April 27: …We watched Village of the Damned and ate skewered shrimp…

April 29: …We watched Alien. I had never seen it. Then Time After Time…

April 30: …At about 1:30 I watched The Birds…Picked up Ruthless People…

This was the consequence of having a VCR. Being able to watch a movie whenever we wanted to was astonishing, a new “normal” that made binging on movies this way — even though it meant driving to and from Tower or Blockbuster — seem normal. Can’t imagine doing that now.