Repeat

An aunt of mine has seen "Walk the Line" six times. It's been a while since I'v heard of someone going back to see a movie more than once. That was more of 70s thing.

In eighth grade there was a girl who had seen "Star Wars" a bunch of times. She had "Star Wars" sheets, toothbrush and so on. When I saw "Jaws" the girls in front of me had seen it already and advised me that it would scare the hell out of me.

But then I remember the folks whose holidays are not complete if they have not watched "It's a Wonderful Life" or "A Charlie Brown Christmas". Then there are those who await an annual showing of "The Wizard of Oz" or maybe have to watch "The Sound of Music" the next time it comes on. OK, so I have soft spot for those two, too.

A friend will IM me and tell me that he's watching a particular version of "Numa Numa" video again. I think he watches that video at least once a day now, if not more. He loves happy music.

People say you see more things each time you watch something. I'm not convinced it is true with everything you watch. Maybe it's true for complicated plots or plots with many twists. There are some things that are the same for me no matter what number of times I watch. But there is at least a familiarity that is comforting. The surprises are not quite as jarring as the first go 'round.

I do get bored quickly . . . next topic.