The Sensation

Oh Lawd!

So, I got my sleep schedule back on track and over corrected it. I have been getting up earlier than I ever have. Unfortunately, going to see Twilight at Midnight two nights ago kinda messed that up. Yesterday I went to take a nap to recover at around 4:30. I told Mike to wake me up in an hour, but he called at 7:30. I was a mean ole grump to him and he told me to sleep through the night. I barely remember this taking place. I just woke up at 5:00am. This stuff is nuts. The bad part is I told Jef I would hang out with him last night and never got back to him. I am a jerk.

In retrospect, I guess this works out alright. I have been working on homework like a mad woman this entire week to prepare for this weekend. Because Mike is coming home for four days and I have several papers due the day we get back from break, I have to do ALL of them this weekend. Yeah, five papers. So, I have spent an hour drinking coffee and interneting, but after I write this I will get started. It would be nice to make such a significant dent that I could take a break tonight and chill.

So, yeah I Twilight is finally here. Charlsie, Jackson, Jef and I went to see it at the midnight showing. We got coffee together before mostly to get the caffeine to stay alert. We didn't leave for the theater until 11:30 because we already had tickets. I had been texting Kashmir all day long and she told me at like 10:15 that she was already at her theater in Springfield. I thought she was entirely too early. So, we get there and the line isn't very long for seating and moving quickly and the whole time I was wondering why it wasn't such a big deal here. Well, as soon as we entered the actual theater I found out I was wrong.

It was packed.

We wanted to find four seats together, but this was almost impossible. We had to settle for four seats together on the VERY first row. I was so mad. SOOO MAD. Why didn't I just decided to get there like an hour earlier?? Instead, we had to sit in seats that hurt your neck. The screen is GIGANTIC and we are looking at it as if it is over our heads. Your head has to move and follow words as they extend over the screen. It was awful. But, I told myself "hey, atleast we're here and atleast we get to sit together- make the most of it!"

So, the lights dim and the crowd is going nuts as the previews come on. This kid comes up to us and kneels down and asks us if we like our seats. Of course we say no, and he tells us there are more seats available in another screen. My first thought it OMG YES!!! then my second thought is "what if this guy doesn't really work here and is tricking us for our seats?" So I ask him if he works there and he laughs and tells us he is a manager and just isn't in uniform. I decided to quasi-trust him and we walk out. As soon as I see someone in legit uniform I confirmed with them and he was telling the truth.

We got into the other theater and as we rounded the corner there was hardly anyone in there. It was so exciting- like we had conquered something.

I don't recommend that everyone go see this movie. I don't know what it is like to watch it from the perspective of someone who has never read the books. But, as a fan who loves the books so dearly as if they were my own children, this was the best movie I have ever seen. The best part of watching it was seeing these characters that I have fallen in love with come to life. Charlsie and I couldn't stop laughing through the whole things just because you got to see these places, ideas, people, jokes and you remembered reading about them. It was the best experience I have ever had watching a movie (save for the jerks behind us that kept talking).

Mike comes home in four more days!!!!