I love movies. When the gas cost so much and you have to do things close to home, theres nothing better than hunkering down in the house and watching a movie. Lifetime and LMN have some good ones, even in the daytime. And i don't mind fixing myself a big on pepsi and crunching on a box of milk duds or chocolate covered rasins.
Hey, movies played a huge part of my growing up. It was a special treat, not induldged in often and cost only 50 cents to get in. When i was oh, about 7 or so, there were the cowboy movies and the Sat. serials that we watched in the Movie house in West End in Atlanta. My mom would take several of us and pick us up. We thought she left us but i found out much later that she always stayed and sat in the back row keeping an eye on us. I went with her a lot too...i remember one fated time when she took me to see Bambi and I cried so much she had to take me home.!! hey, bambi's mom got killed , you had to cry. Oh, most of those , except Bambi , were in black and white. Then as i got older, i went with girlfriends and Mom still pulled the old "I'll be waitin out front when its over" We were so dumb, we just thought she was really good at being there right as the movie got out! Then about 14 or 15, we got to go on the bus to the movies and be on our own. They had ushers back then and they kept an eye on the younger girls and so did the boys from our grammar school, throwing popcorn and making farting noises with their armpits. Hey, it was allllll innocent back then. Truly and safe too. We got to go on one bus, then changed to a trolley for the big movies that were at the Lowes and the Fox Theatre in downtown Atlanta...still safe then..and that was the most special treat. The Fox had a huge lobby and great big doors with gilded paint on them, inside you had balconies and velvet uphostery and a huge stage before the screen, velvet drapes, trimmed in gold shash, the ceiling had built in stars that lit up when the lights were out and the drapes pulled apart for the movie. The stage had a door in it that a great huge organ would rise up and play during intermission on special occasions. Man, that was something else. Later when I was 15 or so, I went to see Elvis at the Fox and the Lowes too. WE got introuduced to drive ins as soon as one of us dated someone who could drive or one of us could drive! We did, in fact, put people in the trunk and sneak them in. Hey, a 57 chevy bel air had a huge trunk! We double dated, made out in the front and back seats and ate like little pigs in intermission and that went on until our 20's. So much fun, so innocent. So i still like movies and watch them a lot on tv. Its better than most stuff on tv and actually cheaper than the ol 50 cent. I like being in my little house and safe and confortable and watch a good movie. I can get up when I want and come back. I don't have digital tv so i can't pause or start over but heck, they come back anyways.
Its hot now and a good time to stay in a watch, the formal attair for summer in sc is a new bathing suit and make up is lipgloss with sunscreen...nothing else stays on, it melts! So enjoy, its almost the 4th of July and some great stuff is on tv!
