Me, you, and Everyone we know

'Me and You and Everyone We Know' is an original, poetic and penetrating observation of how people struggle to connect with one another in an isolating and contemporary world.

The movie contains many memorable scenes such as the demise of a poor goldfish accidentally left on the roof of a family car, leaving you feeling more sorry for a dollar store goldfish than you ever had before. Another story line follows two teenage girls trying to be grown ups by enticing a man into leaving lewd notes on his front window.

And those lewd notes bring me to yesterday: I was leading my team meeting and was showing our latest business results through a projector on a big screen. While presenting an 'intruiging' pie chart, all of a sudden a window pops-up on the big screen for all in the room to see with the text 'Hi Marcello, I miss you'. I hesitated, the five seconds that the window was visible felt like 5 minutes, and after the window disappeared I continued, pretending that nobody in the room had seen the message.

Since seeing the movie 'Divorce Italian style', my girl-friend sometimes refers to me as 'Marcello'...

Lesson learned: disable your email notifier when using your laptop for business presentations.

Meet the Fockers

'Meet the Fockers' is a sequel to the movie 'Meet the parents'. After convincing his fiancée's parents to allow them to marry, Greg Focker (Ben Stiller) now has to deal with what happens when her father Jack (Robert De Niro) meets his own family. The movie received less favorable reviews than 'Meet the parents' .

Last weekend it was my turn to meet a new family member of my girl-friend: her sister. And although I haven't met my girl-friends parents yet, after last weekend I have to admit that meeting family members other than the parents can indeed result in a less favorable experience.

I had to address a barrage of questions - my shoe size, how long my mother had been feeding me, my dad's occupation - just to name a few of them. Her sister also told me that she thought of herself as a snobby person and wanted to know if I agreed. And as I did, the stage was set for an interesting conversation.

But apparently I withstood the test better than previous boy-friends so there still is hope.. :)