I decided to have a relaxed Friday evening and took in a solitary activity that I always do when feeling sullen. I used to have a stigma against going to the movies by myself, but sometime in my twenties that changed. I no longer felt the need to get a group of friends together to make obnoxious comments too. I feel that has actually made me have a better understand and appreciate for films too. So, when I got off of work I took the subway and headed straight to the Film Forum, one of my favorite New York City discoveries. Some people may have their Magnolia or their Buttercup bakeries, or their dive bars (I have a steady handful of those at my disposal), but I genuinely enjoy the Film Forum. Yeah, their are a bunch of foreign/old/pretentious movies, but it’s a nice escape from the crap I usually go see and almost immediately forget. I can’t tell you how many times I have forgotten what I was going to see during the previews.
I sit down and suddenly I feel a tap on my shoulder. I look behind me to see this brunette asking me to sit next to her. Immediately, I’m thinking I have a shot, but she follows that it’s because she didn’t want to awkwardly shift around my head during the movie. The movie starts to play, and I test the waters with a sarcastic remark. She tells me to hush, and I promptly do. She then kisses my cheek, and I’m starting to be weirded out about the mixed messages. The movie ends, and she’s pushy, and she’s calling all the shots. She doesn’t own the room, but she’s got me confused enough to stick around. I asked to buy her a cup of coffee.
No, you’re gonna buy me tea.
It’s recently been mention that apparently I have a tendency to like forward/sassy girls, and this was little exception. Every time I feigned a mild disinterest or complaint, anything that was anything other than satisfactory she’d give me the confidence-shaking “hush”. We had sparse conversation over tea, and hot chocolate. When she was done she gave me a patronizing kiss on the cheek and thanked me for the tea.
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