I feel like the world's biggest idiot.

I was pleasantly surprised to see that I've come to Warsaw during the 25th annual Warsaw Film Festival. I was even happier when I discovered that the two venues showing the films were right down the street and tickets were only $5 a piece. This afternoon I went and saw a British mockumentary with a guy I'd met at the hostel last night. The film turned out to be rubbish unfortunately, but it was nice to sit in a theatre and watch an english language film. Tonight I decided I wanted to go see this weird Korean vampire film, but it ended up being sold out along with my backup, an American comedy. I saw that a Venezuelan film playing at the other theatre wasn't sold out so I decided to go over there. I got there at about 9:15 and since the film wasn't till 10 I plopped down and immediately became absorbed in my iTouch crossword app. I was listening to my music, totally unawares, but at about 9:40 I look up, and I realize the whole theatre lobby is completely empty. What? Wait!? Where did everyone go? Shit!!! 21:00 is 9pm NOT 10pm. My film started 40 minutes ago and it was only 82 minutes long! I considered going in for a minute, but seeing as I had no clue what the film was even about, and it was almost half over . . . I guess I could have seen if they would have let me switch my ticket to one of the two films that started at 9:30, but the embarrassment wasn't worth the $5 ticket. It sure explains why all the shows for 9pm at the one theatre were sold out when I got there at about 9:05. Looking on the bright side - at least it wasn't a bus or a train . . .

Stupid. Stupid. Stupid.

Now I'm sitting in my hostel all alone except for some old people. What a waste of a night. I feel like screaming. And then sticking my head in the toilet to try to wash away my embarassment.