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LJ Idol - Friends & Rivals - Week 4

Jan 08, 2016 08:42

"We All Have The Movie. The One We're Supposed to Hate. Talk About... In Depth. Spoil it and explain WHY you love it despite mostly everyone else."

AKA: writing creative nonfiction is therapeutic, but it hurts my heart

My knees creak as I kneel on the dusty carpet of the living room, peering half-interestedly at the laptop screen as he fumbles with ( Read more... )

cheaty mccheaterson, lj idol

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orockthro January 8 2016, 23:42:42 UTC

Omg... I just realized I saw this on TV as a kid. I hid downstairs and watched it really close, standing, because I had a pair of wired headphones I'd plugged in so my parents wouldn't know I was watching it.
I have very few memories of what happened, only that I was enraptured. Now I desperately want to see it again...

I'm sorry about your father's health, and the ex who was a tool. :(

lordrexfear January 9 2016, 00:38:55 UTC

You may of found it painful, but I actually really found the way you were able to prose this making it seem almost like fiction a quite intriguing turn.

I also happen to love Demolition Man. Man, I really love the bad movies.

favoritebean January 9 2016, 01:20:32 UTC

This is so moving. I have never seen the movie, yet you make it feel like a piece of home. I hope he at least gave the poster back to you.

bookishgeek January 9 2016, 01:40:05 UTC

Unfortunately no, he never did. I assume it's either still hanging there or he broke it in a drunken stupor one night and was too ashamed to tell me.

halfshellvenus January 9 2016, 01:38:43 UTC

I've seen the movie, I think. But it was the story behind it that was so important here, the evolution and then decay of your relationship.

I feel sad reading this, even though you've found someone else you can make new memories with. Perhaps it's the lingering bitterness over the ex not having given that poster back, which was a dick thing to do. :(

awakenyourfaith January 9 2016, 04:09:53 UTC

AKA: writing creative nonfiction is therapeutic, but it hurts my heart - Sounds about right. I feel the same re: creative nonfiction. And yet I want to write more of it :P

Damn. Just...damn. The specificity - through details - makes the end all the more devastating. Thank you for sharing ♥