Charlie and the Constant Gardener

Today I was all psyched up to see "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" on an IMAX screen. I've been wanting to do this for weeks, but the timing has never worked out until now because it's only showing at 12:30PM and 9:30 PM. So I get to the theater, which is about 30 miles from my house, about 30 minutes early and walk up to the ticket window only to see a 'Sold Out' sign on the showtimes. Shit! I stand there looking like a dumbass for a minute or two, and then I think "Maybe they just made a mistake" and I ask the cashier if CATCF is really sold out. She tells me that there is some kind of problem with the projector and that they have cancelled the 12:30 show. I'm a little discombobulated at first since I had planned this so carefully, but that's life sometimes. So, I went to see "The Constant Gardener" instead. It was good, but I found it a little on the slow side. As a sidenote, this theater had special pricing for all the movies due to 'Katrina Relief'. All movies were $4, which would have been quite the steal on the IMAX movie which normally costs $11(!). I'm not sure exactly how charging $4 for a movie that usually costs $5.50 helps people affected by the hurricane (maybe they are donating the extra), but what the heck.

On the way home I was stymied in my effort to buy Season 1 of 'Lost' on DVD for $33.99 at Fry's (they were sold out), but I was not stymied in my effort to buy my yearly 12 pack of Oktoberfest beer. Why is Oktoberfest in September anyway? I could probably find the answer somewhere on the internet, but I've already got a buzz so I don't want to.