reasons i am not allowed to pack alone...

[fishin_pole]

so my kitchen is 99% packed. and i picked up the next medim-sized box to examine it's contents.
journals, notebooks, and looseleaves....from my freshman and sophomore years of highschool.
****** these are the things i cared about, scribbled in margins, and detailed at length in letters i may or may not have ever sent (i remember hand-copying lots

Comments

[sadiehawkins]

my parents are moving from the house that they've lived in since i was in the 7th grade. there is a giant tupperware box that is filled with every memento i've kept from probably 6th-12th grade. since i won't be going home before they move, i've given the task to my mom to figure out what's worth saving and what she can toss. it's kind of heartbreaking in a way, that i won't get to do the whole "oh gosh, remember when i was this stupid?" thing, but in a way i think it's good. so i don't have to do that whole "oh gosh, remember when i was this stupid?" thing.

[fishin_pole]

EXACTLY.

part of me loves the snooping, and the supersweet "man! look how amazingly i've grown!" bit- but i would give a million gallons of unicorn blood to skip the gut-wrenching embarrassment part.

(p.s. - you are also so lucky to have an awesome mom you can trust to handle such ridiculously precious cargo.oh me oh my.)

<3<3<3

[earthphoenix83]

answer to question 1: dunno. wish i was too, though.

answer to question 2: because they remind you where you came from and what made you who you are.

[lake_awake]

Ooh! I want to see some of those gothy fashions!

[fishin_pole]

haha...too late! they have already been recycled!

oh poo.

[lake_awake]

and I'm sure hearing about your new life in Portland will make me want to move there all the more! I have no idea where i'm goin, but it'll be by september....erp!

ahh, to lo/ive in a place where no car is required....

[mswrong]

"AND WHY DO I STILL HAVE THESE EMBARRASSING CREEPY REMINDERS OF A PART-FORMED SELF!!!!?!?!?!?"

I just recently got rid of that shit.

It was very, very strange to see how identity is constructed during adolescence.

Another LJ friend was posting about her upcoming HS reunion, and what she thought adulthood would be like.

All that said, when looking at the photos and what can best be described as 'props,' I was reminded most of the hot, sunny days in that state.

It's not like that where I live now.

It contributes to the longing, and the idea that things were better then.

Though, obviously, they weren't.