January 22, 2011

receipt (n.)

This is going to be a very ironic post.


For one, I will begin with what about the word "receipt" inspired me to write earlier today.


You may be thinking that I'm talking about receipts in the spirit of Mitch Hedburg's complaint about not needing to get "ink and paper involved" because no one can really quite imagine "a scenario that I would have to prove that I bought a doughnut."
However, somewhere beyond the humour, the receipt still stands for something symbolic. It's a little snippet of your purchasing archives - which led me to think about how we spend our money in general.



The conversation came about when I was chatting with my boyfriend about the latest movie to hit the box office: Barney's Version.




You see, the brother of a friend of mine adapted the screenplay (which is kind of a big deal, yah know?). I feel that I want to somehow support it, (which in the movie biz is often by contributing to its revenue): I want to purchase a movie ticket.




However, I am presently on page 23 of Barney's Version (by Mordecai Richler). 


My mantra voice won't shut up, either (you must read the book before you watch the movie...you must read the book before you watch the movie...) so what do I do? WhatdoIdo!

I want to read the book first, but I fear the movie leaving theatres before I can show my $upport...

Then I had an enlightening thought (I think).



Get a receipt

and then reseat!


What I really mean is, swipe my debit card, walk away with my movie ticket for Barney's Version, and then relocate my bum to a different film playing at the same show time (I mean, I gotta get something from the theatre in return!)

In the meantime, I can get moving to page 24 and try to win the race - and hopefully show my financial support twice! 

What do you think? Have I lost my mind? Are they gonna catch me? Is it immoral? Will Natalie Portman's producers get mad? Do I care?


[On another note: I didn't forget my remark about irony. I realized that I wish blogger had some kind of receipt to give me every time I published a post. Earlier today, I deleted "this" post (an older, better, pre-rewritten version) and had no way of getting it back. No cache; no nothin! I had to reseat myself on my couch and rewrite this goddamn thing because I have no archive of drafts and old versions- I have no receipt!]

Alright, I've paid double (time) to get this posted so I hope it was worth it. Enjoy! Comment. Let me know if you think I'm crazy and whether my old post deletion was really a sign that I should've just left my blog as is: with no transactions, un-cached.








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