My Date With Drew

Tonight I watched a great movie called My Date With Drew. The story of a guy who won 1100 dollars on a gameshow and set out to get a date with his lifelong crush Drew Barrymore. Furthermore, he wants to make a movie out of it. Here is a guy I can relate to.

While Drew is a personal childhood/early adulthood favorite of mine, I admit to not being quite as enthralled with her as this guy. He has daydreamed about this for his whole life. He was even a member of the Drew Barrymore fan club as a kid.

He gets a video camera from Circuit City. One of his buddies buys it because his credit card is declined. The plan is to return it in 30 days on Circuit City's no questions asked 30 day return policy. So he has 30 days to make the date happen.

What follows is a fantastic film about following your dreams. Its a film about being, not just persistant, but relentless. It is about being childlike, full of hopes and dreams. It is about reaching for the stars and proving that you can reach them. Yes, its also about how cool it would be to get a date with a movie star you have loved for 20 years.

This is going on my buy it list. Put it down as inspirational. Plus, at 40 minutes in, you can see the main character drive by the Burger King on Van Nuys Blvd across from our old apartment. Steph and I used to get breakfast there a lot.

-T

"If you don't take risks, you'll have a wasted soul." - Drew Barrymore