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How I Spent My Friday Morning

July 18, 2008 4:07 AM

y friends and I are going to see The Dark Knight tonight. There had been some discussion about going to a midnight showing, but we never did anything about it and then assumed that all the screenings were going to be sold out. And, besides, we've all got responsibilities and jobs and stuff.

Well, as it turns out, I don't have to be in court tomorrow and I'm not meeting any clients. I've got stuff I have to do, sure, but I don't have to be up at any specific time. That left me wondering what I was going to do tonight. And then I got an IM from C-SME that would change the course of my evening, but not necessarily for the best.

See, Co-SME discovered a midnight showing of The Dark Knight that was not sold out. "Buy two tickets!" I told him, and he did. But then he was all "Oh, wait, I might not be able to come." See, Co-SME has certain responsibilities which, to be fair, are significant and not easily thrown aside. So I started looking around to see if anyone else--specifically Mr. Vice of pH--wanted to come with me, since I now had two tickets. After a fair amount of ridiculousness, pH decided she'd come if Co-SME couldn't. Cool.

But then Co-SME decided that he could, in fact, make it. Jesus, fine. But now there was a new problem: there was some doubt as to whether the showing we were supposed to see was even going to happen, and Co-SME was entirely unable to find any information on the internet or through the phone. The theatre where we were going to see the movie, however, is relatively close to my apartment, so I drove down to the place and said I'd find out what was up. This was at 10:00 o'clock. Our showing was at 12:20.

At 10:15, I get to the theatre and confirm that our showing is, in fact, going to happen. So I call Co-SME and let him know. I also asked him what time he'd be at the theatre, at which point he told me that he wasn't going to be able to get to the theatre until 11:45. "What the fuck are you talking about," I asked. Yup, he wasn't going to get there until just before the movie started. But the fucking line was already fucking long.

So now I've got the tickets and I'm at the fucking theatre in line. Alone. Because if we're going to do this, we need to have good seats, goddammit. Then I get the following text message from Co-SME: "Hey, do you think pH can still make it if I can't?" Are you fucking serious? Are you for fucking real?

So now the whole thing is up in the air but it's way too fucking late to invite anyone else. So there I am sitting on some concrete steps in line for a midnight movie by myself. And the whole thing is up in the air as to whether Co-SME is coming. So then we get into the actual theatre, and I save a seat. And then Co-SME confirms that he will not be coming, at which point I get really pissed. And then they come around asking whether there are any empty seats in any aisles. And I raise my hand and say that there's one next to me, thereby making it obvious that I am, in fact, by myself at a midnight showing of The Dark Knight. And the girls sitting next to me refuse to scoot over and laugh at me.

And that is the story about how I saw The Dark Knight at midnight by my fucking self. I know movies aren't really social things, but I felt like a fucking loser.

Oh, and how was the movie? Well, seeing as how most people are going to see it tomorrow--and with their friends, like I would have liked to see it for the first time--I won't say anything about it.

But I will say this: the trailer for Watchmen looked fucking amazing. And I was really into its use of an extremely obscure Smashing Pumpkins song--it was very effective and fit the mood perfectly.

Oh, and in case this wasn't clear: I fucking hate Co-SME.



2 Comments


TheExpat said:

That's shitty. Hope it didn't spoil the movie for you, which by the way was AWESOME. No doubt about it, that was the best Batman ever.

July 20, 2008 9:50 AM



Dee said:

you know how i got these scars? see, all my friends suck and let me watch an awesome movie alone...

July 20, 2008 8:44 PM



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