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What magazines do you subscribe to, and why?

I have a bevy of magazines, but I didn't pay for any of them! Yep, the hubby's Bohemian-ness is rubbing off on me. We receive Psychology Today, Body + Soul (I had no idea that was a Martha Stewart publication until I looked up the website just now), Marie Claire (ugh), and for a while there, Redbook (ugh).

The last two started appearing mysteriously on our doorstep and I couldn't figure out why for awhile. Turns out my beloved Budget Living went under and they sold our subscription to Marie Claire and Redbook. I don't know what on earth made them think I would like those magazines if I like Budget Living (which was a cool, DIY, save money on stuff type of mag directed at 20- and 30-somethings). Interestingly, the same thing happened with Organic Style, and I ended up with two subscriptions to Body + Soul.

Of course, this answer would not be complete if I didn't mention the much-anticipated return of Utne magazine to our household! My little sis Naomi got me a subscription for my birthday. Utne is one of my all-time favorites -- it's a compilation of stories from various alternative news sources and original stories about alternative news, cool people, and neat subjects. Yay, Utne! Yay, little sisters!

What was the first movie you remember seeing in a movie theater? 
Question submitted by mainmor.

I'm not certain it actually was the first movie I ever saw in a theater, but the first one I remember is The Empire Strikes Back when I was maybe 5 years old. I was visiting my aunt and uncle and away from home for one of the first times ever. I remember that Jabba the Hut scared me and creeped me out so much that my cousin had to take me out of the theater to the restroom, where I promptly threw up.

The much nicer early movie memory that I initially intended to share actually happened a few years later when a family friend took her daughter and me to see The Sound of Music at the Music Box theater in Chicago. This is a lovely, old theater that still has an organ player. The ceiling of the theater is painted like a night sky with little twinkling lights for stars. I remember being in awe of the space, and I absolutely loved the movie. It was the first (and only?) time I saw a movie in the theater that had an intermission.

Many years after that, when I was out of college, some friends and I revisited the Music Box to attend the now yearly Sound of Music sing-a-long show. They show the movie as normal, but it has the words to the songs and a bouncing ball along the bottom of the screen. Singing is encouraged -- almost required -- and many people attend wearing costumes inspired by the movie. I was a brown paper package tied up with string. And, no, I don't have a picture.