Then after a stop at Amy's Bread - Omigod! The Monkey Cake was sooooo fresh - the icing was actually still on the warm side, and the cake layers still had a hint of "crust" to them - I headed on up to meet Michael - yes, that Michael - to catch a movie. It was between "Juno" and "Atonement", and we were just going to walk up to Lincoln Square and buy tickets to whatever was screening first. Well...
We stood in line at one of the self-service kiosks, and ended up behind this young woman who was on her phone trying to convince her friend to come see "I Am Legend" (in the IMAX screen). Of course, she starts panicking when the manager comes over the PA system and starts announcing that various showings are Sold Out of very close to selling out. She's already punched in her quantity, "2", but she's still jabbering away with her friend on the phone. "Oh... Are you sure you don't want to see it? Come on, it should be fun. I mean, I really should buy the ticket now since it may sell out in the next few minutes... Well, maybe I'll just buy the tickets now even if I don't end up going to see the movie..."
-Excuse me? Are you going to talk or buy your tickets?
(Pause of acknowledgement)... "Well... I mean the movie should be really cool on the IMAX screen... I know it's raining, but it's not too bad right now, come on over, I'm nearby...."
She finally buys her tickets.
Of course, in the interim, we had realized that all the showings for ALL the movies were sold out at that hour. Nothing was available until 10:00. Ah, welll...