Slapped by Reality

I can't find the brakes, most of the time, but I occasionally can take foo off the gas. Two are my favorite ways to do this are playing in the ocean, and watching movies. I am happy to say that I have passed my love of the ocean down to my daughters, and I guess in return most of the movies I have seen in theaters in recent years have been under a Disney or Pixar banner. I will accept that trade. My daughters are growing up faster everyday, another reason to find the brakes, so I have learned to enjoy their movies. The fact that the people at Disney put in the occasional adult humor helps deaden the blow somewhat. Anyway to reel this back in, movies especially those in a theatre are a good escape from reality. I can't imagine going to see a movie with my daughters and watching a tragedy unfold like that in Coloroda. An attack on the symbol of American capitalism is hard to grasp, but I understand the target. This movie attack is harder to wrap my head around. These were just people there to enjoy an escape from reality, instead they get slapped in the face with the cruelest reality of all. On a bus trip with my family, my oldest daughter found a copy of the last Batman movie on my IPod. She watched it to past the time. I had told her there was another Batman movie coming out soon, maybe we could go see it. She quoted the Joker a couple times. I thought I had a new movie buddy. So this could have been me and my daughter at some random theatre. I asked her over the weekend whether she wanted to see it, to gauge her opinion, she said no she was good. I decided not to push the issue, and take my foot off the gas. I am passionate about a lot of things, but being a father is at the top of the list. I wouldn't want to do something to jeopardize that, just like anyone sitting in that theatre didn't expect to either.