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[phosfate]

Mom uncertain about the whole DVD player thing until I pointed out she can now watch any movie she wants instead of trying to track down the city's only VHS copy, failing, and watching its debut on TBS 18 months later.

Unfortunately, this meant having to go out and fetch (and watch) March of the Penguins. Now very depressed by frozen penguin eggs, frozen baby penguins, frozen old tired penguins, layers and layers and layers of frozen penguin shit at the penguin breeding grounds, and general filthiness of penguins out of water for three months. Reminded of time Samoyed dog ate two pounds of wild Morells. Sting taken off a bit when it turned out that Bugs Bunny in "8-Ball Bunny" ("HoBOken?!? OOOOOOOO I'm DYYYYYin' again!") was included as an extra.

Also it plays CDs, another first for her, and is a much nicer VCR than any we've ever had.

Live in fear of Mom now remembering existence of Phantom of the Opera, Richard Gere movies. But can retaliate with Suicide Club, various Ringu volumes.

Comments

[kay-wray.livejournal.com]

Even American Gigolo?! C'mon...

[annlarimer.livejournal.com]

Can't I just put in a Blondie record and turn the window blinds to 50%?

[kay-wray.livejournal.com]

Only if you declaim your existential angst while strangling yourself with a skinny necktie during.

[mordecai.livejournal.com]

Am being faced with the same predicament with my mom. She asked for a portable CD player for Christmas and somehow found out that you can make custom CDs with your favorite songs on them using computers.

I now have Rod Stewart on my computer. ROD. STEWART. And more Elton John than I thought existed. I blame the liberal media.

[annlarimer.livejournal.com]

Jesus fuck. Spare yourself. Just buy her the CDs used.

[mordecai.livejournal.com]

But how can I fabricate the love iTunes embeds for me?!

[annlarimer.livejournal.com]

The usual way, I imagine.

[mordecai.livejournal.com]

Crushing anteater hug with my giant anteater claws ready and bared for love?

[annlarimer.livejournal.com]

Damn straight! Or carry your egg on top of your feet, like the noble father penguins.

[theodicy.livejournal.com]

Toldya - I had to turn that thing off two-thirds of the way through - I couldn't stand to watch any more penguinangst. I'm sure that lots of penguins survive to flip and flop and swim and smile, but You Know Me.

But: Mom and the DVD: a match made in cinematic heaven.

[annlarimer.livejournal.com]

That's...yeah, she likes that shit. She thinks The Family Stone would be a good movie choice.