I remember when I was real young, sometime when I was around 9 or so. I got a bit sick. But, despite feeling this way, I just couldn't sleep at all; I was really tired, but just couldn't get to sleep. So late one night, I was up reading some book when my mom told me to go to sleep. I told her her that I didn't feel like sleeping, and we went back and forth on the issue for a minute, when my step father jumped in and said, "I can get him to sleep."
So, with that, Mom went to bed, and my step father wheeled the television over to the couch I was sitting on. I asked what we were gonna watch, to which he replied, "Something I KNOW will put you to sleep." So we turned it on and I proceeded to watch The Hunt For Red October for the first time. Being a bit of a different kind of kid with different interests than most, the night didn't turn out as he expected. I was wide awake for the whole thing, excitedly following every detail of the movie, whereas my step father was quickly fast asleep.
Dunno why I suddenly started thinking about this memory or why I even wrote it down, but it is a fond one. I still love watching my collection of Clancy movies. Though, The Sum of All Fears doesn't count; stupid Ben Affleck ruining one of my favorite characters.
So, with that, Mom went to bed, and my step father wheeled the television over to the couch I was sitting on. I asked what we were gonna watch, to which he replied, "Something I KNOW will put you to sleep." So we turned it on and I proceeded to watch The Hunt For Red October for the first time. Being a bit of a different kind of kid with different interests than most, the night didn't turn out as he expected. I was wide awake for the whole thing, excitedly following every detail of the movie, whereas my step father was quickly fast asleep.
Dunno why I suddenly started thinking about this memory or why I even wrote it down, but it is a fond one. I still love watching my collection of Clancy movies. Though, The Sum of All Fears doesn't count; stupid Ben Affleck ruining one of my favorite characters.
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