There’s not a lot to do in Batesville, so when Kathryn visits we tend to watch a lot of movies. This weekend was no exception, and Saturday afternoon we went to Blockbuster. I wanted to rent Out Cold. It’s not the greatest movie ever, but I was in the mood to watch something with Zach Galifianakis in it. And when that’s the mood you’re in, you don’t have many choices. It wasn’t on the rack, so I went to the front of the store to ask the clerk but couldn’t bring myself to actually ask, on account of the fact the only clerk on duty was currently breaking up with her boyfriend and I didn’t want to interrupt them.

Instead of Out Cold, we picked up The Ex and the first disc to season one of Arrested Development. Then, we wandered around the store pretending to be looking at movies and watching the drama unfold through gaps in the movie racks, while we waited for the break-up to finish. Well… I was watching the drama unfold through the gaps; Kathryn was being polite and trying to ignore them. We had just about made a complete lap around the New Releases when the guy finally left, but we thought it might be rude to go up before she had finished crying, so we checked out the previously viewed movies on sale for a couple of minutes.

The moral of the story is don’t rent The Ex. Don’t be fooled by the fact it stars Zach Braff; it’s not very good.