once

ok, so...after work i spent nearly 45 minutes in the video store selecting 3 films....knowing that our youngest would be at church retreat until church on sunday...,and i was looking for 2 movies to watch with my spouse, and one to watch on my own....and i selected...the nanny diaries, elizabeth the golden age, and once.......and we watched the end of the nanny diaries while i finished supper....i had watched the beginning while on the treadmill....and finished the evening with once....a movie that was entirely unexpected.....i think we were as intrigued by the Irish fellow as the Czech pianist...both characters were completely genuine and endearing....a movie such that could have been made about us ( my spouse and i) had we any musical talent at all....which we do not....and that is one of the sadder realities of my life...that i long for musical talent but have none.....in a shameful season my mother drove my brother and i over to marion, ohio to a music shop for organ lessons....and despite months of instruction i can recognize no notes.....i can only manage to follow hymns by ear at church....but certainly not repeat the chords this poor fellow tried to teach us....not surprising for a person who cannot type with more than 2 fingers...i would call this mm's 2 finger blog but it would diminish what self-esteem i have retained over the years since my parents sold that conundrum organ.....but i digress........ .one of the soundtrack songs from once has an Oscar nod....also unexpected, since john mayer's say is on the radio every time i get in my car.....but occasionally the academy recognizes something simple and pure....maybe these truths will luck out this year.......we cannot wait to hear it sung live...on stage......a sweet film....a moving soundtrack.....