no country for old wainds
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- Nov 23, 2002
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you had more legitimate experiences of wonder
once you're an adult everything's filtered through cynicism and self-awareness and familiarity, when you're a kid you get fucking excited every day about something trivial to the point of not being able to sleep or sit still. so much easier to get immersed in stuff, it ruled. plus, ignorance is bliss is one of the oldest and truest clichés in the book. as a kid i was never 'stupid' exactly but i was largely oblivious to the wider world and its workings and it was fantastic.