Wednesday, October 08, 2008

Blindness

Kesi and I went on a date this weekend! Yay! You may be thinking, "and?" but our quality time consists of hanging at my house or his house, and the last movie we saw was the Dark Knight. His supervisor gave us free passes to a regal theater, and so we were on our way!

Saturday afternoon we got dressed and headed to Atlantic Station! I had heard but not seen that they do a sort of craft fair on the weekends. This thing was big! I need to find info on it. Their lil "park" which is usually mini looking, was full of lil booths of people's paintings and jewelry and lotions... I'm broke, but they get a hand clap from the kid. Only one person had a proper sign, so I imagine they're on the same plane as I.
Anyways, Kesi went into the theater to get seats and I decided to get snacky. I waited in that line for like 10 minutes. Then, we had a $10 gift certificate, and guess how much I got with that? A medium (like 32oz...) soda and small popcorn. And I still had to pitch in 75 cents! Foolery.


The movie was great. Its about this city and eventually the nation, who gets a contagious "white blindness." meaning all they can see is white. For some reason julianne Moore can still see, and she lives in the containment area with her husband. I mean, it was exactly what I think itd be like, too. I'm not giving anything away when I say they were a mess. A sloppy mess. But the people's actions, their emotions and survival instincts, everything. So realistic. I recommend yall go see it. But be forewarned, there is A LOT of nudity in this movie. Its not gratuitous or overtly sexual. Its just, if no one could see you, how much time would you spend naked? Also, the direction is such that sometimes you feel blind too. Its an awesome movie.

After the movie we headed back because we were not spending any money there on food. It was still kinda light out and we had plenty of time to hang. A drunk man got kicked off the shuttle, which was hilarious. He kept arguing that he didn't have any liquids in his cup, just ice which was "cool, just like my daddy." what? Lmao! Then instead of sitting quickly he went to the back and tried to stand. She told him he couldn't stand and had to get off cuz there were no seats. "in other words, you don't want me?" "that's right sir!" and as he left he bumped hard into a girl, cursed and flipped the driver a bird. Pure mess. After that we saw a high school friend at the train station. Haven't seen her in ages! Last time I saw her was actually at our friend's funeral a year and a half ago. Since then she'd gotten divorced and is dating a woman. Seriously, I'm the only straight chick in Atlanta, lol. So we caught up and I found out that her sister, who used to date kesi's "lil sister," is pregnant. Precious. We also talked about her lil kiddies and just life in general. Hopefully I'll be able to keep up with her now. She was MIA for a bit, which I blame on her ex husband.

Once we got to the house Kesi promptly fell asleep and I spent the night crocheting, until I shook him at about 1 to ask if he was staying. He's so cute when he's asleep.

In conclusion, go watch the movie.
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5 comments:

Jazzy said...

I've been meaning to catch that movie. Might have to check it out this weekend.

about you friend...wow. I guess I just don't understand why so many women are going from divorce to being gay/bi...really confused about that. But it's cool that at least you have your friend back!

the joy said...

yeah. im not judging, its just a phenomenon. im happy to have her back and stuff.

yeah kesi and i have been talking about the movie to everyone. i think itll win some oscars.

Rashan Jamal said...

I havent been to Atlantic Station in a minute. I used to go to that theater with my friend like every other week a couple of years ago.

I wanna see that movie but its been so long (The Bourne Ultimatum last year) since I been to the movies, I already know I'll catch it on Netflix.

Jameil said...

i'm almost positive i won't like that movie. never been to atlantic station unless that's what they call underground now. and i haven't been there in years and years and years.

the joy said...

Rashan- the Bourne identity? I thought I was bad, lol.

Jam- no its a newer place north of there. Its awesome. You should come visit or sumn. Lol