Funny the things Facebook conversations
can make one remember...
I was having a nice chat with a high
school classmate on Facebook yesterday evening, and in the course of
the conversation, I started to remember the time my mom, my brother,
and I went to see a movie called Edward Scissorhands. This
was Christmas 1990, according to IMDB, which seems about right, from
what I remember. What I remember about the movie itself is the
surreal visuals and oddball characters, but that's actually typical
of movies that Tim Burton and Johnny Depp are involved with. I'm
really not much for dramas or romance movies, but I will watch one
every now and again if it sounds good. That's something they share
in common with horror movies, but that's for another time.
Anyway, the actual nature of the chat I
was having isn't entirely relevant, but the gist was along the lines
of makeup failures. The connection to Edward Scissorhands is
that before we went into the movie, we'd gotten popcorn and pop,
which has, for the longest time, been served in paper containers.
Now, as one might expect, the printing technology for such things has
improved quite a bit in the last 23 years, as have many technologies.
Back then, a bad print job could be really bad.
With that last
sentence in mind, I should say that I remember getting a lot of
condensation on my cup, considering that it was late December, which,
here in South Dakota, means cold weather with relatively low
humidity. Between that and ink on the cup that was easily dissolved,
it was only natural that I'd wind up getting it all over my hands
whenever I touched my drink.
Thing of it is, I
must have been unconsciously wiping the moisture off the cup and then
rubbing my face. By the time we got out of the movie a couple hours
later, that cup was a much paler shade of blue, with most of the ink
having gotten on my hands and face. I remember my mom commenting,
when we got home, that I wound up looking kind of like the title
character from the movie.
In the end, that's
gotta be the best accidental makeup job I'll ever wind up giving
myself. And believe me, it's not for trying from time to time. But
like I said, the printing technologies have improved markedly in the
almost 25 years since then.
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