Sengathi owesine angaba nawe

Njengoba sisondela kolunye lwezinsuku ezingcwele kakhulu ku-nerd-lore, umhlaka-4 Meyi [ube nawe], ngikhunjuzwa indaba yeqiniso yempilo yengane eyayifuna uswidi wamahhala nethuba lokuziphumela.

Esikhathini eside esidlule, endaweni ekude, kude, i-“Star Wars” kwakuyifilimu eyodwa emqondweni wawo wonke umuntu. Impela kwakusemqondweni wami. Ngaso sonke isikhathi.

“I-Empire Strikes Back” yayingakaphumi, ingasaphathwa eyokuqala. Mina nabangane bami saqoqa izibalo zethu zesenzo futhi salingisa izigcawu ngokunembe ngendlela esasikhumbula ngayo. Lokhu bekungaphambi kwe-inthanethi futhi nangaphambi kokuba iningi lethu libe ne-VHS, ngakho-ke sagcina i-movie iphila njengesiko elidluliselwa ngomlomo njenge-“The Iliad.” Ngangineminyaka engaba ngu-10 futhi lapho ngibheka phezulu esibhakabhakeni sasebusuku, ngangifuna ukuba ngomunye walabo bantu bezenzo.

Ngaleso sikhathi, i-Halloween yayiwubusuku bohlanya, lapho abazali bekhulula izingane zabo futhi bethemba ukuthi zizobuyela ekhaya lapho zikhathele. Kwakuyisikhathi lapho into embi kakhulu okungenzeka ukuthi yenzeke kuwe yayihlangana nezingane ezinkulu ezingase zihlasele ukuthutha kwakho. Sasiqala ukufika eminyakeni lapho i-Halloween kwaba ukuphela kwezaba ezivumelekile zokugqoka njengomlingiswa omthandayo esidlangalaleni. Ubungaklonyeliswa nangoswidi wamahhala! Noma yiluphi olunye usuku futhi izingane ezindala zingakugcona ngokungenasihawu.

Lona kwakuwunyaka lapho udadewethu uMarcia ayewele khona egebeni leminyaka phakathi kokuphuma ukuyolanda uswidi nokuhlala ekhaya ukuze adlulise wona, ngakho wanquma ukungisiza ngakhe imvunulo. Wayefuna ukwenza okuthile okuthakazelisayo, okunobuciko, okunobuqili. Bengingafuni ukuba ngomunye wenqwaba ye-Han Solos noma u-Luke Skywalkers enyakaza endaweni. Okungenani ababili babangane bami babehlele ukuba u-Han Solo, ngakho-ke ngabe ngimane ngiwuSolo oshwabene ngemuva. Ngangifuna nokufudumala. Njengabangane bami, bengike ngaba i-hobo noma isisebenzi sokwakha iminyaka emine sigijima, ikakhulukazi ngenxa yesimo esiyinqaba saseColorado seqhwa lokuqala lonyaka eliwela ngobusuku be-Halloween.

Mina noMarcia sahlala phansi sacabanga imvunulo. Ngangithole iphakethe lamakhadi okuhweba e-“Star Wars” ngesikhathi esithile, ngakho-ke saqala ngokubheka lawo. Njengoba kwakunamakhadi angaba ngu-10 kuphela ephaketheni futhi njengoba ngangingafuni ukuya njengomshayi-thayi noma njengoPrincess Leia, sazinza kuTusken Raider - umuntu wesihlabathi. Sibe nesithombe esihle sekhanda ekhadini okufanele sisuke kulo, kodwa ukuze ngithole yonke ingubo, ngiboleke isibalo sesenzo enganeni engumakhelwane. Isithombe nesithombe sisesandleni, saqoqa izinto zokwakha saqala ukusebenza.

Uma unokuncane noma ungasikhumbuli nhlobo isidalwa esagwaza u-Luke Skywalker ekhanda futhi sazama ukumdubula kusenesikhathi ku-movie, manje yisikhathi sokubheka iwebhu ukuze uthole isibhamu sikaTusken Raider. Zingama-humanoid ahlala ogwadule agqokiswe izibuko, i-ventilator nezimpondo zensimbi eziyinqaba eziphuma ezindongeni zobuso ezinjengomama.

Sakhe i-ventilator yami ngokugoba ipuleti likaphayi we-aluminium ukuze licishe lingene emlonyeni wami futhi indwangu emnyama yayinamathiselwe esikrinini. Izibuko zami kwakuyizinkomishi zamabhokisi amaqanda amabili, isiliva esipendwe ngopende. Ezinye izinkomishi zamabhokisi amaqanda zigoqwe ekhanda lami nge-gauze. Ukuze ngiqedele ukuhlanganisa, ngambatha ingubo yokulala endala embozwe phezu kwami ​​ngendlela ye-poncho, namabhuzu angcolile. Ngangiphatha isibambo somshanelo ukuze ngizule phezu kwekhanda lami ngesikhathi esifanele. Bengikahle.

