Sunday, March 16, 2008

At the movies.

I have never liked being in a movie theater. I appreciate them, because I like film. But in general I think that going to the movies is childish.

In fact, now I know why so many kids do drugs. Movies cost between 8 and 12 dollars. Add the peer pressures of popcorn and driving (since most theaters are in the middle of nowhere) and you're looking at around 20 dollars. Most movies also involve some type of before or after gathering that will involve more food. By the end of the weekend the average thirteen year old has spent between 5o and 100 dollars.

Drugs on the other hand, though expensive, promise a more economic good time.

But anyway, I went to a good movie last week and a flop this week. The Sunday afternoon rate is 6 dollars, so I don't mind the extra cost of chocolate raisins (which are just as cinematic as popcorn).

I am preparing for a hellish week. Our biggest funder moved their deadline earlier, so we have to work fast. The growing season is also beginning, so we will be receiving a barrage of phone calls. Not to mention that its tax time as well, and farmers fill out a schedule F, which is a very complicated IRS form. Now I see why so many farmers vote republican.

Politics is poisonous. I wonder what's playing next week.

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