My Movie Screening Night..

Last night, The Dizzle and I went to the screening of Ruby Sparks at a little theatre here in San Diego.

It was actually kind of neat because there was a Q&A session afterwards and Zoe Kazan was there along with the directors from Little Miss Sunshine. {I've always had a thing for seeing actors in the flesh because as you should all know, I've had a dream of being famous since I was little.}

But rather than tell you whether or not I liked the film {I did} and if I recommend it {I do}, I thought it'd be apropos to instead share with you the wonderful experience I had going to a screening with about 80 individuals who consider themselves, for lack of a better description, movie connoisseurs.

Let me first start by sharing {and this has nothing to do with the movie} my experience at the concession stand, waiting in line to buy my peanut M&M's. 

I was behind a lady that looked something like this:

She turned around and gave me this exact stare. I kid you not. For about 8 seconds.

So I finally looked right at her and said, "Hi!"

Her response?

"Oh hi. I was just admiring your eye make-up. I wish I could do something cool like that."

So I told her that in fact, I was wearing only mascara.

{Mascara after 8 hours of working}

Then she said:

"Oh, well, I guess your eyes are just cool then."

And just like that, she turns away, before I can explain that it must be the Asianness, to tell her man friend that she stole quarters from him.

Yeah...

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When the film was over, it was time for the Q&A session. And boy, oh boy, did people have a lot to say.

There were the aspiring writers asking advice about writer's block. 

You had the one guy ask if this movie was inspired by Pinocchio {wtf?}. 

Then you had the 95 year old man shout after every question, "Repeat the question louder!!"

It was all very entertaining, really.

But I would have to say my favorite guy was the big, burly black man that stood up.

To give you a visual, this is what he looked like:

Now, imagine this guy with a very heavy lisp, saying the following as he stood up proudly to give his two-cents on this film:

"Firthst of all, I'd juthst like to thsay that the lathst five minuteths of thiths movie waths the bethst acting i have ever thseen in my life..."

I couldn't tell you his "second of all" because I was so moved by his first point.

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And that was my evening.

But oh, what an evening it was.

xoxo