i went to the movies by myself

i went to the movies by myself. (i saw 'rise of the planet of the apes,' if you're that interested).

it was a boring monday and i was off from work and i demanded myself to do something, ANYTHING but sit around the house all day. so i got up off my ass, caught a bus and caught the 5pm showing.

when the thought first popped up, i felt weird about it. i didn't wanna be the awkward guy who goes to the movies by himself, like i got no friends or something. but i gave it some thought and actually the whole idea makes a lot of sense to me. when i go to the movies with other people, i might as well be by myself. i don't wanna talk to anyone during the movies. and i hate when people try to talk to me. like, dude, there's a fucking movie playing on that giant screen in front of us and i just paid $10 to put my ass in this chair to watch it. what makes anyone think that i would want to talk to them at that moment?

i'm not gonna start boycotting going to the movies with other people or anything. i mean it's a cool thing to do with friends, family, or the girlfriend. but don't look so down upon the dude who goes alone. that dude just wants to see a movie just like anyone else, in fact he may be more interested than anyone else in the theater cuz he has no immediate distractions around him.

i still had to deal with other people though. a couple came in and decided to sit right behind me. the theater was damn near empty but of course, they had to choose to sit behind me (i don't blame them. i'm awesome at choosing seats in a theater. everyone goes for the back. the back's overrated. i like 3-4 rows from the screen and towards the middle). they weren't too bad. but the chick kept asking questions that would obviously be answered within the next 30 seconds or so... 'is he gonna be ok?' 'why would he do that?' and the dude she was with would try and answer her questions. not too bad, but it still shows up on the radar for all things annoying.

i just don't get talking during movies. i don't get texting or using your phone either. i can barely stand the sound of popcorn being chewed while i'm trying to concentrate on a flick. fuck man, it's watching a movie, all you have to do is watch. it's the easiest thing in the world to do and yet there's a huge chunk of human beings that can't pull it off.

and it's for reasons like this that it's so easy for me to enthusiastically root for apes to fuck human beings up on the big screen. my heroes.