I am about to watch Wargames that I haven't seen in ages...I know it has Ally Sheedy and Matthew Broderick in it and that I enjoyed the movie but the main thing I remember about it is that it was playing at Water Tower Place Movie Theater where I worked at least a few years or so and one night I was working concessions John Travolta came to see that movie...it was the last movie of the night and I waited around for it to get out to meet him...I had a five page letter to him I kept in my locker cuz I figured if I ever ran into him it would be downtown somewhere and I shook his hand and gave him the letter and he thanked me for the letter...his eyes sparkled when he smiled and he was very nice. I used to have a scrapbook with pictures and articles about him and threw it out shortly after that. He could not have been any nicer and I thought that a strange reaction but it took meeting him in person and realizing I didn't really know him to get over the scrapbook phase....I got most of that stuff from friends in h.s. who got those teeny bopper magazines and would give me the articles about him or pictures. I never bought any of those magazines myself...I remember my senior year in H.S. I had all theater classes at Whitney Young Magnet H.S. in the Access to Excellence Theater Program which it was the first year of that program when I was a senior... but had to have a fourth year of English so I had creative writing and had done a term paper on him and kids in school thought I knew him cuz I knew so much about him from all those articles I read and stuff...prety funny...I even had a Vinny Barbarino poster on my wall from Welcome Back Kotter I used to watch all the time...I remember going to see him in Carrie when I was too young to get in to see it...I went with a friend the same age as me and my sister almost a year younger than me less than a year by four days...They both sheepishly went up to the box office to ask for a ticket and were refused by the box office attendant...I walked up acting confidently like I belonged there and was old enough and said that's OK they're with me...three please and we got in...ha ha....I always looked young for my age so it was the matter of fact way I asked for the ticket that worked...my acting skills ha ha....then again too young for Saturday Night Fever I went with a H.S. friend who was old enough to get in and she had a second I.D. for me but they didn't even ask to see it probably cuz I was with her. I remember other girls from our school tried to get in and wore lots of makeup and dressed fancy and everything and they didn't get in and were mad that I got in and they didn't...cuz I never dressed up just jeans and a Tshirt and always looked younger than I was...anyway...that movie makes me think of the time I met John Travolta when he came to see it...I always knew I would meet him one day just didn't know when or how....ok rambling with memories off to watch the movie now...
WHO AM I DEEP DOWN INSIDE
NOT JUST THIS TIME AROUND RIDE
I GUESS IT SEEMS IT'S IMPLIED
THE TRUE SELF SOUL TENDS TO HIDE
HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED WHY
WE FORGET OUR MANY LIVES
YET THE SOUL INSIDE JUST THRIVES
LIVING THROUGH EVERY DISGUISE
THE THEORY IN THEORY
HYPOTHESIS IS BEST
WHEN IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE
AN EDUCATED GUESS
SHOULD SOUND MORE FACTUAL
THAN IT IS ACTUAL
AS TO PASS AT FIRST GLANCE
TO AGREE WITH YOUR STANCE
HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THE MOVIE U TURN...IT'S A MEGA DOSE OF MURPHY'S LAW...ONE THING AFTER ANOTHER AND THE HITS KEEP COMIN... IT STARTS OUT ON THE ROAD IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE WITH A SONG SINGING IT'S A GOOD DAY...NOTHING COULD BE FURTHER FROM THE TRUTH....IF THAT'S A GOOD DAY I'D HATE TO SEE A BAD ONE...IT FEELS LIKE KIND OF A DREAM LIKE STATE...LIKE LIVING IN A NIGHTMARE...INTERESTING TO WATCH NONETHELESS EVERY ONCE IN AWHILE...SEAN PENN STARS IN IT...SOME OF THE INTERESTING CHARACTERS HE COMES ACROSS THAT I RECOGNIZE ARE PLAYED BY NICK NOLTE AND JENNIFER LOPEZ AND BILLY BOB THORNTON...LAURIE METCALF FROM STEPPENWOLF IS IN THERE TOO AT ONE POINT...IT'S A TRIPPY UNUSUAL FILM FROM THE EIGHTIES WHRE I OFTEN GET LOST...LOST IN THE EIGHTIES...IF YOU EVER THINK YOU ARE HAVING A BAD DAY WATCH THIS MOVIE...YOU KNOW HOW YOU HEAR COULD BE BETTER COULD BE WORSE WELL THIS SEEMS WAY WORSE THAN ANYTHING COULD BE....INTERESTING ESCAPE YOU WANNA ESCAPE FROM...CAN'T HELP BUT WANNA KNOW WHAT HAPPENS NEXT...IT GOES FULL CIRCLE ...CHECK IT OUT IF YOU GET A CHANCE.
THANK YOU FOR BEING YOU
MY BEAUTIFUL FURRY FRIEND
I LOVE TO PET YOUR FUR
AND LISTEN TO YOU PURR
YOU'RE A WONDERFUL COMPANION
HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU HEARD DON'T CRY
THAT'S THE WORST ADVICE YOU COULD GET
IT'S BEST TO LET OUT A HEAVY SIGH
WHENEVER YOU GET UPSET
AN IMPORTANT WAY TO RELEASE
SO THE SADNESS CAN CEASE
TOO MANY UNSHED TEARS HELD IN
IS WHERE A LOT OF HEALTH PROBLEMS BEGIN
SO NEXT TIME YOU'RE SAD JUST HAVE A GOOD CRY
YOU'LL FEEL LOTS BETTER JUST GIVE IT A TRY
SO MANY STORIES TO BE TOLD
WHO WILL FIND THEM DO YOU SUPPOSE
IS IT RANDOM OR DESTINY
THE WAY YOU FIND THEM FOR YOU TO READ
DOES IT SATISFY SOME NEED
IS IT SOMETHING YOU SHOULD HEED
I SUPPOSE IF IT MAKES YOU THINK
IT'S PURPOSE IS SERVED WITHIN A BLINK
PERHAPS A KIND OF MISSING LINK
THAT FEELS LIKE A SECRET WINK
LETTING YOU KNOW YOU'RE NOT ALONE
FIGURING IT OUT ON YOUR OWN
WHEN SOMEONE MAKES YOU FEEL DUMB
FOR ASKING ANY QUESTIONS
IT'S USUALLY JUST BECAUSE
THEY DON'T HAVE ANY ANSWERS
THERE ARE NO DUMB QUESTIONS
BUT MAYBE DUMB ANSWERS
WHEN AFRAID TO ADMIT
YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT IT
WHAT IS THE RIGHT SIZE
DOES ONE SIZE FIT ALL
HOW SHORT IS TOO SHORT
HOW TALL IS TOO TALL