Mere and I were talking with good old Chris W. I didn’t recognize him at first, without the blonde RINGLETS he had in high school – now he’s a big beefy man – but the second we started talking, I thought: Yes. There is Chris W! From high school: funny, goofy, nice, football player, a big brash guy – and yet, he had these Shirley Temple curls. So cute!! It was good to see him.<\/p>\n
But anyway:<\/p>\n
He told a story about taking his mom to see War of the Worlds<\/i>. His mother hadn’t been to the movies in quite some time, so she was very excited. She talked to him throughout the movie. Making comments, asides … at one point, the people behind them SHUSHED them!!<\/p>\n
At one point, Tom Cruise (quiet, peanut gallery) is trying to bond with his estranged son – and invites him to play catch in the back yard. Cruise is wearing a New York Yankees hat. The son is angry with his father, so when he comes out into the back yard to play catch, he is wearing a Red Sox hat. Cruise notices the hat, and says grimly to his son, “So that’s how it’s gonna be, huh?”<\/p>\n
At that moment, Chris W’s mother leaned over to him and kindly informed him: “The Yankees and the Red Sox have a really old rivalry …”<\/p>\n
We were howling. Like: thanks, Mom, I KNOW.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Mere and I were talking with good old Chris W. I didn’t recognize him at first, without the blonde RINGLETS he had in high school – now he’s a big beefy man – but the second we started talking, I … Continue reading