Just because. 
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For me, it all started with a blip, a blaster, a blanket, and a bunny.
The “blip” was the glorious sound of a vibrantly ivory square dot bouncing off a similarly white line that I was actually able to control on my TV screen via the Odyssey 2000 game system. Video games? Check.
The “blaster” was shot by various characters in the original Star Wars, which I saw during its initial run somewhere on NY’s Upper West Side (yes, I’m old. Shut up). There were high, narrow windows spanning the width of the back of the theatre, where if you got the angle in the waiting area juuust right, you could see the film running, and I had to force myself (no pun intended) to not peek and get spoiled. It was a uniquely childish, gleeful kind of agony. Sci-fi/fantasy? Check. Read the rest of this entry »
