Blame Facebook again. Those damn ads that target our "likes."
This time it was Teefury that pooped next to my news feed. (Yes, I know the text reads "pooped." I meant "popped," but in an edit, I saw that I had written "pooped" and liked it so much that I decided to leave it.)
The social media interwebs knew that I liked geeky stuff; however, there is no way it could have predicted this particular confluence of forces and the meaning for my family.
My step-daughter Piper's favorite character in the Harry Potter books is Severus Snape. Also, we have learned that her Dad and I share many interests, one of which is the Planet of the Apes films, which I was mad for back in the 1970s and still consider among my favorite cult phenomena.So, enter Teefury, a web store that offers a daily T-shirt. The shirt goes on sale for 24 hours. Teefury blitzes social media, sells the shirt inexpensively, and then makes it exclusive by yanking it from the market. When I saw the "Planet of the Snapes" shirt, I knew Piper would want one. I wanted one. It was clever and amusing, and it combined two things we both loved. I ended up ordering one for my step-son Ivan, too. Now, we're a family united by "Planet of Snapes." (I would have ordered one for Liesel if she wore more T-shirts or had read the Harry Potter books).
There's more to say about how Harry Potter saved my life and how the Planet of the Apes movies influenced my ideas about story-telling, but those are stories for another time. This entry needs to remain short. I had to log a short one eventually. I had intended for all the posts to be short this week. And then they grew and grew. Today, I am making an effort to keep it short and sweet. Don't expect a book every day.
-chris tower - 1304.13
Photo courtesy of Liesel MK Tower
