In honor of Valentine’s Day, I thought I’d open up about two of my first loves.

The year was 1993 and I just started kindergarten. Our family was having a party and most of the adults were outside around the grill. The teenagers were inside watching the young ones – and by watching the young ones I mean watching my parents’ VHS copy of Terminator 2: Judgement Day. Excited to sit and watch a movie with the cool older kids, I settled down in front of the TV and saw this:

‘3 billion human lives ended on August 29, 1997. The survivors of the nuclear fire called the war Judgement Day. They lived only to face a new nightmare: the war against the machines.’ – Sarah Conner

Luckily we went over subtraction that week in class. 1997 Skittles – 1993 Skittles = 4 Skittles. The robot war is only 4 Skittles away? I started sobbing.
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