  "You lost your girl. You lost your job. And now you lost your cool. " Last night I rented urlLink Love the Hard Way from Blockbuster. First, let me tell you about the interesting exchange I had with the clerk at Blockbuster. But before that, here's what I know. 1. Blockbuster likes to charge the hell out of its customers for DVD rentals. That's just a given, and I've learned to live with it. 2. I rent from Blockbuster more than I like to admit, so I live happily in denial that I do have a life and I'm not just trying to make myself feel better by repeating that to myself over any over.
So since I'm already bitter that Blockbuster = way too much money, I'm not very keen on buying into their specials (i.e. seven free rentals plus DVD of "Lord of the Rings 3" [aka longest movie EVER] for $29.99). But like all good store clerks, this one was compelled to try to sell me the special anyway. I stood firm. I resisted. In the end, I prevailed. But it didn't take long before he sucker-punched me with... unlimited rentals . For a "small fee" of $35.00 a month, I could rent as many movies as I wanted with no late fees (and some other perks I don't remember.
) As I stood there, my resolve beginning to weaken, I thought "I can't sign up for that! That's just over the top loser-ville. Besides, I don't come in here that much. I'll just tell him I don't rent enough to really use a service like that. Yeah! That's what I'll tell him. " Ready with my strong-as-steel comeback, the clerk politely says "I see on your Blockbuster account that you are quite a frequent renter.
This would really save you money over the long run. " Doh! Damn the Blockbuster network! Damn computers! I was caught. I couldn't escape. I just gave him my check for $12.96 (there were some late fees) and meekly took my movie. Ahh..sweet humility. So with that being said, I proceeded to watch a very sexy, not terrifically outstanding, but yielding-some-good lines flick. And Adrien Brody is still my #1. 
