Have y'all seen the movie "Pride"?  Starring Terrance Howard and Dianna Ross' son Evan Ross?  I think even Bernie Mac is up in there as a janitor or something.  It came out last year sometime on the big screen, but of course, in order to view movies, we gotta wait until they come out on DVD--cause we don't Andrew spoiling anyone's movie going experience.

Now, we'll take Drew to a kid movie (although we don't do much movie or TV, he thinks the TV is for watching news and basketball), but not a grown folks flick, even if it's rated PG.  Because I remember being single and folks would drag their chil'len in the movie theater and the kids would start talking or hollering--messing it up for er'rebody!  Once, right in the middle of New Jack City, a woman on my row had a baby, had to be bout 6 months old, started yelling to the top of her pretty little lungs. I'm talking, right at the part where (sweet) Ice Tee was kicking Wesley Snipes in the ass and getting some revenge for the entire community.  This momma whips out her breast and starts letting the little one get her "lunch" on!  What the hell?  I was outraged, but at the same time I was glad that I was able to actually hear the movie again.

I always vowed that I'd never do that with my baby. If I couldn't find a sitter, then I'd stay at home.  Needless to say, since I'm so particular about who I let keep my kid, we do a lot of staying at home to watch movies!

And even at home, we gotta wait until he goes to sleep, otherwise, he'll disturb our a$$es while we're trying to check out a flick (not really a "flick"--we put those in the basement, but you know what I'm talking bout).

So the other night, there is no basketball on television, we don't do reality TV and the news ain't on yet. Andrew is asleep and Shawn suggests putting in Pride.  So we pop the DVD in and hit play.  I'm watching it and it's about some inner city kids who hang out in the pool and learn how to swim and stay out of trouble.  In the end, they win a state wide tournament and take home a first place trophy.  It's a real nice touching story--but if you ask me it's just Remember the Titans and Coach Carter in a swimming pool. 

But during the movie, there is a scene, where the kids hold a tournament at their recreation center, but all the other swim teams, which are white, refused to show up and compete.  Well, after months of hard work and preparation, the kids are disappointed and so is their coach, played by Terrance Howard.  There is a group of community members and fans there waiting on a tournament to begin--but Terrance Howard has to go over there and break the news to them and tell them that the white folks won't swim in a black pool.

Childddddddddd, before Terrance Howard can walk over there, the kids get up one-by-one and yell "This is our house coach." before diving in the pool.  Instead of a competition, these kids turn it into a personal swimming display--they each show off their skills before an awe struck crowd.

In the movie, Terrance is so overwhelmed that he starts crying and the tears are meeting under his chin. Now I know we got surround sound, but I hear more sniffling behind me.  I look up, and it ain't the speakers, it's my husband!  I'm like "Shawn, what is wrong with you? Your allergies acting up or something? Oh, I know, you're still depressed about saying 'I Do', but don't worry, in 30 years, you'll get used to it."

He couldn't even muster up a word, he just pointed at the television he was crying so hard.

"You crying over this movie?" I asked him, "Please tell me you are not crying about this movie!"

I must have teased him all night and yelled out "This is our house coach!" I said it so much, I had Andrew saying it too!

Well, long story short, our friends Jason and Madria came by for dinner a day or two after we watched the movie, and we had the case sitting out on the couch.  Jason picks it up and says "Hey man, did y'all watch this movie? It's a great film."

Shawn was like "Yeah man, I enjoyed it."

Then Jason confesses, "I cried at the part when the white people wouldn't compete with the kids. Man when they all got up and swam anyway.  I couldn't help  myself."

Needless to say, Shawn got him a new best friend.  Dare I even say "soul mate"?