Nostalgia:1, Ignorance of Childhood: 0!

Last night, Maren and I convinced Dave and his mom to watch Young Sherlock Holmes with us. I have extremely fond memories of this movie from when I was little, so I was excited, but somewhat nervous about watching it again.

Why was I nervous? Because one of the things I hate more than almost anything else is when a fond memory from childhood turns out to be really lame! For example: my favorite part of Mr. Rogers was always, always the Land of Make Believe. But when I was watching Mr. Rogers a few years ago, the Land of Make Believe was not fun. It hurt my heart.

Or, two years ago I bought some jelly shoes, remembering how pretty they always were, and how cool I felt when I wore them. But lo and behold, when I tried on my new pair, they hurt something fierce. I could hardly walk in them. Farewell, jelly shoes.

But luckily for us, Young Sherlock Holmes is still really sweet! Exciting, scary, tragic, and mysterious. Huzzah!

Now, the question is, what other excellent things from childhood will hold up well? I've been eying the BBC versions of the Chronicles of Narnia on the library shelf, but I'm afraid. What if they're not good anymore?!?!?! Not only will it be disappointing, but it will prove that I had bad taste as a small person! I'm not sure I can handle that again. I might just have to watch them by myself, so if they do turn out to be lame, at least no one else ever has to know.

I'm alive!!!!

Yes, blogging public, it's true. I have not blogged since December! However! I am, in fact, still among you, and hopefully, will one day soon return to you more wordy and long-winded than before.

In my long absence, I have made many changes. I moved back to Maryland and started a job. Huzzah for not being unemployed! I am determined that this experience will be more betterer than the last. So far it's at least very different, which I think is an encouraging sign.

Oddly enough, that's all that I have to say at the present time! So farewell, but not for long, I'm sure.