Scenes

While driving on the 401 today, I passed by Kennedy Commons and noticed the AMC sign is gone.

Quick search...and came upon this......
http://www.torontoobserver.ca/2012/09/30/am-c-you-later/

It turns out that during the few weeks that I was gone, the theatre closed for good, as part of AMC's withdrawal from Canada.

I've only ever been to that theatre once, but I remember it very clearly.

It was New Year's Eve, many years ago.  We had watched "Memoirs of a Geisha".  When we came out of the theatre, the ground was covered in light fluffy snow.  It was just past 12am as we wished each other a happy new year and walked silently to her car and headed back to her place.

What follows......is history.

It was not until much later on that I found out that what she actually wanted to watch that night was "Brokeback Mountain".  But she never suggested it, because she didn't know how I'd take it.

When I think about this, it baffles me.  She was uneasy about suggesting a movie with a sensitive topic.  But, in the same night, she took a huge leap of faith in the same direction?

The city is changing.  Every now and then I drive by familiar places and notice that it's not the way I used to know it.  It's almost a struggle to remember what it looked like before, and to lock away the memories.

A lot of things are changing.  For better?  For worse?  I just don't know.

All I know is...

Some things haven't changed.