Herding sheep

During a girls' night out a few weeks ago, we decided we wanted to see the movie, "Sex and the City" when it hits theatres on May 30th. After we looked at our calendars, June 3rd was the night that would work. When I talked with the local theater manager about tickets, she mentioned we could fill out a special screening request to see it May 29th. The clincher is we need 100 people minimum to fill out the request. Then we have to wait for the production company to approve it. We live in a small town. 100 people means a small effort.

I sent an email to about 93 of my closest friends. I have more friends, but I don't have their email addresses. As you know that many emails takes less time than dialing(and my youngest thinks a telephone by my ear is the signal to talk to me). I sent the detailed email at 5 pm Friday. By Saturday noon, I had 35 positive responses and about 8 no's due to vacations and one child's baseball game.

So where are the other 57 people? Did the email get stuck in spam/junk account pergatory? Do the people assume I will include them? If the production company approves our special screening request, I don't want to get stuck with $1568 theatre bill (224 seats at $7 each). One gal had the nerve to ask who was "in" so far. As if!

Speaking of if's...if it does happen, then....
We're also planning a Cosmopolitan party prior to the movie. We're also planning to dress the character you're most like (go to ivillage.com and search for the Sex and the City character quiz). It'd be really cool to have limos transport us from the party to the screening.

All this so we have the golden opportunity to see a movie prior to it's official release date. And only if the production company approves.

I hope so.