6:55pm: I arrive in Bed-Sty for the last “Movies in the Spark” rooftop screening of the season, Do the Right Thing. “Movies in the Spark” is a 420-friendly summer rooftop film series with free PBR, food & a “spark up.” It’s $20 per person. I arrived a tad early for the 7pm start time but the door to the roof was open so I just walked up. It becomes obvious that things are a little slow moving for this crew. The screen isn’t totally set up. Only half the twinkle lights are on. The food & beer aren’t even there yet. I know this is typically a stoner event but come on guys, maybe toke up after you’ve set up. *

7:30pm: Everything is finally set up. One of the women working comes over and brings me a 16-ounce PBR. I like PBR, I know it’s terrible beer but I like it because it’s flavorless. It’s just like slightly alcoholic water and I can get behind that.

7:50pm: Finally some of the food is ready! Hot dogs & Cheeseburgers! I have two hot dogs. I absolutely love hot dogs.** They are one of my favorite foods of all time. Nothing tastes quite like a hot dog. When I lived in London, that’s what I missed – American hotdogs & Gulden’s spicy brown mustard. Whenever, I eat one I feel like I could eat about 10 more. I’ve toyed with the idea of entering a hot dog eating contest. Just to see how I would fare? I won my camp's watermelon-eating contest but that was based on speed not on quantity. I guess I could just have the contest with myself or is that considered training? Or binge eating?

8:05pm: We buy “nutcrackers,” frozen alcoholic slushies from Kerby’s Cups. We try two flavors, the Rihanna and the Purple Motherfucker. The Rihanna is a super strong Piña colada with cherry. A strong Caribbean full of surprises - just like my girl RiRi. The Purple drink is sort of grape? But also maybe berry? Basically it’s just strong AF.

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Both drinks basically taste like 90% rum with 5% Kool-Aid and 5% straight sugar and it’s delicious. These drinks are available on demand, much like the now gone Phrosties. Good thing I didn’t know about these guys during the summer; could have been dangerous. Luckily now all I am craving are hot toddies.

8:10pm: The movie finally starts. I have never seen Do the Right Thing. Love the opening credits. I basically just want to dance in lycra all day. I know American Apparel tried to bring lycra back but I think we as a society need to try harder.

8:20pm: A girl comes around and passes out a business card and a dime bag of weed to each moviegoer. Honest to god truth: Brenna and I don’t smoke and just save the smelly weed for another occasion because we both have a ton of shit to do tonight. The girl is also selling edibles for $10 a pop. This event straddles the line between official and totally unofficial and illegal. They had signs up saying to post pictures of the PBR and tag PBR’s twitter to get free stuff but also they are just handing out weed and selling edibles on some random roof. But weed in general has just become a legal grey area because technically it’s legal either recreationally or medically in some states but it’s still illegal federally and federal law supersedes state law. I feel like the government is confusing us enough to make money off us through both taxation ad legal penalties.

10:15pm: I can’t believe I haven’t seen Do the Right Thing before now. It is both serious and poignant without being heavy handed. To me it felt really honest. Throughout the course of the movie things escalate quickly and sometimes without expectation. I feel like this is what often happens in life. Things go from sunshine to thunderstorms in a few minutes. Also Samuel L Jackson is a DJ and one of the characters has a new bucket hat for every outfit. Go see it you haven’t if only for the bucket hats.

*I’m going to make a motivational cat poster for my stoner friends with this saying “Toke up after You’ve Set Up.”

**Have to be all-beef kosher. Pork hot dogs are sausages.