Reason #whatever why I love my Dad

He took me to see Stardust. A couple weeks ago, the following scene took place.

Dad is watching TV. I'm at the computer. A preview for Stardust comes on.
Dad: What the heck is this?
Amelia: Ooh, it's the Neil Gaiman movie!
Dad: Hold up--Robert de Niro is in it?!?!
Amelia: Also Peter O'Toole [our household is a fan of A Lion in Winter] and Michelle Pfeiffer.
Dad: I'll make you a deal. If this movie comes out before you go back to school--
Amelia: And it does.
Dad: --I'll take you to see it.
Amelia: Sweet!

So today he, Mom, and I went to see it.

( I guess there are spoilers. )

The movie theatres are showing so many previews these days, it's ridiculous. The bad news: I had to watch the preview for TDiR. (I was just about twitching by the end of it!) The good news: I saw previews for The Golden Compass and The Spiderwick Chronicles.

Neil Gaiman rocks my socks.

Edit: I would have liked to see it with my friends as well, though. At this time most of my friends are from school, and during vacations we are scattered all over New York. I have a hard enough time getting together with people when we're all in one place! It gets lonely doing things with only your parents, and I'm not good at meeting people. (In real life, at least.)