I have asked a few friends if they would like to go with me and
they have all said no. I am not sure, to be honest, if they have no
interest, or if they have the same fears that I do. I have never
done this alone, and frankly, I really do not want to. This is one
of those things that you should do with good company. Trouble is,
for this thing, I cannot find said companions.
Maybe I will go thirty miles out of town, and just go do it.
However, to be honest, that seems like an awfully long way to go
for this. There will be a few places in Hollywood that I can go do
it. Between you and me, I am scared of who will see me go and do
it, and the subsequent rumors that could be spread about me if I do
it. If people find out, and word gets around, there is a good
chance that I might never get a writing job in this town. But I
have been taught that you either stand for something or fall for
everything, so I guess I am going to have to do it.
Maybe I’ll put on a hat and jacket and no one will recognize me.
Perhaps, I’ll say I am going to buy a ticket for something else and
sneak in when no one is watching. Either way, I have realized that
I must do it, and sadly must do it alone. After all, it is
important for me to support this cause. So, this week, come rain or
shine, I will go to the ArcLight in Hollywood, purchase a ticket, and walk in
and see An American Carol.
IF YOU THINK I am exaggerating these sentiments and fears, trust
me, if anything, I am understating what it is like. I often joke
that it is easier to get a date in this town with an “std,” than
get one being a conservative. I remember when I got my driver’s
license out here and had to register. I had the fear of God about
registering as a Republican and, sadly, registered as an
Independent. What is an Independent but a Republican scared to come
out of the closet? Some might say to me, why don’t you just move?
Well, I still have the Hollywood dream inside of me, and for a
writer, with my dreams, there is nowhere else to be.
Part of me is very beat down by the relentlessness of this town
trying to get Obama elected. In fact, a part of me is almost:
“like, well if he does then at least I’ll live in a happy town, and
happy people say yes a lot more than an unhappy people do.” But
that is a tiny bit of me. The real me wants to see McCain win, with
all of the attendant anguish and despair that these fun-loving and
tolerant people will go through.
So I call on all conservatives, and all people with a sense of
humor, to go out and buy a ticket to this movie and remember that
it is the Republicans that know how to laugh at themselves. Since,
lately, we have had to do that quite often, let’s take a laugh at
the Left and show them, while they may be winning in the polls,
they are not winning in taking away our spirit. If you happen to be
at the ArcLight this week and see someone alone in a trench coat
watching the movie, come by and say hello. Just make sure it’s
me.
