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My Personal Heaven
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My Personal Heaven
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by NanTheDark » December 15th, 2013, 5:19 am
I had a dream this morning. Me and a cousin were riding our bikes around the city. It was a nice day, and there were interesting sights, like this construction site, and hills, and buildings and other stuff. She challenges me to a race to a certain street, which so happens to be the street we just passed... I turn around and make it there before her. It was fun.
...Well it wasn't a very long dream, but it did draw attention to some things.
My childhood.
This cousin in particular I lived with for the first years of my life (or some of it, don't remember when really. Haven't really asked). And we really cared for each other. And played together, and whatnot... and even after she moved to another city, when she came over we still would play and do stuff. I remember us playing with cardboard boxes, pretending they were cars and racing them around, gathering random stuff from around the house and pretending to build some kind of videogame console (which was controlled with some kind of driving wheel
), playing with plushies, and Legos, playing in that plastic pool we used to put up in the yard in the summer, Marco Polo , riding bikes, playing videogames... We used to have so much fun together.
I also had this another cousin. She was older than me, and for a while she couldn't really stand me... but she had a PS1, and that was neat :3 The PS1 was a great part of my childhood (I soon would get my own, but still). Crash Bandicoot... some of the finest games ever made, in my opinion. I remember playing with my cousins, and friends who would come over... I remember this one time I insulted a guy for beating me at Tekken 3, and my parents scolded me XD Good times...
There was this friend of mine who came quite often. We would play videogames, and sometimes other things... There were other friends too... They weren't too many, but I had a good time with them. I remember this other time when we were in our bikes, checking out this place where nothing was built yet, close to the school, and these dogs started to bark at us, and we got the heck out of there so fast...
Anyway... I was happy. Playing with my friends, with my family... It was quite nice really. Quite often when I look back to my childhood/past, I just think of the bad things. How I had been bullied in school, that I had few friends... but I rarely consider these things. That I've had a lot of good moments in my life.
Playing.
That's been a very important part of... me. I always liked to play. Anything. Just exploring around in our bikes (it was just looking around the neighborhood but it was quite cool back then xD), throwing stones to a river, videogames, throwing water at each other... it was quite fun.
And I still like to play. I guess that's why I like videogames so much, especially with friends. I want to relive those moments of happiness, maybe...
Lately, my life's been changing. I have a future I have to think of, and do things about and whatnot... and that stresses you out. And when you can't deal with the stuff in your life... You can always take a break from your life.
Just play a game. Deal with different objectives, or no objectives at all. Just fool around, doing whatever you'd like...
Of course you can't do this forever. But wouldn't it be awesome?
I guess that would be like, my personal heaven. Like when I pass on, I go back to being a child and spend all of eternity playing with my friends and my family, exploring around and whatnot. That would be nice I guess.
^ I thought of all of that after I had that dream. It was like an epiphany.
And I cried out of pure... joy, maybe? I dunno.
I just wanted to share this with you. I don't know exactly what can you get from this... that even if you think your past sucks, there's still good things in it, that it's good to play every once in a while, never let go of your inner child...
But I really like games. Something I think every now and then is that you don't know someone until you have played with that person. In a way, that might be true. I don't know.
...So yeah. Dunno what else to say, so if you'll excuse me, I have to go back to studying physics...
Oh right, might as well give you this song. It can't help but give me chills every time I hear it.
...Well it wasn't a very long dream, but it did draw attention to some things.
My childhood.
This cousin in particular I lived with for the first years of my life (or some of it, don't remember when really. Haven't really asked). And we really cared for each other. And played together, and whatnot... and even after she moved to another city, when she came over we still would play and do stuff. I remember us playing with cardboard boxes, pretending they were cars and racing them around, gathering random stuff from around the house and pretending to build some kind of videogame console (which was controlled with some kind of driving wheel
), playing with plushies, and Legos, playing in that plastic pool we used to put up in the yard in the summer, Marco Polo , riding bikes, playing videogames... We used to have so much fun together.I also had this another cousin. She was older than me, and for a while she couldn't really stand me... but she had a PS1, and that was neat :3 The PS1 was a great part of my childhood (I soon would get my own, but still). Crash Bandicoot... some of the finest games ever made, in my opinion. I remember playing with my cousins, and friends who would come over... I remember this one time I insulted a guy for beating me at Tekken 3, and my parents scolded me XD Good times...
There was this friend of mine who came quite often. We would play videogames, and sometimes other things... There were other friends too... They weren't too many, but I had a good time with them. I remember this other time when we were in our bikes, checking out this place where nothing was built yet, close to the school, and these dogs started to bark at us, and we got the heck out of there so fast...
Anyway... I was happy. Playing with my friends, with my family... It was quite nice really. Quite often when I look back to my childhood/past, I just think of the bad things. How I had been bullied in school, that I had few friends... but I rarely consider these things. That I've had a lot of good moments in my life.
Playing.
That's been a very important part of... me. I always liked to play. Anything. Just exploring around in our bikes (it was just looking around the neighborhood but it was quite cool back then xD), throwing stones to a river, videogames, throwing water at each other... it was quite fun.
