runnin' down a documentary

i'm so excited! i actually won something!

last friday i was listening to the globe on my way to work, as usual, to hear the morning's trivia question. each day at about 7:45 a.m. the globe gives away some sort of prize to a person who can correctly answer one trivia question (always related to the prize they're giving away that week).

well, last week's prize was a pair of tickets to see the d.c. premiere screening of runnin' down a dream: tom petty and the heartbreakers, the new documentary on tom petty's career. friday's question was:

"one of tom petty's biggest hits was "mary jane's last dance." in 2002 a band that we all know and love was accused of plagiarism for copying the structure of the song. what band was accused, and what song sparked the accusation?"

for most of these questions i'm pretty clueless about the answer, but this time, i knew! i figured, what the heck... i'll give it a shot! i called in while i was driving and almost couldn't believe it when the phone actually started ringing. usually with these radio contests you get a busy signal. i let it ring and ring... so long i thought for sure the operator would come on and announce that my party wasn't answering and i should hang up and try my call again.

then, just when i was about to give up, weasel answered. he asked the question again, and i answered correctly! after telling me i was right, he asked me the routine questions: what's my name, where am i calling from, am i a fan of tom petty, etc. he then took down my info. so the interns could get in touch with me later.

to sum up, on monday honey and i went downtown for dinner and then went to see the movie. it was long, but really great! i never thought about how many hits the heartbreakers have had, and in general the documentary was very well-presented, humorous, and lively. four hours went by pretty quickly. in fact, i think it felt shorter than any one of the lord of the rings series!

now i'm looking forward to the second part of my prize: receiving the dvd in the mail!