Norm In Norman
8/9/2006, 08:02 AM
Last night was Bunko night at our house, so of course the boy and I wanted to get as far away from that as possible. We decided to go get some grub and then catch a movie at the dollar show in lieu of watching a bunch of women play some stupid game. Over the Hedge was supposed to start at 7:05 and the boy was excited to get to see it again.
Well, I don't normally go to the dollar movie so I assumed no-one else did either. So I wasn't too worried about when we got there. WRONG. We pull up to the movie theater about 6:55 and the line is halfway down the block. I figure I had better go ahead and stand in line even though everything in my being told me we should go somewhere else. So I tell myself it's just a dollar and who cares if he misses the first of it because of waiting in line since he's already seen it anyway. So we made it as far as the line. Score 1 for the boy.
We are standing in line behind about 50 or 60 other people and we start getting hit by the random large raindrop. At this time it's about 7:05 - time for the movie. I'm thinking "It's about to start pouring. I'm not waiting in this frickin' line. We're already going to be late anyway..." About that time, this dude walks up to me and asks if I'm going to see over the hedge.. I tell him yes and he pulls out this stack of probably 50 tickets and says "I've got all these tickets and it appears like there is going to be a lot of no shows. Have some free tickets. Enjoy." So I take the tickets, thank the guy, and go inside. We didn't even have to stand in line and made it in right before a downpour. I didn't haul our asses somewhere else. Score #2 for The Boy.
So we get inside about 7:07. The boy wanted a snack but I was afraid we were going to miss the movie so I told him no. We sat there for a couple of minutes and I was wondering why the movie hadn't started. I looked at the ticket and - the movie doesn't start until 7:15. So we go ahead and get some popcorn and a soda. We happened to hit the right pocket so we were next in line at the concessions. We walk back in and there are still some good seats available. The movie started at about 7:20, so we didn't miss any of it and the boy got his snack. Score another one for The Boy.
We watched the movie. It was pretty good, I guess. Afterwards we headed to Wal-Mart because we still had some time before the Bunko chicks cleared out of our house. We went to spend the gift card that Boarder cursed the boy with for his birthday. While there, I saw this "Pyrates" thing marked 25% off. It matches this ship he already has, so I figured he was getting that no matter what. He wanted this big assed loud robot though. Both were $15 bucks. So of course, he got both and I picked up the extra 10 spot. The Boy scores again with 2 gifts instead of one.
He looks a lot like me, but he doesn't have my luck.
Well, I don't normally go to the dollar movie so I assumed no-one else did either. So I wasn't too worried about when we got there. WRONG. We pull up to the movie theater about 6:55 and the line is halfway down the block. I figure I had better go ahead and stand in line even though everything in my being told me we should go somewhere else. So I tell myself it's just a dollar and who cares if he misses the first of it because of waiting in line since he's already seen it anyway. So we made it as far as the line. Score 1 for the boy.
We are standing in line behind about 50 or 60 other people and we start getting hit by the random large raindrop. At this time it's about 7:05 - time for the movie. I'm thinking "It's about to start pouring. I'm not waiting in this frickin' line. We're already going to be late anyway..." About that time, this dude walks up to me and asks if I'm going to see over the hedge.. I tell him yes and he pulls out this stack of probably 50 tickets and says "I've got all these tickets and it appears like there is going to be a lot of no shows. Have some free tickets. Enjoy." So I take the tickets, thank the guy, and go inside. We didn't even have to stand in line and made it in right before a downpour. I didn't haul our asses somewhere else. Score #2 for The Boy.
So we get inside about 7:07. The boy wanted a snack but I was afraid we were going to miss the movie so I told him no. We sat there for a couple of minutes and I was wondering why the movie hadn't started. I looked at the ticket and - the movie doesn't start until 7:15. So we go ahead and get some popcorn and a soda. We happened to hit the right pocket so we were next in line at the concessions. We walk back in and there are still some good seats available. The movie started at about 7:20, so we didn't miss any of it and the boy got his snack. Score another one for The Boy.
We watched the movie. It was pretty good, I guess. Afterwards we headed to Wal-Mart because we still had some time before the Bunko chicks cleared out of our house. We went to spend the gift card that Boarder cursed the boy with for his birthday. While there, I saw this "Pyrates" thing marked 25% off. It matches this ship he already has, so I figured he was getting that no matter what. He wanted this big assed loud robot though. Both were $15 bucks. So of course, he got both and I picked up the extra 10 spot. The Boy scores again with 2 gifts instead of one.
He looks a lot like me, but he doesn't have my luck.