Peggy Sue Got Married

[shereads]

That is incredibly beautiful. And helpful too. Thanks for posting it.

You're welcome. Those words and the lessons that led to them are why I watched that movie a dozen times at a dark time in my life. It's too easy to forget how clear it seemed when it finally clicked.

I left out what comes next:

"You have no idea what I'm talking about, I'm sure. But don't worry. You will someday." {screen goes black...audience coughs uncomfortably. roll credits.}

 

[shereads]

I think it comes down to (with the odd exeption ) that your mid teen to early twenties are the best time of your life

Far from it. Innocence is one thing; being fully alive and aware is something else.

"Youth is wasted on the young," is something you can't fully understand until you stop envying the young. It's the ultimate conundrum, the wish for an impossible ideal: to experience everything for the first time, with the added dimension of full awareness that only experience can bring.

How much more feeling would you put into the first kiss if you understood its value the way you do now? How much more tenderly would you handle the feelings of the people you knew along the way, especially the ones you hurt, now that you've been on the receiving end of careless hurts and hurts that were handled with kindness?

Youth has energy going for it, and it's rich with potential, but it's awkward as hell. It can be incredibly shallow and selfish. It's not great in bed, either.

 

[sweetnpetite]

as to my first kiss...

It was perfect in every way.

I wish I could do it again just like that every day...

Oh, wait, that's missing the point, i'n'it?

 

[shereads]

as to my first kiss...

It was perfect in every way.

I wish I could do it again just like that every day...

Unless...There's a better one yet to come.

That's the beauty of getting older. Just when you think your surprises are all behind you, someone kisses you for the first time and changes the meaning of "perfect."

 

[sweetnpetite]

Unless...There's a better one yet to come.

That's the beauty of getting older. Just when you think your surprises are all behind you, someone kisses you for the first time and changes the meaning of "perfect."

Good point.

But I didn't mean that no kiss would ever be better- just that it was flawless at the time.

Unlike some unfortunates who's first kiss is fumbling and embarasing or whatever else- my first kiss was everything I ever hoped it would be. (except that it happened much later- I was 15)

Maybe the fact that I was 15 had a lot to do with why it wasn't an unfortunate event

 

[sweetnpetite]

Lester Burnham (American Beauty) in the moments after his death:

It's hard to stay mad when there's so much beauty in the world. Sometimes I feel like I'm seeing it all at once, and it's too much. My heart fills up like a balloon that's about to burst ...

And then I remember ... to relax, and not try to hold on to it. And then it flows through me like rain. And I can't feel anything but gratitude for every single moment of my stupid little life.

That is too awsome. I know just how that feels!!!!!

 

[sweetnpetite]

I think what it comes down to is that innocence is ignorance of the pain involved in love. You lose your innocence when you get hurt, and you can never get it back.

---dr.M.

I watch a show called Charmed, and a guy named Coop (who is Cupid) is in love with Poebe. When talking to her dad, her dad says to him, "what do you know about love?" and Coop says "What are you talking about I'm cupid" and the dad says "Have you ever had your heart broken?" and Cupid says no and dad says, "Until you've had you're heart broken you don't know anything about love."

 

[sweetnpetite]

Nostalgia

Why must these tortured memories come?
Making us long for things long gone-
the scent of lilacs in the spring
the notes played on grandma's piano
pounded out by small hands-
accompanied by the complaints of a grouchy uncle,
old by nineteen
or poured sweetly out by hands long gone
Christmas Carols occasionally,
rarely though you'd beg her often to play
She was much to busy for such frivolity
You never knew the work she did

And the days when you longed to grow up
to be what you would be
the future seemed a promise
of better things, which you did not want to wait for
you really didn't think
that you knew it all
and didn't understand
when they accused you of it

And friends you always thought
You would always see
Never knowing that one would go
in a car accident, stormy weather
or that one would get shot to death
at a party full of stoners
that one would get knocked up,
and your mother would forbid you to talk to her
Or maybe you
would be the outcast

But all of this
was back before then
when everything was perfect
and everything was terrible
You're skin was a mess
You're voice didn't work
You're body didn't seem to fit
You hated everything
And everyone seemed to hate you

Why must everything look
so much better from a distance?
Why must the bitter be so sweet?
Why must roses fade, and grandmas leave
and penny candy disappear into the past?
Why must we long for days
When things seemed simpler-
'Tho those days were but a trial
And full of complications of our own making
And spend our life rushing forward,
and gazing back?

