I can't believe I'm seeing green; blue and orange train wreck at the window; poet tells me of the generation that grew up not reading comic books
Thursday, May 10, 2012 at 10:00PM ;)
I really can't believe it...
;)
...yet there you have it...
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Green!
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I zipped into town tonight, grabbed Margie and zipped right back home. Just before we left Anchorage, Jobe caused a train wreck in the window.
;)
Today, I had my at least-once weekly breakfast at Abby's, the breakfast Arlene picks up for me in exchange for shooting the December wedding of her daughter, Aurora.
You will notice that Allie, the poet and advanced student who, at the age of 16, graduated from high school with high honors, is no longer a blonde, but a red head - a bright red head. If there is a ever a slow moment when I am at Abby's and Allie is there, she will tell me a story or two or three or four about being a teenager in today's world.
Today, she told me about going to Blockbuster all winter long to check out and watch movies, but now that the darkness is gone and we are definitely into the season of light, she doesn't check out so many movies anymore, because who wants to sit or lie around in the living room watching movies when it's light outside?
So I asked if she had seen The Avengers, because to watch a movie in the darkness of a theatre rather than a sun-lit living room is quite a different thing. Yes, she said, in 3D and she had loved it. Fun movie. She asked if I had seen it. I told her how Margie and I tried on Sunday, but got shut out because it was sold out. I told her we will try again. She said we would enjoy it.
I told her I was sure we would, but I also said I doubted that any comic book movie could ever surpass or even equal the experiences I had reading comic books as a kid growing up. It was absolute Magic. "My generation didn't read comic books," she told me. Instead, she explained, they grew up watching movies and reading Harry Potter - but not comic books.
Allie very recently turned 17. She was very pleased. She got to go to an "R" rated movie. She told me which one, but I can't remember. It wasn't that bad, she said, but still... a bit surprising...
Note: As I put together my Return to India series, I continued to make my regular stops at Metro Cafe and Abby's and I shot quite a few pictures. Sometime within the next week, I will catch up with a major post, maybe even two, on both Metro and Abby's.
Reader Comments (3)
Aww. I grew up with comics, I still have my collection. Batman, Spiderman, Xmen, Avengers, Archie, Catwoman, Sonic the Hedgehog, and various tangents of those categories. I read books and movies of course, but I love graphic novels. :)
I went to watch avengers thrice and did not get ticket till date... that is because I am going to watch it in D-Box! People tell its worth the extra 5pounds we pay..and because we have unlimited card we can spend just 5pound and watch it in D Box 3D! :)
ah comic books! katy keene, archie, superman. my son, 35, only read graphic novels as a kid. now his favorite books are about war. lovely young lady, ally! and what a great barter: breakfast and wedding shots. you cool, bill, you cool!