My Stock Went Up
Last Friday was a momentous occasion. It was the day that my mom retired from the hospital where she has worked for over 20 years! Now she's got all kinds of free time to do whatever she wants. It turns out, this weekend she wanted to go through old photos.
While digging through her archives, mom found this picture of my brother Joe and I meeting the man, the myth, the legend: Darth Vader.
We were 4 at the time and I remember that Vader looked very big, and breathed very heavily. We waited a long time to see him (at some local mall), and I think he signed posters for us. I have no idea who the man in the bad suit next to Darth Vader is, or why the waist off his pants is so high. I seem to have blocked him from my memory of the event.
Mom scanned the photo and e-mailed it to me to show the kids. The instant they saw the picture, their eyes grew big and their jaws dropped open.
Vika: "You met Darth Vader???!!!"
Eamon: "And he didn't try to cut you with his life saver?"
Me: "No! He was actually really nice! He just breathed kind of heavy, like this: 'Kooooooo-purrrrrrr.....kooooooo-purrrrrrr.'" (That's my Darth breathing impression)
Vika: "Man! I wish we could meet Darth Vader!"
Eamon: "But Vika, he DIED!"
So now, they are both lamenting the fact that they are not lucky enough to have a close encounter with Vader themselves. However, they also think I'm way cooler now because I came face to face with the Sith Lord and lived to tell the tale!
It's too bad they won't be this easy to impress when they're teenagers.
While digging through her archives, mom found this picture of my brother Joe and I meeting the man, the myth, the legend: Darth Vader.
We were 4 at the time and I remember that Vader looked very big, and breathed very heavily. We waited a long time to see him (at some local mall), and I think he signed posters for us. I have no idea who the man in the bad suit next to Darth Vader is, or why the waist off his pants is so high. I seem to have blocked him from my memory of the event.
Mom scanned the photo and e-mailed it to me to show the kids. The instant they saw the picture, their eyes grew big and their jaws dropped open.
Vika: "You met Darth Vader???!!!"
Eamon: "And he didn't try to cut you with his life saver?"
Me: "No! He was actually really nice! He just breathed kind of heavy, like this: 'Kooooooo-purrrrrrr.....kooooooo-purrrrrrr.'" (That's my Darth breathing impression)
Vika: "Man! I wish we could meet Darth Vader!"
Eamon: "But Vika, he DIED!"
So now, they are both lamenting the fact that they are not lucky enough to have a close encounter with Vader themselves. However, they also think I'm way cooler now because I came face to face with the Sith Lord and lived to tell the tale!
It's too bad they won't be this easy to impress when they're teenagers.
That IS cool!
very cool. i hope i can impress my little ones like that someday.
Anything that gets your kids to think you're cool is a good thing. I'm still looking for something that will impress Slugger.
way cool. would it impress your students?
i'm the voice of a video game character. that always earned me some respect when i was subbing...
Big congrats to your mom!!!!
My son would be the same way if I met Darth! He loves him oh so much!!!!
Next I'll whip out the photos of you and Spiderman!
I wanna meet Darth Vader!! Although when you were four I was into Luke Skywalker big time. I love Eamon & Vika's reaction.
Gotta love those pants!
That is hilarious. And I loved your description of him breathing...spot on. I know because I was doing it out loud at my desk...KOOOOO PURRRRRR KOOOO PURRRR. Luuuke, I am your fah tha...