Sarah Jane, the Dark Knight, and Adventures in Movie Theaters

Today was "Dress As Your Favorite Sci-Fi Character" at my daughter's summer program, I kid you not. It's on the calendar. So was "Dress as Your Favorite Star," but only two kids did it (Small Child was one of them).

Today, Small Child was unique, the only one to dress as her favorite sf character. She went as Sarah Jane Smith. We're so proud! Of course, we were too cheap to buy anything, so this meant jeans and a sweater--and then we couldn't find a sweater that fit, so she settled for a jacket, in Tampa, in late July. And she wore her hair down instead of in a ponytail. I gave her an old, nearly used-up lipstick to carry as her sonic lipstick.

No one recognized her, so she identified herself. No one watches the show, so she explained. So, I figure, they don't know she didn't look all that much like Sarah Jane. She was happy, we were happy, and it's the thought that counts.

Brilliant Husband and I took a long lunch hour to see The Dark Knight today, a very long lunch hour. It ended up being even longer than we thought. The nice theater with the stadium seating now charges $7.50 for matinees. Gotta be kidding me. So we went to the cheap theater, which is $5.75 for the first show of the day.

Won't be doing that again. ( Anecdote and thoughts; spoilers only at the very end, after big warning )

Sarah Jane, the Dark Knight, and Adventures in Movie Theaters

Today was "Dress As Your Favorite Sci-Fi Character" at my daughter's summer program, I kid you not. It's on the calendar. So was "Dress as Your Favorite Star," but only two kids did it (Small Child was one of them).

Today, Small Child was unique, the only one to dress as her favorite sf character. She went as Sarah Jane Smith. We're so proud! Of course, we were too cheap to buy anything, so this meant jeans and a sweater--and then we couldn't find a sweater that fit, so she settled for a jacket, in Tampa, in late July. And she wore her hair down instead of in a ponytail. I gave her an old, nearly used-up lipstick to carry as her sonic lipstick.

No one recognized her, so she identified herself. No one watches the show, so she explained. So, I figure, they don't know she didn't look all that much like Sarah Jane. She was happy, we were happy, and it's the thought that counts.

Brilliant Husband and I took a long lunch hour to see The Dark Knight today, a very long lunch hour. It ended up being even longer than we thought. The nice theater with the stadium seating now charges $7.50 for matinees. Gotta be kidding me. So we went to the cheap theater, which is $5.75 for the first show of the day.

Won't be doing that again. ( Anecdote and thoughts; spoilers only at the very end, after big warning )