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Umm… I don’t think this is the ‘physical’ I have in mind, folks. My story that is being shared with you today is much more positively inspiring than going to that clueless doctor. Read on, dear reader…

There, that’s more like it! Ahem, so what was I going to say? Oh, yeah…

What a boring day this is! Today is Monday, parent-teacher conference day and school is closed. I literally got a three-day weekend vacation out of this, so I want to put Monday to good use. Why, you ask? Because… I. Don’t. Like. Mondays. Period!

I hopped online to find showtimes for this new movie playing at the theater called ‘The Brunch Bunch’, which is about high school teens stuck in a school library in 1980s Anaheim. Two o’clock it says. I’d better hustle before all the front row seats are taken, because I know all the people are gonna stare at my face laughing.

When I arrived, the tickets at the box office were all sold out. Bad luck as they say. To add insult to injury, the price of one movie ticket is up in the stratosphere of fifteen dollars per person. All that yummy goodness at the concession stand is making my mouth water! Heck, this would cost me twice as much as one lousy movie ticket. Besides, who needs 3000 empty calories of nauseating stomach churning frankenfoods? I’d have tell the school to call in sick tomorrow.

I could be streaming a movie right this instant. That’s soooo easy peasy! But I don’t subscribe to anyone. I could wait a little while longer and catch that eight o’clock movie on channel 33 right before bedtime. Except there’s one major problem… all the movies are chopped and edited for television and there are too many car insurance ads. That takes me to straight into ten o’clock when I have to go to bed and get ready for school tomorrow morning.

Where can I go to watch a movie in peace without having to drain my tuition money and deal with losers who are constantly on their phones? On the contrary, how can I do this in the comfort of my own couch? Bingo! I think I have a solution…

Those secondhand stores — well, they call ‘em thrift stores, actually — have got to have some rusty old DVD players in working condition. Like, these people threw out old electronics just for nothing because movies are sorted and distributed through a pipeline. I hear some kids my age are upset about streaming stuff and are getting into collecting things. What things? Well, I suppose you could find a ton of New Kids On The Block CDs in the bargain bin…

I found a section of the store filled with literally tons of used $1 DVDs and vinyl records that were given away by kind strangers. I’d better do some serious inspecting, though. Sometimes, the disc isn’t even in the case… OMG! So I picked up a dozen of these silver platters, which’ll cost a lot more than a dozen eggs but still way cheaper than buying new ones.

But then, I need a DVD player… and some cables. What good are movie discs when you don’t have a gadget that uses them? Look no further! It’s a good thing the store had a refurbished one for only ten bucks… what a steal! Fortunately, the unopened pack of cables was stashed away up in my attic. Today, I gave away twenty-two bucks to a nonprofit that gives kids a higher education, and just for that, I got some free merch! Well, maybe not free, but a reward for kindly giving back to charity. Totally nice of them!

One of the movies I bought today was this rom-com remake of ‘Bambi Meets Godzilla’. Don’t worry, it’s a lot more innocent and playful than that ‘other’ one. I also found this horrible horror flick called ‘Bad Bad Leroy Clown’. This one gave Midnite a shivery shock! I tried to convince my cat that it’s just a movie and that everything is make-believe. Of course, just about anything can stick out of a 100-inch tv screen mounted on a wall. I think 3D glasses would be more effective…

But all’s well that ends well. You can thank a social media influencer for influencing me on how to ditch Cheapflix in favor of those shiny silver platters. It seems my generation of school kids are learning how to get into the act of preserving their favorite movies and music by holding onto them forever. I’d say this is far better than forking over thirty bucks a month for cheap thrills.

Before I go, I’ll leave you with a pair of my favorite flicks that I could watch on repeat every day. Have fun collecting!

** A big very special thanks to my creative consultant for loaning me some copies! Now I can enjoy watching movies in peace! **

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