'The Dark Knight Rises' seems to be a magnet for confrontation

So I went to see The Dark Knight Rises last night and got into a bit of a spat with some random guy sitting next to me... Here's what happened:

My brother was meeting my girlfriend, a friend of mine, and I to see The Dark Knight Rises, but he wasn't able to show up until the very second the movie started, so we put my girlfriend's purse in the seat next to me to save the spot. It wasn't a big deal; there were plenty of seats in the theater so I didn't feel too bad about reserving a seat.

Minutes later, a man came in the theater with his wife and sat next to the seat I had reserved. Before long, he asked me if the seat was taken (I had overheard him earlier, speaking to his wife about how he wanted a seat closer to the middle). I said yes, it was, and the person sitting there would be back shortly. I told him he was in the bathroom because people frown upon reserving seats. Five or six minutes later, the man looked over at me very angrily and said, "So where is he?!" I told him I would text my brother and ask him what was taking so long and assured him that the seat would be filled shortly. Regardless, in a few seconds, the man was on his feet saying, "He's not coming, I'm sitting there! Move the purse or I will!" I was completely stunned as to why someone would want a seat one space closer to the middle so badly, but before I could even think about it, he was reaching for the purse.

I quickly grabbed it, holding it on the seat, and said to him, "Excuse me, who do you think you are, reaching for someone's purse like that?!" He yanked the purse from my hands, screaming at this point, "Does it look like I care?!" he shouted, and sat down forcefully (we later found out that he actually broke the chair). Before I knew it, he was shouting "SHUT THE FUCK UP!!" over and over again just as my brother was walking into the theater. I pointed him out to the man, but he just kept screaming.

At this point, the whole theater had taken notice and it was getting pretty awkward. So my brother just sat down at the other end of the row, and I shut up and let the man have his seat. I was worried it was going to be an awkward couple of hours... Fortunately, a man tapped me on the shoulder a couple minutes later. "I called the cops," he said. Thank god.

In the end, the man and his wife were escorted out of the theater by an officer during the previews and we had a great time enjoying the movie. For some reason, this movie has been a huge magnet for confrontation. No bullet wounds for me though; I managed to make it out with a mere couple of extremely awkward minutes.

major redesign of my blog

After randomly stumbling upon my good ol' blog, I realized.... it sucked. So, I erased everything and now I plan to start anew. The Eggman philosophy still exists, I just figured out that it had no universality and was not being adopted by anyone other than myself anytime soon. So, now, this blog will not be based off of that philosophy, instead, it will merely be a place to record my thoughts publicly. 


In place of my old blog, you will find a completely redesigned, modern and clean interface which focuses more on the content, rather than the design. Paradoxically, I find these types of designs to be the best.