13 May
No Star Wars for me!
Yesterday the tickets went on sale at 3p at the theatre and on 777-FILM, and I dialed 777-FILM from 3p to 4p solid without stopping, and I never ever even once heard a single thing other than a busy signal.
At 4p I decided to start working again, but my heart was not in it. Sigh. I tried calling a few times afterwards, but even at midnight there was nothing but a busy signal.
I am VERY SAD!
One funny thing happened, though, during the endless redialing.
At The Company That Must Not Be Named, we dial 9 to get an outside line, so I was dialing 9-777-FILM, but 77 is the all-page. So, once, tired of pressing redial, I dialed the numbers again, but forgot the 9, so once I dialed the 77, I was all over the company.
If I recall correctly, the conversation went as follows:
The Raccoon: "Another run in my white stockings. They just run so much faster than black ones."
Me: "Then why do you wear them?"
The Raccoon: "Because they go best with this outfit."
Me: "But why do you wear white stockings, why don't you wear stocking-coloured stockings?"
At this point in this riveting discussion, Anil sticks his head in the door and says "You're on the overhead!" and the phone starts ringing off the hook with people desperate to inform me of that very same fact.
This sort of thing happens occasionally, and usually all people say is "Who the hell was that idiot?" but this time everyone knew immediately that it was me. No blessed oblivion for me!
I was so glad, though, that the conversation heard was the dull stocking one, not the "Isn't she a tiresome anal-retentive bitch?" conversation we have about The Evil Overlord every so often.
God was smiling on me. Not wide enough to get me those Star Wars tickets, though.
I gave up on the "live on what I have till Friday thing", and it's all The Raccoon's fault.
She came in with strawberries, because it was a beautiful, strawberry eating kind of day, and I got a hideous craving for strawberries and cream, so much so that I had to buy them.
Which meant that I was short for the rest of the week. So I borrowed $20 from my Mom's credit card.
And it's all The Raccoon's fault! I could have done it if it wasn't for those meddling kids...
Before going to bed, I tried 777-FILM again, and got all the way to the end and gave my credit card and everything, before the Guy With the Voice said that they were having problems with that theatre (The Ziegfeld) and to buy tickets at the door.
No tickets for me! Sigh.
Today's horoscope:
Unexpected news comes your way. Be prepared and you can make the most of whatever occurs.
One year ago today:
Whichever you choose, you will be unhappy!
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