You Can't Sit With Us!!

Today is the 10th anniversary of the greatest teen flick of my generation. No, not Bring It On. No, not Pitch Perfect (screw that movie). I'm talking about the most awesome movie to come from an awesome time i.e. my awesome adolescence. I'm talking about Mean Girls!

As always here is a little back-story, and by a little back-story. 

I never saw Mean Girls upon its initial theatrical release. The previews looked asinine. I, being a completely heterosexual teenage male, thought the sight of Lindsay Lohan diving head-first into a trashcan and Lacey Chabert admitting she was popular before trust-falling on top of Amanda Seyfried was completely ridiculous. I still don't remember the first time I saw the flick. My sister, our ballet friends, and I watched Moulin Rouge, Eternal Sunshine, Fight Club, and Garden State a lot... but not Mean Girls. 

None for Gretchen Wieners. Bye!

I never thought it was a big deal that Tina Fey wrote the script. Saying that nowadays seems like blasphemy, but 10 years ago Tina Fey was head writer on SNL and reported on "Weekend Update". She wasn't the SUPERPOWER she is today. Her writing is flawless. Fey brilliantly satirized the life of teenage girls while keeping it grounded in reality. Not to mention the dialogue has been quotable for the past 10 years. We DAKians quote Mean Girls every day. I'm not even kidding. At least one quote every single day.

You can only imagine my excitement when I learned the Enzian was showing this great flick on one of their "Cult Classics" evenings. I quickly spread the word to fellow fanatics because I am *SUCH* a good friend. One by one they all dropped out with my "Somebody That I Used To Know" friend Abe using exhaustion and illness as an excuse. All I have to say to that is, "Boo, you whore!"

It turns out it was for the best not many people were able to go. Andie, Alyssa, and I arrived at the Enzian 15 minutes before the doors opened, and there was already a line wrapped around the building. Like, really people? Go away! The whopper was when we walked inside to find 3/4 of the tables reserved. The three of us sat in the back right corner at two separate tables, like a trio of art freaks.

"You can only wear your hair in a ponytail once a week... so I guess you picked today."

I still enjoyed the experience though. I had never seen Mean Girls on the big screen so that was a lot of fun. What made it even better was people would shout most of the popular lines. I'm not talking Rocky Horror craziness, but it was still amusing. It certainly showed that everyone in the auditorium was a huge fan of the movie. 

To make a long story short (TOO LATE), I could not be happier Mean Girls exists. It has become a huge pop culture phenomenon. I cannot imagine life without quips such as "I know right" and "whatever I'm getting cheese fries". I could seriously go all night, but I'm trying to post this before the 10th anniversary is over. So if you don't mind, I'm gonna go have some fun. I'm gonna go to Taco Bell.