Walking down memory lane

[maristu]

Right now, I'm sitting in my old room in my mom's house. It's not the room I grew up in, though, my parents only moved into this house a year before I got married. But still, all my stuff is here. My stuffed animals, my riding gear, boxes full of letters from old friends, pictures, books. Even old records. Madonna, U2, A-Ha, New Kids on the Block... *ahem* I think we can stop now *g*

I love looking through old things, remembering friends, boyfriends, situations... Memories are the best thing. I can never throw anything away, because I always have to go through everything to try to see if there's anything important there that I might want to keep. And then I start remembering, and I get this feeling that *everything* in there is important. Everything is a little bit of memory. And so I'm an incurable packrat...

The most interesting discovery, however, was in my bedside table drawer. A book called "Sex Tips for Girls: All the Things Your Mother Really Never Told You". Now, this book was published in 1983. I was only 6 years old then. I have absolutely no idea how this book ended up in my hands, and quite frankly, I don't wanna know. The options are way too disturbing :P

But I have very clear memories of the first time I read it. I was around 14 years old, and unnaturally innocent even for that age. The book scared me half to death. Really. I re-read it yesterday, and it's not that bad. I mean, the book is pretty bad, but it's not that scary anymore. Of course, I now actually know what she's talking about, so that helps :)

I think I'll go lie down in the hammock and re-read "The Chronicles of Narnia" for the umpteenth time. That's a less traumatic journey through my childhood :)

Comments

[theatlien.livejournal.com]

The 80s. I still have my Duran Duran, New Edition, and Prince posters. Yes, I'm pathetic. Most of the "new" music I've bought is 80s music.

[maricats.livejournal.com]

That's weird... I was just mentioning to tresca the other day that my newest CD is Metallica's "Load", which is from around 1996. And I don't even like it that much... My husband and I are pretty much 80s and early 90s songs all the way. Crowded House, Pretenders, Depeche Mode... The list goes on and on :)

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