Happy V-Day!

Tonight, in honor of Valentine's Day (and completely different than last week when we saw a cheesy chick-flick), Aubs, Carly, Anya, and I went to the movies to watch a cheesy chick-flick. When we got to the theater, it was PACKED. (Isn't going to the movies kind of a lame date for Valentine's? These were not all single women in line, I promise you.) Anyway, it was like we were standing in line for the Millennium Force. We decided to test our luck and stand in the credit card machine line, since it seemed much shorter. Boy, were we wrong. Who knew that pushing the little buttons on the computer screen could take people so much time? So, after eight hours of waiting, (slight exaggeration...slight) we are two away from the front of the line. At this point, Anya had already volunteered to buy all four tickets at once, and there was one couple in front of us.

It was a madhouse in the place, yes, but what I am about to tell you is not an exaggeration.

A young girl walks up past us and looks to be standing in line for the credit card machine. Anya cheerfully says, "This is the front of the line; it starts back there." (Christmas Story, anyone?) The girl whips her face toward Anya (She is standing behind Aubry; Carly and I are behind them.) and says with an attitude, "I know. (Imagine the head swivel.) I am using the credit card machine. Thank you."

Understandable, right? She thought the huge mass of people was one line, rather than two. The attitude was completely unnecessary, but it seemed to ooze out of her eyes naturally. Aubry thought it would be a good idea to explain the situation.

Aubry chimes in with a VERY polite tone, "There are two lines. This is the credit card machine line, and the other line is next to us." From the looks of the back of her head, I assume that Anya put a smile on her face at this point that had a slight tinge of "See? I told you" to it. I can imagine that there was a bit of smugness in her smirk. But, really, they were just trying to make sure everything was fair. No harm intended.

Girl: "If you look at me like that again, I will rip your f'in teeth out."

Aubry almost wet her pants. I started laughing hysterically.

Seriously? You wanna fight? Over the movie theater line? Winner gets the Mega-Bucket of popcorn.

February 14th is coming...

What shall I do to honor the day of love this week?

Hmmm...

Maybe I will write an ode.
Maybe I will kiss a toad.
Maybe I will dance a jig.
Maybe I will buy a wig.
Maybe I will eat some candy.
Maybe I will find Jim Dandy.
Maybe I will moan and whine.
Maybe I will waste some time.
Maybe I will give a speech.
Maybe I will grill a peach.
Maybe I will throw a kiss.
Maybe I will pick up sticks.
Maybe I will hold a hand.
Maybe I will join a band.
Maybe I will never know
until I learn to let love go.



(Spontaneous poem production. You read it first.)