And I still like to play. I guess that's why I like videogames so much, especially with friends. I want to relive those moments of happiness, maybe...
Lately, my life's been changing. I have a future I have to think of, and do things about and whatnot... and that stresses you out. And when you can't deal with the stuff in your life... You can always take a break from your life.
Just play a game. Deal with different objectives, or no objectives at all. Just fool around, doing whatever you'd like...
Of course you can't do this forever. But wouldn't it be awesome?
I guess that would be like, my personal heaven. Like when I pass on, I go back to being a child and spend all of eternity playing with my friends and my family, exploring around and whatnot. That would be nice I guess.
^ I thought of all of that after I had that dream. It was like an epiphany.
And I cried out of pure... joy, maybe? I dunno.
I just wanted to share this with you. I don't know exactly what can you get from this... that even if you think your past sucks, there's still good things in it, that it's good to play every once in a while, never let go of your inner child...
But I really like games.
Something I think every now and then is that you don't know someone until you have played with that person. In a way, that might be true. I don't know....So yeah. Dunno what else to say, so if you'll excuse me, I have to go back to studying physics...
Oh right, might as well give you this song. It can't help but give me chills every time I hear it.
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Re: My Personal Heaven
by Harmless » December 15th, 2013, 6:27 pm
Huh. I suppose there was a few good moments in my childhood, but it was pure terror if anything. I'd rather not discuss it however.
Er, on a brighter note, interesting. I like games too, whether it's a casual platformer or something that makes me bite my fingers off. :3
Er, on a brighter note, interesting. I like games too, whether it's a casual platformer or something that makes me bite my fingers off. :3
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Re: My Personal Heaven
by Dtroid » December 16th, 2013, 12:55 am
My childhood was pretty good,not needing to have that kind of stress parents face. I like games too,but I find work's more important.
That's a part of life,take it slowly. You don't have to start working now,right? If you're too stressed out,you can take a vacation,visit that cousin,and do whatever you enjoy for a period of time,a period of relaxation. Get ready for your future when your ready. No one's forcing you to become an adult now,so take it slowly,and do it at your own pace.
NanTheDark wrote:Lately, my life's been changing. I have a future I have to think of, and do things about and whatnot... and that stresses you out. And when you can't deal with the stuff in your life... You can always take a break from your life.
That's a part of life,take it slowly. You don't have to start working now,right? If you're too stressed out,you can take a vacation,visit that cousin,and do whatever you enjoy for a period of time,a period of relaxation. Get ready for your future when your ready. No one's forcing you to become an adult now,so take it slowly,and do it at your own pace.
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Re: My Personal Heaven
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by ~MP3 Amplifier~ » December 16th, 2013, 2:45 am
My childhood was not a bad one simply because I was too naive to see what was going on around me. My teenage years have been terrible but even then there are still things I am thankful for.
Put it this way- I'd rather be 5 again than 13 again.
Also I sometimes use this technique where I remember early, happy memories when I'm feeling down. It helps. And it's good to remember that life isn't always negative.
Put it this way- I'd rather be 5 again than 13 again.
Also I sometimes use this technique where I remember early, happy memories when I'm feeling down. It helps. And it's good to remember that life isn't always negative.
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Re: My Personal Heaven
by NanTheDark » December 16th, 2013, 4:25 am
Dtroid wrote:That's a part of life,take it slowly. You don't have to start working now,right? If you're too stressed out,you can take a vacation,visit that cousin,and do whatever you enjoy for a period of time,a period of relaxation. Get ready for your future when your ready. No one's forcing you to become an adult now, so take it slowly, and do it at your own pace.
No, I don't have to start working yet. I'm just wrapping up my first year of college atm. But still... I'll have the summer now to rest from all of that, but I can't help but think about all the things that are coming... just the fact that I am in college, making my parents spend money for each semester... that's one of the reasons I'm so frustrated I failed courses now. It's not just wasted time, it's also wasted money...
Dammit. I am starting to sound like an adult.
Heh... visiting that cousin... Kinda hard really. She's not the same cousin from that time... She has changed... Not to mention that she has a kid to look after now, and she herself has to go back to her studies...
Everyone I've ever been friends with is in the same situation, pretty much.
But yeah, the summer's coming (crrrrrrrazy hemispheres) and pretty much everyone's going on vacation too, so I guess there's stuff that can be done. Gotta Phineas & Ferb that thing.
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Re: My Personal Heaven
by ChaosYoshi » December 16th, 2013, 6:48 pm
NanTheDark wrote:No, I don't have to start working yet. I'm just wrapping up my first year of college atm. But still... I'll have the summer now to rest from all of that, but I can't help but think about all the things that are coming... just the fact that I am in college, making my parents spend money for each semester... that's one of the reasons I'm so frustrated I failed courses now. It's not just wasted time, it's also wasted money...
This is almost exactly how I feel about college. Being young was nice and all, but there were some things that I regret doing in my childhood, and I feel like it's time to move on.
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