So I went
out on a
date tonight. Well, not actually, but as she said, "We can
pretend it was a
date, no one has to
know any
different."
Being
bored and having nothing to do on
memorial day, leads to interesting happenings. I arose from my
slumber around 7'ish this evening, and went to get
food at the
cafe. Upon arriving, I was greeted at the
door by a few of the
familiars. "Hey man, the
cafe's closed." "Again?" I asked, thinking
someone was trying to make a joke. "The
sign said 'Open at 4pm on
memorial day', what's going on?" The response took me by suprise: "Sally's closing up, the
cook walked out." I don't know why this really
suprised me, one of the
bussers, Molly, walked out the
night before, leaving only Ben to clean up and do the
dishes.
I stood and thought to myself for a few
moments, then decided to go see an old
friend,
Medieval. Shortly after
astonishing him with my sudden
reappearnce, we were takling about our
jobs and what we will do at the
Ohio gathering. Not too long after that, I was asked to
leave, to allow for his own
slumbering frenzy.
Did I mention that I was
bored? How bored you ask? Bored enough to
drive back to the
cafe, knowing it was
closed. It was there that I ran into
Cricket* and
Lisa*. Cricket suggested that we go see a
movie, and I said, "Sure,
why not." With that, they hopped into my
little red bitch, and we
drove to the
theatre. "So, what do you want to see?" Cricket asks. "Not sure, I'm seeing
Shrek tomorrow, though, so that's out for me." Lisa suggested
A Knight's Tale, and we agreed, and proceeded to the
ticket window. After purchasing the ticket on my
credit card, we went for
concessions, then promptly to the designated
theatre, for we were already ten minutes
late. "Just in time," I stated as we entered the theatre, and the
previews had just ended. We then sat, Lisa, Cricket, then myself, right smack in the
middle of the
theatre. Suddenly and abruptly, after the gratuitous
concession plug, as if the
projectionist had simply fired up another
projector.
Mind you, when I hear Queen's "We are the Champions" at the beginning of the movie, I don't expect a serious film.
The film was good, and I will not
spoil it for those who haven't seen it, but do
NOT under any circumstances expect any type of historical accuracy, except for the concept of
jousting, which was pretty dead on.
So, how is this a "pretend date", you ask? After the
movie, as we are heading back to my
car, Cricket states to me, "This was a fun
date." I looked at her
puzzled, "This wasn't a date, though." "We can
pretend," she says, "no one has to know Lisa was here, no one has to know I paid for my own
ticket, or popcorn." I kinda shrugged, and thought to myself, "Indeed, for a date, though pretend as it was, I did have fun." I smiled, and drove the girls back to the
cafe to retrieve their
car, and headed
home, through the unusually thick, dense,
fog.
Now, I just need to have a REAL date that was as fun as this pretend one.
* - Real names were substituted to protect the identities of the parties involved. (Not to mention myself)