Cultural Engagement 1

Tonight went to see the opening of Clerks 2 at the Crossroads Cinema. For those unfamiliar with the suburbs of Greater Seattle, these theaters lie to the north of a shopping mall that's 1/3 discount stores and outlets, 1/3 little local stores and 1/3 food court. The neighborhood is pretty dense and (for Bellevue) economically and culturally mixed: Russians, East Indians, Spanish speakers, Southeast Asians. And for the 7:45 showing, it looked like every swing shift worker had called in sick to the mini-mart so he/she could attend. For once I didn't mind it being a little loud. To my ears, most anticipated of the summer movies for which we saw previews was, what do you know, Jackass 2. New sig: "They're not gay, they're Hobbits."