I'm in my grade 6 home room class. We're discussing plans for our field trip to Drumheller. Our teacher asks us if anyone has any movies they could bring for the drive and all the other kids are shouting out movie titles such as Top Gun, Backdraft, and whatever chick flicks and action movies were out at the time. I raise my hand in an attempt to both fit in and be helpful. I announce to the class that I could bring along my dad's Gunsmoke, Rawhide, and Beverly Hillbillies VHS tapes (three of the only things even resembling movies that we had in our house at the time). The entire class laughs their asses off and Mr. Zalaski tries his hardest to calm everyone down while trying not to laugh himself. I'm not embarrassed because I don't get what's so funny.
I feel like I've come a long way.
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I loved the Beverly Hillbillies! Jim Varney, right?
I don't really get what's so funny either. Don't those movies exactly fit in with the genre your class appreciates?
I don't know why it took me so long to comment.
P.S. I've been meaning to say this for awhile: I really like the way the 'Eyes Wide Shut' picture matches the blog wallpaper. Cool.
Boyda- I'm glad you noticed the wallpaper and picture matching. I was pretty proud of how well it worked out. Did you remember that picture from our holiday photos? It was a room in the hotel that Janine and I stumbled on.
I totally understand what the class found so funny. The sheltered church boy in the class thought that bringing TV show episodes from the 1950s would be appropriate. If I were in their shoes I would have laughed too.
It's just so funny that I can go from situations like that in school to becoming a full-fledged movie freak today.
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