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...I thought the title and the imagery looked familiar, so I looked it up and, lo and behold, it turns out I am familiar with the book that it's based on. I haven't read it, but, when I was little, I had to stay at a Swedish cousin's house for almost a month while my mom was in a hospital, and it was one of the Astrid Lindgren books he and his mom (my aunt) read during bedtime. He was, and still is, quite a book worm. I'm pretty sure he had all the PIPPI LONGSTOCKING books, which were also by Astrid Lindgren as I'm sure you know. Not to make him sound like a stereotype of anything like that. Anyway, my time spent over there ended up being pretty fun. I had to do a lot of work, which was tough at first, and the food was pretty unusual, but I grew to really love all of it and I felt homesick for it when I came back to the states. He and I also built a clubhouse. To be honest, it was probably the shittiest looking clubhouse that ever existed. There's a picture of he and I that I wish I could share here, where we're sitting in front of this eyesore of a structure, smiling proudly, our blond little heads juxtaposed with this ugly, dark, scrap nightmare. It sucks. I only saw him one other time in my life, years later at a reunion, and he told me that he never took it down, so sometime he and I will have to go check that out and perhaps refurbish it. Hahaha. Anyway, sorry for the tangent. I agree that there should be more positivity here. The positive attitude here has been a big part of why I've learned to really be proud of myself and who I am, and I am starting to miss it. Unfortunately, I can't really post anything very positive right now as I have had an especially bad day, quite possibly the worst I've had in a while (I received some really bad news about a family member, my sister, which has shaken me up) and so I can't really focus on anything other than the crisis I'm feeling at the moment. I will, however, let you know that you definitely helped brighten my emotions a little with your videos. It does feel substantial, despite how superficial, cloudy and mucked up life can be, that there will always be happy children and happy boys and they'll always be there for me when I need them the most, and they'll be as chipper and dreamy and bright and beautiful as ever, and that'll never diminish. It feels great to be reminded of such things, so thank you for that. |