Comments | likecharity: when we go up to bed you're just no good, it's such a shame

likecharity

when we go up to bed you're just no good, it's such a shame

Sep 10, 2011 20:22

Reply to this post and I will pick five of your userpics for you to talk about in your journal.

corleones picked these for me:

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umbrrrayla September 10 2011, 19:30:59 UTC

Well, I'm five years older and can't reassure you because my last two, I have quite literally freaked out. If I felt I was moving in forward in life, I would still feel young, but I just feel incredibly old and like I've lost all my chances. Sorry, that's not in the least bit comforting is it? Well, maybe it will make you feel like you're not the only one. It's also disconcerting suddenly being older than more people than before when I'm used to being one of the youngest. It's like you really can't be the kid anymore. Sorry, that's not comforting either. I'm useless at this.

umbrrrayla September 10 2011, 19:32:13 UTC

Oh! But I should add, 21 and 22 and mostly 23 didn't freak me out at all, and looking back now, I wish I'd realised quite how very very young I was then so that I could fully embrace it. Maybe I'll look back at now the same way, but when it's the oldest you've ever been, it's hard to gain perspective on it. Rest assured, you are VERY young.

likecharity September 10 2011, 19:58:18 UTC

Hahaha, don't worry, it is kind of comforting in a way - like you said, just to know that other people feel like that. I've been freaking out about it anyway lately because my little cousins are beginning to grow up a bit, like one of them is an age that I actually REMEMBER being, and it's just like - no, you're supposed to be a child! It makes me feel so old, I do just need to be reminded that I'm still young. I just like, need someone to tell me that regularly, so thanks. XD

umbrrrayla September 10 2011, 20:06:49 UTC

My family laugh at me when I panic about being 'nearer to STUPID, RUDE 30 than 20!" (actual words on last birthday when I was supposed to be blowing out STUPID candles) because they think it's ridiculous to be worrying about your 30s when you're only in your mid-20s, which it is, but it's still scary. Until you realise that anyone who can say it's significantly less than a decade since they left school is very young. That's what I'm telling myself anyway. Also, Nancy saying to Emma in Weeds "It's what... 10 years since you got your braces off" so condescendingly was something to cling on to, lmao :D

corleones September 10 2011, 20:06:55 UTC

I am having qualms over my twentieth which is so, so soon.

Also, is the book by Gilbert Adair any good? (AND BORGIA LOVE. Favourite siblings.)

likecharity September 10 2011, 20:31:13 UTC

I freaked out over my twentieth too, actually. That almost seemed like a bigger deal, because it was the official end of the teenage years. I'm probably not helping.

It is! It's quite different to the film, but not massively. It's sort of...more intense? And there's quite a bit more focus on Theo and Matthew's relationship, and the relationship between all three of them, instead of being mostly about Matthew and Isabelle like the film. It's interesting, I definitely recommend checking it out.

You should know that it took me a little while to actually type this comment because I kept getting distracted by Eva's boobs in your icon. *stares*

corleones September 10 2011, 20:42:37 UTC

Ha, yeah, I know. I WANT TO BE NINETEEN FOREVER.

You should know how much more it makes me like you to hear that. Solidarity in being distracted by Eva's boobs.

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likecharity September 12 2011, 10:42:13 UTC

Aww, that sounds nice. Yeah, I definitely wasn't planning on doing anything big - I had a huge party for my 18th but since then it's been really low-key, which I do think helps.

prunesquallormd September 11 2011, 20:03:43 UTC

I'd never heard of The Dreamers until you mentioned it (I still have 'One of Us' printed out and on my to-read pile, ready for when I finish 'A Game of Thrones', which is enormous, but very, very good, it turns out). It's another thing that I'm very intrigued about, although tragically my concentration spam seems to be good only for watching a 45 min TV episode :/. I've googled it though, and it looks, well, really lovely.

And I clearly need to get my arse in gear and watch The Borgias!

The lingerie in the 'Girls' icon is gorgeous ( ... )

likecharity September 12 2011, 10:51:32 UTC

Lol, I feel like I'm constantly adding stuff to your list of stuff to watch/read! I do recommend The Dreamers like a billion times over, and of course it would be lovely if you got around to reading One Of Us someday. I've mentioned this before I think, but I really do love the idea of you printing out my stories. I always just imagine that people read them on the screen and it's cool to think of them being read in different locations and stuff. Man, that one must have taken a lot of ink/paper though ( ... )

prunesquallormd September 12 2011, 20:46:33 UTC

You say that like it's a bad thing! It's good to have a constant stream of new stuff to check out ( ... )

likecharity September 13 2011, 13:24:22 UTC

That's true! I just feel like it all might be piling up, haha. I don't think it sounds silly to prefer reading paper to a screen - I guess I read more on a screen these days so I'm used to it, but I do understand. Especially with fic, because it's a story, and you usually read stories on paper ( ... )

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staypainted September 12 2011, 00:00:36 UTC

ooh can I get some icons picked? your girls one is gorgeous omg. and I've always wanted to watch the dreamers! maybe I will, since so many people tell me it's good.

likecharity September 12 2011, 10:54:49 UTC

You should definitely watch The Dreamers! It's so good, omg.

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