Nostalgia is awesome

Hello all

 

I want to tell you about the brilliance that is nostalgia. It's nostalgia that has reconnected me recently with a lot of stuff from my younger years.

I recently downloaded Resident Evil 4 on the Playstation 3 network, ok, it's only about 6/7 years old, but it's got me started on this route through nostaliga. I forgot how awesome the game is, and not to forget the difficulties of running around the game for the very first time on a mad scramble for ammo. Or how about the "flash grenade? fuck the flash grenade," and selling it to the market guy.... only to then say no more than five minutes later realise that it could have been quite handy as you're facing an enemy that can be defeated with one flash grenade......or about 50 handgun bullets.

I love the Resident Evil series and as soon as I get bored with RE:4 having gained every weapon with infinite ammo, I'm straight onto the very first game.....the only one in the series I have never actually completed.

Anyway, away from nostalgically killing the undead of Las Plagas sufferers...

I often get nostalgic about stuff, mainly getting into conversations at work about kids TV shows. Amy, who sits opposite me, is around my age, so we share a common television experience growing up....and our conversations that revolve around kids shows turn into a top-trumps of tv shows. Names such as SuperTed, Sooty or the ever popular Dastardly and Muttley.

I don't have a lot of stuff from my childhood on DVD, but I don't have Visionaries, a show with one of the most epic theme tunes ever......don't believe me??? CLICK HERE. Other than that I don't really have a lot, although I'd love to have the kids TV shows I used to watch on DVD........it seems odd almost talking about owning a kids TV show on DVD and it not seeming weird.....not to be anyway.

The only bad thing about nostalgia is that one occasions you see that a movie you loved back in the day is on TV, or at Blockbuster, or whatever, you set aside time to watch it because you're excited......90 minutes to 2 hours later and you're wondering why you ever used to love that film. I can't really think of any specific examples at the moment, but I'm sure you get the idea.

And finally I will add this little blog with a quote from a song called "Free to Wear Sunscreen" by Baz Luhrmann......

Advice is a form of nostalgia, dispensing it is a way of
Wishing the past from the disposal, wiping it off
Painting over the ugly parts and recycling for more than it's worth