I obviously don't watch a lot of violent movies anymore....
I was playing poker tonight (doing well, ty) and my wife's cousin, Pam, who is in town started watching The Kingdom. I was trying to ignore it, but got a little into it as I played. Right as I finished playing my last tourney for the night, the climatic scene in the movie started, which if you haven't seen it, is extremely tense, extremely bloody, and very realistic.

I was watching, transfixed by the action, when Pam said, "I'm tired I'm going to bed. Do you have any allergy medicine?" This meant I had to get up and find it. In doing so I finally realized how taken by the action I was. I tried to open up the medicine cabinet and found my heart racing and hands shaking. I'm still a little jumpy after 15 minutes. I had to go in and check on my sleeping son, just because that's what parents do.

I need to go watch something very sweet and benign, like tranquil videos of waterfalls or something. Jeeesh.