Thursday, March 16, 2006

Popcorn Chase

Certainly was a movie marathon for me yesterday - it left me wondering at the end whether I was floating on the dead sea with a brooding Jewish sabra or running from vengeful vampires down darkened hallways with a hunky werewolf-demon hybrid. Either way, it's all good. Then again, dating a werewolf could be a domestic problem since all that shedding fur on my turkish rugs can't be good. Perhaps I could keep him leashed.

Okay. I need a moment for that image.

Instead I was munching popcorn in the cinemas while struggling to find a black-suited Kate Beckinsale slipping through equally pitch-black basements that lacked functioning electrical lamps for some reason. Half the time all I could see were her flashing fangs and blood flying all over the place. Dang. Should have brought my special vamp vision glasses instead. Gifted with far better sight than my own impaired eyeballs, nice guy Big Bicep Barry maintained the occasional sotto voce narration to keep me up to date.

On the backseat
Musing quietly...

However since the blood and gore onscreen ( and the dull generic horror plot ) didn't need my focused attention all that much - and you all know my endless obsession with multitasking, it left me some time to muse quietly in my seat.

1) What is it about cinemas that draw couples to the backrows to neck? Seriously, I know it's dark, it's comfy but hell, why there? It's bloody uncomfortable twisting in the seats, there isn't all that much space and there are people watching the movie barely a few feet away who don't actually want the movie spoilt with the sounds of smooching and licking off-camera. Get lost and grope at the local motel.

2) Grrr... after hitting the gym, he drinks mineral water and eats a corn ( I wouldn't dignify that morsel by calling it a kernel of popcorn ) and gets me a large tub of non-salted popcorn with soft drink. Is he trying to make me fat? :O

3) Everyone has their own weaknesses. Superman has his Kryptonite. Storm has her claustrophobia. Big Bicep Barry has his fried chicken with eleven herbs and spices. I shall get my revenge yet!!

4) God, I am presenting on NSAIDs in a week. Could anything be less interesting? Well, perhaps Kate's sad monochromatic wardrobe. Shows a lack of imagination.

5) Hey, Barry's cell is ringing again! Could it be that bosomy bitch Bountiful Betty? Perhaps I could accidentally spill the coke on the phone. Whoops, silly clumsy me.

6) Waitaminute, is that Handsome Hui behind me? Supposedly he once caught me at the cinema with a guy and kept it quiet for months so... Nah, he's at a course. It couldn't be. Could it?!

7) With all the upheavals in his life, I wonder how Charming Calvin is doing.

So you can imagine what I do when I'm online. I'm usually multitasking - drinking tea, typing my blog, checking out drug information, chatting, watching television and sometimes even talking on the phone. Still it left me a little confused at the end of Underworld. Too many sleek, sensual Goths running up the walls.

So confused - and possibly distracted that I had Big Bicep Barry lean over and whisper in my ear, "So would this be your bedtime story?"

I almost choked on a popcorn.

14 comments:

Petie said...

The best way to figured out the reason for your number 1 musing is to find a man and do the necking yourself.

I believe that already happen once but was it in the backrow? :P

That Girl said...

havent watched Underworld yet..... sigh.. i guess i wont be watching movies for a while now...

am hungry again!!! ah my gad Paul..
now i want some popcorn.

yaaaay thanks for linking me!!

and yeah i get pissed off at couples necking at the movies...they pay money to neck?!

Anonymous said...

oops. that was me.. grafxgurl...lol.. am fiddling with a new blog

Anonymous said...

OMG! Do you think it was a coincidence or his own *innocent* way to tell you that he knows about your blog..?
(or maybe it's just my paranoia)
What did you tell him?

btw. I don't think he wants to make you fat. It was non-salted after all..
(pfft..that's like milk without chocolate, a total waste)

MrBunnyBan said...

What on earth did he mean by that question in that context? It makes no sense unless he was hinting that he knows about your blog.

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Big Bicep Barry, please leave a comment! ;)

hrugaar said...

Movie tickets are cheaper than motels, and at least it gives you a vaguely plausible 'innocent' alibi. ;oP

Well if Barry knows, at least he's still talking to you and going to the movies with you, so it can't be all that bad. :o)

Anonymous said...

Paul :
1. nothing wrong about people choosing a cinema as one of the alternative place to release their sexual urges..it happen alot ;) n oh..u can put me as one of those people..haha.
2. maybe barry like fat guy ;) at least u dont have to be worry about your food intake. bless him for that.
3. hmm...what sort of revenge that you have mind..can't wait for that to happen..
4. whatever u going to present, just imagine all your audience as a hunky guy. hunky n totally naked. that should do u just fine..
5. you are jealousy out of no reason. meaning you love him. fair to say that.
6. you are jealousy n you are getting paranoid your collegue finding out about you isnt it?
7. I hope he can survive the whole ordear..n i sincerely wish him all the best.

btw, dont you wish that you actually choked on the popcorn? at least barry can give you the kiss of life..

Squido said...

I think your sexual fustration is getting to you.

Or god forbid,

You're getting desperate :O

Squido said...

On a side note, i just saw X-Men 3 's trailer.

Awesome trailer. Ilove the stylish wa Jean tossed the doors like a ragdoll.

If the trailer was anything to judge the movie, i say we have a winner.

Maximus Leo said...

Aren't you a bit paronoid? You sounded really tensed...chill out and I think it;s time to go for the kill :-)

Anonymous said...

It's a good thing I wasn't taking a drink of my coffee at your endnote. I don't think Microsoft keyboards and coffee go well together.

I just wanna know....DID HE REALLY ASK THAT?????

Anonymous said...

He really said that? Cool!

savante said...

Dang, blogger has been giving me some problems...

It wasn't the backrow, pete! And no necking involved. Perhaps some groping though but I stopped!

Go get some popcorn, sugarshed :)

camydi, he looked innocent when I asked him. So no idea what he meant by that, Daniel. I was shocked myself.

True, ru. And he pays occasionally :P

You necked in cinemas!! Stop that habit, pakcik!

squido, I can't wait for X-Men!!

I know.. I'm getting paranoid, Ian.

He actualy did ask that. Word for word. I almost choked myself. Another mystery to solve, weeshiong.

Paul

Petie said...

He Did slip you the tongue :P So I guess that's count as making out :P

So another mystery to solve, BBB sure is a BIG tease.