The activity Diane chose for her first full day as a 78-year-old was to go watch Mufasa. She ordered the tickets (and popcorn) a few days ago and has been anxiously waiting for this day. We went to the same theater where we watched “Red One”. The seats we originally had there were almost front row but we were able to change them for rows much further away from the screen, and from the speakers. There are 35 speakers on the walls so it’s pretty intense. This time she chose row A.

Before we left for the movie, I cooked us a 5-egg Denver omelet. Diane doesn’t like peppers or onions, but she ate all of her half.

We got to the theater early, which was good, because, surprise, Row A isn’t the back row. Row J is. Thankfully we were able to get two seats in “J”, centered on the screen.

Diane had me cover up my wrinkled neck so it wouldn’t distract from my charming smile.

Popcorn and a soda were included with the ticket to be delivered to us just before the movie was to start. The ticket person alerted the popcorn people about the change, gave us our tickets, and sent us on our way.

Before the movie started, there were 30 minutes of commercials highlighting upcoming movies as far out as July. Then, just before the lights were dimmed, our popcorn arrived. When the young lady handed it to me, I spilled a considerable amount of it all over the empty seat next to me. Not enough to matter, really, but it made a mess.

“What was the movie?” you ask.

“Musafa,” I respond.

“Whoa!” you exclaim. “Didn’t that just come out?” you ask.

“No,” I reply, “it came out yesterday.”

“Then it just came out, right?”

“No, it came out yesterday. To claim it as ‘just came out’ it would have to be the same day. It’s a rule. look it up.”

This must stop. I’m not up to an argument right now. Especially right after watching “Musafa.” It was a great movie. Not only was it a really great movie, it was in 3-D, something we didn’t know until it started. Diane had to shush me because I was yelling for the projectionist to focus the picture, like we used to do on board ships on which I’ve sailed. This time it didn’t work. To rectify it, I took that long journey back to the entrance and got us a couple of proper pairs of glasses. Once we had them in place, the picture was awesome.

Now, I’m not a fan of 3-D movies because I have astigmatism, and it didn’t used to work well with 3-D glasses. Today, they worked great and really added an extra element of awesomeness to the experience. This movie is highly recommended for all ages. Instead of animation, the movie was well acted by herds of animals that could actually speak English. It was pretty amazing. I suggested to Diane that we should get the DVD of “Musafa” so Max could learn English. He’s not able to pick it up from us, but from other animals it should be a snap. Right? She didn’t even respond. She just laughed at me thinking, I suppose, that I was kidding. Though it was difficult, I just let it go.

During all the advertisements prior to the movie, there were several chances for me to get a photo of the one that refers to this entertainment as “Noovies”. That’s really nostalgic for us because that’s what Cedric called them when he was little. Because of that, we still call them Noovies. It’s easier to say for some reason. I think it’s because you don’t need to noove your lips to say it. See what I mean?

Gotta quit now. The Tennessee vs. Ohio State game is just about ready to start.

Cheers.