Yesterday I went looking for videos of Othello and King Lear, since I had a
\npaper on them due Friday. Dr. Allums shouldn’t be back at school till
\nMonday, however, so I think I’ll just write one and go in early Monday
\nmorning to stick it in his door. My search for cinematic Shakespeare led me
\nto the Blockbuster on Moffet Rd. They didn’t have either. I was on my way
\nhome, when I decided to turn around and check the one on Airport. My path
\ntook me directly by the Springhill branch of the public library, however, so
\nI stopped in there to see if they had either one. Nothing doing. So I got
\nback in the car (I’m going on just a couple hours of sleep here, having gone
\nto bed at 4 the night before) and fought traffic down to the Blockbuster on
\nAirport.<\/p>\n
I went inside and waited for a lady to notice me so I could ask if they had
\nKing Lear while a man butted in line in front of me. Turns out they had a
\n1987 version. It looked really weird, so I got it. I skimmed through the
\ntitles in the drama area looking for Othello but found Julius Caesar instead.
\n I picked it up, since we did that in class earlier, then headed over to the
\nclassics area. Sure enough, there was Orson Wells’ Othello. I picked it up
\ntoo and returned Julius Caesar to his shelf. It was then that I realized
\nwhat day it was. March 15. The Ides of March. The day Julius Caesar was
\nassassinated.<\/p>\n
By the time I’d made my selection, there was another formidable line at the
\ncheckout counter. I picked the one where someone was leaving, and handed the
\nvideos to the clerk, who wore a tag saying “Manager.” Then I remembered that
\nmy Blockbuster card wasn’t in my wallet but in my purse, which was still in
\nthe car. He said that was okay, all he needed was my drivers license. “Is
\nit under your name?” he asked. I told him it was probably under my parents’
\nnames. “All we have in here is a George Brenner,” he said before adding, “If
\nyou haven’t used your card for a while it bumps it from the system.” I told
\nhim I’d get my card from the car. I came back to find his desk empty except
\nfor my videos, which were out of reach behind the counter. I waited for him
\nto return. He took my card. “Driver’s license?” he said again. Then he
\nadded, “Only the person who’s name is on the card can renew it.” My mom’s
\nname was on the card. “You’ll have to fill out a new application,” he handed
\nme a pen and pointed over to a table across the store. I came back and
\nwaited in line again, this time with an entertainment magazine containing an
\narticle about Alanis Morisette. I handed the application and pen back to the
\nman behind the counter while still reading the magazine. By the time he’d
\nfinished making me a new card and checked out the video, I’d finished the
\narticle. A potentially frustrating experience actually turned out to be
\nenlightening.<\/p>\n
Jonah<\/p>\n
do I really need to get out more?<\/p>\n
Oh, by the way, the Othello was marvelous. Well, pretty good anyway. They
\njust don’t make pictures like that anymore. The Lear was… very odd. I
\nwatched it last night after everyone left my house or went to bed. If you
\nhadn’t read Lear, it would make very little sense. If you had, it wouldn’t
\nhave made any at all.<\/p>\n
Still, I enjoyed it. Probably for that reason.<\/p>\n
I want a video camera. I want to make movies<\/p>\n
Oh, and this letter has absolutely nothing to do with toaster ovens, in case
\nyou hadn’t guessed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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