Here’s to you, movie theatre stalker!

Posted by You Sir on Jul 28, 2010 in Featured, Here's to you Sir! | 0 comments

I went to see the movie Inception last night (which is pretty amazing) and was reminded of an incredibly awkward movie theater experience that happened to me a few years ago.  It was during my second round of unemployment in January of 2008.  I had plenty of free time on my hands and wanted to go see a movie.  What better time to do that than a Tuesday afternoon?  I made my way to the theater at Atlantic Station in Midtown.  As I’m walking down the long hallway a young gentleman was walking toward me and as I turned to my specific theater door, he also turned that way, opened the door for me, and we both entered. I forget which movie I saw but it must have been a fairly popular new release because it was in the largest room they have, probably seating between 200-300 moviegoers.  On this day, however, there was 1 other person, a lady that I could barely see sitting in the middle of the very back row, just beneath the projector window.  As per usual, I walked half way up...Read More

Here’s to you, Wednesday!

Posted by You Sir on Jul 19, 2010 in Featured, Here's to you Sir! | 1 comment

Some of you have already heard me tell this story, but last Wednesday was one of the strangest days I’ve had in a long time.  I hesitated to make this a blog post, but the entire day itself was so weird it had to be documented as proof positive I have some of the strangest encounters with people. It started on my commute to work (of job #1, as I currently have 2 jobs).  As I’m driving through the normally very empty downtown Roswell I see what, from a distance, looks like someone pushing a very large baby stroller down the sidewalk.  Nothing to be concerned with here.  Until I get closer and realize that it’s not a baby stroller, it’s a rolling hospital bed.  And there’s not a baby in it, but a very old woman.  In fact, this woman is so old, that I’m pretty sure she’s dead.  I’m not joking or using this term as hyperbole, the woman had her eyes closed, was slightly curled into a fetal-type position, had a  bluish-gray color to...Read More