The cardboard box on the corner said 'Free.'
One of the VHS tapes in the box said 'Christmas 1987.'
So Nick and I were painfully broke this weekend (today is payday, yay!) so we had to be a bit creative in entertaining ourselves.
So we camped out on the living room floor (right in front of the AC unit) and watched someone else's Christmas memories.
But the funny part was that it was a slice of collective memory.
The teenage boy in the background, always on the phone, the awkward zoom-ins on someone's face, everyone not knowing whether to ham it up or cover their faces and slide out of the shot, the uncle sleeping on the couch, the grandma in the kitchen, grandpa telling telling the aunt her new skis would need bindings, the youngest aunt introducing her new fiancee, everyone waving to the camera because it was going to be sent to 'Ricky' who couldn't be there, wasn't that Christmas 1987 for everyone?
One of the VHS tapes in the box said 'Christmas 1987.'
So Nick and I were painfully broke this weekend (today is payday, yay!) so we had to be a bit creative in entertaining ourselves.
So we camped out on the living room floor (right in front of the AC unit) and watched someone else's Christmas memories.
But the funny part was that it was a slice of collective memory.
The teenage boy in the background, always on the phone, the awkward zoom-ins on someone's face, everyone not knowing whether to ham it up or cover their faces and slide out of the shot, the uncle sleeping on the couch, the grandma in the kitchen, grandpa telling telling the aunt her new skis would need bindings, the youngest aunt introducing her new fiancee, everyone waving to the camera because it was going to be sent to 'Ricky' who couldn't be there, wasn't that Christmas 1987 for everyone?
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Dude, you gotta see it.
Now, you should find out who Ricky is.
I suspect Ricky owns the house we got the tape from.
I should knock on his door and ask.
"Are you Ricky? Yes? Ricky, your sister is adorable in that new coat she got. And what was that your mother was cooking? Ricky, whats the matter? Ricky, are you calling the police? I'm harmless, I swear."
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