It was almost 11pm by the time the movie finished and Matt decided to put on an old skate video because a song from the movie took his mind back to a combined part with Heath Kirchart and Jeremy Klein. And so I found myself sitting on the couch with my husband watching Birdhouse's "The End" late on a Sunday night, listening to him reminisce about the old days when they actually used to shoot skate parts on film and when their jeans were cool and baggy. It made me giggle inside. Why am I writing this down? Because too many people talk about their married lives like marriage is pointless and boring. Maybe you're reading this right now and you think we're boring. Fair enough. What kind of weirdos stay up late at night to watch old skate videos? Hey, wait--I know this song. Isn't it Portishead?
Steve Berra's part came on and we were especially entertained because we often see him in clips on The Berrics and he doesn't look like he's aged one bit. His part also made me wonder just how big of a budget Birdhouse must have had back then to have been able to do all the special effects with his head getting cut off at the end. Talk about setting the standard! Matt commented that so many kids complain about how skate videos these days tend to tell too much of a story rather than showing straight up skating but the truth is, Birdhouse was already doing it ages ago. Times haven't really changed--except for the talent. Nowadays it seems like every kid knows how to frontside flip a 13-stair handrail. How did that ever become normal?
Well, that's pretty much the end of our Sunday--me on the couch with laptop on lap, and Matt trolling through his library of skate videos on the computer. Goodnight and so long for now.
