Willy Wonka said...
This was the post I originally meant to submit yesterday.
Our friends Ric & Sue came into town last night. These were my parents' two of my oldest and dearest fri
ends (if my pop or ma had died, maris & the jefster would have been raised by them, I was told). It's been years since we saw them, and although we've talked on the phone seeing them in person was a BIG DEAL.
You know how you anticipate something so much and then when it actually comes to fruition, it never measures up? I was so motherscratchin' excited about release of the Police in Atlanta Concert DVD- I anticipated an almost religious experience. When I saw it, it pretty much sucked. I worried this going to be another Police in Atlanta DVD.
Willy Wonka has a line in the 1st movie (with the Oompa-Loompas that don't give me a headache and make me want to harm myself). it's at the end of the movie. Charlie, Uncle Joe, & Willy are flying in the Great Glass Elevator. Charlie's just been told he gets the factory and his family gets to come live there, too.
Willy, issues a seeming caveat: "Charlie, remember what happened to the boy who received everything he ever wished for."
"What?" Charlie asks.
"He lived happily ever after." Wonka replies and hugs him.
Last night was like that part of the movie for me. It was the complete antithesis of anticlimactic .Holy crap, was it wonderful. We laughed so much my face literally hurt. It's been years since I've seen these two people, but it was like being back at their house in Rock Island playing Trivial Pursuit (I remember when I first was allowed to play with the grown-ups, what an amazing sense of coolness & acceptance I felt).
I know its going to suck when they leave, but for last night, I am so grateful to God. it
was such a wonderful celebration of family. I loved the dialogue- debating pacifism v. reliance on special ops in our response to terrorism. Was there middle ground? I don't think so. Did it matter? Pretty much not. I just loved talking with them. Funny thing was Maris wasn't home yet, so it was just Jim and us. I really enjoyed it. Jim was so much fun- alternately engaging in dialogue and watching the interchange with a sort of amused look on his face. There was just a real sense of what family is supposed to be like. I really needed last night.
pax,
jefe
Our friends Ric & Sue came into town last night. These were my parents' two of my oldest and dearest fri
ends (if my pop or ma had died, maris & the jefster would have been raised by them, I was told). It's been years since we saw them, and although we've talked on the phone seeing them in person was a BIG DEAL.You know how you anticipate something so much and then when it actually comes to fruition, it never measures up? I was so motherscratchin' excited about release of the Police in Atlanta Concert DVD- I anticipated an almost religious experience. When I saw it, it pretty much sucked. I worried this going to be another Police in Atlanta DVD.
Willy Wonka has a line in the 1st movie (with the Oompa-Loompas that don't give me a headache and make me want to harm myself). it's at the end of the movie. Charlie, Uncle Joe, & Willy are flying in the Great Glass Elevator. Charlie's just been told he gets the factory and his family gets to come live there, too.
Willy, issues a seeming caveat: "Charlie, remember what happened to the boy who received everything he ever wished for."
"What?" Charlie asks.
"He lived happily ever after." Wonka replies and hugs him.
Last night was like that part of the movie for me. It was the complete antithesis of anticlimactic .Holy crap, was it wonderful. We laughed so much my face literally hurt. It's been years since I've seen these two people, but it was like being back at their house in Rock Island playing Trivial Pursuit (I remember when I first was allowed to play with the grown-ups, what an amazing sense of coolness & acceptance I felt).
I know its going to suck when they leave, but for last night, I am so grateful to God. it
was such a wonderful celebration of family. I loved the dialogue- debating pacifism v. reliance on special ops in our response to terrorism. Was there middle ground? I don't think so. Did it matter? Pretty much not. I just loved talking with them. Funny thing was Maris wasn't home yet, so it was just Jim and us. I really enjoyed it. Jim was so much fun- alternately engaging in dialogue and watching the interchange with a sort of amused look on his face. There was just a real sense of what family is supposed to be like. I really needed last night.pax,
jefe
posted by jefe at 11/12/2006 09:41:00 AM
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