Cinco de Mayo and the Buffy connection

Yesterday was cinco de Mayo. I celebrated by wearing my Buffy the Vampire Slayer shirt, eating tacos and drinking Modelo Especial. Some may question the validity of my claim that the BtVS shirt referenced May 5th, the day the Mexican army defeated the French army. Any Buffy fan will remember Faith, the badass slayer who came to Sunnydale after one of the Buffster's many deaths. Faith had a habit of saying that everything was "five by five," meaning okay. So the shirt and then later my food and beverage choices commemorated the Mexican army's victory.

I also went to see the last showing of The Losers at the Emeryville AMC. That theater is such a disappointment. Overpriced in everything, nastyass popcorn and shitty customer service. After the movie ended at 2330, I was standing in front of a parking payment kiosk on the ground level where I had parked my car. I felt this heeby-jeeby sensation come over me. Totally reminded me of that Emily Dickinson poem. I had my keys in hand and was striding to my car, thinking, Thank goodness I mentioned to Edsel where I was going and what I was seeing before the show. "Excuse me, ma'am, excuse me." A woman I hadn't seen as I was exiting the public area was about 15 feet from me and asked me for the time. When she learned it was an hour later than she thought, the woman was a bit perturbed and asked for the location of the nearest Wal-mart, CVS or any store that might be open. She said she really needed a pair of headphones. I directed her to the mega-CVS on 51st and Broadway, gave directions and hopped in my car. I got a really weird vibe from her. In retrospect, the only thing that was remotely okay was that her passenger door mirror was secured in place with massive amounts of black duct tape. It matched the black paint job and shoddy nature of her beat-up Toyota Corolla. At least she didn't use the old school silver duct tape or the newer pastel plaid stuff.

By the bye, The Losers had some funny parts, many awesome quips and lines but I definitely could have waited to netflix it. And I'm irritated that Flixster used "the" when they alphabetized the movie. Go back to school, Flixster alphabetizer person!