There’s an unforeseen consequence of moving to Florida. The abundance of close friends you seem to suddenly accumulate. If you’re not careful, you will begin to find yourself having house guests every given week in a month. These house guests don’t understand the strain that is put on the Floridian body either. For the guests, it is a weeklong getaway vacation of sleeping in, sun baking, and binge drinking at night. The Floridian works during the week while the visitor gathers his rest and energy for the night, but upon coming home, like a restless excited puppy dog, the visitor is ready to go go go. I have already lost count of the number of house guests that we have had in the eight weeks I have lived in Florida(actually I haven’t, the number is 5) and we already have more lined up for the upcoming months, but I am sure that Florida will be the death of me.

I have continued my pursuit of a new and exciting big boy job during these times as well. We are fortunate in this day and age with all of our technical assets that provide means of finding a job(Monster, CareerBuilder, Craigslist, etc…). I had a few interviews lined up when I decided to post my resume on the internet. This is when my life went into frenzy. I began receiving call after call from job recruiters looking to find out a little more about me. It was as this moment I realized this would be closest I would ever understand what it feels like to be Lebron James. Knowing that you have a skill that people need brings a sense of excitement, especially when you skill actually has a meaningful purpose to society.

On Saturday, I had the night to myself and was overwhelmed with a sense of boredom. I decided that this would be the perfect opportunity to check out the new Avengers movie that I have been hearing so much about. I had never gone to the movie theater by myself but figured I would be hard-pressed to find a companion on such short notice.

I pulled out of the apartment complex and to the red light intersection on Gandy Blvd. At this precise moment, the street lights and the traffic lights all lost power. Gandy Blvd. went dark(except for the Dog Track of course). Then I heard a screeching siren to my left. A fire truck was coming my way. It stopped and sat motionless like it was yielding to an imaginary street light. Confused, I had no idea what to do. After a few seconds of inactivity, I decided that since I was turning right on what should be a red, I went ahead and pulled out and left these concerns behind.

Donna Summer had just recently passed away, so the independent local radio station was playing a disco tribute. I cranked the radio, and cruised on. This is when the storms rolled in in a flash like manner. I had been warned about the accumulating puddles so I was careful not to hydroplane. These rainstorms are very hazardous to the inexperienced driver and should raise concern to all parents.

I arrived with five minutes until showtime at my destination. In hindsight, this was a poor decision in one of the most populated areas in the state of Florida. The ticket windows were packed. It probably would have taken 30 minutes just to get my tickets. I could not wait. Then I saw the self-ticketing machines. Unmanned checkout machines are probably one of the greatest inventions of our times (other than the idiotic users that try to use them). I was able to get my ticket in a matter of moments and make my way to the screen. I couldn’t help but to be amazed by the number of people at this theater though. There were so many people just idly loitering in the lobby. What is there to do at a movie theater besides buy your ticket, concessions and go to the screen?

When I finally I arrived in the showroom, I realized the mistake of my tardiness. Every seat in the room was occupied. FML. Then I spotted them. Three open seats in the front row. I hate the front row but what else could I do?

The movie was very enjoyable and I found that solo movie watching actually had its perks. A couple of movie hoppers found their way next to me at the climax of the movie but they were easily discouraged of their evil ways when I told them the seats were taken.