Pirate Only Out Of Necessity

I didn't even really want to go see Chronicles of Narnia this weekend. But, my husband did, and compromise is what marriage is all about. Plus, we had some free movie passes we had been waiting to use. The movie was decent, but pretty slow, dragging its way to the 2 hour mark. That's when the action finally picked up. Good guy, bad guy, kick-ass sword fight battle. Things were getting tense... and that is when the power went out.

The whole theater was in blackness. Emergency lights come on, and a manager wanders in. We are told we could stay in the theater and wait out the vicious storm going on outside with the hopes the power would magically return, or we could grab some free movie passes and leave. So we opted for the second option.

Part of me hoped that our power at home would be off too, the part that likes to be forced to cook over a fireplace and pull out the board games over candle light. But the other part just really wanted to see the end of the movie, especially since I had invested 2 hours of my life. That part got home, and 40 minutes later, through some illegal downloading, acquired a Seinfeld style camera at movie screen video of the movie. It's something I make a point not to do with new movies, but really, did I have any other choice?

-Marta Strickland