Like so many other easily-bought bloggers, I signed up for the Serenity blogger screening dealy. I was a little disappointed to get an email saying the following:

Congratulations! You are one of the lucky bloggers to be chosen and confirmed for the screening of SERENITY for the time, date and the number of guests that you have requested. Please note, this confirmation DOES NOT guarantee you a seat at the screening.

To significantly increase your chances of getting into the screening, you MUST do the following:

• You MUST include the film’s synopsis on your blog (synopsis below) and you MUST link your blog to the SERENITY website (which has the trailer and production notes) http://www.serenitymovie.com and featured artwork. After you have screened the film, please discuss it on your blog. Please provide us the links to all of your blog posts on SERENITY at serenity@gracehillmedia.com
• etc, etc.

So, for the record: a ragtag bunch of misfits live, love and struggle to survive in a world beyond imagination. Oh, and did I mention that someone might have an amazing secret? Or that something might not be all that it seems? Well, they might. Also, it's in space.

There. Duty discharged. But then, at the very bottom of the email, there's this:

Seats are not guaranteed, are limited to theatre capacity and are first-come, first-served.

So, the poor clipboard-wielding sixteen year-old that I expect to meet at the theater will not have combed the internet to make sure everyone's playing by the rules. Surprising, I know.

I'm genuinely excited to see this movie. Joss Whedon is an entertaining guy, and my friends tell me that Firefly is great. Also, it's set in space, which I am on the record as favoring.

So: anybody want to go? I signed up for two tickets, and would be happy to give one of my potentially nonexistent seats away. Please note that in order to significantly increase your chances of getting the ticket, you must include a synopsis of this contest on your blog. And after the screening, please discuss it on your blog. For instance: did that shirt make me look fat? Were you repulsed by the amount of popcorn I ate? Be creative and honest, but not at all critical. And of course, please provide us with links to all your posts on GOING TO THE MOVIE WITH TOM.

The ticket will actually be distributed to the first person who asks me for it.