Going to the damn movie myself / massage from Maddie?

[supercheesegirl]

I've decided I'm going to the movies by myself tonight. I really, really want to see Finding Neverland, and I'd like to see it in the theatre and I don't know how much longer it'll be playing. I need to go downtown to pick up Jorn's mom's christmas present from B&N anyway, so I might as well make an event of it. Farbs and I were going to go see it together, but she's been sick and just so busy. So I'm going to catch a 7:20 show (at the Loew's Boston Common, if anyone wants to surprise-meet me). Really, what would I be doing tonight instead? Sitting on my ass playing nintendo is what I'd be doing. It's possible I would wrap gifts, which is the last major holiday thing I need to do, but it's more likely I'd sit on my ass playing nintendo. Cleaning my room would probably not happen, and reading my Incas homework would also probably not happen. It feels kind of selfish to go to the movies by myself just because I want to see the movie. Like it's justifiable if I'm meeting friends and it's a social outing, but not as justifiable when it's just a treat for me.

While we're on the subject of treats for me, I really want to schedule a massage with Maddie (she's a professional massage therapist and also a good friend who will give me a discount!). I still have never gotten a real massage from her, and now would be such a good time because I've been doing such interesting things to my back in yoga class and it would be good to make sure everything's all in the right places. I'm just betting there'll be no way I could schedule it before we go home for the holidays. Saturday I'll be at Otis House all day, and Sunday I think I'm heading out to see Sarah B for the day. Monday and Tuesday nights are free, though. I need to get a haircut, too, before the holidays, but maybe I'll see what Maddie is doing next week. Hmm.

Jorn, do you want to exchange gifts tomorrow night? I'll compromise and not be a nazi about wrapping your gifts so that we can exchange sooner. I'm excited. Also, do you maybe want to go to Target tomorrow night?

Comments

[igorxa.livejournal.com]

alone or not, you will be happy you saw finding neverland. seriously, they're talking about an oscar nod to mr. depp (about damn time, i think). i cried, and i don't usually do that. i think i'm going to see it again this weekend.

[supercheesegirl.livejournal.com]

I love both Kate and Johnny, so ever since I saw the previews I've thought this movie will be a dream come true for me. And it's not that I mind seeing movies alone, it's just that I always have so many things to *do* that spending that much time just with myself seems silly when I could be getting things done. Argh. I'm going, I know I'll be happy about it.

[whatupbitch.livejournal.com]

Good for you, going to the movie alone. People who "can't do it" without a companion are the sorts of attention whores that bum the rest of us out.

Enjoy the hell out of the movie, I say.

[sleepyworm.livejournal.com]

actually, people like to go to movies with others so they can talk about it afterwards and bounce ideas off of someone else. It's a good experience. Going by yourself means you can't talk about it with anybody and it's awfully hard to joke about funny things in a movie to yourself.