Sunday, October 01, 2006

My Tipless Weekend

Oops, I did it again.

No, no, I didn't let Britney talk her way into letting me loan her money.

I slept in until 2PM on Saturday. I feel horrible...I have not seen the AM hours of Saturday yet since school started. I suppose it is the Science of Sleep - catching up on the weekends of the weeks you are pushed to the max.

Speaking of which, after running and studying at Chipotle, I checked my messages and a friend invited me to see The Science of Sleep at the Charles Theater. She (I have no "friends" who are guys, SanFran) said it started at 9:45PM, and a deft movement of my left arm allowed me to ascertain the time of 9:30PM.

Light rail would not work, and I left my wings in the Square State.

So, I walked up Charles Street as far as I could, and then hailed a taxi.

I had a ten spot out, ready to hand to the driver, and I'd ask for a 5 spot back which would give him a tip and me five dollars.

He drove me for a minute. With lights. A total of 10 blocks.

ft: "How much will that be?"
Cabman: "10 dollars."

In my head, I thought, "What organization in the world exists to protect me from this crap?" I had no time for an answer, so I handed him the ten and got out of the taxi cab. I got into the theater just as the last trailer/preview was ending.

The movie was at least "good" - I need a second viewing to appreciate it fully.

After the film, I used my CIA skills to locate my friend in the dark. She is beautiful so it wasn't really that hard, because beauty shines in darkness. That, and she glows in the dark because of all the phosphorescent tobacco she smoked sophomore year ("my boyfriend at the time was a hipster.")

We went to Club Charles, across the street, to discuss the movie and why people with two first names ought not to be trusted, although I argued that Caffo really isn't a first name.

I ordered a dark and tan, and our bartender, after pouring the tan, mentions that the Guinness is busted.

I left no tip there as well.

I hope to take a picture every time I don't leave a tip, and have as many as this guy did.