You Would Think I Would Learn

Apparently, I am a very slow learner. Usually I have a pretty fast learning curve, but I have noticed that in certain situations, I make the same ridiculous move over and over again. Maybe this is something I accept just to keep life interesting. Or it is the definition of insanity....which in my case is a higher likelihood.

Last weekend was the opening of Casino Royale, the latest James Bond installment. Attempting to be clever, we bought tickets early for a late show, thinking it was a perfect plan to bum around the mall and head to the theater with an hour to spare before the show started...and plenty of time to score the perfect unobstructed view in a set of moderately non-sticky seats.

This is not the first time I've had this brilliant plan.

It's also not the first time I've completely botched it for no good reason whatsoever.

Yes, for at least the third or fourth (or tenth) time, I inadvertently decided to be fashionably late or something and arrived just in time to score the seat in the front row, which dictates that you spend two-and-a-half hours with your neck cranked at an 85-degree angle with eyes darting back and forth in a futile attempt to see the entire screen at once.

How could I commit this travesty over and over? It's like burning my tongue every single flippin' time I am presented with hot food or liquid of any kind. No matter how many times I warn myself first or am cautioned by present company. Or bang my head on open cabinet doors in my kitchen. Or hit mailboxes with my Jeep. (Note: to my defense, it's been awhile since I hit anything stationary... or un-stationary, for that matter.) Why? Why do I do this? I should learn my lesson!