I went to Elizabethtown and did not want to come back.
Anyone who knows me knows that I harbor a bit of a man crush for Kevin Smith. From the moment I was introduced to the Askewniverse (Ben I can never thank you enough) I have felt a connection to the way that Kevin Smith lays out his world and his language. The more I read about and by Kevin Smith the more I feel connected to him. I love Kevin Smith and always will but now there is another, Cameron Crowe. I love Cameron Crowe, and he loves me right back. As I was sitting in the theatre watching Elizabethtown tonight I realized that he sees the world through love. In all of his movies love is there in many forms. Be it young and innocent like in Say Anything, or impulsive and complete as in Jerry Maguire. Love is the lens in which Cameron Crowe views the world. When coming into my 20s I saw the world through the cynical and sarcastic of the youthful slackers of Clerks and Mallrats, but as my life has changed now so must I. Allie is five weeks and two days old as I am writing this and she relies on Jennifer and I for everything and she has filled our lives with so much love and joy that tonight as I sat watching Elizabethtown, the love pouring off of the screen I thought of the other Cameron Crowe movies and about how much they meant to me and it was then that I realized that I want to live in the world as through the eyes of Cameron Crowe and I think I do. I married the only woman I have ever loved and she is my best friend. One of my favorite things about Jennifer is she make me laugh and I mean really laugh she’s funnier than she thinks she is and I feel so lucky to have found my better half all those years ago failing the eighth grade was the best thing that ever happened to me. Allie. I am currently sitting at the computer holding Allie with one hand and typing with the other I don’t think I can properly express what this little girl means to me. She is the most beautiful thing I have ever seen and any insecurity I have about my skills as her father disappear when she looks at me with her beautiful little eyes. I know this will probably read as if written by a kid with severe ADD but after all it is 6am. I cannot promise anyone that they will feel the same way about Elizabethtown that I do, I am quite biased, but I hope that you can see the world as I do full of love and possibility. Not to worry though I am still not above a good dick and fart joke.