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I've always noticed how every period in life has its own certain feeling. When you try to remember a specific time in your life, there is always one image that pops up first. Like when you pause a tv screen and the image is a little blurry cause it's still in motion. Sometimes it's a really enjoyable thing, others are just straight up boring. Now that I think about it, it usually spans in seasons. Hmmm...
Like say, when I think of Summer 03, the first thing the comes to my head are dance parties in Cassie's garage, and second could then be dancing in parking lots. When I think of Summer 06, I think of sitting in my basement drinking chocholate milk and eating waffle crisp cereal. From this I can conclude that Summer of 03 was very fun and exciting, while summer of 06 was very bland. That's not to say there weren't bland times in 03 or any fun times in 06, it's just how I initially remember it. And you really can't tell until about a year later what that overall sensation is regarding that particular time.
I just think that its weird that one single frame of an image can affectively summarize an entire season and either incite fondness and nostalgia or apathy and distaste.
But I'm starting to catch on to this pattern. I already know that when I think of last fall, I'm going to think of walking into Franklin Hall and hating being there. And I fear that that trend will only continue through this semester. Basically, what I'm saying is I don't want to think of this or any remaining time period as another bland image. The way this semester is starting out there's not much more time to eliminate the possibility of this.
I've always thought that it's pointless to do anything you won't remember. But if you don't do anything, then why do you still have to remember it?
Like say, when I think of Summer 03, the first thing the comes to my head are dance parties in Cassie's garage, and second could then be dancing in parking lots. When I think of Summer 06, I think of sitting in my basement drinking chocholate milk and eating waffle crisp cereal. From this I can conclude that Summer of 03 was very fun and exciting, while summer of 06 was very bland. That's not to say there weren't bland times in 03 or any fun times in 06, it's just how I initially remember it. And you really can't tell until about a year later what that overall sensation is regarding that particular time.
I just think that its weird that one single frame of an image can affectively summarize an entire season and either incite fondness and nostalgia or apathy and distaste.
But I'm starting to catch on to this pattern. I already know that when I think of last fall, I'm going to think of walking into Franklin Hall and hating being there. And I fear that that trend will only continue through this semester. Basically, what I'm saying is I don't want to think of this or any remaining time period as another bland image. The way this semester is starting out there's not much more time to eliminate the possibility of this.
I've always thought that it's pointless to do anything you won't remember. But if you don't do anything, then why do you still have to remember it?