Embarrassment on A Sunday
It was the kind of day I haven't had in a long time.... I stayed in my apartment until 5 pm. Reading the LA Times . Surfing around the Internet. General laziness. Yes, I missed Church for the second week in a row. But I was glad to get the day to relax.
First, I drove to Studio City . I have two checks to deposit in the bank. One from my filming of filming of the Michael Jackson Reenactment Trial . And another one from the rebate Verizon gave to me when I bought that new cell phone.
The closest bank branch to me is in Studio City. There are none in Hollywood. I opened this account when I lived in Redondo Beach, and I don't want to change it. So I put up with the inconvenience of having to drive a-ways to do my occasional banking.
I get to Studio City, and park my car. I go up to the ATM. I open the envelope slot ... and there are NO ENVELOPES !!!!
I start to have a hissy fit right there ... kicking the wall under the ATM machine. I am screaming at the machine "I drove all this way !!!"
I look inside the bank, and of course there is no one there to add envelopes.
I kick the wall some more, screaming obscenities. When it dawns on me that someone might see a crazy lady kicking the wall by the AMT machine. I look around, and am alittle embarrassed. My entire trip has been in vane.
I run to Sav-Ons and decide to do some shopping. I run into a fellow Egyptian Theatre volunteer, and we end up chatting. Turns out that she works a part time job in the area.
A few minutes later, I am shopping again ...um, for personal items. I won't elaborate, but its something Old People need to buy. For our Old People Problems.
And this person runs up to me to ask me about my filming of the Michael Jackson Reenactment Trial , and she wants to know all about it.
As I am chatting with her, I realize I am standing in front of a display of embarrassing items.
I kind of turn around to try to make it seem like I was looking at the aspirin on the other side of the aisle. But it is to late. I am embarrassed. Again.
Its never easy running into someone you know at the Pharmacy. Someone is bound to get embarrassed.
After I am done there, I decide to head over to the Hollywood and Highland Complex to see Monster In Law .
I have some time, so I dilly-dally around the lobby.
Its actually quite easy to take pictures there, I just look like one of the Tourists.
As I was standing in line at the concession stand, I hear a man who is alittle older than me, asking how does he get to the movie theatre. The girl behind the counter tells him to go up the stairs.
He repeats "I have to go up the stairs." sounding like this might be a difficult task for him - especially carrying his popcorn.
At no time does the concession stand clerk tell this man that there is an Elevator that he can take.
The Elevator at the Mann Theatres 6 is tucked far away in the corner,
on the right side as you walk away from the concession stand.
They won't tell you it is there, unless you ask if there is an elevator.
Thats how I found out it was there. After a few times of going up the stairs about ready to spill all my concession stand food, I asked if there was an Elevator - and they finally told me the secret, that yes, there was.
Whoever designed this theatre could not be bothered with adding an "Up" escalator.
Once inside the theatre, trying to find a place to sit where I couldn't see the curve of the screen was impossible. I ended up sitting far front, and dead center. But it didn't help. Whoever tested the screens when they were installing them ... well, I don't know where they could have sat where there was a good seat. And whoever thought about putting curved screens in such small theatres was just plain not thinking.
As you can tell, I really don't like the Mann Chinese 6 at all. This is the complex of 6 theatres in the mall, behind the actual Graumans Chinese Theatre - which is a beautiful theatre.
Other than my terrible surroundings... I really enjoyed Monster In Law. I wasn't sure when it first came out if I even wanted to see it.
All the politics over Jane Fonda , and Jennifer Lopez and her wearing of Fur .... not to mention Lopez's last few movies haven't been so great.
Well, I wasn't sure.... sometimes all the Hype gets to be to much, ya know...
But I am glad I went. I really enjoyed it. I thought it was really funny. And Jennifer Lopez was really wonderful in it. I am glad she and Ben Affleck broke up - she is doing such better movies now.
And I LOVED Jane Fonda . I wish more older actresses were like her. Willing to show her age. And show her wrinkles. She was really perfect in that role. I would love to see her get an Oscar Nomination for Best Supporting Actress... I think she was great.
If you are over 40 - I really recommend that you see Jane Fonda in Monster in Law. She is a good example of how am older actress can still look older ... and not have to have everything pulled and tucked to be in a major Hollywood film. Though, I wouldn't be surprised if she had done some plastic surgery here and there ... she looks her age, and she looks great.
