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i forgot that blogs are for random thoughts. so here's one: i just realized that kea frequently rereads books. i'm talking fun books. like when he wants something to read, he'll just look through our shelves and pick up one of his old irvine welsh books or old fantasy or something. i, on the other hand, rarely reread fun books. this summer i actually reread the handmaid's tale and youth in revolt. it was kind of a big deal for me. i mean, i had to have reasons to reread them. i think i felt like revisiting these books that i had read when i was like 19 or whatever, partially to remember what i was like then i guess, to revisit these books that were probably formative of who i am. also, because it's been like 10+ years, it seemed worth it to reread them, like i really couldn't have told you much about those books before i reread them so it was kind of like reading them for the first time.
so i started thinking if this like said something significant about our personalities or something. but i think it could just be how we were raised. like i distinctly remember my parents giving me a hard time for rereading things, rewatching movies. they just see it as a waste of time, like you already had that experience and there are so many more you can have. i can definitely relate to that perspective, although i do think it can be worth it to reread/rewatch things too. and i wonder if kea often had to reread things when he was growing up because he couldn't get new books. let me tell you: books are hard to come by on the big island and i think, while both our parents thought we were weird for reading so much, i think his dad is way more chang and with my dad, he was always willing to buy me any book i wanted.
so i started thinking if this like said something significant about our personalities or something. but i think it could just be how we were raised. like i distinctly remember my parents giving me a hard time for rereading things, rewatching movies. they just see it as a waste of time, like you already had that experience and there are so many more you can have. i can definitely relate to that perspective, although i do think it can be worth it to reread/rewatch things too. and i wonder if kea often had to reread things when he was growing up because he couldn't get new books. let me tell you: books are hard to come by on the big island and i think, while both our parents thought we were weird for reading so much, i think his dad is way more chang and with my dad, he was always willing to buy me any book i wanted.