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When I was working at AEG, one of the most annoying things we ran into was when the fans let their inflated sense of nostalgia get in the way of reality. People would frequently write and say "Oh things were so much better back in the day because such and such", and most of the time the "such and such" was completely made up. Or just such a broad thing that it made no sense. Or, in a sadly common experience, things that Rich, Shawn, and I had written to cover up how bad things used to be were pointed out as how awesome it used to be. People accused us of ruining characters that had no details besides a name until Rich started working there.
Anyway, yah. I have a pretty bad problem with nostalgia making people think retarded shit. Yet here I am letting it fuck with me on two counts.
For one, I decided to look at my senior yearbook and the box of letters I had kept since 1994 from alot of people. I guess it's just weird looking back so many years later and seeing how many people looked up to me or leaned on me or just generally thought of me like some sort of big brother. But then I guess it's the nostalgia screwing with me - I wasn't Superman to these people, and I wasn't constantly zipping around the school fixing their lives. On a related note about the letters, looking at them now I have to be the most oblivious person on the planet. Kim is constantly laughing at me when apparently people are hitting on me and I don't realize it, and apparently this isn't a recent development.
I'll be moving the first week in September. I have my house loan papers in order, and we're throwing out all the shit we don't want to move this weekend. I have to keep reminding myself I don't like KC, I've lived here too long, I'm sick of this town, etc etc... because I'm starting to get all weirdly sad about leaving. I guess I'm just a sucker, though - as much as I hated SBC I was a little hesitant to leave because at least I knew what was going on there and I knew the people. I'm going to miss my friends and family here, too. I guess I'll always feel like I can never overcome the sort've rift I put between myself and them when I was feeling so anti-social during my time working at SBC.
Speaking of family, I got my PAX tickets and everything worked out finally, so all three of us are going for sure. Ian and I even convinced Matt to stay an extra day so that whole situation has gone from being a minor pain in my ass to something to actually look forward to.
Oh yah and I saw Superman. I have no idea wtf Rich's problem was with that movie.
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Anyway, yah. I have a pretty bad problem with nostalgia making people think retarded shit. Yet here I am letting it fuck with me on two counts.
For one, I decided to look at my senior yearbook and the box of letters I had kept since 1994 from alot of people. I guess it's just weird looking back so many years later and seeing how many people looked up to me or leaned on me or just generally thought of me like some sort of big brother. But then I guess it's the nostalgia screwing with me - I wasn't Superman to these people, and I wasn't constantly zipping around the school fixing their lives. On a related note about the letters, looking at them now I have to be the most oblivious person on the planet. Kim is constantly laughing at me when apparently people are hitting on me and I don't realize it, and apparently this isn't a recent development.
I'll be moving the first week in September. I have my house loan papers in order, and we're throwing out all the shit we don't want to move this weekend. I have to keep reminding myself I don't like KC, I've lived here too long, I'm sick of this town, etc etc... because I'm starting to get all weirdly sad about leaving. I guess I'm just a sucker, though - as much as I hated SBC I was a little hesitant to leave because at least I knew what was going on there and I knew the people. I'm going to miss my friends and family here, too. I guess I'll always feel like I can never overcome the sort've rift I put between myself and them when I was feeling so anti-social during my time working at SBC.
Speaking of family, I got my PAX tickets and everything worked out finally, so all three of us are going for sure. Ian and I even convinced Matt to stay an extra day so that whole situation has gone from being a minor pain in my ass to something to actually look forward to.
Oh yah and I saw Superman. I have no idea wtf Rich's problem was with that movie.
Anjin-san off