Writerverse Challenge #23: The Artist's Date
I haven't had chance to breathe these past few days, never mind do something just for me. I'm behind on my emails, I'm behind on my programmes, I'm behind on cleaning, I'm behind on livejournal, I'm behind on my stories, I'm behind with my friends, I'm behind with me time!
As of today I will have been working 13 days straight. No breaks. 2 more days to go and I get a 3 day weekend. I wish I had the energy to be excited.
That's why this writerverse challenge was so perfect. I had a legitimate reason to make ME time and get points for doing so.
How did I spend this 'me' time? By being surrounded by hundreds of people of course! I've wanted to see the Avengers Assemble for years now. My inner geek has been crying since the day it came out that I haven't seen it yet. So Yesterday I went straight from work to my local cinema, planning to see it by myself. The weather was lovely and the walk was along paths strewn with pink blossom and large lawns perfect for lazing on.
For the first time in days I felt calm.
When I got to the cinema I had a lovely chat with the attendant. We discussed our favourite superheroes. It was... nice. Then I was informed they were sold out. Shit. There was a 3D showing in an hour. Cue me running back home like a crazy person to put my contacts in - have you tried wearing 3D glasses while actually wearing a pait of glasses?!
By the time I got back to the cinema I looked like a sweaty, crazy person which was not helped by the fact I was by myself. Still, I perserved and tried not to think about the walk back through the park late at night. Suddenly all those blossom trees weren't so calming...
Luckily, the film was amazing. It was the perfect balance of humour, sci-fi and action with a bit of charcter development thrown in. I won't spoil the film for anyone who hasn't watched it yet (although if you haven't, where the hell have you been!). I just want to say that the best and weirdest bit was actually seeing it alone. It was such a liberating feeling being surrounded by people whom I don't know yet laughing with them, gasping with them, and generally enjoying it with them. In fact, I liked it so much I'm considering getting a monthly membership with the cinema so I can see lots more films by myself in the cinema. I definitely plan to embrace my inner loser!
p.s. I've actually posted this on my own livejournal as opposed to writerverse to prove I am, indeed, still alive. I will eventually get around to posting a real entry, replying to comments and seeing what everyone has been saying. Hope you're all well!