I don’t think I’ve ever been so scared as this night I
walked into Blockbuster. It looked like the Ghostbusters needed to come set
some ghost traps. There were stacks and stacks of DVDs piled up. I could barely
see a path to walk in the store. I know what you’re thinking, “Who goes to
Blockbuster when there is Netflix, Hulu, Red Box, On Demand…etc?” Someone that
needs to have something immediately. That’s who. I was stressed and there’s
only one thing that cured my stress: dancing. I was looking for 2 things: A
dancing video game for my Wii (the console in “Episode 2” was PS3..fyi) and From Justin to Kelly. Okay, so I saw no
one…What do you mean why am I renting From
Justin to Kelly? I don’t think that’s important to the story. Okay. Okay.
The opening dance, “The Luv (The Bounce)” is a diamond in a movie distracted by
Justin Guarini’s hair and Kelly Clarkson’s short-lived acting career. Ah!! My
A.D.D.! Okay, so I saw no one in the store. It was just me and the two TVs
playing movie trailers. “Hello? Is anyone here?” I asked like a slasher movie
victim. “The killer’s behind you,” I thought and I turned around quickly just
to make sure there wasn’t a killer. I’m smart. I assumed the clerk (or whatever
you call these people) was in the back doing something with movies or video
games. I decided to find what I needed myself. The video game was easy. I just
grabbed something that look like it would make me feel like, to quote Lil Mama:
“my lip gloss was popping,” while I
was dancing. I couldn’t determine if From
Justin to Kelly was in Comedy or Musicals. I don’t think it’s intentionally
funny though so I went to Musicals. This was difficult looking for a real
movie. I mean Netflix knows me. It makes suggestions so I don’t have to look
for a movie. “These are large genres, they should be narrowed down in this
store,” I thought. I tripped over a stack of DVDs and all the racks in the
store fell like dominoes. I panicked, jumped, and ran out of the store like a
roach that felt the light come on in the kitchen. Mission Failed. I was still
stressed. “Wait, I could just download From
Justin to Kelly off ITunes” I thought.
Why did I even go to Blockbuster? That was stupid. I bet no one was even
there working anyways. “Goodbye to
you, Blockbuster…From Michelle Branch.”
There’s nothing that hurts more than when we lose someone from our Louisiana Words family. But, the beauty of our writing movement is that the words of our loved ones live on with us. On June 20th, 2023, Louisiana Words Allstar, Jorge Arturo, moved on from this world leaving our hearts broken. He was a charismatic and talented human being. Jorge resided in New Orleans, LA and had been active on Louisiana Words for over a year. To honor Jorge’s life and work, we will be sharing his writing and live performances all Summer 2023. Please help keep his spirit alive by sharing his work. We know that Jorge’s words will connect with our readers and we hope to keep his spirit alive. Jorge’s first submission: “The Dog Show” debuted on February 6th, 2022 and is his most successful piece to date. In 2022, Jorge spent 10 weeks in the top with “The Dog Show,” “Weavers,” “They Say Love Kills, This Time It Really Did,” and “If Hell is Real, It Looks Like an Airport.” His la...
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