coming of age

"whoooa, fucking god man, he's alright, you know?"

i think i first watched this movie when i was around 14/15 years old. it's only (?) been about ten years but i feel like kids back then were a little more innocent compared to kids the same age these days. it was before dsl/cable/fios, when we had 56k modem dial-up connections and got yelled at by everyone for taking up the phone line when they were waiting for important phone calls. it was when blockbuster was still in business. i would get so excited to go and browse the aisles, trying to decide which movie on vhs cassette i would get to take home with me.

watching this movie always makes me remember those days when i was still just an innocent little girl, yet to be tainted by bad influences lol. it was a time of sleepovers, playing "mash", obsessing over the latest boy bands, talking to friends about nothing in particular via landline telephones, crushing on boys, and having yet to experience my first kiss and my first real boyfriend. at the time i was so miserable going through puberty, hating the world, wishing i was dead, but in hindsight i miss those years of innocence. i feel like kids never realize how lucky they are to be kids, especially these days.