This is the most ANNOYING thing about my girlfriend

Since there's a new Star Wars coming out

next week, Episode 8, I thought it'd be a

good idea to get my girlfriend to watch

Star Wars Episode 7. It would have been

nice if she watched all of the movies, 1

until 6 and then 7, but since there's so

many movies and we don't have much time

until next week and she's very busy with 2

jobs, I, I decided that it wouldn't be

possible to get her to watch all of the

movies from the beginning, so I thought

watching episode 7, at least watching

episode 7, would be a good idea before

watching episode 8, because if you just

jump straight into episode 8 without even

watching episode 7, it's kind of difficult

to understand what's going on. Um, so she

said that she would go to Tsutaya, which

is the movie rental place, and she would

rent episode 7, but she keeps forgetting.

She keeps coming back from work and I say,

did you rent episode 7? And then she says,

oh, I forgot, I'll do it. Tomorrow or the

next day, and then she keeps forgetting.

It's like she's not actually interested in

watching it, and I've kind of given up.

I don't really care if she watches it or

not anymore. But on TV in Japan, they're

doing like a Star Wars movies special.

They're showing all of the old Star Wars

every week, and yesterday, last night,

they, they had Return of the Jedi Episode

6 on TV, and I wanted to watch it together

with her. But it was like she wasn't

interested in it. And if

you know me well, I'm a huge fan of Star

Wars. I love Star Wars. I used to play

Star Wars Galaxies for almost 2 years when

I was a teenager. That's one of the main

reasons why I love Star Wars so much.

And the movie started at 9 PM last night,

and she said she would have a quick

shower, so she was in the shower and And

the movie started, the credits,

the scrolling text thing and the music

started, and she didn't come out of the

shower until around 10 minutes past 9, so

she missed the first 10 minutes of the

movie. And then she spent the next 20

minutes or so doing her face, her skincare

routine, and drying her hair and doing all

that rubbish. So she didn't even pay any

attention to the first half hour of the

movie. And I can understand it might be

difficult to understand what's, what's

going on in the movie because it's Episode

6. That's like, that's the last movie in

the original trilogy. But it's, it's not a

difficult story to understand. Basically,

Emperor Palpatine wants Luke to turn to

the dark side, and then they blow up the

Death Star. That's all there is to the

story. It's not like a really complicated,

difficult to understand plot. And then she

got into bed after she finished doing her

hair and her skin routine, and then she

was just looking at her phone the whole

time. She wasn't even looking at the TV.

I was sitting down there on the floor,

and behind me she was sitting— she was

lying in the bed under the covers, just

tapping away on her phone, and she wasn't

even looking at the TV. I kept glancing

behind me to check, and she wasn't even

paying any attention. And then about 40

minutes later, I looked behind me and her

whole body was turned away from the TV,

and she was looking at her phone, and I

was so I was so annoyed. I wanted to watch

the movie together with her so she could

at least have some understanding of what

Star Wars is about and who Luke Skywalker

is before we watch the new one, before we

watch Episode 8, and she wasn't even

paying any attention. So I got onto the

bed and I beat the shit— no, I got onto

the bed and then I said to her, aren't you

interested in watching it? And then she

said, I don't understand what's going on.

And then I couldn't control myself

anymore. And I said, I kind of said it in

like a snappy, irritated tone. I said,

well, if you don't actually watch it,

then how are you supposed to understand

it? It was such a dumb thing for her to

say. Oh, I don't understand what's going

on because you're not even watching it.

You're not even looking at the TV. You're

facing away. How are you supposed to

understand what's going on if you're in

the shower for the first 10 minutes and

then you're drying your hair for the next

20 minutes and then for the next 15

minutes you're looking at your phone, and

then for the next 20 minutes you've turned

your back on the bloody TV. Of course

you're not gonna understand what's going

on. You have to watch the damn thing to

understand it. Ugh. And then

I sat next to her on the bed, and I

finally got her to turn around and put her

stupid phone away. And then she started

watching the movie like a normal person.

And I don't know which one was more

irritating, her just not paying attention

or her actually watching the movie,

because when she started to watch the

movie She didn't take any of it seriously.

I can't stand when people make fun of Star

Wars or, or say it's stupid or makes fun

of it or doesn't take it seriously. And

she kept laughing during the whole thing

because, you know, it's an old movie, the

special effects aren't great, there's no

CGI. All of the aliens, they look like

puppets from The Muppet Show, and a lot of

the alien creatures look really dumb. I

have to admit myself, I did laugh a little

bit if you compare compare the aliens and

the special effects to the newer movies,

but still, it's not supposed to be a movie

that you laugh at. It's supposed to be a

serious movie, and she kept laughing every

time the Ewoks showed up, the furry bears.

And there's that strange alien that kind

of looks like an Asian guy who looks like

a really racist puppet making fun of what

Chinese people look like. You know, the

weird one who sits in the Millennium

Falcon with Lando Calrissian. And every

time that alien showed up, she kept

laughing, and she just burst out into

laughter every time the Ewoks showed up.

And, and I was kind of annoyed. You're not

supposed to laugh at Star Wars. It's not a

comedy movie. It's, it's a serious movie

about family relationships and

intergalactic struggles and oppression and

empires. It's supposed to be a serious

movie with a, with a dark tone, and she

was just sitting there laughing at it the

whole time. And I felt kind of insulted as

a super Star Wars fan. I don't even— I

don't even know if I want to see the new

Star Wars movie with her anymore. I think

I'd rather just go by myself because I

know she's not interested in it, and she's

just gonna be sitting there making fun of

it, and she won't even understand what's

going on because she's too lazy to watch

Episode 7. It would only take 2 hours. We

could watch it whilst having dinner, and

she's— she's too lazy to even go to

Tsutaya to rent it. And she keeps saying

she forgot. I bet she hasn't forgotten,

she's just not interested. If she was

interested in watching it, then she

wouldn't forget so many times. And the

thing is, I don't like going to the cinema

and watching movies with people because I

kind of— I start getting worried if the

other person is enjoying the movie or not,

and it affects my own experience of

watching the movie. If I go by myself,

then I don't have to worry about if the

other person is getting bored or not. I

don't have to worry about if the movie's

good or not because I'm just by myself,

and, and it's a lot more easier to enjoy

the movie when I'm by myself. I also get

really irritated when I watch Star Wars

with my dad because my dad absolutely

hates things like Star Wars or Lord of the

Rings or The Hobbit or fantasy or sci-fi

movies. He just sits there complaining

about how how dumb it is. And last time we

watched Star Wars together, he kept

complaining. He kept saying, oh, if it's

the future and they have such amazing

technology, why are they running around

with lightsabers, with swords? Why don't

they use guns? Or he says, if they have so

much amazing technology, why are they

still fighting each other? He keeps

complaining about all the fighting and the

violence. It's called Star Wars for a

reason. If there was no fighting or

battles in Star Wars, then you can't call

it Star Wars. It would just be Star Peace,

or, or Star Bunch of People Doing a Load

of Boring Stuff. You know, kind of like

Star Trek. And then every time the movie

finishes, he'll get up and go to the

kitchen and say, what a load of rubbish.

What a load of nonsense.