Yesterday afternoon I went to see Michael Moore’s Sicko with my friend, Tracy.
I met Tracy and her husband, El Diablo, about 40 minutes before the movie started so we went to Farren’s for drinks beforehand.
The movie was actually pretty good. While there was certainly a lot of rhetoric involved, it is probably the most balanced Moore movie so far. If even any of what he says about our health care system is correct—much of it certainly is—then we have a pretty much completely broken, and morally bankrupt, system.
After the movie we met El Diablo over at The Blind Pig for drinks. Tracy’s friends, Tony & Susan and Kevin [I think those names are correct], some local Greens who were also at the movie, came along. Lots of good conversation and a small amount of alcohol later we all adjourned to Farren’s for dinner, more beer, and conversation.
I had a great time getting to know some new folks and discussing things of lots and of little consequence.
The reason this post is bought off is because Tracy and El Diablo have this crazy rule about paying when they invite you out. So—again—they paid for my beers, the movie, and dinner. Thanks, guys! But this silliness really needs to stop.
7 responses so far ↓
1 Tracy // Jul 1, 2007 at 4:05 pm
Honey! I invited you! So I pay! Them’s the rules.
Your company is always appreciated and enjoyed. Thank you for the lovely time. We will do it again soon, I hope.
Too bad you’re not going to Chicago with us. You can still change your mind about that!
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From El Diablo: Thank you for respecting my wishes and using my alias. But you must never post my picture, nor the initials of my alias. I will NOT be immortalized on your infamous blog under the caption: “This Is the Face of E.D.” That is all.
2 jenny // Jul 1, 2007 at 5:57 pm
Whoa that’s an insane but excellent rule. I often feel bad when I invite someone somewhere and they can’t come due to fundage–I am always willing to pay but they get all cranky about it. I may institute this rule….
3 Mark // Jul 1, 2007 at 6:08 pm
Tis insane and excellent!
Now I just have to dream up an event to invite them to since it’s long past my turn to buy.
4 Tracy // Jul 1, 2007 at 7:34 pm
Jenny, once you institute “the rule,” they can never say no.
And Mark, no fair. We only paid for one, and you’d be paying for two. How is that fair?
But seriously, we’ll do “dutch” from now on. Honestly, we won’t always put you on the spot like that. But we enjoy taking a friend out once in awhile.
And now for the important question: are my Green friends awesome or what?
And was that movie amazing or what? Did you wake up cranky this morning? I did.
5 Mark // Jul 2, 2007 at 6:33 am
Tracy, I’m not really complaining and I appreciate that you guys are generous.
But as for the one or two people thing, you guys have done this for me once before, at least.
Yes, they are good people. And I am cranky every morning.
6 Liz // Jul 3, 2007 at 10:38 am
I need friends like that.
7 Mark // Jul 3, 2007 at 1:42 pm
Hi, Liz. Yes, I really ought not complain and perhaps it’s really only a quarter-hearted complaint anyway. But this weekend I actually had some money….