Hey y'all! I heard about that Media Archive, I'm gonna look through it soon and write some stuff. First though, I wanna finish up what I started last blog with Donald Elmor and the Theater that I mentioned.
As you would expect in a small town like Walker Creek, the movie theater was basically the most popular place in the whole county. It was very old fashioned, kinda dirty, and it only had three auditoriums, but it was still pretty great in the eyes of everyone. It didn't always have the most up to date movies - movies from anywhere between 2 and 20 years earlier played all the time. Every once in a while, plays from the school or from various other organizations were put on there. As I mentioned last blog, the theater was run by Donald Elmor. I had never really met him before the encounter in the Inn from the last blog but after that, he got the idea that he was my friend in a way. Anytime I'd walk by the theater when he was welcoming people at the door, I'd get my ear talked off, I'd be bombarded with requests to come to the theater and so many other things. It was nice of him and I feel bad about this but - I completely avoided the theater after that. What you have to understand is that I was never a very social person. I was fine in the shop but outside of that, I never really cared for socializing. I had friends, I had a wife, I had people I liked well enough to talk to, and that was all I needed. I didn't want my ear talked off by anyone and none of them did that to me. It also didn't help that I don't even care for the theater. Films are nice enough but VHS's and DVD's in my house are good enough for me, I don't need to be packed in an auditorium with a bunch of other people to watch something. So basically those 2 things combined meant that Mr. Elmor was not a good combination for me. So I avoided it. From 1974 until I left in 1989, I almost never went by there or went in. I walked on the other side of Main Street, kept my head down, etc. Every once in a while there'd be a play or a brand new film that was worth it like the original Star Wars trilogy but that was it. I feel bad looking back - he was just lonely but I didn't want to deal with someone like that. At the end of the day though, it was a shitty thing to do and I probably shouldn't have but oh well. What's done is done. Anyway, there's a memory for you. That's all I have for today's blog. Hope y'all enjoyed it! If you have anything specific you want to see me talk about, let me know. - Trevor
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