When Alexander was two, he was
fascinated with big trucks. His favorite
video was one called Big Rigs. It was a
VHS tape of atrocious quality. Real
truck drivers spoke to the camera about their big vehicles and why they liked
them. The tape even included a female
truck driver.
Alexander loved this
tape. He preferred it to all the
professionally produced Disney and Sesame Street ones. And every single time he watched it, which
was often, he would cry at the end.
This, despite promises he wouldn’t.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dh1tS3LU7_c
I speak to Alexander today. He is thinking of moving into an apartment
next year. He will soon be a college
junior. Hard to believe time can go by so quickly, yet it does, and things change. Alexander no longer cries at the end of videos. He grew up with no desire to be a truck driver. And he would never wear a tie-dyed matching outfit.
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