Hello blog readers! (We really should come up with a new team for blog readers...that will have to be saved for another blog though). A funny quirk about me is my dislike for claymation. In case you have no idea what claymation is, dictionary.com's definition for claymation is as follows: an animation process using clay or plasticine figures that are moved and filmed using stop motion photography to create a lifelike look. My definition of claymation: CREEPY! Let me tell you how is all started...
I attended a Christian school from K-12th grade. In high school, every year at the beginning of the school year, we would attend a spiritual emphasis retreat. It was a GREAT way of getting everyone away in the mountains for a couple of days to reconnect with one another from being gone the whole summer, to be immersed in the Word, as well as to get to know others that might be newbies. I always enjoyed going because it really deepened relationships and was so God-centered. There were always activities to keep us entertained as well as main sessions that focused on teaching the Word. At night, after all the funness of the day, we would have some down time and all gather in the main auditorium to watch a feature film. I can't recall which year it was although I am almost positive it was senior year because that year we went to a different set of mountains for the retreat and I have the picture of that auditorium stuck in my head. But, because that was 8 years ago, who knows! Anyway, one evening, the deciding authorities that be decided to play...............WALLACE AND GROMIT! And YES, you guessed it! a CLAYMATION film! WHOA! Never before had I EVER experienced the likeness of this creepiness! There they stood on the screen, moving so awkwardly, with those weird facial expressions and big hands that looked like they could squish something in an instant. And worse of all!!?? HE HAD THE WRONG TROUSERS! Oh man! What could be worse! Maybe the BIG oversized mouths! I am not totally sure...But, seriously!? It was very very very very VERY strange to me. Now, I know that there a many I am close to that love Wallace and Gromit, so much so they have purchased box sets of these dvd's. And if you too are a fan, that's totally awesome! For some reason or another, it just gives me the shudders. You know that feeling when you almost get goosebumps, but it starts as this really strange jittery feel and then causes you to have to shake it off? Yes, that is exactly how it makes me feel. Very similar to how clowns make me feel, and many other things on a very long list of things you should never accidentally tell people because they come back to tease you later on :) Seriously, it gives me the crazies!
The story progresses a little further. Last Easter, we were at our front yard neighbors' house having dinner when they decided to put on a movie...YEP! It was claymation! But, I actually have to admit, I couldn't say no because it was a Jesus film! And to say no to that, would be in very BAD taste. So, do to circumstances beyond my control, my eyes became EXTREMELY heavy while watching and I fell asleep (another story for another time, but it involved a very long drive to a Steven Curtis Chapman concert, 0 hours of sleep the night before Easter, and I recall my first ever experience with children's minsitry). Either way, it had been established that claymation was not my favorite type of film to enjoy and ever since then, I have seen multiple copies of Wallace and Gromit and now something to do with sheep laying around. The best part about it? The Wallace and Gromit box set has a pop-out hard plastic cutout of both of the characters on the front! Not just your normal DVD box.
What really cracks me up about this whole situation? I know, that sooner or later, I will be forced to sit through these movies. I already have such a problem keeping still, I can only imagine what it will be like for me as a squirm my way through one of these full-length features. But, it really is inevitable, considering the events taking place within the next couple of months. Ready! Here I come, to tackle Wallace and Gromit head on. My first move? To add a picture of them on this blog...wait, Seriously? No way! I think I will pass on that and save it for another time!
Seriously!
Seriously???? Seriously.
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