So, I had to work late yesterday and I wasn't able to go to my local Best Buy Store in Thousand Oaks, CA to pick up or at least take a picture of Gamers on the shelf! Serious, this is a once in a life time opportunity to stand in a retail store and laugh and be proud that some how, some way, our indie film which we did for our own self amusement was deemed worthy enough to be sold to consumers. I may never have this opportunity again and I at least wanted to experience it once in my life time. Because, let's be honest, I think it was about one week on the shelf for new releases before they never re-order again!
So, Rose my wife calls me up, she knows I'm working late and says, "Hey Honey, I'm at Best Buy, I brought the three kids and the video camera and we were going to surprise you with a video of Angelina who wanted to spend her Best Buy gift certifcate on a copy of Gamers. How cool is that? My seven year old really was going to do that, see what good taste she has in movies!
Well guess what? Best Buy didn't have Gamers out on the shelf, they had 4 copies somewhere in the back and nobody had time to place it out and really didn't give care.
So, my daughter ended up buying the movie "The Game Plan" featuring the Rock.
Seriously, God...at some point you can stop giving me writing material. And that whole thing about you can't experience great love without experiencing Great pain...it's okay, I'm shallow, I prefer shallow love.
2 1/2 years...well what's one more day right?