i love to reminisce and miss things about my past. i think its a good thing. it means my life was exciting. i think it also keeps those memories alive and present. better than forgetting and losing memories to the abyss. it also keeps me accountable. i want myself in 5 years to reminisce on my current life so i cant just lie around and do nothing.
I like nostalgia, I like to feel like I miss a memory or feeling. I like to think that in some future I will feel what my mind remembers again. I like to feel nostalgic about scenarios that haven't even happened but are there, waiting to happen.
I love stuff and i love hanging onto things. I love that i have a stack of letters my friends and i wrote and passed back and forth in class at 13 years old. I love that i still have the fake menu my best friend and i made when we were 8 for our fake restaurant that only served bug-based dishes. I love that i have a drunk love note scrawled on toilet paper at 3 in the morning in 2012. seemingly meaningless things like this from my past help remind me that Iโve actually led a wonderfully full life despite often feeling like Iโve not done enough.
when I dont go back it feels like the last thing that happened there is frozen in time, repeating in my head. but when I return and just exist there calmly, it reminds me that time has moved on, that moment is over, and it wont happen again.
Is This It might be the catchiest indie rock record ever. Every single note is so calculated. Even the breath's and coughs just fit perfectly. They were billed as the "Saviors of Rock and Roll" but they kinda killed it because no one has put out anything on the level of their debut since. Not even them. They also just looked perfect for their sound. A perfectly packaged band delivering a perfect product for young people and people who wish they were still young....even a quarter century later.
This movie drags and is kinda dull and theres no music and the dialogue is fine. But the backdrop of a long gone New York City varnishes all of that. Its 2 hours of young Al Pacino living the aesthetic that you might think you want but actually you probably dont want, for you.