A Virgin Hurricane

I saw The 40 Year Old Virgin last night, while hurricane Katrina was hitting Louisiana and Mississippi.

First off, the movie is fantastic. What I really loved about it was that each scene was believable. It lacked the Jim Carrey over-the-top comedy which is refreshing. There are only so many "Billy Madison"s and "Black Sheep" that need to be made.

It was surprising, and yet the situations were believable. Only a couple of scenes were near over-the-top status and one was the chest hair scene, which has a back story that is real: Steve Carell's chest hair was actually being removed in the scene. It reminded me a lot of A Mighty Wind without the commentary-style production.

So, there I was in the theatre, laughing my ass off, enjoying life, when I realized that a few of my good friends were fleeing their home near New Orleans, LA. Hurricane Katrina was bearing down on them and they were worried about whether or not their home (and all inside it) would still exist in 24 hours.

There are times in life that we are able to be completely carefree and others when we are entirely fearful. I think it's good that whenever we are in either position, we don't forget how easily we could be in the other.