Damn Those Sweet Memories

2009-05-16T00:28:00.001-07:00

I have loved books for as long as I can remember. My favorite time of the year was when the book fair would come visit my school, and I got to pick out a couple of new books. Books have always been an escape for me, a way to leave my troubles or boredom behind and become a part of a different world.

There are certain books that make me cry every time I read them. This shouldn’t be happening, right? I’ve read them before, I know what is going to happen. But The Woman in the Wall has made me cry since I picked it up for the first time in 5th grade. And Summer Sisters by Judy Blume? I don’t just cry during that one, I sob. It gets to the point where I can’t breathe because my nose is too stuffed, tears are streaming down my cheeks, and I’m shaking.

Why does this always happen? Both books are about change, major changes. They take me back to changes in my life. They make me think of the best times in my life that will never happen again. I’m taken to my childhood and the freedom from all adult responsibilities. I’m taken to high school, recalling my first love, who has moved far far away and I haven’t seen since freshman year of college. I remember my best friends, who said that we would be friends forever. But how often does that really happen? I remember the house I grew up in, the one we left when I was 11 years old. After crying over the past, I begin crying over the future. I’m almost done with college and have no idea what comes next. What if I don’t find a job? Will I ever make enough money to move away from my parents? When will I get married? The list goes on and on.

You would think I’d figure it out. These books make me cry, I probably shouldn’t read them. But I can’t seem to stop reading them, I can’t bring myself to get rid of them.

I’m on a Boat

2009-04-19T19:07:00.001-07:00

“Everybody look at me cause I'm sailin on a boat.”

I’m pretty sure that the best idea ever was when someone said “Let’s put full episodes of TV shows on the internet!” I’m not quite sure how I ever got any work done before I discovered this miracle. Then again, I’m not getting any work done now, but at least I’m sitting in front of my computer with Microsoft Word open. That’s one step closer to getting my paper done than before life without internet TV.

I never knew there were so many shows out there that I have never heard of that are no longer on TV. It is actually quite sad. I wrote a 25 page paper in 12 hours. Had I not been watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer, I would have been done that paper in 6 hours. But on the bright side, I’ve seen seasons 1-3.

Speaking of Buffy, that show is so unreal. I’m not talking about the vampires, because that’s just a given. But Buffy flips around, beating up different ‘monsters’ in heels and minidresses and her hair is perfect? Seriously, the girl doesn’t break a sweat or a nail. Buffy was my ex-boyfriend's favorite show.. no wonder he and I didn’t last. I can break a nail getting out of bed in the morning and heels are too complicated to throw on as I’m running out the door on the way to class in the mornings. Plus they don’t really go with the sweatpants that I wear most days.

“I got my swim trunks and my flippie-floppies.”

Flippy Floppies

Damn Those Sweet Memories

I’m on a Boat