The paper's faded
the words are gone
It's no use trying to touch
what seems so clear
will crumble beneath a too eager finger
Time is running-
Will you run too?

 

[AngeloMichael]

Sweetnpetite, I know you don't know me I'm pretty much a lurker here but post occasionally but it's always nice to see you come back here after your hiatuses and I love how you announce it by bringing up your old threads.

Peggy Sue Got Married is a great movie, I love time travel stories ("Quantum Leap" is my favorite program of all time) and out of time travel stories I love the best the ones that ask what would you do if you had a chance to do things over.

Lately I've been thinking about this girl I knew in elementary school. She was my best friend, we told each other things we didn't dare tell others.

We saw a lot of movies together, just us. Our parents would drop us off at the movie theater and pick us up when it was over. I remember when we saw Ghostbusters when we were 9-years-old and we left before the end because it scared us silly.

I had a membership at the community pool and every summer I'd invite her to come most of the days I went so we could both enjoy swimmming together. My parents even let me invite her to come with us to Disneyworld when we were in the 4th grade.

She was always in such a hurry to grow up and do adult things. She wanted to have credit cards, a career, wear make-up, dress like an adult going to work rather than a kid going to school, and she never took baths she took showers! Me, I wanted to stay a kid forever, the thought of "growing up" terrified me. I'd stay awake all night long worrying about how I'd handle getting a job, paying taxes, living on my own. I think in many ways we balanced each other out very nicely.

I'm sad to admit that once we left elementary school and went to different junior highs we drifted apart. We reunited again in high school but by then we were both different people. I had withdrawn into a shell of isolation afraid to reach out to anyone for fear of being ridiculed. We saw each other every day on the bus but we never spoke.

Then I dropped out of high school. I saw her one time after that. I was sitting in a barber shop in the mall and she saw me and came in to say "Hi" and asked me how I was doing. It was the first time we had talked in about 5 years and it lasted less than 5 minutes.

A few years later I moved to Hawaii and while I was there I started to think about her a lot, wondering how she was doing and what she was up to. I toyed with the idea of getting in tough with her, I still had the phone number (or at least her parents' phone number) memorized.

A week or so after I came home my mother handed me a newspaper. I immediately saw her picture there and wondered what she was doing to get recognized, then my heart dropped like a brick into my stomach when I saw it was the obituaries page.

She had been living a couple states away from the one we grew up in and was married. It didn't say how she died. I was too afraid to call her parents to ask what happened, I felt too much time had passed since her death and I had been out of her life for too long.

The reason I've been thinking about her lately is that I've been dreaming about her. I've been having these dreams ever since I learned of her death. Sometimes I'll go months without having them and then I'll have a bunch in a row. It's always about her death being a mistake, she is really alive and we have a chance to get reaquainted. I tell her I love her and we renew our friendship and it evolves into something deeper besides.

I don't know why I'm posting all this, it's just your words and this thread , the idea of being able to undo or redo past mistakes made me want to talk about her.

Nice to see you back in the forum Sweetnpetite.

 

[sweetnpetite]

Well, thank you Angelo. I'm glad that you like my peculiar habit of digging up old threads. I've gotten the impression in the past that some have found it annoying rather than endearing.

I looked at your profile and went- wow! you were born exactly 14 days after me! Cool.

Time Travel movies are a big hit with me too. Back to the Future is awesome and I used to always watch quantum leap, it is quite beloved by me... sliders was really good too, even though it's not really time travel, lol. I vaguely remember a show from my young childhood about a boy and a man who had a time travel device that didn't work quite right, they couldn't figure out how to get home, but they often met with historical people... no idea what it was called.

wow, that's an amazing and touching story about your friend from elementary school. I've lost a few as well and they especially want to make you go back in time. I'm good friends now with a boy I've known since kindergarten and a lot of things have happened in the nearly 20 years since we were acquainted. It's so lucky that we are still able to be friends, I know how time changes us.

 

[Handley_Page]

:Once upon a time there was a tavern..." An old song, "Those werre the days, my friend, we thought they'd never end, we'd sing and dance forever and a day...."

As much as I can recall the lyrics...

There is no answer, of course, dear SnP, no answer at all. And no kind, cajoling words with which to say, I too have those thoughts and feelings, perhaps we all do.

