He went back to his desk and sat down to see that he was
already two minutes late logging back into the phone, but he was in no way
motivated to hop back on the phone. As he sits there contemplating whether to
jump on or flee the institution, someone walks up to his cube and peers over
the wall at him. “Hey, how's it going?”
“Hey Brian, I'm here,” Bryson replied before adding,
“unfortunately. What's up?”
“What are you doing
tonight?”
“Probably going home, having a few beers, eating a snack,
watching a little TV, maybe viewing some porn, and to top it off possibly
blowing my brains out.”
“You sarcastic bastard. So am I to take it that means
you're not coming?
“To what? Oh, tonight's movie night, isn't it?”
“Yeah it is, you thinking of changing your mind and showing
up? We're playing Predator tonight. Please don't tell me you seriously forgot.”
Brian worked at one of the local movie theaters in town.
Originally, movie nights started as a chance to preview movies before they came
out. The theater workers had the opportunity to watch movies before they came
out with a guest, so Brian took Bryson to see a few movies the week before they
came out free of charge with free popcorn and soda. Then Brian learned that
some of his coworkers at the theater would hook their PS3's up to the digital
projector at the theater and play video games. This opened up a whole new world
of opportunity. Brian decided to hook his PS3 up to the projector, but instead
of playing video games he decided to watch blu-rays of movies that he didn't
have the opportunity to see in theaters when they first came out. The
opportunities were nearly endless, and now every Tuesday night they would get
together with friends and watch the movies they loved in high def as if they
just opened. Die Hard, The Big Lebowski, Jaws, Blade Runner: they were all
available at the local theater now late at night, after the theater closed.
“Yeah, I forgot,” Bryson said. “I've had a lot on my mind
the past couple of days.”
“Well, are you going to be able to make it?”
As much as Bryson wanted to relive his moment of
empowerment watching Predator almost ten years ago, he really didn't feel like
being around people at the moment. Sure, he thought, I could use the kick in
the ass to effect change in my life at this moment, but I can't say that I
really want to think about it or do anything about it right now. “No, I'm just
going to go home and surf the web for a little bit and go to bed. Maybe I'll
have a beer or to. I don't feel like going anywhere tonight though.”
“Seriously? You suck, dude.”
“You trained me.”
“To do your job and be awesome, not to be a pussy!”
“Yeah, yeah, yeah, have a good night.”
“You too,” Brian says as he walks away.
Bryson puts his headphones back on, and hits the button on
the phone to start taking calls again only to hear the beep signifying a call
was coming in. “Client service, this is Bryson speaking. May I have your policy
number please?”
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