Christine is rolling into Ohio

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50's Kid

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Christine is going to the Flint Horror Convention on Saturday, October 25 (one day only, from Noon to 9 P.M.), instead of the Epic Con Ohio show.
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Sorry for the very last minute notice, if any of you were going to the Ohio show, but the Epic Con show had some scheduling problems. I was getting ready to leave at 5 A.M. for Dayton, but will now go to the Flint show, instead.:typing:
 

50's Kid

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Sorry for the out of focus pix. I was so excited to see Christine that I forgot to turn the flash back on. Rookie mistake, but understandable, under the circumstances.10-25-14, 9.14 P.M, smaller file.jpg Christine reading sequel script, 10-25-14, 9.13 P.M., smaller file.jpg Christine, 10-25-14, 11.47 P.M, Cropped, smaller file.jpg
According to the official build sheet and a verification letter from Chrysler Corporation, this particular car was built on...(Drum Roll, please)...October 31, 1958. How freaky and cool is that?
 

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He said they have, but they were small things and I thought they could be written off as coincidences. That's just cynical me, although the Halloween birthday is enough to raise the hairs on your arms and the back of your neck, and it did so with mine. I mean, what are the odds that SK would choose this car, the book and the movie would be created, and 1 of the 2 surviving cars would just happen to have been built on Halloween?
So, nothing major or magical, but it's interesting to speculate. To be honest, I didn't even commit them to memory, because they would not even raise a windshield wiper if they had happened near an ordinary car.
There were a couple of instances where someone actually wanted to perform an exorcism on the car, but it is hard to tell if they were serious or just role-playing.
I am more of a science fiction than a horror person. If I met Christine and she tried to run me over, I would be curious as to why, and would ask her. Perhaps I would even get a straight answer, which is more than I can say for some past girlfriends, but I digress.:hammer::umm:;;D When I wrote her sequel, I struggled with trying to "flesh":devil: her underlying motivations out, or just leave it at "she is just an evil, possessed car, with no redeeming social value".
When I was younger, I always felt that cars and buildings had awareness. I used to think that cars, when they were sitting in junk yards or were otherwise abandoned, were sad and missed the days of their "youth", when they were able to roam the highways, like a gazelle, or...an impala. I would sit in these cars and imagine all the good times they and their owners/families had experienced, before they were left to slowly rot away, like a forgotten family member in a rest home. The same goes for abandoned buildings. As I walk through them, I think about all the things that happened in them, and the people who spent time in them. When I read Christine, I wondered if SK had also experienced these feelings of cars and buildings being self-aware.
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Ever since I was a kid, I have thought it would be cool if there is an afterlife, as long as it was not painful. It would be great to explore the world, or even the universe, with enough time to soak it all in. The temptation to meddle in the affairs of the living would be great, though, but I like to think I would be a good "ghost".
Thinking about things like that are why I enjoy reading and writing. And, life.
The owner (who, as any car collector will tell you, is really a caretaker) and the people who work with him to bring Christine out for her adoring public, are really nice, and I would make an effort to go to a show where she is at. You could approach the owner and ask him about unusual things that may have happened. He is very personable and genuinely enjoys interacting with the fans who appreciate the beauty of Christine and her story as much as he does.
In the end, Christine is a beautifully restored and carefully cared for work of rolling art, and she brings a lot of fun to a lot of people.
During the photo-op sessions, there were people who interacted with the car by acting out various scenes from the movie (such as when John Stockwell's character sneaks into Darnell's and slowly approaches Christine), almost perfectly, which I found to be really cool and impressive.
Having said all that, I did have a real funny feeling when I first saw Christine in real life. It is hard to explain. Like being in the presence of something powerful, maybe like a sleeping leopard, that was trying to put on a show of being benign and harmless. Think of the scene where she is restored after the fire; you could almost feel her defiance and power. "Is that all you've got? A little gas station fire? Hah! Amateurs." I didn't feel that after a while, or when I briefly sat in her; I was just so amazed at the beauty of the exterior and interior, and the absolute top notch quality of the restoration.:love: So, initially, it may have just been finally seeing the car after thinking about her so much, writing a complete script about her (and trying to get into her "thought processes"), and seeing the movie so many times, plus the fact that I like the time period (and music) when she was created, and that cars back then had real style and personality.:unclesam:
Or maybe... Excuse me while I go take a quick look in the driveway...:typing: