From: meisa
To: shokufeh
i had a moment of remembering thor from adventures in babysitting. i thought i would share the moment, so you could also take a few minutes out of your day to remember thor.
Summers growing up always involved time spent with Meisa. She was an only child, so I like to think she enjoyed the instant siblings when her New Orleans cousins descended upon northern Virginia. Or when she was sent to our hectic house. Our weeks in Virginia involved being doted upon by our grandparents, making tents, going swimming, renting videos from Erol’s (E-e-e-e-e...e-e-e-e-e...e-e-e-e-e-erol’s), and making sure our eyebrows were sufficiently disheveled to bring (feigned?) shock to the face of my aunt/Meisa’s mother when she came home. (She has a thing about eyebrows being nicely groomed.)
Our times together in New Orleans were fewer, but still memorable. One summer we stayed up late every night, playing cards with my mom into the wee hours. Another summer activity was to sit in the backyard with a flashlight, watching toads mate in and around our little pond. We also made tents, read a lot, and rented videos from Sydney’s newstand and Alfa-alfa (my youngest brother’s pronunciation of Alfalfa, which I guess was eventually bought out by Blockbuster).
Even though my brothers, Meisa, and I span more than 10 years, there are certain movies that we all love. Sometimes, it started out as a favorite of just one or two of us. Eventually, it would grow into the Mojgani clan equivalent of a cult classic. I like to think that even twenty years from now, if we’re together and we have the opportunity to watch one of the following movies together, we will jump at the chance and quickly get to saying our favorite lines in unison:
- Adventures in Babysitting
- Girls Just Want to Have Fun
- The Parent Trap
- Pippi Longstocking
- Shag
What are your family favorites?
Posted by Shokufeh at August 1, 2003 03:04 PMI was singing "let's get together" from parent trap just today! my sis and I used to have that whole movie memorized. "just smile pet, think of california and that beautiful community property law." ok, I better stop with just one, or I'll be here all night.
Posted by: Emily at August 1, 2003 08:24 PMOhmigosh. Those are some of my family favorites, too, with the exception of Pippi Longstocking, which I've never seen. Our fifth would probably be the 1986 made-for-TV movie, "Combat High," later called "Combat Academy."
Posted by: +mojan. at August 3, 2003 02:23 PMOh yeah, and a sixth one is 1982's "The Electric Grandmother." Man, I loved that movie.
Posted by: +mojan. at August 3, 2003 02:26 PMMoj--whaaaaaa??? Electric Grandmother???
Shag: good call. I can't remember how many jokes were made about going "ALL THE WAY!?!?!??!!"
Posted by: lacey at August 4, 2003 06:57 AMElectric Grandmother was awesome. Ray Bradbury, I think. A couple of kids go into a warehouse that looks like a video arcade to create their perfect grandmother. I don't remember much about it, except that she poured juice from her index finger.
Posted by: +mojan. at August 4, 2003 07:44 AMI will need to check out this <i>Electric Grandmother</i>. My favorite <i>Shag</i> line is, "Ya'll is the horniest bunch of white folks I ever did see."
Anis and Meisa do a nice rendition of "Let's get together." Oh! We should have had you do it at the wedding. Oh, well, next family affair.
okay -- since my sister is much, much older than me we were always on a different page when it came to favorite movies. but, my first best friend Amy and I were obsessed with the following summer favorites, in descending order of most frequently viewed:
1) gremlins
2) weird science
3) back to the future
4) parent trap
and
5) freaky friday
i have no plans to see the jamie lee curtis remake of freaky friday, but i have irrestible urge to go rent the jodie foster original someday soon!
Posted by: Kari at August 5, 2003 11:17 AMOh, yes, yes, yes! "Weird Science." How could I have forgotten?
Posted by: +mojan. at August 6, 2003 05:24 AMI'm going to see the remake of "Freaky Friday." I was really pleased with the remake of "Parent Trap," with the same actress.
Posted by: shokufeh at August 6, 2003 06:43 PM