A portal into mid-20's desperation and longing, and finding joy even when you're struggling. It's soothing to know that young people have always felt this way. The scene of them rolling down the hill at the end is one of the most beautiful and perfect things I've ever seen.
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feels a bit sillier watching it as i get older as i myself am now detached from that weight you feel as a teenager, but it will always be my comfort movie, it takes me back to a good place
May 7, 2024
Listen, I've watched Little Women about ten times but FOR SOME REASON, only a couple days ago when watching it with a best friend did we both start crying.
We had both watched the movie many times before, but i guess this specific time in our life where this movie found us hit different. She's in her first year in college and I'm in my gap. The overwhelming feeling of loneliness that can take over when entering a new phase in your life is UNMATCHED, and jo's monologue just hit.
Watching the movie, there are these very evident hard cuts between the warmth of childhood and coldness of the present, BUT when you actually think about it, can you recall the moment in the movie it BECOMES the present, and the color shifts? Probably not, because time is subtle. You don't wake up and suddenly realize you're a grown up who must make your own way in the world. Its more of a retrospective. Jo herself probably didn't realize her childhood was as warm and beautiful as it was.... until it was gone.
Anyways we cried and laughed about why we were crying, but I haven't been able to think about it since. I don't know where I am in the color palette sunset of warm to cold, but I will know once I've long passed it.
Jan 22, 2025
SITCOMS because I was rewatching Life in Pieces and the ending hit me harder than the first time. This is not exactly a genre defying or well known show but the laughs, the sense of family and the hope it brings is enough. And I think it's forgotten as of late that a tv show doesn't need to be prestigious or win awards to be good. Actually it doesn't even need to be that good, it's television, it just needs to make you feel a little less lonely and a little more optimistic.
The song I discovered thanks to the show and honestly it helped me during some sad as f*** times because sometimes mitski just makes it worse.
Feb 6, 2025
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Oftentimes, I'll overly curate myself based on what I think is or isn't acceptable to those around me because I'm scared of being judged by them. I feel like I have a full and vibrant life, but people only skim the surface of it because I'm scared of letting them in. There's so much joy in being accepted and sharing in each other's joys and sadnesses, and I want more of that in my life in the coming year.
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Looping the same song for hours can become a religious experience, like being immersed in a Gregorian chant in an old cathedral. You pick up little instrumental flairs that you would have missed otherwise, and the lyrics become second nature. You appreciate the song the more you hear it, and beat drops and vocals become more satisfying in your expectation of them. You get into a natural groove.
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