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Maybe Oprah had something there

Posted on by nolageek

Hmm, whoever came up with that whole Random Acts of Kindness thing had something going. I was just at the little convienience store at work – I had already checked out when I realised I had to go get cash out at the ATM down the hall. I left my stuff with the cashier while I ran off, and when I returned (with only a receipt with my negative balance printed on it) I was told that the lady behind me in line had bought my stuff for me while I was gone. I guess I have to return the favor to someone. I feel all warm and fuzzy inside.

Thanks, mystery lady.

We’re off to see the wizard…

Posted on by nolageek

Let’s see, a quick recap of the past three days:

Friday:
I was supposed to meet Julie at 6:30 to see Some Like It Hot at the Saenger Theater. (The Saenger is showing three classic movies this weekend; Some Like it Hot on Friday, The Wizard of Oz on Saturday and Gone With The Wind today.)

I was trying to decide whether or not I had time to rush home, take a shower, change clothes and make it back downtown in time to meet her. My decision was made for me when I went to the ATM to get money and realised I had left my ATM card at home. In my wallet. With my ID. Since I was going to be meeting Dan and Kasey at 360 after the movie, I’d need my ID to get in – oh yeah, I’d also be driving to Algiers that night to see Stanton Moore at Old Point Bar. To make a long story short (too late) I ended up driving through a Brake Tag Road Block and made it through the other side with two tickets. One of which for no brake tag, the other for driving without a license. It’s just so hard being me sometimes. :)

So anyway, after the movie (it was so funny! I forgot how much I like Jack Lemmon – even in drag.) Julie brought me home and I came back downtown just in time to leave from 360 to make our way across the ferry to Algiers.

Dan bailed on us because he had work Saturday morning.

So now Kasey, her friends Byron and Matthew and I all pile in my poor little CRX and truck our little selves on over to the ferry. It was pretty uneventful throughout the show. Stanton was awesome – a fun time was had by all. After the show we decided to cut through the neighborhood instead of following the levee all the way back to he car. As it turned out, this was a mistake. We wandered around Algiers pretty aimlessly until a nice policeman stopped us, asked us where we were going and promptly gave us a lift back to the car. He mentioned in passing that:

“This is a nice neighborhood, but there’s a dangerous element that comes out at night. One more block and y’all would have been in the belly of the beast.”

So that was the first time I had ever been in the back of a police car, and it was actually a welcome experience.

That was it for Friday. I’m sure there’s more but it’s all kind of foggy now. I have to stop mixing vodka with cider, it’s just not good for me.

Saturday:
I finally woke up for good at 2pm. I had made several failed attempts beforehand, but the vodka and cider wasn’t about to let me off that easy. I scrambled for phone calls throughout the day, trying to figure out who was going to Wizard of Oz, how I was getting there and who had my tickets. (Did I mention the tickets for these movies were only 75 cents? Cool, eh?)

The Wizard of Oz was much cooler on the big screen than on the TVs on which I had seen it in the past. It’s not every day I get the change to see the Lollypop Guild guys 4 feet tall and in all their freaky glory. It was also kind of cool to have an entire packed house cheer for Toto when he escaped Mrs. Gulch’s basket in the first half of the movie. Afterward the show we all went to Deja Vu for grub. I ate entirely too much and forgot my cell phone in the theater. Yay!

Today:
I’ve only been awake for an hour and a half – so I’ll have to get back to you on this. Dan and Kasey went to Gone With The Wind and I stayed home since I’ve seen it a few times already and I’m just too tired.