I Will Kick Your Ass Back to the Shire

Life has been nothing special lately.

I've never been very good at responding to comments individually, but I would definitely like to thank everyone for the advice. I still haven't figured out exactly what I'm going to do, but I know a few more options are open for me. I stayed out of my contacts for a week and my eyes pretty much cleared up. I've been working the contacts back in. I wore them for a few hours last night. I wore them for a few hours today but stayed in my glasses around the house. I figure if I can get onto a schedule where I cut the lens wear time down to only a few hours, I might be able to deal with this for now, until I can figure out a solution. Unfortunately, it's not the end of the ordeal and it never will be. This is a condition I'll be fighting all my life and I see this even without my lenses in, because I wake up in the morning and the eyes are red and dry. I should buy stock in Refresh Tears!

Aside from that, not much has been happening. We stayed in and rented movies this week. I finally saw Braveheart because I apparently was the only person on the planet who hasn't seen it. It's weird, I love movies and I've seen tons of them and there have been times in the past few years where I've gone to the theater and there was nothing interesting left that I hadn't seen. But when it comes to some of the classics, the ones that EVERYONE has seen, yea, I've never seen them. I'm trying to catch up, I really am. Basic Instinct? Nope. Jaws? Nope - ok, pieces of it. Schindler's List? Nope. And here's the topper - Star Wars. NOPE! The only one I've ever seen was The Empire Strikes Back and that was last year, at the shore when we were taking a break from partying, so I wasn't all that committed to it. So I have a bit of catching up to do.

Friday night, we did something completely polar to our Pennsylvania personalities - we went shopping. Instead of going out and partying, we put on some chill clothes, hopped into the car and headed over to West Ashley. In our defense, when I say shopping, I really mean, we discovered the wonder that is Costco, so I guess it's excusable. We walked in and knew immediately we wanted to join because, as we rationalize it, if we can buy things in bulk that we go through like crazy, like toilet paper, paper towels and soda, then we don't have to go by the store that often, which leaves me more time to sit home, be lazy and catch up on all those movies I haven't seen.

So yes, we paid the fifty bucks to join and spent the next two hours wandering up and down all of the aisles of Costco and marverling at the fact that you could buy 60 Eggo Waffles or 10 lbs of pork chops at the same time that you could buy a discounted iPod and Calvin Klein jeans for twenty bucks. We were in heaven! Every corner we turned, it was like hitting the jackpot. Because we really need sixteen boxed of Velveeta Shells and Cheese. We really, really do.

And the best find. The best find ever was the memory foam mattress topper that we got. For months, we've been going back and forth about buying a Tempurpedic mattress. I fidget like crazy and it bothers Steve at night and when we tried it out in Brookstone before we moved, we both fell in love with the memory foam. Unfortunately, that's not in the price range, especially if I'm going to do something about my eyes, so we settled with the topper from Costco because we got an awesome deal on it. And it also has another two inch padding of microfiber topper. We slept on it last night and it is a dream! It's so soft and comfortable and it feels amazing. And it makes us love Costco even more.

And to close out the entry, I'm heading back to the movies. After our Costco journey, we decided to go see Clerks II. I was really looking forward to it because I had heard good things about it and we had just rented the original one. Let's just say, I'm giving it two thumbs up. Some people didn't like because it had a "message" and thought that message didn't fit it with the raunchiness of the rest of the film and sort of softened it up. But I like the combination of the two and I liked the message it sent. I could see it as Kevin Smith's "baby" in the sense that the message was neccessary because these were characters he was revisiting and he wanted a good ending and good life for them. So it's definitely worth a viewing, particularly if you were a fan of the first one.

Here's what bothered me the most though. We were waiting for the movie to start and I look a few rows below me and see a woman sitting there with a little girl next to her who couldn't have been older than three. I roll my eyes because I seriously cannot stand when people bring their children to movies. I'm not one hundred percent discriminatory on that, mind you. Steve and I have chosen to see movies like The Incredibles and Ice Age in the theatre and there have been kids in that and I'm completely tolerable of it, because it's a kids movie and it will hold their interest. But seriously, I cannot stand people who bring their children to adult movies and then I have to sit and listen to the kids scream and talk and cry and make noise because they are bored because they don't get the movie. It irritates me to no end. Get a fucking babysitter, wait until it comes on video, or don't come to the movie. Or bring something to occupy them. Do something, just don't be so inconsiderate because YOU want to see an adult themed movie that you know will be of no interest to your child and ruin my movie going experience.

The little girl wasn't as annoying as most kids I've seen. She was loud and running around but seemed to quiet down for enough periods of time to not be completely distracting. What bothers me even more though, is the fact that this woman thought bringing her kid to see Clerks was a GOOD IDEA! I must stress also, that sitting in front of the woman was a girl around twelve years old, who was with her as well, because they were sharing popcorn and talking. So now this brilliant specimen of a person decide to bring her three year old and a preteen girl to this movie.

And here's the thing. It's not like she didn't know what to expect out of the movie. Usually, people don't pay to see a sequel in the theatre unless they've seen the original. And you could tell from the original that it's not a movie your kids should be seeing. If you've seen ANY of Kevin Smith's movie, you can pretty much assume that you shouldn't be taking your kids to see them. There were whole conversations riddled with swear words. There were vivid discussions about what is and is not a racial slur, about "forbidden" sexual acts, about "pussy trolls" and there was "interspecies erotica", as they liked to call it. They were hysterical to us adults in the theatre but truthfully, it wasn't a movie I would have gone to with my parents or even recommended to them let alone take my children to. I wanted to stand up and scream at her and ask her if she was crazy. I wanted to hand her the Worst Parent of the Year award. It's a shame I won't be around in ten years or so when her kids are swearing in her face and running around like hoodlums and getting into trouble.

And for those of you wondering, the "interspecies erotica" scene was a bit weird but it wasn't over the line or anything. It was actually pretty hilarious! But I'll let you decide for yourself.

Just leave your kids at home, please!