i'm going to have to do that more often.

i haven't been to a movie theatre in a long time. but i went twice this week, and though i'm not expert review i'm going to give you a little response to the movies i saw.

first, if you see pirates of the caribbean, re-watch the second one so you're up on the story, savvy? full of action, a bit of cheesey romance, and lots of piratey fun, and i'm no lesbian, but lord if i was, keira knightley would be ... mine.

knocked up -- thought it was going to be just a stupid funny movie ... but it wasn't. the ending was a bit expected, and parts were predictable (except the crowning ... ew!) but it was definitely worth the $10 to go. and i don't spend $10 easily these days.

but you know what's better than just the movies themselves? the escape. for three hours, i forgot that my parents are about as mature as my 19 year old sister. i forgot that i have to move my entire apartment in two weeks. the fact that my alarm will go off at 5 am tomorrow and i'm going to be working straight to 10 pm slipped away from my conscious. it was me, allison, ben and the fact that she was pregnant, and that's it. when i need an escape, i usually read, and i have lately shun going to the movies and watching feel-goods, thinking they add no real value to my life, which lately has been focused on learning from a world i feel i'm just entering really.

but wow, i feel so inspired just having left life for a while. and reading, while an amazing and worthwhile escape, is not the same, because when i have to pee, or grab a drink of water, there's always life smacking you in the face as soon as your eyes wander from the page. but a movie ... ahhh, now that's a different story. not a movie on your home dvd player, but the movie theatre. it's a true escape. if you have to pee, you don't enter back into life. you jump from your semi-conscious state and awake enough to run to one stinky stall, do your duty and then bolt back to your escape.

now i'm back to life. i have to shower, set my alarm and ready myself for another work day, but i feel surprisingly refreshed, more refreshed than i would have felt smoking a camel and reading my book this evening. it was a change of pace too. probably another beneficiary to my feeling of ease and escape.

movie theatres shouldn't be so expensive. enough money for a movie per month should be included in our health insurance, or just cheaper for the public good. i think it would be money well spent.