Ticket Stub Saga #3: Planet of the Apes

Planet of the Apes
Director: Tim Burton
Release Date: 27 July 2001
Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Helena Bonham Carter

The only reason I went to see this movie was because of Mark Wahlberg. It was around this time that I saw Three Kings and Fear, as well as a little bit of Boogie Nights on late night TV (which I probably shouldn’t have been watching…). Anyway, I recruited Crissy to go watch it with me, and it was…ok. I don’t think we really understood the movie too well. I haven’t seen it since, and nor do I want to see it again. The weirdness of the movie makes much more sense now that I realize it was a Tim Burton movie. But yeah…Planet of the Apes. That’s about all I can say about this experience. It was just…Meh.

Ticket Stub Saga #2: Pearl Harbor

Pearl Harbor
Director: Michael Bay
Release Date: 25 May 2001
Starring: Ben Affleck, Josh Hartnett, Kate Beckinsale

This is another one I was really excited about. It was released on a Wednesday, Memorial Day of 2001, so I had to wait until Saturday the 28th before I went to see it. I apparently loved it so much that I went to see it again the next week. This happened quite often, but what I don’t understand is how I managed to convince Mom to take me twice. I was in 9th grade when Pearl Harbor was released, and I remember talking about it in Mr. Hocott’s Algebra class. Anyway. This was a movie that Mom actually watched with Crissy and me, and I’m pretty sure I embarrassed everyone involved. I was literally bawling at the end of the movie. I mean, I was nearly hysterical. To this day, I’ve never cried that much in a movie. The only thing I could compare it to (in the entertainment industry) was when I read the last couple of chapters of Marley and Me by John Grogan. I was completely beside myself in both cases. As we walked out of the theater I remember Mom looking at me like I was ridiculous. And I was, that’s for sure.

Google Search

So apparently someone found my blog yesterday by typing the following in the Google:

“then he knocked me down and stol mah buk.”

I don’t even know what to think of that.

Ticket Stub Saga#1

Ok, so now I start the Ticket Stub Saga. In each post, I’ll include information about the movie (with the help of one of the most visited sites in the Jones’ household: IMDB) and a picture of the stub, as well as who I was with, what were up to, and any other insignificant details I’d like to include. 

Now for the first stub:

Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
Director: Jay Roach
Release Date: 11 June, 1999
Starring: Mike Meyers and Heather Graham

So apparently I was really excited about this movie, seeing as how I went to see it on opening night. Actually, no, it was opening…afternoon. It was during the summer, obviously, and I was only 13, so my mom must have dropped off Jessica and me at the movies while she went to see something else. That’s what often happened. It’s funny to think that Jessica and I were best friends at this time, especially considering our relationship, or lack thereof, today. But regardless, we were best friends (along with Crissy), and we loved some Austin Powers. The Spy Who Shagged Me became the movie we rented from the Midland Mini Mart every time we were bored for the next few years. We spent lots of weekends at Jessica’s house, Crissy and I did; somehow John Aaron always managed to be included, too. But anyway, that’s the story of Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me. Just two 13 year old girls enjoying a lazy Friday afternoon in the summer, who never thought they’d run out of things they had in common in the years following graduation, resulting in the end of a friendship as the two grew further and further apart until they eventually no longer talked. But hey, at least we’ll always have The Spy Who Shagged Me.
 

Ticket Stubs

I love going to the movies. The whole experience is just something that makes me happy. The smells, the seats, the popcorn, the company, and especially the previews. In 1999, I began keeping my ticket stubs to the movies I went to. Well, to be more exact, I started keeping movie ticket stubs when they actually started printing information on the tickets. I have a few of the regualr red, generic tickets that you can get anywhere, but I couldn’t even tell you what movies those are from. But in 1999, I began keeping my stubs. Why? I don’t know. It’s just something I did, and to this day I still hold on to every stub I get. It’s hard to believe that I’ve been doing this for nearly ten years…

Anyway, the point to this is that I never really know what I’m going to do with the things. Right now they are kept in a little box inside my fire proof safe. That seems a little extreme, but for some reason the thought of them burning up in a fire, or getting lost, just really upsets me. These little stubs act as a record of all the good fun I’ve had over the years at the movies (and not so good fun, come to think of it). I can go through them and tell you a little story about every ticket stub. Who I was with, what we were doing, why I wanted to see the film, etc. It’s kind of like a scrapbook. It’s quite a collection, I might add. As a movie-theater-experience lover, I used to go to the movies a lot. I mean, A LOT. I don’t go as much as I’d like now, but I still go a fair bit.

In order to make use of these little puppies, I’ve decided to go through every ticket stub and write a little story about the experience. I can’t start it today, becasue I’m at work, and the stubs aren’t readily available. But I’ll start tomorrow, and it’ll be good. Stay tuned for the main event, after this preview!

One Spoiled Pup

So how spoiled would you think Sparky was if I told you that I bought him all new bedding that matches mine and Dallas’s?

A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words

Election and Twilight

Tomorrow is a huge day. Not only will we elect a new president who will most likely be a Democrat (yes!!!!), but the Twilight soundtrack is also released. I’m very excited about this.

I’ve lost 5 pounds. Good for me.  I still have a ways to go, but I’m on my way.

The possibility of a new opportunity came up today, so let’s hope things go well!