Well, I'm going all-out with what I call The Southland Tales Appreciation Experience.
I'm going to read the three "Prequel Saga" graphic novels that Richard Kelly wrote for the movie, and then see the movie afterward. They each take place on July 1st, 2nd, and 3rd, and I think the movie takes place on the 4th - and incidentally, I'm pretty sure it all happens in an alternate 2008. Even if I end up disliking the whole damn story (but I have a feeling, and not just hope, that I won't), it'll be an experience that only comes once. Kind of like last year when I read Dracula on its 110th anniversary. You don't get that kind of experience often - or ever. I'm going to see to it that my Southland Tales experience is a fun one. And if I love it, well, I'll be one happy camper!
"...and your last thought is that you have become a noise...a thin, nameless noise among all these others...howling in the empty dark room"
--Ulver, "Nowhere/Catastrophe"