December 21, 2003

The very long day

Well, I am happy to report that I did finally see The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King and just returned home from that adventure. It was actually quite an adventure, as I left her at about 1:00 to travel to a 12 screen theater which was showin' the movie on two screens. I arrived about 2:30 pm to the theater. The next two showings were already sold out, so I just purchased a ticket to the next showing that was not sold out. That was how I requested my ticket. It was for the 7:00 pm showin'. The ticket lady was kind enough to advise me that the 7:00 pm showin' was likely to sell out also, so to return by 6:00 so as to get in line for seatin'. Still, I had several hours to wait. I perused the other movies to see if there was anythin' I cared to see that I could slip into durin' my wait, but saw nothin' all that interestin'. Instead, I drove next door to On the Border, a local Tex-Mex chain and sat in the bar drinkin' frozen margaritas and eating chips, salsa, queso and quesadillas until half time in the KC - Minnesota game and drove back over to the theater. There were already a large number of people in the seatin' line, so I took my place in the end of it. It grew much longer before it ever moved. My gut was full, the tequila was makin' me woozy, and I had some ragin' heartburn that was bubblin' like crazy. Finally the line moved and I was easily able to secure a seat for one in the center of the very back row. I sat there with my stomach bubblin' through endless previews and crap then the movie started. I watched it, enjoyed it, and got up to leave. I had not bought a soda or any popcorn, I had not had to go to the restroom, and I was not feelin' a desperate urge to go at the end, but I did anyway. I then headed home, makin' one stop for a refill of my DP cup and for a roll of antacid. The fixed the heartburn and the DA was refreshin'. Now, for some reason, I am bushed.

There has been a paltry number of visitors durin' the day, even accountin' for it bein' Saturday. My navel was unhappy when it learned of the lack of visitation, as it was his post that was the sole post of the day. I assumes it has a great number of fans. End of report.

Posted by notGeorge at December 21, 2003 12:26 AM
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Hope that your Sunday will turn out to be more productive.

I have not seen LOTR ROTK yet, but I just bought the DVD of the Two Towers in order to see them in sequence.

It's a one hour ride for us to the nearest theater, so we often end up waiting for the DVD to come out instead of subjecting ourselves to the big screen experience.

Posted by: David at December 21, 2003 03:54 PM

Tiger,

Just noticed your "search this site" tag. Is that something that comes with your service or did you find the tag somewhere. I've been trying to find one that will work at my site but no luck.

Azygos

Posted by: Azygos at December 21, 2003 05:14 PM

Glad you finally got to see the movie! It really blew me away too. I made sure to dehydrate myself beforehand so I didn't have to go by the end of the movie. That worked just fine, aside from a severe case of cotton mouth by the credits...

I would have dropped by earlier, but my parents dominated the day. Uurgh...

--TwoDragons

Posted by: Denita TwoDragons at December 21, 2003 07:41 PM

The search function is a part of the MT program. You might ask WizBang or somebody, as I am sure it is just a java script or somethin'.

Posted by: Tiger at December 21, 2003 10:14 PM