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Yesterday Jess and I went out to watch the Dark Knight. First thing we did was wisely go to get our tickets. We had wanted to see the film in IMAX, but the show we wanted to see was sold out. The next available show was 7PM, which would have had us wandering around for over 4 hours waiting to see the movie. I figured that was a bit much, so we got tickets to a non-IMAX showing. Then we went for lunch at a new-ish Japanese place on Queen West.

I don’t know if it was a downside to all the hype, but I left feeling…a bit let down. Not that the film wasn’t good: it was. But it didn’t blow me away.

Heath Ledger was excellent as the Joker, and personally I think that character should just be put on the shelf and considered done. I don’t think anyone else could ever create a better Joker. His joker was truly insane and terrifying, and I don’t think anyone else could ever create a better interpretation.

After the movie, Jess and I walked for a bit. It wasn’t too hot out and Jess wanted a coffee, so we went in search of a Starbucks that was open on the holiday Monday. We did not want to go to the one at Queen and John, which is always annoyingly crowded with teenagers. So we walked East. We were psyched out by one that we saw from a distance at Bay and Adelaide, which looked like it might be open till we got to it. We walked along Adelaide towards the one we knew would be open at King and Yonge.

As we passed the Fairweather on Adelaide, Jess stopped in her tracks and started walking towards the window. I thought that she spotted a dress in the window that she liked. I knew I was wrong when I saw her move to the side of the window. She wasn’t looking at the dresses. She was looking down. She was looking at the lights. She wanted to see what kind of lights they were using in the window [She’s studying theatre tech, so she comes by the curiousity about light being used honestly].