What are you thinking RIGHT NOW?

[shumba]

Do you ever feel like there isn't enough hours in a day?

[Labatis]

I don't know what song to listen to. Ugh.

[Carl]

What a day this has been. I'm glad things didn't go as they looked like they were going to.

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Dear Princess Celestia,

Today, I learned that just because someone you care about is always there for you through thick and thin doesn't mean that they always will be if you mistreat them. It's okay to get upset and out of control every once in a while, but it's not okay to do it so much that you make your special someone miserable. It's important to pay attention to their feelings and to take them into account, just as much or more so than you do yourself. Without those we care about and who care about us, we can never know the happiness and magic that caring for someone brings.

It is therefore of the utmost importance to slow down and think things through before rushing to conclusions. It is even more so important to take the time to slow down and listen to what our friends and loved ones are actually saying, instead of putting a negative spin on it. Sometimes we must put the needs of others before our own, instead of always expecting them to put our needs before theirs. It's important to think before speaking too, because as tempting as it can be to say hurtful things during a fight, we should never say something we don't mean, as it can never be taken back.

I also learned that trust goes both ways, and if you trust someone and know they care about you, you should know the difference between harmless teasing and being mean. Our relationships with our friends and loved ones are the most precious treasures we have, but if we don't nurture them, we risk losing them forever.

Your faithful student,
Julie Skywalker

[The Spirit of Life]

My head hurts from thinking too much.

[Queen Elsa]

They stole my charger! The little brats! Now I'm going to have to be able to keep 40% of my battery life for at least 17 hours. Ao much for staying up reading....

[Buffy]

These two days off passed by way too quickly...

[Ninaroja]

At the end of July last Summer I went and saw a little movie named "Boyhood" with my family. I didn't expect much from it, rather I was only intrigued enough to watch based on the fact that it had been filmed over the course of 12 years. At the time it sounded gimmicky... It was so much more than that.

I saw a memoir of my own childhood unfold before me... the main character of Mason is roughly the same age as I was throughout the movie, and seeing the world presented in a way that I could remember seeing it as was so relate-able. It touched something very deep and true indeed.

My life was changing a lot when I saw this film: I had just turned 18, and would be heading to University in 6 weeks, just as Mason does at the end of the film. Being that the central themes of this movie are childhood and growing up, I found this very true to what I was experiencing (and to a degree still am).

Fast forward to October and I was feeling just about as hopeless and unhappy as I think I have ever felt. The comfortable safety-net of the life I knew and loved was gone. I was far away from everything familiar, and felt very alone indeed, despite being surrounded by people. There were some days during my 54-day self-imposed exile to the South of England that I didn't get out of bed, or even leave my room, only eating if there was a tin of some sort that could easily be opened and consumed without having to go to the shared kitchen as a grim reminder of my circumstances. I tried in vain to cheer myself up with things I used to enjoy: writing, video games, Disney movies, watching youtube videos... nothing was working. I decided to watch Boyhood again when I was running out of options, since it was a time when I very definitely had been happy, during the Summer of 2014.

The main theme song from the movie is now my favourite song of all time. I went on a road trip with a few friends, and we played it on the radio as we were driving into the sunset. It was a truly magic moment, one that I shall not be forgetting anytime soon.

I have seen Boyhood 7 times. 4 of those were in Southampton, and for those two-and-a-half hours each viewing I felt less alone, less sad, less hopeless... it made me think of my family and my friends (people I was missing terribly at the time) and it raised my spirits. It just made me feel happy.

Upon seeing the widespread universal acclaim the film has been recieving, I and many others were convinced it would win Best Picture. I had been anticipating that moment for months and months... and now that it hasn't happened I just feel so disappointed and upset. Boyhood means more to me as a movie than I think I can put into words. Seeing that emotional investment validated by the Oscars was incredibly important to me.

This may sound silly to you but I am genuinely sad right now.

[Gemini]

At the end of July last Summer I went and saw a little movie named "Boyhood" with my family. I didn't expect much from it, rather I was only intrigued enough to watch based on the fact that it had been filmed over the course of 12 years. At the time it sounded gimmicky... It was so much more than that.

I saw a memoir of my own childhood unfold before me... the main character of Mason is roughly the same age as I was throughout the movie, and seeing the world presented in a way that I could remember seeing it as was so relate-able. It touched something very deep and true indeed.

My life was changing a lot when I saw this film: I had just turned 18, and would be heading to University in 6 weeks, just as Mason does at the end of the film. Being that the central themes of this movie are childhood and growing up, I found this very true to what I was experiencing (and to a degree still am).

Fast forward to October and I was feeling just about as hopeless and unhappy as I think I have ever felt. The comfortable safety-net of the life I knew and loved was gone. I was far away from everything familiar, and felt very alone indeed, despite being surrounded by people. There were some days during my 54-day self-imposed exile to the South of England that I didn't get out of bed, or even leave my room, only eating if there was a tin of some sort that could easily be opened and consumed without having to go to the shared kitchen as a grim reminder of my circumstances. I tried in vain to cheer myself up with things I used to enjoy: writing, video games, Disney movies, watching youtube videos... nothing was working. I decided to watch Boyhood again when I was running out of options, since it was a time when I very definitely had been happy, during the Summer of 2014.

The main theme song from the movie is now my favourite song of all time. I went on a road trip with a few friends, and we played it on the radio as we were driving into the sunset. It was a truly magic moment, one that I shall not be forgetting anytime soon.

I have seen Boyhood 7 times. 4 of those were in Southampton, and for those two-and-a-half hours each viewing I felt less alone, less sad, less hopeless... it made me think of my family and my friends (people I was missing terribly at the time) and it raised my spirits. It just made me feel happy.

Upon seeing the widespread universal acclaim the film has been recieving, I and many others were convinced it would win Best Picture. I had been anticipating that moment for months and months... and now that it hasn't happened I just feel so disappointed and upset. Boyhood means more to me as a movie than I think I can put into words. Seeing that emotional investment validated by the Oscars was incredibly important to me.

This may sound silly to you but I am genuinely sad right now.

I haven't seen this movie yet but I know how much it meant to you because of all our Skype conversations. As you said, though, it's just an award; you can still like what you like and nobody can stop you from doing that. Who cares what a bunch of stuffy old guys at the Academy say, anyway? They usually just pick from the most recent movies, especially for the important categories where there's a lot of competition, so the whole thing is biased against films that came out so long ago.

And besides, I'm sure it'll still say on the front cover of the DVD (when the DVD comes out) that it was nominated for multiple awards, including Best Picture. That's still a big deal and it still did very well as a film to even make it that far.

So don't let it dictate anything in your life. That movie still has an emotional significance with you (and I know you aren't the only one), so again, that alone is what should make it special and worthwhile. Would TLK be any less special to you if it were less recognized, made less money, or won less awards? Of course not. It's the emotional context that makes it special. The rest is just icing, and even then, Boyhood still seems to have a lot of it, commercially and critically.

[Queen Elsa]

I feel so awake right now, and I feel like I can read for awhile, but I still have a certain battery life to be able to keep for a long time today, and reading for 1.5 hours first thing in the morning isn't going to help me. I suppose I should just try to go back to sleep.

[Marizzle]

Big Hero 6 won the Oscar! YES! However, I'm disappointed that American Sniper didn't win. Such an amazing movie.