Feel fortunate, perhaps, that you have the ability to express those thoughts here in a place where others may share.

The best of all things to you...

amicus

You mean this one?

Once upon a time there was a tavern
Where we used to raise a glass or two
Remember how we laughed away the hours
And dreamed of all the great things we would do

Those were the days my friend
We'd thought they'd never end
We'd sing and dance
Forever and a day

We'd live the life we'd choose
We'd fight and never lose
Fore we were young
And sure to have our way

La La La La La La La La La La La La
La La La La La La La La La La
La La La La La La La La La La La La
Those were the days, my friend those were the days

Then the busy years went rushing by us
We lost our starry notions along the way
If by chance I'd see you in the tavern
We'd smile at one another and we'd say

Those were the days my friend
We'd thought they'd never end
We'd sing and dance
Forever and the day

We'd live the life we'd choose
We'd fight and never lose
Fore we were young
And sure to have our way

La La La La La La La La La La La La
La La La La La La La La La La
La La La La La La La La La La La La
Those were the days, my friend those were the days

Just tonight I stood before the tavern
Nothing seemed the way it used to be
In the glass I saw a strange reflection
Was that lonely person really me

Those were the days my friend
We'd thought they'd never end
We'd sing and dance
Forever and the day

We'd live the life we'd choose
We'd fight and never lose
Fore we were young
And sure to have our way

La La La La La La La La La La La La
La La La La La La La La La La
La La La La La La La La La La La La
Those were the days, my friend those were the days

Through the door there came familiar laughter
I saw your face I heard you call my name
Oh my friends were older but no wiser
Fore in our hearts the dreams are all the same

Those were the days my friend
We'd thought they'd never end
We'd sing and dance
Forever and the day

We'd live the life we'd choose
We'd fight and never lose
Fore we were young
And sure to have our way

Those were the days my friend
We'd thought they'd never end
We'd sing and dance
Forever and the day

We'd live the life we'd choose
We'd fight and never lose
Fore we were young
And sure to have our way

Those were the days my friend
We'd thought they'd never end
We'd sing and dance
Forever and the day

We'd live the life we'd choose
We'd fight and never lose
Those were the days
My friend those were the days

 

[bronzeage]

I married Peggy Sue. It was nothing at all like the movie.

 

[TheeGoatPig]

I vaguely remember a show from my young childhood about a boy and a man who had a time travel device that didn't work quite right, they couldn't figure out how to get home, but they often met with historical people... no idea what it was called.

I remember that show too, though I don't remember the name either. All that I do remember is that the time travel device was a watch and they ended up on the Titanic in one episode.

 

[TheeGoatPig]

and helping Edison make the first light bulb. I forgot about that one.

 

[AngeloMichael]

Well, thank you Angelo. I'm glad that you like my peculiar habit of digging up old threads. I've gotten the impression in the past that some have found it annoying rather than endearing.

I looked at your profile and went- wow! you were born exactly 14 days after me! Cool.

Time Travel movies are a big hit with me too. Back to the Future is awesome and I used to always watch quantum leap, it is quite beloved by me... sliders was really good too, even though it's not really time travel, lol. I vaguely remember a show from my young childhood about a boy and a man who had a time travel device that didn't work quite right, they couldn't figure out how to get home, but they often met with historical people... no idea what it was called.

wow, that's an amazing and touching story about your friend from elementary school. I've lost a few as well and they especially want to make you go back in time. I'm good friends now with a boy I've known since kindergarten and a lot of things have happened in the nearly 20 years since we were acquainted. It's so lucky that we are still able to be friends, I know how time changes us.

Thank you for the nice reply

I believe the show you're talking about is Voyagers!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyagers!

I remember it as a kid and enjoyed it.

 

[sweetnpetite]

I remember that show too, though I don't remember the name either. All that I do remember is that the time travel device was a watch and they ended up on the Titanic in one episode.

Yes!!!! dammmit! why can't anybody remember what it was called?! lol

I almost thought I was making that show up!!!!

maybe someone will know. I think they met Billy the kid or Butch Cassidy and the Sundance kid once... not sure.

 

[sweetnpetite]

Thank you for the nice reply

I believe the show you're talking about is Voyagers!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyagers!

I remember it as a kid and enjoyed it.

Oh Rock on Angelo! You are truly awesome.

