The Poster Queen has alerted me that my xanga now takes up more than the width of the screen, and it sure enough does. I hope this means that the mysterious Chris is trying really hard to fix my xanga. I also hope that my husband will try really hard to fix my car. I am trying really hard to fix my quilt.
Last night we went to see “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” at the drive-in. The Princess had alerted me to the fact that it was playing. We used to go to drive-in movies all the time when our children were small. Many young couples did, and probably still do. You could put your kids in their pajamas and go to the movies without having to find a sitter. We saw “Grease” and “Kramer vs. Kramer” and all the early Jackie Chan movies that way. Lots more that we have forgotten, too. We were trying to remember them on the drive over there, but without success. It is fun to watch the little children playing on the swingsets in their jammies, and pleasant to be outdoors on balmy summer nights. We had not gone in years.
It is a lot like watching a movie on your TV at home, except that it is noisier and less comfortable. This may be a little unfair, really, because we had a group of emergency vehicles pull up next to us at one point, which is hardly the norm, I am sure.
There were unintentionally humorous 1960s ads for the “refreshment center,” which the kids told us had a cappuccino machine, rather than the “rich flavored coffee that puts a man back on his feet” which the ads promised. Does a man want to be put back on his feet while at the drive-in?
My husband forgot to bring his glasses and kept borrowing from me and #2 son. #2 daughter got a phone call. I knitted all the way through, which didn’t irritate me and no member of the family mentioned it, but I am being fair here. There was probably clicking of needles, and I did put the light on every now and then to make sure I hadn’t dropped stitches or made an error in the pattern.
“The Hitchhiker’s Guide” includes some knitting, by the way. I quite liked it. It is taking a chance, to go see a movie made from a book you have read so many times that you can nearly recite it. But I thought they did a good job, without being slaves to the book or the radio program. And I loved the song.
I don’t read science fiction, generally. I don’t read romance novels, either, although right now I am reading one I bought used, called Married for a Month. There are genres that I absolutely never read, such as Westerns and horror — I have read perhaps two of each of these in my life. In the area of science fiction or fantasy, however, I generally do not read it, but some of my favorite authors and books fall into that category. So I read and re-read everything by Terry Pratchett, I read everything by Peter David and Elizabeth Scarbrough (sp?) and several others once, and I have read the Hitchhiker’s Guide a whole lot of times. This means that I actually read as much science fiction as some aficionados, while still being able to say with perfect sincerity that I don’t read science fiction.
It was the prayer shawl that I was knitting. I finished up the first skein.
I’ve always found that when my page seems to go too wide so you have to scroll sideways, it’s because a graphic is too big. I notice one photo on your last blog I think that’s pretty big. You might try changing its parameters. Just go in edit and find the number that pertains to its size and change it to smaller – like 300 or 350.
ya know…i’ve NEVER been to a drive-in!! Lubbock even has one.
I had to reorganize the entire sci-fi section at the bookstore the other day…whoa, some of them look pretty crazy. Some customers look really embarrased when they come in and ask for the sci fi section. Others fit the “part” and proudly march over to the section. 😉
Drive-in movies don’t exist over here – do they exist anywhere other than in the US?
The joys of living in a temperate island climate – temperature range of about -6 to 32. (39 to 90). Only reason USers and Continentals complain is that we don’t usually have air conditioning or central heating in our homes (for most of the year not hot or cold enough). Well, in Dunedin they also complain because we can have 5 seasons in one day but hey, we never get bored and it’s the accepted way to start conversations with total strangers – mention the weather. 36 C is the highest temperature I’ve experienced which was in Central Otago at the beginning of this year. Down here you do not go out in the sun at that temperature because your skin starts burning as soon as you are out. (Practically zero humidity and hole in the ozone layer above us – probably the reason for the high skin cancer rate in NZ) Auckland is different – higher humidity and even I went brown rather than lobster red when we lived up there.
I think that emergency vehicles are normal. I use them as conversation pieces at all of my candlelight suppers. The candlelight is not enough, you see. There needs to be an interesting way of providing …
ha Ha! That made me laugh before I could finish! Which is good because I was not sure of how it was going to end.
Your quilt is looking great! My mom used to take us to the drive-in all the time when we were kids. At the time we were going they were showing a lot of Billy Jack movies. LOL. I remember the last two movies I saw at a drive-in. It was a double feature: The Mini Skirt Mob and The Cannable Girls. LOL Really, Really, bad movies but they were so bad that they were interesting. I wish they still had some drive thru movies around here. Todays cars arn’t as suited to sitting for a long time to watch a movie (bucket seats and wrap around control panels). We’d bring our blankets and pillows. My mom had a white convertable with the bench seats with fold down arm rests and we’d put the top down and it was devine. My mom stuck big bright flower decals on the sides of it like the ones in Laugh In and she appolstered (sp) some of the interiour with paisley material. She was a bit of a gypsy back then so thats what her license plate said. Oh, and the A&W drive ins were the best with that speaker like at the drive-in movies so you could order your food. All those french fries with all that catchup, ummmmm, and the rootbeer. Why is it that food tastes so much better when camping?
Also you always knit. Why would being at a drive-in make it different?
The thing about the hurt soul was especially weird because I had not said anything but “oh we’re discussing the new styles and washes” when he asked what the meeting was about.
I’ve never been to a drive-in. I feel culturally deprived.