Movie Anniversaries!

After a bumpy start, the day smoothed out beautifully. Good PT session (looks like just two more to go), then I got word that finally --finally!!-- the summer campers were going to be out of my classroom. They were still there before I went to PT, and I was disgruntled. My boss (bless him) got them out of the room, moved my desk, and emailed me. Holly and I went back to Lisbon and we got the place ready for the usual getting-ready stuff, which will happen in a much saner fashion. 




But that's all beside the point. What I want to mention, which is a strange thing to me, is how many great movies are having anniversaries this year, and how many are headed back to the cinemas for the event. List: Monty Python's Holy Grail (50 years), Rocky Horror Picture Show (also 50), Clue (40-- and isn't it odd that Tim Curry is in both?), and Sunset Blvd. (75). All favorites of mine. How cool is that? I may get to see at least one of them, if I can figure out the dates. 

See? I can focus on good stuff. 

The news cycle is terrifying, so I am putting on blinders for the moment and trying to balance it out. Of note, though: history is not propaganda. Never will be. Nor should it be. And we should all watch Citizen Kane.

I hope your day is lovely,

C

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