20 Degree Outdoor Movie Theater: Welcome to Swift-Style Celebrations

Sal and I scored another technology triumph last night, when we successfully set up an outdoor movie theater on my parents property in the mountains.

After a brief panic relating to the scarcity of extension cords and outlets, we were able to hook up our projector, DVD player, and portable iPod speakers (which we’d brought from home) to pull off the home entertainment achievement of the year.

Projected onto a king-sized flat sheet, Billy Elliot looked positively impressive as he danced his way into our collective hearts as he has before so many times.

Nevermind that it was 20 degrees outside. We huddled together around a roaring campfire wrapped in hats, scarves, jackets, and blankets. We sipped warm holiday beverages, roasted marshmallows, and watched as our wee home projector lit up the surrounding forest.

We may be crazy, but at least we’re having fun!

From afar a 5 minute exposure makes the center-of-action seem electric.

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The sky was impossibly clear.

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Sal isn’t miserable, I swear. He just looks that way.

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Home sweet 700 square foot cabin!

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My mom is a Christmas sucker, for sure.

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This is a 12 minute exposure. I opened up the shutter and walked away.
I have no idea what caused that streak of light, but I would kill to find out.

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