HARD HAUNTED MANSION

I figured I'd have to leave around 12:30PM to make the screening of Super 8 at Paramount at 2PM.  So I decided to do a little run even though I didn't feel like it shortly after getting up.  A strange thing has developed with my left foot.  Before, I used to feel very sore on the outer metatarsal, right on the left side of the foot between my pinkie toe and the one next to it.  But I'd been icing the foot and massaging it to try to get the soreness to go away.  Now, it's not very painful and all my icing and work on it might have helped.  But now, the top of my foot feels sore when I begin running.  It goes away after a few minutes, but I can't help but wonder if it has anything to do with all the tendons and connections running around there.

After showering, I got dressed as Driver and brought my jacket along.  I didn't wear it inside the screening, but the shirt with the jeans is a cool look.  Anyway, I got to the screening just in time and I got a pretty good seat near the back where I like to sit.  The movie was good, and the sound was really important in the movie, but all in all, I just wasn't that impressed.  I liked Elle Fanning's acting chops, but the movie just reminded me of a wannabe Spielberg epic.  Not as good as E.T., but better than Transformers is what A.O. Scott of the NY Times said and I agree with him.

Then I drove over to Venice to pick up some goods from Josh.  He was watching the Cal game and we smoked a little before I took off.  I didn't realize Jansen and BJ and El were gonna be so late, so I didn't stay long.  Afterward, I went to In-N-Out to have a Double Double with out the bun.  It was freakin' delicious, but I'm not sure I'd want it all the time.  You still feel like something is missing, especially when you don't order fries or a drink with the meal.  But I didn't want too much in my stomach since we were gonna party tonight.

I parked about 1.5 miles from the Shrine after doing a little drive-by.  There's security all over the place around the USC campus so it felt very safe to walk around or park my car.  I guess they have it when there's a football game or maybe every weekend just so the kids don't get into any trouble.

I waited till about 9PM for them to arrive.  It seemed like such a waste of time waiting around, but oh well, what are you gonna do?  There were people already inside the Shrine so we still had to get two tickets sold.  We couldn't find parking, so Jansen decided to just drop us off and give me the tickets to sell.  It wasn't hard finding two people who needed tickets, but they didn't want to spend more than $85 so I said it was a done deal even though I was looking to sell it for $100.  I regretted not putting my foot down when I watched people walking up and down the sidewalk looking for tickets after it had been sold out.  I screwed up, but that's the panic of the market in action.

Jansen parked the car at a lot so we all got in line to get inside.  They were really strict with the check-in so I had to take the bullet out of my shoe and put it in my taint.  It worked like a charm but I was really worried that it would just slip out somehow and it'd go to waste.  But all was fine and dandy so it was party time when we got inside.

It wasn't really very crowded which was good and bad at the same time.  Good in the sense that it wasn't packed and you could move around, but not so good in the sense that there weren't a lot of hot chicks to look at.  Still, it was fun and the music was great and BJ and El had a good time since their friends were also there.

We finally bailed about 1:45PM before the even ended so we could get out of there before the mad rush of cars.

(written 10/31/11)