Man of the House - Man of the Theater
Last night Maksim and I felt like getting out and so we went to see Man of the House. I thought it was going to be funny, but it wasn't. Every single funny part, and I mean, EVERY SINGLE FUNNY PART was shown during the previews. The plot line was flimsy, but I thought it would be good for a few laughs with Cedric the Entertainer - Cedric's scenes were funny, but we already saw them - in the PREVIEW!!! AAAAH!!!
So, I am sitting there watching the movie - it has been on for about 10 minutes and the whole time I can't concentrate because two rows back there is a group of kids that WILL NOT SHUT UP. Now, I was a youth leader and I have been known to be loud myself BEFORE the movie starts, but when it starts I shut up. However, I know how kids are so I was trying to be cool and I just hoped that eventually they would be quiet - they got louder.
Two guys joined the four girls that were already up there and they just started talking loudly about crap and I was going OUT OF MY MIND.
I sat there puzzling about what to do, should I just do a polite, "Shhhhhhh" or should I walk back there like Keith Chancey would do and get right in there face and tell them to shut up - no, I decided that this would require a full on BF and so I stood up and yelled VERY LOUDLY -
DAMMIT!!! - COULD YOU GUYS SHUT UP FOR JUST ONE MINUTE? (Yes, sometimes even Christians say a dirty word when it is necessary)
It was a scold that caused one of the blonde high schoolers to jump literally out of her seat. I almost laughed at her expression. I really wasn't mad, I was just perturbed.
I also realized that I needed to use a mild profanity to get their attention and to show them that I meant business. Also, it is ALWAYS important to let them know that you are NOT AFRAID of them and that you are not afraid of being just as loud and rude and beligerant as they are being.
I don't know why I didn't feel like taking any crap yesterday, it could be because I am carb depleted, it could be the sterroid-like pills that I am taking, or perhaps it was the fact that when I got home yesterday my neighbors - the two crazy brothers that live with their momin a one bedroom apartment even though they are both 35, they are fighting - literally screaming obscenities through the door at each other - apparently they got into it and one locked the other one out. So childish.
All I know is that yesterday I was man of the theater while watching Man of the House and it felt good to be a little confrontational because if you know me I am rarely confrontational.
On a separate note just in case you are keeping track - I have lost 14 pounds in 12 days on the South Beach Diet. I just have this weekend to go and Phase 1 is over. It's nice to be on a diet that actually works.
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"I also realized that I needed to use a mild profanity to get their attention and to show them that I meant business. Also, it is ALWAYS important to let them know that you are NOT AFRAID of them and that you are not afraid of being just as loud and rude and beligerant as they are being."
Eddie, this paragraph made me LAUGH OUT LOUD. you could just stand up and GLARE at them and they would probably have hushed. i don't think you'll ever have to worry about someone wondering whether or not you're afraid of them. Your massive (yet muscular) frame alone would have shut me up! :)
Jes- you are a hoot, believe it or not sometimes with kids these days you really have to let them know you mean business... I was going to be a High School teacher - I think I would have been good at it.. but I might have started moving on to non-mild profanities and that would not be good! Can't wait till next weekend!!
I HATE when you are at the movies, and people just won't shut up! There have been many times when I've wanted to turn around and yell at them, but just too afraid to! You are probably more intimidating than I am! :)
I also hate when people put their feet on the back of your seat! That REALLY irritates me!
By the way...I still can't get my mood to show up on my site. Any suggestions???
Eddie - My number 1 pet peeve (or at least in the top 5) is people who talk during movies (paticularly those that are with me and asking me questions because they can't wait for the plot to unfold - people just watch the moview for the 2 hours and if you still don't understand then we can discuss it afterward, but don't ask me in the middle of the film if this character is going to die, this is my first time to see it too and I am not a movie psychic). As to your AWESOME display of authority, I want you to come to movies with me. I get LIVID when teenagers are talkign in the movie. I want to open a special theater where you pay to sit in a dark room with some crappy movie playing and you can talk all you want. That is their entire reason for going to the movies, to talk to their friends, people there are places you can do that without ruining my $8.50 movie that I paid my own money to see in SILENCE. Oh I'm getting fired up just thinking about it.
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