Drive-in Guilt
Great weekend. Friday poker night was awesome and then the Saturday evening fish fry at Noland and Jen's was kick ass. I got fish-drunk from eating so much good seafood. Seriously, everything was really good.
As for the upcoming weekend... where am I going to be? At the drive-in, of course (thank you, Joe Lansdale). This week is the drive-in double-feature of Anchorman and The Bourne Supremacy. Hot damn. I'm itching to see both of these movies. I don't get out to see new movies in the theater very often. It's tough taking a 2-year-old to a theater and actually expecting them to stay quiet and reasonably still for 90+ minutes. That's why the wife and I look forward to our summers at the drive-in. They've closed down hundreds of drive-in theaters all over the area, so the closest one to us is a 45-minute drive down to Newburg, Oregon; the home of the 99W drive-in. Once you've found a parking spot and settle in for the movies, that's when they try making you feel guilty for your sins. The first thing projected to the screen is a 5-minute diatribe about how much you suck for allowing 90% of the drive-in theaters all across the country to shut down operations because you didn't support them. Way-sad music included. At the end of this is a plug for their concession stand goodies, to which you're again assaulted by guilt for bringing your own snacks. Cretin. In this short film, they claim nearly every dollar made off of admission ($6 per person) barely keeps the projector lights on and only the concession stand profits keep them in operation. Finally, no theater movie introduction is complete these days without the ever-popular "God-Hates-You-Because-You-Download-Movies-From-The-Internet" short film. This one is awesome. No... God is just angry because you touch yourself too much. So there you have it. If you can handle the guilt trip, come on out to the drive-in this weekend. Show starts at dusk.
As for the upcoming weekend... where am I going to be? At the drive-in, of course (thank you, Joe Lansdale). This week is the drive-in double-feature of Anchorman and The Bourne Supremacy. Hot damn. I'm itching to see both of these movies. I don't get out to see new movies in the theater very often. It's tough taking a 2-year-old to a theater and actually expecting them to stay quiet and reasonably still for 90+ minutes. That's why the wife and I look forward to our summers at the drive-in. They've closed down hundreds of drive-in theaters all over the area, so the closest one to us is a 45-minute drive down to Newburg, Oregon; the home of the 99W drive-in. Once you've found a parking spot and settle in for the movies, that's when they try making you feel guilty for your sins. The first thing projected to the screen is a 5-minute diatribe about how much you suck for allowing 90% of the drive-in theaters all across the country to shut down operations because you didn't support them. Way-sad music included. At the end of this is a plug for their concession stand goodies, to which you're again assaulted by guilt for bringing your own snacks. Cretin. In this short film, they claim nearly every dollar made off of admission ($6 per person) barely keeps the projector lights on and only the concession stand profits keep them in operation. Finally, no theater movie introduction is complete these days without the ever-popular "God-Hates-You-Because-You-Download-Movies-From-The-Internet" short film. This one is awesome. No... God is just angry because you touch yourself too much. So there you have it. If you can handle the guilt trip, come on out to the drive-in this weekend. Show starts at dusk.
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