this is the greatest and best post in the world.

alright, no it's not, i just wanted to reference tenacious d.

it suddenly dawned on me lately that the movies (as in y'know, the theater) are starting to actually kinda seem old-fashioned, if that's possible. without really realizing it, i don't seem to even follow movies that are coming to the theater soon that much anymore. now and then i'll check apple's trailers page when i can remember, but that's about it. i don't watch that much stuff live anymore, so i don't see a lot of 30-second TV spots too often, maybe during sports.

alayna and i soak up TV shows all the time, but we really don't hit up movies all that much anymore. nothing really comes out that intrigues either of us all that much. now and then something will come out that one of us kinda wants to see but usually we don't give a shit if we see it 4 months later at home. i still keep movie stubs... i've seen 3 movies in the last 6 months. that's pretty terrible.

i can't really point to a particular reason i guess. sort of a combination of factors. for one, less and less movies seem to appeal to us in general. another part of it is just having better things to do at home, whether it's computer stuff, vidgames, TV, socializing, etc. she usually has trouble staying awake in the theater and it almost always causes a temporary rift between us for a few hours. but i think for the most part, it's just an overall lack of desire to actually bother going to pay higher & higher prices to spend 2 hours with the coolest 14-yr olds in plano.

that's a good part of it, going to the movies has just turned into this annoying hassle. i don't wanna sound like too much of an adult, but by 24 here the allure of being "out" at the movies kinda fades. the teenagers that fill the area theaters we go to don't have anything better to do, i don't blame them for using every possible chance to get away from their parents and socialize in the limited environment they have access to without a driver's license and the ability to drink.

i'm not part of some social network of friends that just raves about movies constantly. most of the time i think it's word-of-mouth that will push us to go to the theater, but i'm not consistently subjected to an inner circle of contacts pushing their movie picks & pans on me. i don't come into work on mondays with people making me feel like a loser for not seeing the latest junk that grossed $23 million over the weekend. i have the luxury of getting around to seeing a movie months (although in my case, more often 1-2 years) after everybody else with little consequence. so why not stay at home and watch what i want?

--j