Monday, October 23, 2006

The Ire Post

Yay! I finally got my own computer again. *throws self on the ground in reverence* Anywho, I had an interesting weekend. Be prepared people, it’s going to be a long ride. As some of you may know, they’ve released “The Nightmare Before Christmas” in 3D at some Imax theatres. Well, it opened on Friday, and my friend Keebs asked me to come along to the midnight showing so that we could hang with some people (she, in turn was invited by another one of our friends). So, with myself as the chauffer, we (along with her boyfriend Charlie) drove a good half hour away to the nearest theatre showing it. With a about 45 minutes till the movie started, we went to purchase tickets only to discover that the show had sold out at 9:30pm. Now you might be wondering why the hell we didn’t try to get tickets beforehand. Well, we did. Sort of. First of all, our friend gave Keebs the wrong theatre and time, so she had to figure that out for herself. Then, when she finally figured out the right one, the website she was directed to didn’t offer tickets for our theatre. So she called the theatre and they said they didn’t hold tickets over the phone. And so, considering that the movie had been playing all day, we went. We figured it couldn’t be that bad. Boy were we wrong. So, we saw “Man of the Year” instead. It was ok. So on the way home, our friend who invited us finally answered his phone when Keebs called (we had been trying to get a hold of him for hours). Apparently, he had gotten his tickets online and never bothered to figure out what happened to us. Needless to say, we’re a bit unhappy with him. He’s got several ass-whoppings coming. The next day, we decided to give this another shot and we also tracked down our friend Elise who was supposed to go the day before but was foiled as well by the antics of the same ire inducing friend of ours. This time, we went online and got tickets from Fandango. We planned on getting there a good 45 minutes early to get decent seats, but certain familial constraints prevented us from getting there until about 11:45pm. So we were stuck with first row seats. In an Imax theatre. Not fun. So we decided to break up a bit. Keebs’ boyfriend had never seen the movie, so he went up a bit higher by himself. The remaining three of us managed to get some seats about two rows higher, but we still had to look up to see it. Of course, that movie can make anything better, so I didn’t complain. Then. But I will now. Damn mass marketing of my precious childhood memories! Curse all you whiney pseudo-goths and Hot Topic shoppers. I’m sure half of those jack-asses flocking to the theatre never even knew what that movie was about before the stupid 10th anniversary mass whoreing back in 2003. *sigh* The worst part is that if it weren’t for the horrendous marketing acts that I so despise, the movie probably wouldn’t even be in 3D, and I’d never get to see it in theatres. Damn. It’s always a mixed bag of emotions when cult classics go mainstream. In other news, I figured out that apparently I’m basically a Philosophical Taoist and never knew it. Weird. I guess that’s what happens when you decide to read the chapters you skipped in your old world religions textbook. Now I can have an answer when people question my downright un-American lack of ambition. And it’s pretty cool to be part of a philosophy whose supposed founder basically went, “You people suck. I’m leaving,” and rode away on a water buffalo, of all things, as opposed to trying to prove his point. If any of you ever get the chance, you should read The World’s Religions by Huston Smith. Taoism is a bit hidden between Confucianism and Islam, but Smith does a pretty decent job explaining the spirit of religious and philosophical thoughts, and the other sections are all good too. Anywho, I’m off to find a copy of Tao Te Ching. Later. -Quotations of the Day- (I added extras to make myself happier ^_^) *watching scene with the song “Poor Jack” in theatre* Me: *whispering to Elise* “Oh my God! Jack’s an emo!” Elise: “Well, he is scrawny with a big head and weighs less than his girlfriend.” *correcting Keebs boyfriend’s mistake as we all drive home* Me: “He’s King of the Pumpkin Patch. Charlie doesn’t have the ten-plus years of experience with the story that we have. I loved that movie as a little kid.” Elise and Keebs: “Me too!” Elise: “I’d forgotten how dark some parts of that movie are for children. You know, some things about us make so much more sense now.” Principle Li: “Ms. Morgandorfer, where do you think you’re going?” Daria: “Slowly insane. But I thought I’d stop at home first.” -Daria- Daria: “I see, we’re being graded on our family life. Gee, look at the time, 1984 already.” -Daria- (Again ^_^ Intelligent comedy always makes me feel better)

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