Marlene's Theory of Monster Movies
Since my husband has been working bell-to-bell over the past few days, I have been spending a lot of time with my mom. Yesterday was the third consecutive day of "airing" my mom out. It was a beautiful day--almost reached 60 degrees outside, which is unusual for Rochester in December. My mom wanted to walk on the beach and find "treasures", as she put it. "Treasures" is crap that washes up on the beach in the winter. Her phone call to me went something like this:
Mom: You wanna go to the beach and look for "treasures"?
Me: Okay...what treasures?
Mom: You know, stuff that washes up. Maybe there will be jewelry. Or tampon applicators.
Me: You're not gonna pick up the applicators, are you?
Mom: That stuff always washes up. Tampon applicators and condoms. People do things on their boats and throw that stuff overboard. I bet you five bucks we find tampon applicators.
Me: I know we'll find tampon applicators.
Mom: If we find a tampon applicator, you gotta give me five bucks.
Me: Mom, I know we will find tampon applicators. What's the point of the bet if I know I'm gonna lose?
Mom: If we find a tampon applicator, you owe me five bucks.
I picked her up two hours later. As we were driving down to the beach, she asked, "Did you ever see the movie,
Jeepers Creepers?"
I told her 'no'.
Mom: "It's scary, but the people in the movie are stupid. There is the brother and sister and they are coming home from college and this truck, this beat up truck, tries to run them off the road. And then they are stupid. They go and look. And they go to this place. And they're stupid because they should go home but they have to go and investigate. And the guy tries to get them at the place."
I'm still not sure what the movie is about.
Next up:
Marlene's Treasures
