Crazy People and Movies!

Some people are a challenge to work with. And that's all I'll say about that.

WE HAVE A MOVIE THEATER! With craaazy rules! That change! A lot. Lemme back up a second.

People who come over here have to be a bit hardy, I think. You have to be someone who is easily entertained, and pretty low maintenance, all things considered. In other words, you have to like shiny things! And also still turn pencils into drumsticks occaisionally. What? Don't even pretend you don't know what I mean. If you can't or don't do that, you will probably find this a tough place. There's not a lot to do and the hours are long. MWR (The Crrrrazy People(tm)) do what they can, but you're locked down on bases pretty much 24/7 except when on a mission, there's no drinking, supposedly no dating (HA!), the living conditions are somewhat austere, the food repetitive and people randomly burst into flame from the heat. Fish jump OUT OF THE WATER sometimes it's so hot. Anywhoo, you have to try and group up a bit if you can, and go do whatever limited social things are available. Like Karoke (covered earlier) or the movie theater.

Now the movie theater usually shows movies in a rotation set by MWR. The rules are somewhat vague, but they'll play any legally bought movie (no Hajimart films made with a home camcorder version of spiderman III) and of course no ahh.. adult art films. Ahem.

Sundays though, it's open movie night, first come first serve. So we called and were told that. So we showed up to watch a film. and were told the room was reserved.

(blink)

See, even the BADGUYS are more consistent than that! Anyways, courtesy of our group there is now a written rule that it's first come first serve. Frankly, I think someone was trying to do a favor for a buddy and was playing a "room is reserved" game. But whatever.

So I watched Dodgeball. In a former baath party building. In Iraq. It's interesting how much funnier and sillier certain movies are with a group of people laughing along with you in the middle of a warzone.

Oh, and I'm on a mission to get a CD of Zoolander now.