then, he’s told me about a couple of restaurants where he wants to take me, asked me to remind him of the restaurants where I want him to take me, and today he asked me to email him my Netfix list.

Social calendar: We’re going to see Rollins on the 27th! The boy’s never been to see him so I’m glad he’s willing to go with me. I’ve seen Hank now three times, and while I enjoy his talks immensely, I hope he’s come up with some new material.

Restaurants where he wants to take me: Machiavelli and Plum Bistro. What makes me laugh about Plum is that it’s vegan. This is the best compromise he could figure out for a mostly vegetarian and quite possibly the most carnivorous carnivore ever.

Restaurants where I want him to take me: Rover’s and Poppy. Someone’s been watching Top Chef Masters; want to guess who? I’ll give you one guess. Between the boy and me, it’s the one of us that has cable, watches Top Chef and Top Chef Masters, and transcribes the dishes the cheftestants cook to read later to read to the foodie in this relationship.

Netflix queue: First, here’s my choices: (Yes, I copied and pasted from my email to the boy.)

24 Hour Party People
Control – NOT the Ray Liotta version, please
Party Monster
Angels in America
Michael Jackson’s This Is It
Arrested Development – at least Season 1, as I’ve seen none of it
Family Guy – a couple seasons, your choice
Julie & Julia – c’mon, it’s got classic French cooking…
Little Children – I’m enjoying the book and I like Kate Winslet
Invader Zim, Season 1
Walk The Line
The Last King of Scotland
God Grew Tired of Us
Ed Wood
Soft Cell: Live in Milan (squee!)

Second, this was hard for me because I rarely see movies. I don’t know why; they’ve just never really been my thing. The boy’s wanted to see Control – I’ve seen it about four times now but I want to watch it with him to see his reaction. I want to see if he sees what I see in the movie. We talked about seeing the Michael Jackson movie when it was out when I was last up there but it never came about.

Third, getting to read his Netflix queue was a bit strange. It felt like I was seeing too much of him. His list is quite pure because he lives alone and therefore never has to compromise. I know he’s always liked thrillers and horror films and strangely Gothic themes. It’s just to see one hundred of those kinds of movies (who knew there were that many?) is a bit overwhelming.

I’m not sure of my point – as usual, I’m not sure I have one – but I think it might be something along the lines of really getting a pure insight into your partner can sometimes be more than you imagined.