Last night Ben and I went down to Kent Station. We first hit a few stores and found sweet Lexi a birthday gift. Uncle Ben was quite involved as to what was and was not an okay gift to stick his name on - he was pretty cute.
Next we hit Chipotle for a quick bite before our movie started, it's always good food! However, they're becoming quite stingy with the veggies lately... but I didn't let them get away with it on mine! :o)
We went to Forgetting Sarah Marshall, it was pretty funny but got a little uncomfortable during an unexpected moment of full frontal male nudity. So funny: you hear this collective "UGH!" come from every man in the theatre and see all their heads go down in unison.
The minor mayhem began about a half hour into the movie when a 'kid' walked in (quickly but walking normal) wearing a big hoodie and sat next to the people in the row in front of us, started talking to them only to get up and then come back next to me and ask if we were using our ticket stubs. I said yes, we were and then instead of moving on he asked me what I needed them for... Ben, in something not a whisper, said "So we can enjoy the movie we PAID to see!" hoping he'd leave and leave everyone else alone. Nope! This kid moved one seat away and started in with the profanity calling Ben a myriad of things (among them the 'N' word)... We didn't say anything else to him he just sat there running his mouth for the next minute or so. I was 'intrigued' at his ability to actually only use offensive words and 'you' fill a whole minute of speaking. By this time just about every male in the theatre was looking at this tool ready to see if he wanted to make good on his threats that he was throwing out at Ben. Thank God he got up and made his very unimpressive 'Gansta Walk' accross the theatre and out the door - right about the time Ben was ready to lose it. Ben calmed himself and we started to enjoy the movie again and then the kid came back in and planted himself right in front of us (mind you the place was far from full on a Thursday night - there was plenty of other seats.)
He sat there for the rest of the show - making me nervous but nothing came up. After the show I had the unfotunate problem of a full bladder, that wasn't going to make it home. We saw the kid waiting in front of the restroom and he was running his mouth to 'his boys' about beating some guy down for acting stupid - we made an alternate route to the car - me with keys and phone in hand. Ben was 'prepared' - if you know what I mean - and ready to respond if needed. I didn't love the long walk to the car in the cold, but it definitely could've ended worse.
All in all, it was still a good night. Ben deals with these guys all the time, and thankfully he was able to put his pent up adrenaline into helping me pack and clean a little once we got back home :o)
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Oh, my what a night!!! Can't wait to see you tomorrow :)
Good on Ben for keeping his cool and maintaining composure. We had a similar situation once.
Doesn't the comparison with those jerks make our men look soooo good!
I thought for sure I was going to read about Ben cleaning this guys' clock. I am impressed that Ben kept his cool.
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