Nos·tal·gia

Noun:.

1. A sentimental longing or wistful affection for the past, typically for a period or place with happy personal associations. 2. The evocation of these feelings or tendencies, esp. in commercialized form

     Sometimes I miss being a little kid. My childhood has all of my favorite memories. I clearly remember all of my favorite toys, movies, television shows, books. Everything. It's bittersweet. Looking back on how much I've grown up and changed. My favorite toys, I watch my sister playing with. My favorite movies, VHS tapes, that me and my brother pulled the video film out of. My favorite television shows, not even played on the TV anymore. My favorite large print, one-sentence-a-page, picture books that took me an hour to read, now being breezed through in five minutes. Life was care free and easy. Sometimes I miss it.

     This weekend I spent everyday on Netflix. It's my new favorite thing. A few of my friends said the movie Girl, Interrupted was great and I should watch it. So I thought, okay why not. I fell in love with it! It's so good. I won't give away everything, but it's basically about the main character, Susanna (played by Winona Ryder) being put into a mental institution for taking an entire bottle of asprins and her therapist saying she tried to kill herself. A majority of the movie takes place in the mental institution where Susanna is among people who are actually crazy and have mental issues. But she becomes close to the girls in the institue; especially one of them. Angelina Jolie plays Lisa, the girl Susanna becomes the closest to. Lisa is a crazy  maniac though, literally. But deep down she's actually really caring. 
     I really enjoyed this movie. There is a lot of vulgar language though, so if that's not your forte, I suggest you don't watch it. But it's a very well filmed movie; considering it's based on a true story. Watch it if you want to find out if Susanna is released from the mental institute or not!

I love my sister and brother.

     I asked my mom what I should make a blog post about. Her response was, "Make one about me!" She was joking, but little did she know, I'm doing it! 

     This is my mother. I love her to death. I'd be completely lost without her! She definitely has the "mother figure" characteristics everyone thinks of in a mother. Almost every night we make dinner together. It's kind of like our bonding time, I guess. We always do stuff together. It's fun and nice to have a good relationship with her. Of course though, we have our moments where we fight or argue. But that's natural in any healthy and great relationship. I love my mom, she's fantastic and I love her! 

     Masks is one of my favorite poems. Shel Silverstein is also my favorite author. I really like his sense of creativity. This poem says so much in eight small lines. It basically sums up how people don't really look deeper than people's outside characteristics. We're all a victim to doing this though. I think Silverstein created this poem in a great manner and expressed how people act in our society. It's also a great way of saying to be comfortable in your own skin and to just be yourself.

My brother is my best friend.

     We can talk to each other about anything; completely serious or not. We used to never get along though. We honestly despised each other. Up until about three years ago we really started getting along. When we're together we have the greatest time. I don't know what I'd do without him! We're basically twins, and not just because we look so much alike (there's actually a 2 and half year difference between us). We share the same interest and characteristics of everything. We often say, "It's twin telepathy!" when we finish each others sentences or know exactly what the other is thinking without saying it. Him and I find ourselves laughing for no reason at all most of the time. He really is my best friend and I'm so glad to have him as my brother.