Ngeshwa, wonke amalungiselelo abe maningi kakhulu ukuba abangani bami bawabekezelele. Lapho ilanga ekugcineni selicwile ngezansi komkhathizwe, futhi ama-flakes okuqala aqala ukuwa, anqwabelanisa ezingqimbeni futhi ayesehambile, kakade ekhala ushukela ogelezayo mahhala wenkathi. Ngaphumela ngaphandle kamuva, ngayibuka ngokugcwele ingxenye: umlingisi oseduze ongavelanga kufilimu enkulu kunazo zonke eyake yaba khona. Bengiphefumula inhlanganisela kapende nentuthu yeglue ngesitsha sokuphefumula sepuleti likaphayi. Ngibheka umhlaba emaphethelweni ezinkomishi zamabhokisi amaqanda amabili, ngangisemhlabeni wami.

Kwakungaphandle kombuzo ukuthi kufanele ngihambe ngiyolala ngedwa ebusuku, ngoba amabhokisi amaqanda ayengavumeli noma yikuphi ukubona okuzungezile futhi intuthu evaleleke ngaphakathi kumshini wokuphefumula wawuphazamisa ikhono lami elihle lokushukuma. Ngisho nangosizo lwabasebenzi bami bempi/izinduku ezihambayo, kwakusadingeka ngiholwe endlini ngendlu. U-Marcia wangiyisa ezindlini ezimbalwa zabangane bakhe, kanye nemizi eminingi phakathi.

Lapho bevula umnyango, abanikazi bezindlu abangaqaphile babhekana nomuntu oyedwa ababengamazi, enyakazisa induku phezu kwekhanda lakhe, ebanga umsindo owesabekayo, “Gluurrrrtlurrrrllrrrrr!” Bengihlose ukuba yiqiniso. Iqiniso liyatshelwa, lokho cishe konke okwakusele ekhonweni lami lokukhuluma noma kunjalo, ngemva kokufunxa intuthu kapende amabhlogo ambalwa.

Kwashaywa iminyango embalwa. Kepha abanye, ikakhulukazi labo abadlula izinto ezinhle ngeminyango yezokuphepha, bavele bahlehla babuza ngokungananazi, “Pho, kufanele ube yini, mfana omncane?” ngaphambi kokuphonsa uswidi emcamelweni wami. Impendulo yami eyodwa kuyo yonke imibuzo ethi "Gluuurrrrrrrrt!" kwakungelona ulwazi olwanele ngempela ngakho uMarcia wayevame ukukhala ngokuthi ngangiyiTusken Raider (ini?).

Abanye babangane abapholile bakadadewethu babe nezikhathi zokukhumbula ngokushesha futhi basondela eduze ukuze bamangale ukuthintwa okungokoqobo kanye nomsebenzi owangena emvunulweni. Ngazizwa njengenkanyezi esikhundleni sokwengeziwe.

Ngemva kokuhamba amabhlokhi ambalwa futhi ngikhiphe ipuleti lami likaphayi izikhathi ezimbalwa, ngahudula ingubo yami nganamathela ekhaya. Angizange ngithole uswidi omningi njengabangane bami ngalowo nyaka. Bafika ekhaya nezikhwama zigcwele phama, sebehambe amakhilomitha baphanga izindawo ezikude. Empeleni ngangifika ekhaya nento ehlala isikhathi eside kunalawo mabhokisi amancane omisiwe. Ngafika ekhaya nginokuzethemba ukuze ngizame izinto ezingajwayelekile.

Ngalowo nyaka, ngafunda ukuthi uma uzifaka engozini futhi wehluke KAKHULU, ungase ungawutholi uswidi ongaka. Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi, ngiye ngafunda ukuthi uma uvumela ifulege lakho le-nerd lindize, ngeke uphile nje kuphela, kodwa mhlawumbe uthole ukuhlonishwa kwabantu abangakwazi ukuxoxa. Abantu bakho bangaphandle, nansi indlela yokubathola. Wonke umuntu udidekile ngokuthile, abanye kakhulu kunabanye. Kungaba okwakudala njengezilimi zekhompuyutha noma i-sci-fi, kodwa ungakwazi ukuxosha amamuvi noma ezemidlalo, ukupheka, ikhofi. Noma yini.

Uma uke wazibamba utshela othile ukuthi, “Akuwona ama-droids owafunayo lawa,” futhi wanyakazisa isandla sakho umzamo oyize wokushintsha umqondo womunye umuntu, ungase ube inhlakanipho. Lapho usheshe wavuma kuwena ukuthi uyinhlakanipho, ngokushesha ungakwazi ukuphefumula futhi nje ukuthi ungubani. Mhlawumbe zama ukuthi ungamemezi, “Urrrrgluurrrrrrrrrrrr! futhi esikhundleni salokho nihlebe ngokuthi, “Kwangathi eyesine ibe nani.”