Wizards vs.
Vampires
by Alex Andy Phuong
Just to be clear, my dad's
side of the family likes Harry Potter,
and my mom’s side of the family likes Twilight. The
conflict between wizards and vampires has had a
direct impact upon my first semester at Pasadena
City College. Three of my aunts, who
were Aunt Dung, Aunt Nga, and Aunt Mai, all asked
me to join them for a viewing of The
Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 during
October before the November 18 release date. After
doing some scheduling, we finally decided to
watch it on the Sunday of that film’s
opening weekend.
That Sunday was very
memorable for me because I learned a lot about
myself on that very special day. My
Aunt Dung arrived at my home that morning, and
asked me if I was ready to go to the Edwards
Theater on Main Street in Alhambra. I
told her that the film was not playing at that
theater because the only nearby theater that was
showing that film was the AMC in Monterey Park. My
Aunt Dung was shocked and confused about the fact
that I did not tell her that fact earlier. She
then called my Aunt Nga, who was driving my
cousin, Chloe, to the wrong theater. The
two of them had the following conversation…
“Wait! If
it’s not playing at the Edwards, then where
is it playing at?!”
“It’s at a
theater on Atlantic and Hellman.”
“Hellman!? Where
the **** is Hellman?!”
Luckily, my Aunt Nga had a
GPS system in her car, so she eventually found
the AMC in Monterey Park. (Man, I knew
I should have told them this sooner…ugh…)
After we finally
congregated in the foyer, my aunts were yelling
at each other because of my own personal mistake. My
body shook. My Aunt Mai asked me if I
was okay, but I did not make a sound.
“Alex, relax! Think
of a happy place!”
I obeyed.
After a few minutes had
passed, I began to calm down. When I
finally started breathing normally again, my Aunt
Nga asked me what my happy place was. My
response was… “P-C-C ENG-LISH CLASS!”
My three aunts all shouted
in unison, “ENGLISH CLASS?!?!”
My Aunt Nga gasped, and
then exclaimed, “GEEK ALERT!”
Then my Aunt Nga spoke to
me humorous sentences related to my happy place,
such as…
“Hey Alex, think about
sentences! And think about word choice! And
think about BOOKS! REALLY, REALLY BIG
BOOKS!”
My cousin, Chloe, said,
“I cannot believe that your happy place is
an English class!”
“Well…it’s
true…lol”
We all eventually purchased
our tickets, and enjoyed the film.
I like books because I do.
I like books, and that is true!
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