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[flamingsword]

I saw Half Blood Prince again today, and GLEE for the 4th time. In my life I've seen Titanic 4 times, AKIRA 5, Moulin Rouge 6, and Romeo + Juliet 14 times, and Dune so many times the cassette tape wore out. Who else does this? Do you have any insight as to why we do it? Or is it purely the enjoyment factor of the familiar?

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[elucreh]

I want to cuddle twelve-year-old you a LOT. Take cuddles now instead?

[flamingsword]

Always. :)

I have invented a new form of hug. Have you seen the video game Katamari Damacy played? I have now rolled hugs into group hugs into super-group hugs. I think the Katamari Hug is a good metaphor for the snowball effect as applied to community affection. Or possibly I just love to have more snuggle than I know what to do with. Whatever!

[jslorentz]

Katamari Hug=greatest idea ever. There's a meet-up waiting to happen.

[flamingsword]

Or possibly a flash mob and YouTube video. :)

[jslorentz]

Thank you for sharing, and thank Xenoix for encouraging you to do so. [hugs to both!]

I get the feeling I have nothing that compares to your experiences, but I find it interesting that 9-13 were the worst years for me as well (I think it was 14 in my case). We all feel alienated and we all have to come into our own, but perhaps another universal is that those years will make the big difference. That's part of why, if I ever become a teacher (not that I think I will), I would like to teach middle school.

I'm curious, is Jillian Sutton a friend, an author, or someone else entirely?

[kohagal]

I tend to watch movies that I can relate to in one way or another multiple times. It's like, while watching those movies, the world stops and it's nothing but me and the movie, nothing else matters and I sometimes feel like I'm in the movie. Does that make sense? Probably not. I'm strange like that. I tend to want things that I can't have or don't work hard enough for.

*hugs you tight*

I think my bad years were from about age 5 to 14, which is when I got shipped off to live with my grandparents in Texarkana. I think in a way, living with my grandparents was my type of Discovery Kids Camp. I didn't have therapy there but I had a lot of people telling me what I should be that I was not. And I still don't know who I am or why I do things, well for the most part I do - my mother is to blame for a lot - but for other I'm just mental but I'm good at suppressing it and hiding it.

[rens_sanctuary]

That reminds me a bit of Jareth. No I don't know why.

A bit of weird and unrelateable is good for the soul. A lot may kill you but at least you'll have had Good Times (tm)!