I had notes somewhere about a story that I was gonna write once that was kind of similar, (I had forgotten about this show at the time) about a technerd who invented a time traveling watch and dropped it and it broke and the kid (boy or girl can't remember) and the teacher went into the past and when they finally return, they return to the exact same moment and the broken watch doesn't work any more and so no one believes them. (and there are people in the room when they make the 'leap') Didn't realize how much of that story I 'borrowed'. lol

 

[sweetnpetite]

Phineas Bogg (Jon-Erik Hexum) was one of a society of time travelers called Voyagers who, with the help of a young boy named Jeffrey Jones (played by Meeno Peluce) used a hand-held device called an Omni (which looked much like a large pocket watch) to travel in time and ensured that history unfolded as we know it. In the first episode Jeffrey ensured that baby Moses' basket traveled down the Nile where it was met by the Pharaoh's daughter.

Bogg and Jeffrey first met when Bogg's Omni malfunctioned and took him to 1982, landing him in the apartment of Jeffrey's aunt and uncle, who were caring for him after his parents' death. Jeffrey accidentally fell out of a window, and Bogg to jumped out to rescue him by activating the Omni. Bogg's Guidebook, which contained a detailed description of how history should unfold, had been grabbed by Jeffrey's dog Ralph so Bogg had to rely on Jeffrey (whose father was a history professor) to help him.

Phineas is a great womanizer and manages to fall for a beautiful woman in almost every episode. Phineas' memory of historical facts is highly selective. He couldn't tell the difference between the French Revolution and World War I, yet he did remember that "Marie Antoinette had terrible legs!" Whenever Jeffrey's wisdom is paired up against Bogg's stubbornness, Jeffrey usually wins out, to which Bogg always mutters, "Smart kids give me a pain!"

Over the closing credits of each episode, regular cast member Meeno Peluce said in voice over: "If you want to learn more about {historical element from the episode}, take a voyage down to your public library. It's all in books!"


(above is from wikipedia)

***Sidenote: IN the cartoon Ben Ten, Ben Tennison has a watchlike device that he uses to turn into various aliens. (originally there were ten). The device is called the Omnitrix.

also Billy the Kidd was the 3rd episode and Titanic was the 15th. they also met Buffalo Bill and Annie Oakley (I think I remember that, though more vagely than the others) List of episodes: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Voyagers!_episodes

 

[AngeloMichael]

Phineas Bogg (Jon-Erik Hexum) was one of a society of time travelers called Voyagers who, with the help of a young boy named Jeffrey Jones (played by Meeno Peluce) used a hand-held device called an Omni (which looked much like a large pocket watch) to travel in time and ensured that history unfolded as we know it. In the first episode Jeffrey ensured that baby Moses' basket traveled down the Nile where it was met by the Pharaoh's daughter.

Bogg and Jeffrey first met when Bogg's Omni malfunctioned and took him to 1982, landing him in the apartment of Jeffrey's aunt and uncle, who were caring for him after his parents' death. Jeffrey accidentally fell out of a window, and Bogg to jumped out to rescue him by activating the Omni. Bogg's Guidebook, which contained a detailed description of how history should unfold, had been grabbed by Jeffrey's dog Ralph so Bogg had to rely on Jeffrey (whose father was a history professor) to help him.

Phineas is a great womanizer and manages to fall for a beautiful woman in almost every episode. Phineas' memory of historical facts is highly selective. He couldn't tell the difference between the French Revolution and World War I, yet he did remember that "Marie Antoinette had terrible legs!" Whenever Jeffrey's wisdom is paired up against Bogg's stubbornness, Jeffrey usually wins out, to which Bogg always mutters, "Smart kids give me a pain!"

Over the closing credits of each episode, regular cast member Meeno Peluce said in voice over: "If you want to learn more about {historical element from the episode}, take a voyage down to your public library. It's all in books!"


(above is from wikipedia)

***Sidenote: IN the cartoon Ben Ten, Ben Tennison has a watchlike device that he uses to turn into various aliens. (originally there were ten). The device is called the Omnitrix.

also Billy the Kidd was the 3rd episode and Titanic was the 15th. they also met Buffalo Bill and Annie Oakley (I think I remember that, though more vagely than the others) List of episodes: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Voyagers!_episodes

Yeah and it's on DVD too! I totally put it in my Netflix queue.