{"id":8388,"date":"2008-09-03T21:31:33","date_gmt":"2008-09-04T01:31:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=8388"},"modified":"2022-03-20T20:37:54","modified_gmt":"2022-03-21T00:37:54","slug":"a-walk-i-wont-remember","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=8388","title":{"rendered":"A Walk I WON’T Remember"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sometimes I feel a burning need<\/i> to see Walk to Remember<\/i>. I have written a 35,000 word essay on that film which can be seen, in all its mortifying glory, here<\/a>. I decided tonight – I must see it NOW – what do I need? I need to see that movie NOW. NOW. NOW. NOW. So I stopped off at the echoingly empty Blockbuster and bought a copy. I came home, took a shower, slathered myself in Pacifica French Lilac body butter, played with Hope for a while (who follows me from room to room, purring so loudly that it’s almost embarrassing) and then settled in, to pop in the movie that I NEEDED to see. NOW.<\/p>\n

Only to find that I have bought a damaged copy. A staticy fluorescent line shivers across the screen at all times.<\/p>\n

Why oh why doesn’t Blockbuster have an immediate delivery service, like a pizza joint? If they did, I would call them right now and shriek, “I’M DESPERATE. Send up Walk to Remember<\/i> NOW!!!”<\/p>\n

Dammit.<\/p>\n

I’m more disappointed than I should be.<\/p>\n

Maybe I should watch Center Stage<\/i> instead …which has a similar appeal but isn’t QUITE the cheeseball extravaganza that Walk to Remember<\/i> is … it won’t QUITE satisfy the need. Because Walk to Remember<\/i> holds a very very special place in my heart – a teensy niche – reserved only for it (thank GOD – because if it took up any more space in my heart I’d be truly embarrassed) – but sometimes, like a heroin addiction, the need comes over me … and only one thing will satisfy.<\/p>\n

Blockbuster sold me a bad copy.<\/p>\n

Someone will PAY for this.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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