Tvini and the Horrible, Terrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
Em decided not to go see Coraline, as it looked “spooky.” I, however, still wanted to see it, so I talked my friend
Of course, I didn’t know this until later, because one of the local megachurches had some big event ending at just the moment I was passing by. I got stopped by traffic cops three times at three separate exits and wound up arriving at the theater at 1:55. One look at the five minute line for tickets and it was clear that the Coraline boat had sailed.
Universe: 1 Tvini: 0
There was a bloodmobile in front of the theater. Donate blood, get a free movie ticket. Well, why not? I hadn’t donated in a while, and I knew I still wanted to see Coraline at some point, so I queued up to give blood. Unfortunately, I was still so peeved about missing the show and standing up poor Illiane that my blood pressure registered as too high to donate. The coffee I chugged before heading out might have had something to do with it too. Yes, I’ll be seeing a doctor, just in case.
Universe: 2 Tvini: 0
But I am known for making lemonade out of lemons! Ballantyne Village Theater is showing all the Oscar-nominated shorts for this year. They’ve got one theater for animated, and one for live action. Ballantyne was right on 485 and I could make the 3:10 showing with no trouble. Well, no trouble if I’d gone the right way on I-485. Instead I wound up in Matthews. This is exactly the same boneheaded mistake I made when Turtlegirl and I went to go see Snakes on a Plane. I missed the show.
Universe: 3 Tvini: 0
Fortunately at this point it tipped over from inconvenient and irritating into ridiculous, so I could laugh about it. I came home so that my family wouldn’t worry when Illiane called to ask what the heck happened, and then I went running because the weather was nice, and exercise releases endorphins, and apparently I need to watch my blood pressure anyway.
Congratulations, Universe, you win. But I’m ready for a rematch, anytime!