When I was in kindergarten, my dad took me to go see Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in the movie theaters for my birthday.  We went in the afternoon after school and I remember being so excited the whole car ride there because HELLO! the half hour tv shows were the best and how could an entire movie NOT be even more awesome?!  However, the rest of the people in our immediate vicinity did not seem to share that excitement because we were some of the only people in the whole place (I believe there were about three girls in the back, if my memory serves me correctly.)  Basically, we had our pick of seats and somehow my 5-year old self was convinced that the best thing would be to sit right in the very front.  I mentioned this to my dad and he very sportingly agreed to watch the entire movie from the front row of a virtually empty movie theater.  For Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

To this day, it is one of my most vivid memories from that time in my life and one of the birthday presents that I remember the most.  I seriously thought it was the coolest thing.  Looking back, it was really just that I had the coolest dad.

(As a side note, I’m slightly worried about this movie karma I’ve created because I’m fairly certain I’m not going to be as amiable about it as my dad was…)