"PLEASE DON'T HINT THAT YOU'RE CAPABLE OF LIES "
-BLINK 182, FIRST DATE
I've only been on a movie date once, and I don't think the girl I was with considered it a date. It was last year, with Ina, my co-worker when I was still in Teleperformance. We had a nice time chatting about whatever things over frappes and a blueberry muffin at The Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf and watched The Hunger Games ( and , damn thing's too long because I was infatuated). Such a shame though that it didn't work out with her. And I don't think it'd work out with me and the girl I had my second date with, although I hope it would. Well, at the very least, I had so much fun with a very cute girl while watching a movie, something I haven't really done for almost a year now, even though my friend (and I, somewhat) thinks that I shouldn't have gone out with her.
So, who's the girl? Honestly, I'm kind of surprised myself - it's Lin. Yeah, I like(d?) her and she broke her promise, but somehow, a part of me I refused to acknowledge still wanted an explanation why, forgive what she's done, and pursue her once again. Last week at the Otaku Expo, we saw each other. She approached me and asked me how I'm doing. Yeah, that made me happy, but not yet decisive enough to ask her out again, because what did was the message she left me on Facebook. I responded, we chatted, one thing led to another, and next thing I knew I had a beautiful date on a Saturday. Her chamber in my heart that was darkened and closed was reopened and lit up once again. Rather, it is not a chamber, but a theatre where she is the show and the star. Oh God I am beyond hope and cure, for once again I am delusional.
We were supposed to watch Kick-Ass 2, but theatres already stopped showing it even though it hadn't hit two weeks yet by that time, so we watched Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters instead. The first Percy Jackson was an enjoyable and understandable yet slightly-leaning-to-bad mediocre flick, and I didn't have any high hopes for the sequel either, but I wanted to watch a movie with her. In fact, the movie was an excuse in itself, for all I wanted to do was spend time and do something with her. That logic is probably the same logic why some people who are dating watch movies.
After four hours of sleep, I woke up on a Saturday morning. I drank my coffee, took a bath, put on clothes, and texted her to confirm if we'd push through with today. At the back of my head, I was thinking that I just restarted the cruel cycle, but then she texted back as confirmation, so I gleefully went on my way. I don't know if she considered it a date, but I definitely did. My first date with Lin and my second date ever. A milestone in my life.
I arrived at TriNoma a few minutes late. She was sitting in front of Goldilocks, wearing a black-and-white striped top, black jacket, navy-blue short skirt, black stockings, and white rubber shoes. Her hair was straight and black, complete with a hime cut, her half-moon chinita eyes were amethyst, and her soft lips were strawberry. I surprised her, she smiled at me, and we went our way. It was Amore all over again, that I could not believe I'm with a girl this cute. Except this time I'm a bit more on guard, with her breaking a promise and all. Still, that didn't ruin the fun.
We had cheap talk as we walked, jumping from one topic to another (my new sideline work at Otaku Asia anime magazine, the stupid stuff I've been posting at a secret cosplayers' group, etc.) then it got to one topic that made her put her arm around my back, and I couldn't help but feel giddy about, so in response I touched her soft white hand hanging over my shoulder. Wherever we walked, I looked at the glass panes that gave off our slight reflection. "We look good together" I thought to myself. "We look like a couple, that's how others who saw us were definitely thinking" I thought to myself. "Will we be? Do I still want us to be?" I asked myself. And I'm still asking the same question.
"Gusto mo ba ng popcorn? (Do you want popcorn?)" I asked her right before I give our ticket to the usher, and she gleefully said yes. Maybe I've watched too much romance movies/anime and read too much romance manga/novels, but popcorn is like a quintessential movie date food, and a movie date without it would feel much too incomplete. It was pricier than oil (Php95), but those popped golden kernels were my ticket for a chance to sweetly touch her hand whenever she'd reach into the bucket. Such a shame it didn't happen though.
Perhaps the problem with taking a girl like Lin to an action-adventure movie is that even though she likes movies and anime, she's not exactly my brother or any of my guy friends that like the same titles I like, so it's kind of tough to make references and jokes to her. But despite that fact, watching a movie with a girl like Lin gave off a different kind of charm - a charm that seeped deep into my heart when I saw her eyes glimmer along with the silver screen, heard the sound of her soft voice and laughter, talked about different things that the movie made us talk about such as going to Boracay on a yacht and Attack on Titan (how unrelated), and felt her soft thighs, shoulders, and hair on mine. What made me feel sublime was not the deep, thought-provoking dialogue either us or the movie had, but the fine little details and the big picture once they've been put together.
The movie was a definite improvement from the prequel on all aspects, but we're still pretty disappointed with how things turned out, especially with the anticlimactic climax, which is yeah, better not let my enthusiasm get the better of me and spoil the movie for anyone. Nonetheless, we had fun. Not only me, but definitely her as well, I'm certain of it. And so after the movie and eating at KFC, we headed on home. And on the bus ride back, I was happily thinking of her again, what happened this time, and how my second date and first movie date with Lin happened, and what should I do this time around - just like how I was happily thinking of her,on the bus ride back from Amore as well as during the times we hung out in cosplay events in malls along EDSA.
I'm not sure if what happened was a reboot or a sequel, or better yet a prequel of better things to come with her. I don't know. Heck, I'm not even sure if I should still pursue her (again?) given her track record. Well, some of my friends and the logical side of my brain thinks I shouldn't, but my hopelessly romantic side of my heart tells me I should. Not that I'm disregarding my friends' sound advice, but damn it, I don't know what to do. Just like Percy Jackson after part two, I still definitely haven't figured things out. I still haven't got the answer why the silence for so long, as she apologized but never explained. Maybe a part of me is still believing in the myth that she is Aya Toujo, even though my friends and my better judgement completely disagrees. God help me. And I ain't talkin' about Zeus or his pantheon.
P.S.: I still definitely have doubts. Maybe I should just look for Aya Toujo so that this would happen. Damn it Lin, make me believe you could redeem yourself and be Aya Toujo. And Aya Toujo, if you're not Lin, let's have a movie date ASAP.
We didn't hold hands by the way. And too bad there weren't any cheesy parts on the movie that gave me a chance to make moves like this
P.P.S.: Percy Jackson Sea of Monsters Micro-Review:
7.5/10 - I'm being generous since it's a memorable movie for me. Thank Lin, Mr. Lerman, 'cuz I only watched your movie because of her
Like what I've said, the movie is a definite improvement on all aspects, be it the battle scenes, storyline, and character development. However, while the movie adaptation of Rick Riordan's modernization and Americanization of Greek Mythology is interesting, brilliantly creative, hip, and fun (much more fun than Wrath of the Titans I should say), it is still predictable, doesn't bring anything new to the table, and the CGI was obvious and awful. Still, it's pretty much honest to itself, doesn't try to be anything else other than a teenybopper action-adventure movie, and has heart. Quite looking forward to part three actually, might even follow the books
P.P.P.S.: Maybe I should give Saint Seiya and American Gods by Neil Gaiman a shot as well, with all the mythology going on
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