OK, so for the last couple of days I had this idea to go see a movie by myself. I had to walk about a mile and a-half to the theater, but I'd done it once before. I knew it was doable. I was going to see The Hunger Games again.
My trip was delayed about a half hour or so because we'd had rain this morning. I finally left and was about twenty minutes into my trek when I realized.... I'd dropped my phone. Usually I have it tucked in "backwards" in my pocket- with the belt clip facing out and clipped on the pocket, but it must have worked its' way out because I'd had my shoulder bag on that side. So I walked about a couple of "blocks", retracing my steps, and THANK GOD I found it about at the intersection close to where I'd started from. Phew.
About forty-five minutes later I got to the theater. Had to wait another half an hour for the box office to open. But it was okay. I bring a book with me for such emergencies. (Well, usually I bring a book with me everywhere I go, but anyway....)
So I asked for a ticket for the next showing: "Do you want one for one o'clock?" "No, that's okay." I didn't mind waiting because of said book.
Went in the auditorium and waited. Would this be a private showing? Groovy! Alas, another person came in (smile).
All right, here we go.... we had the previews (Breaking Dawn 2!).... intro, the reaping, meeting Cinna, the tribute parade, and the trainin--
Huh? The projector and lights cut off. The other occupant stood up and walked out. After a minute, I did too.
Other patrons were filing out into the lobby. The power had gone out, and it seemed, so did that block. A woman who must have been the manager, was busy giving out passes.
Since I had no idea when the power would be back on, I just ended up walking back home. Putting two and two together, it wouldn't have been a good idea to go to that earlier showing, because I would have been right in the middle of that movie during the outage.
Oh well. I'll try it again in another week.
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