
(comic from xkcd.com)
My roommate and I got on a serious Independence Day ”kick” for a few months, back when we first moved in to our new place. You know, the 1996 movie staring Will Smith and involving hostile aliens trying to wipe out mankind from the face of the planet? But thanks to Jeff Goldblum’s virus-making skills, and apparently Mac-compatable alien technology, the day is saved. Independence Day isn’t exactly a bad movie, on the contrary its overwhelmingly enjoyable, but it really had nothing to do with an actual pathological need to watch it, it was just a choice we made. After a while it sort of just became this thing we did, watching Independence Day every night because we were adults and could do whatever the hell we wanted.
“I think I’m just gonna stay in tonight and watch Independence Day. You know, same-old, same-old.”
At my age my parents already had two kids, a house, and were running their own small business. I, on the other hand, had cookies for dinner last night….
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