Movies have been my Safehouse

It was at an early age I found the Movie theater to be my safe house.  It was always the place I felt safe.  It didn't matter the movie.  It allowed me to escape from the darkness of my life.  How ironic it was a dark room filled with strangers that allowed me to escape.  There was something about the light flickering from the projector,  The sound of it running and the smell of popcorn that filled the air.  To this day I still love to experience a movie in the theater.

I think part of it was no one could see me. They didn't know who I was.  I could just forget about the things I was called and the things done to me.   Like I said I like all movies.  But my favorites have always been when good overcomes bad.  When the underdog succeeds.  For those couple of hours I felt like anything was possible.  Then I would have to go back out into the light and back to reality.  

One of my favorite memories would be taking the bus downtown with my mom.  She would go play bingo at the Red Carpet Bingo Hall.  I would go to the old Orpheum and watch old Sci-Fi movies.  Even with the Theater being old and worn.  I could still see the beauty of the old place.  I kind of felt like it did ignored and neglected.