I Suck At The Ugly Truth

Friday was family fun night. And what better way to celebrate family fun night than to go shopping. And by shopping, I mean look for Mother's Day presents. (Mother's Day happens to be this Sunday.)

I generally dislike shopping for special occasion presents like for Mother's Day. I find that Karen is very difficult to shop for because she is not really into material things. It's great, but at the same time it makes finding gifts for her on these special occasions difficult... probably because I am a guy and can't think of thoughtful gift ideas.

Naturally, I definitely have to come up with a present for Karen this year. Although technically our daughter (Briana) is our second child, this is the first time that Karen gets to actually enjoy being a mother. We lost our first child (Braden) due to his being born extremely premature. Braden survived for only a week and to some extent we are still grieving his loss. (Truth be told, to me the entire year of 2009 felt like a daze. I don't remember much as it is... and 2009 was simply a blur.)

Anyway, I spent much of the night looking for a present for Karen this year. And really, Karen deserves one. Of course, I did have some help this year. For anyone curious, I don't particularly like to shop alone. It's boring to shop alone. In fact, I'll probably always remember my shopping excursion with my friend (Hot Amy) as we looked at jewelry for Karen. The people at the jewelry store thought Hot Amy and I were a couple because we were looking at rings. That was pretty comical. (I still remember David Yurman, a jewelry designer that I would not have known otherwise.)

This year, however, my friend (Andrea) provided assistance. Unfortunately, Andrea did not accompany me on my shopping excursion. She simply provided an idea for me that I entertained for awhile. I thought her idea was a great idea. So I went about in seeing if I could pull it together in time for Mother's Day. We'll see. (Thanks again Andrea for the idea!)

Anyway, shopping by myself on Friday night was actually a little fun. It was, after all, one of the few if not only times that I got to take a break on my own. No Karen. No Briana. I think everyone should take a parenting break every now and then... and just get out of the house. It does the mind and body good.

When I got back home, family fun night resumed... albeit it was later than usual and Briana was passed out... sound asleep... like the week before. So Karen and I decided to enjoy a movie together. That movie: The Ugly Truth. Now I suck at The Ugly Truth.

(The video below is a trailer for The Ugly Truth.)


The movie is the average predictable chick flick. Girl can't stand guy (because he tells the "ugly truth" about relationships). Guy helps girl find dream guy. Guy falls in love with girl. Girl realizes that she is in love with the guy. Predictable. As predictable as the movie was, I will admit that the movie was also entertaining. I'm not a big Katherine Heigl fan even though she is a bright shiny object (blond). But all in all, the movie was enjoyable. It was a nice movie for family fun night.