20th Century Girl

What is the most significant challenge that society faces today?

I want to live in an old school vlog. I watched and rewatched 20th century girl a few days ago but i still cannot stop thinking about it. i want to live in an era i've never even experienced before, it's as if i feel nostalgic to the idealization and romanticization of the 1980s 90s. first time through tears streamed down my face uncontrollably---ten times throughout. 

but it's not the romanticization. the grass is greener on the other side, in this retrospect. people spent their childhoods together, from grade school to elementary school to junior high to high school. they spend their lives together---the same people in class every period for years, the same neighborhood, the same group of friends, people to be around. 21st century---we couldn't even have the same people in class for 2 hours every two days. time flies by way too fast; there's no time, loading work on and on, task after task. youth only happens once; in less than a year i'm leaving, but i dont think i've ever begun. 

To everyone of the last 2 yrs,

i want to relive that night we sat on the bleachers at 10pm. talking about anything, everything. running on the track in the winter. i want to relive those nights we stayed in the library until 11pm, how we'd fight for the 4k monitors, and we'd all walked back to our dorms together. those nights we spent watching movies without a care in anything besides the moment itself. going on late night walks, laying on the green grass in parks. going to the beach, listening to rap we don't even understand. teach me how to dance to psy songs again, walk in the dark nights while street lights light our way. kayak and see the moon in it's biggest, brightest phase, the color of the richest egg yolk. let's go back to the time we'd walk together, me walking on the curb and still looking up at 6'2 6'4 floating heads. jumping around with you guys at the library (realizing that u also play volleyball), play tennis again when it's dark, walking back and trying to smuggle ourselves in parties. i want to sneak out again, 2am, go to the beach, listen to the waves and destress. how you guys played hide-and-seek in the 8 floor library while i dragged you guys to listen to my presentation. if you'd confess again, maybe I would have said yes. remembering the day before our symposium, my friends and i finally talking about you guys; realizing we'd fall in love when it's too late. those nights i gave away chunky mac and cheese in the boys dorms and tried to hold you back when u tried to put some clothes on. i never got to play basketball with you, we never rock climbed, it was too late when I tried to go swimming with you. the first time i saw you serious was the last week. the first time i saw you all nervous was our last day. you waited for me at the airport, then ran to catch your flight. I had already left by the time you realized you had more time. if i had more known your other side before we departed at the airport, i would have cherished our time together more. let's meet again in college. 

i want to go to a small school, connect with each other and make the most memories out of our experiences together. the rapid pace of technology pushes us closer to the ambitious futuristic goals, but we sacrifice the good ol times of the past. it's only been two years since the formation of karlsjr cinderella kyle cctv playdates, less than half a year and we are also gone. things come fast, and leave fast. i'll record the last bits on film, restore something of the past, and look back on them in the future, filled with nostalgia. 

Let's go back to the 20th century. Wait for me in the rain and I'll call you from the payphone.