I’ve already told you how much I loved Hurt Locker (twice). Dad loved it too.

OMG!!Fabulous!! Will James was so intense!! And how they’d freak out when they didn’t know what was happening!! You can see why the guys in Iraq just blast away. Super.

I include the following paragraph for hilarity’s sake, perhaps you need some humor in your day. No, we are NOT going to become bomb defusers.

But hey: when I came out I wondered: am I too old to do this shit? Because I would LOVE to do this shit!!!! What do you think? Look–the UN must need people to defuse all those minefields around the world, no? LET’S DO IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Research it! We’ll do it together. (As your Mom said when I mentioned this, “You’re probably too old–but, on the other hand, nobody would care if you died.” Exactly!!) So let’s do it!!

ETA: More musing on The Hurt Locker. Funny: Your mom really put off by it–something about the guy disturbed her. But I’m sitting there thinking: I could be that guy!! In fact, it reminded me of some of the calls I went out on when i was with Temperature Control at Purdue*–you’d walk in alone to these insane situations–steam pipes busted , heat going wild, animals freaking out in their cages, HUMANS (worst animals on earth) freaking out, and: WOW! what a buzz you’d get from the challenge!!! Just the challenge to be focused while all this chaos was around you. I mean, I so get that: that it could be your happiest time on earth.

That little smile on James’ face at the end, when he’s gone back for another tour and he’s walking out to deal with whatever’s out there. Yeah, yeah….

Oh, reminds me: one of my favorite movies is about another bomb disposal squad–called Juggernaut, w. Richard Harris, David Hemings. Seen it? Worth a look. Richard Lester, of all people, directed.

*Note he has a PhD and an MDiv but yes there was a time when he had two young kids and a wife and worked at Temperature Control to pay the rent.