Everyone I know agrees that Jurassic Park, which made over a billion dollars at the box office worldwide, is one of the most fascinating Steven Spielberg movies. Everyone, that is, everyone except Jimmy. Now, why did Jimmy find it boring?

The scene is Clemson University, summer of 1993. On a bright Friday evening we set off to watch the movie with Jimmy, who I don’t remember seeing outside of a funky T-shirt. He looked as sharp and bright as the Peace logo on one of his Duff T-shirts. But just a few of us knew he was nearly as drunk as a Lord on beer, and fell asleep just as the movie got going.

Not quite the one to be put off, Jimmy so desperately wanted to see the movie that when he had to choose spending his funds between buying yet another one of his favorite Corona T-Shirts and the movie, he chose the latter. However, he still got drunk as a Kuda Brown on Bacardi and slept through the movie.

I then transferred to UCLA Berkeley and was still in touch with the Clemson from whom I found out that Jimmy had tried to see the movie again, but he had soaked himself in red wine, vodka and the Limoncello, and had barely woken up to the credits.

It wasn’t until a couple of years after graduation that I met him again, in 1996, while jogging in Central Park, NYC. I recognized him right away – he was still wearing the Peace logo on what must have been one of his many, many Miller t-shirts. After some small talk about college and ex-girlfriends, I wanted to know if he finally got to watch Jurassic Park.

And Jimmy said, “No way, dude. It’s so boring I fall asleep every time!”