The Dark Knight

I wish my camera took better pictures at night, but the moon was so beautiful...it was a lovely night. Walking over the freeway...pretty sky!

So we got our grub on at Chili's and had a good time chatting, especially about steroid use in baseball (don't ask). :) Our friend Seth sent a text that the line was getting out of control. He was holding a place for us, and they told him that he couldn't let anyone else in line. Well, he had to save a place for about 20 people, so that was a problem! I was joking around with everyone at Chili's, saying that I would pretend to be his wife or something. I even said, "I'll just go & kiss him on the mouth!", totally joking around. So Adam and I walk over to join Seth in line, and when we get there Seth hops up and gives me a big hug. Now, anyone who knows Seth can understand why I froze in confusion at this warm gesture...Seth does not hug people, especially me. I was totally surprised and wondering what was going on when he whispered, "They'll only let my girlfriend join me!" So, I caught on, and tried to play it off, saying something lame like, "Hey honey," But I just wanted to laugh so hard. I guess I'm all talk about pretending to be someones wife! I suck at acting! I asked Seth how they would know that he let us in line, and he said the employees weren't checking, but that the guy ahead of us was really vocal about letting people cut. So, I decided that the best course of action was to become friends with the guy in front of us. I started a conversation about his sparkling water and that led to talking about countries we had lived in and as soon as we started talking in Russian all our problems were solved. Raj and I and a few others all had a very pleasant conversation whilst 20 people trickled in and joined us in line without him saying a word. I could tell that he wanted too at one point, but I pointed out that we were behind him and besides, we were in completely different theatres. He was actually a really cool guy, a movie buff, and we had a great conversation with him and his nephew Sachetan. We were all worried about seats for no reason, because even though we were in a super long line (it went around the whole building and we were behind the theatre!), it was just 1 long line for all 6-8 theatres it was playing in, so when we got in we had no problem finding seats.

I was getting kind of tired, but I bough an extra large diet coke to keep me going. I only drank 1/3 of...once you give up soda it is hard to drink it again! Cool! I was expecting some cool previews, but I had seen them all before, except for 1 that I don't even recall right now. Lame. Quantum of Solace does look sooooo good though! Finally, the movie started and I was transfixed for the 2.5 hour running time...the movie was AMAZING! It really did live up to the hype!

I won't discuss the film, because I know that people aren't as crazy as me to go see it at midnight, but you must see this film. It is a little dark, but even as I sat terrified, I laughed a lot too. There were just so many great characters and story lines, and a few surprises. I just loved it!

I didn't get home until about 3:30 and went straight to bed. I made it here to work and I'm definitely tired, but still elated from the whole experience...what a great night!

Heath Ledger's portrayal was very good, and very creepy. There was another creepy character too. One of the scariest parts? It's when the Joker says this line...

Go see it NOW!!!!