recollection - the marks.

When I was a man-cub of 17, I worked at the Blockbuster video in the Loehmann's mini-mall at roughly the corner of Tampa and Victory in Reseda. Of the bizarre encounters I experienced there (which could easily justify their own blog) none were more memorable than my daily interactions with Mark. Mark were identical twins, both named Mark, who were on a mission to write an everyman guide to 15,000 motion pictures, ironic since they weren't like anymen I had ever known. I never did establish why that 15,000 number was relevant, maybe that was how many movies blockbuster had available for rent at any given time. All I know is that they would occasionally spange at the Mobil station that sat catty-corner from my workplace, and would then bring their winnings to the video store and would rent at least one movie a day. It took me a while to figure out that there were two of them, since they didn't usually come in together. There was also a mystical third Mark (we never met), who was adopted and black, and whose affiliations were known only through his use of the same rental account (their mothers).



I left that job, and then left the valley, and as time wore on, the memory of the Marks drifted from my mind. But I was recently reintroduced to them via my friend and former co-worker Joe, who discovered Marks's youtube channel and forwarded it to me. It isn't totally clear to me if these videos consist of one or both Marks, but what is apparent is that Mark(s) is(/are) obsessed with Miley Cyrus, and all of the videos are shot at Burger King. Enjoy.