Ever since I can remember, I have always wanted to take an image or moment in time and make it tangible. I'm a person whose thoughts drown in nostalgia, and I find it difficult to give a reasonable explanation why to either of those two things above.
Those two parts of me are married and it's obvious in every aspect of my life. In my room are tickets from various concerts that all have an interesting story attached to them; look to the right and you'll see the garter Roshni made me for her homecoming; look to the left and you'll find a bunch of saved laser tag game scores from the Whirly Ball days; and finally, in the corner of my room next to me right now, my growing collection of music. From Beatles to Incubus to Oasis to Minus The Bear: they all have a meaning to me.
I find it impossible to rely just on memories alone. I need to be surrounded by things that remind of people, places and events in my life. Nothing goes on my wall without an interesting story behind it. Like the Blink 182 I bought from Hot Topic with Josh back in 7th grade, the Minus The Bear record that I got for working at Good Records, the garter that led to a fun night with my best friend. All good times, and they are things i want to remember all the time.
It makes me wonder what I'm going to do in college without all these things surrounding me. My dorm is going to be empty with just my laptop, desk and me. But when I look at in a different light, it's like I'm building a new wall of reminders. It just happens to be that I'm going to have to leave behind so much. I welcome the new things with open arms, but I want to hold the past as well; tis a hard decision to pick one.
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