tuesday january 7

today i went to see the movie her. knowing it would be busy, i arrived more than a half hour early, immediately heading to the automated machine to buy a ticket. after clicking my desired movie and time, i was stopped halfway through the process, with the machine informing me that the quantity of tickets i was buying (1) was no longer available. upon collecting my thoughts, regrouping, and returning to the machine to buy a ticket for a different movie, i notice that my showing of her was just x'd out completely from the opening screen this time, no longer teasing you with its supposed availability. i assume this meant that the first time around, the last ticket sold halfway through the process, and i missed out on getting it by about 15 seconds.