The local film house is playing sci-fi movies on the first Saturday of each month, and I was thrilled to see that the first movie of our residence was Plan 9 from Outer Space. Omid and I dragged ourselves and our newly-purchased lawn chairs down to the parking lot of the film house, where the movie was being projected against the exterior wall of the theater.
And proceeded to snooze. Plan 9 was not as hilarious as my 15-year-old self had believed. And the people-watching had been ky-bashed by our own early arrival. Fresh from the New York Bryant Park Monday night movie sardine-fest, we got to the feeble Hillsboro Village parking lot at least 2 hours before nightfall, the scheduled start time. Chuckling at our fellow Nashvillians' lack of foresight, we positioned our chairs front and center and spent the next couple of hours reading magazines. During which time maybe 100 unconcerned people slowly gathered. Behind us.
As we considered the possible Buddhist practice of non-being our old cutthroat, New York selves, we were thrilled for a bonus showing of an episode of Nashville 99: a 70's-era cop show set in Nashville and featuring various country-music stars in advisory roles. Our episode featured Tammy Wynette giving solemn counsel from a heavily-carpeted night club in Printers' Alley, while the cop she was helping gulped coffee.
Next month... Ghidra the 3-Headed Monster (VS. Godzilla, Rodin and Mothra). Is it just me, or is Godzilla the feyest monster ever?
Nashville Skyline overlooking the Cumberland River
The Pink Room
You know you love it. Deny it not.
Be They Lovers?
One can feel the non-plussed-ness. While yours truly, out of frame, dances a positive JIG of happiness.
The MuuMuu
The glamour begins now. Who needs a silhouette when ya got STYle?
Back Lot Beaut
Can you get a handle on this?
The Camry
Our unassuming entry into car culture.
Behold the Cabbage!
Southern hospitality at its most bizarre. A standard grapefruit serves as comparison.
5 comments:
hey, did you go to Ghidrah? Tom and I were there!!!!!! We should go to Forbidden Planet on the 8th together?
Yes - we did! I can't believe we missed each other. Well, Omid and I were once again sitting right in front all by ourselves...
Yes - let's def go to Forbidden Planet together. We are totally into it. Maybe we can do dinner first?
it's so a date! god, I loved Nashville 99...I was laughing so hard it's very hard to believe we didn't see each other! We were in the back though, b/c we were rather late. Dinner sounds Fab before Forbidden -- it's a date!
Godzilla? Fey? (Why don't you say that to his face?)
mb = michael b
the b stands for "behind on blog"
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