Posters
Ok, this might seem like a strange topic after such a long recess from posting and given all of the really interesting things I could be talking about (dropping out of school, new job, new apartment, etc). But during the course of our unpacking, organizing, and trying to fit our lives into a small San Francisco studio apartment, some stuff just had to go. Being the unsentimental minimalist Scandinavian that I am, I was pretty quick to toss things into the throw away/donation piles, some of which Mariam had to fish out later.
Anyway, as a married man with Ikea furniture and a 401k, I decided that the posters that adorned my walls through college were no longer needed. Mariam convinced me to at least document them before I threw them all away. So, here are the few posters that have stuck with me through the years:
Wall Drug
Ok, I really have no idea why I still have this thing. I picked this up about ten years ago on a family road trip back from my sister’s college graduation. If you have never been to Wall Drug, well, don’t worry about it, you aren’t missing much. Honestly nothing sticks out from our short stop there except for me wanting to make sure I got a bumper sticker. Pretty weird thing to have kept on my wall this whole time.
Boondock Saints
I picked up this poster at a BYU Bookstore poster sale a few years ago. I found that a bit ironic… Such a goofy movie, perfect for a bunch of roommates to sit around and watch late on a weekday night when we were supposed to be studying. “There was a firefight!”
Serenity
Good movie inspired by an amazing television show. I remember reading about Firefly on Slashdot and then being introduced to it by Kenji back in Carriage Cove. One of the few tv shows I have watched through multiple times. I think Kenji gave me this poster. “If wishes were horses…”
Weezer Green Album
This one goes back a long ways. My friend (girlfriend? who knows, life was so complicated as a teenager :P) Lindsey gave this to me back in high school. I loved Weezer. I felt like Pinkerton was speaking directly to my soul. I spent many hours driving around playing and singing along to Weezer during high school. I haven’t really kept up with their music, though from what I hear, sadly I am not missing much. “The world has turned and left me here..”
Josie and the Pussycats
Ah, yes. This poster (including the RLC’s head cut out from some teen girl magazine) held a special place in my high school locker. I’ve written about my huge crush on Rachael Leigh Cook before, and this poster was just a small part of that. I remember watching this music video over and over. Oh man, early ’00s pop punk. And then there was this one. She’s All That? Still a good movie is you ask me. Josie and the Pussycats? Ok, yeah, it was pretty terrible, and I am ashamed to admit just how many time my friend Andrew and I watched it. Man, it’s making me all nostalgic :P. “It took six whole hours, and five long days, for all your lies to come undone. And those three small words were way too late, ‘cause you can’t see that I’m the one.”
Anyway, those are the posters that survived high school and college. They served me well.