After waiting and waiting, and not being able to buy it at Wal-Mart the other day because of lack of time, I have FINALLY bought the BBM DVD.
What an experience! I would like to share my "buying BBM" story, even though I haven't watched it yet.
I am one of those people whose family is against BBM and any BBM-related things, so I was forced to buy the DVD in secret. And I tell you, what a nerve-wracking thing it is to buy in secret! I thought I was going to be able to skip away from my mother and sidle over to the movie section and buy it just like that.
But oh how wrong I was!
I managed to skip away from my mother while she was checking out (using the vague "I'll be back in a minute" excuse). Unfortunately, the line in the movie section was big. But this did not prevent it. I walked over to the BBM DVD, stared at it for a moment (nervously thinking "OMG I'm ACTUALLY going to buy BBM!) and then grabbed it. As soon as it was in my hands, there was NO WAY I was letting go of it!
I was so nervous. My heart was beating fast. All my limbs were trembly. I waited. Waited some more. The old lady in the front of the line complained about a movie she had bought. A family in front of me was trying to quiet their kid, who was getting a new game. I wished so much that the line would move faster, because I knew my mom was waiting.
Thank god that my mom knows I am easily distracted and that there were TONS of ppl at Wal-Mart (since it is Easter weekend). OTHERWISE, she would've been suspicious when I got in the car.
Anyway, the wait finally ended, and I handed the guy my money and he bagged the DVD. Then came "THE BIG DILEMMA." How to fit the DVD into my tiny purse and hide it from my eagle-eyed mother? After a great struggle with the purse which I FINALLY won by realizing I could hide the edge of the DVD-box with my arm (this is where I thanked God that my purse was a "hug to your side" type).
So there I waltzed, past the checkouts, a giant grin on my face, with the DVD under my arm. Waltzed in the car, apologized to the mom, and actually got INTO the house without her noticing my arm constantly over my purse, or my lack of holding it an other way (and thankfully she didn't notice the blue Wal-Mart bag paper that might have been picking out from under my arm).
I was so nervous when buying the DVD (paranoid my mom would come 'round the corner and see what DVD I was holding), that I didn't even think to check fullscreen or widescreen (after all my perusing of that thread, too!) But I just took a look, and it is fullscreen. I am happy, because that is what looks best on my type of TV. Hopefully not too much will be cut out...even if there is (I hope not), I think the fullscreen was the only version available at Wal-Mart right now.
There was another lady who I heard say to her friend, "I want to buy Brokeback Mountain." Hearing that made me grin. Yay for fellow BBM fans!
It is thanks to you all that I had the courage to actually buy the DVD. Reading about people's experiences with BBM and watching the DVD and everyone's eagerness to buy it made me positive that no matter what, I HAD to own the movie myself.
And now the DVD is hidden safely in my closet. Hopefully it won't roast! I wanted to hide it in a cooler place, but the closet is my best hiding spot. I won't get to watch it till Wednesday or Thursday or even Friday, whenever the house is empty of all but me.
But just knowing that it is there, that I finally OWN IT, omigosh, and that I can WATCH it AGAIN...and again...and again...and slow-mo...and rewind...!!!! I am sososo happy!
