Torrent

I have spent two days of my computer time downloading a 49 track fan-made album of remixes of Earthbound tracks.

Why would I do something like this? When I could have been doing homework that I really need to do, and that would have saved me a lot of time this weekend, I read up on my Earthbound on Wikipedia and chanced upon the words "Free album, Bound Together." So, being the total geek that I am, I clicked on the link. It had a great picture of Earthbound stuff on the page, and then a link saying "Free Torrent." I've never torrented anything before, so I had to download a program that would let me use it. So I spent 2 hours or so doing all of that, only to discover that I would have to wait another 3 and a half hours to listen to the damn thing.

So, I left it on all night and let it go. And then I didn't get a chance to go on the computer after that until now.

And guess what.
IT'S AMAZING

I had to go through so much work to get it on the pod though. Deleted some old Ben music that I never listened to to make room for it.

Replacing old with old new. I find that interesting.

Why am I so obsessed with nostalgia? Earthbound is a 1994-5 Super Nintendo game. It's not well known, and usually the only way a common person who enjoys video games at least a little would know it is from Super Smash Bros. It's just a cult classic. It's not even my favourite video game.
But it's so weird. Maybe it's because it's so unknown that I love it. Zelda is amazing of course, but most people have played/heard of it. Even people who don't frequent Nintendo so much.

But back to the nostalgia.

Why does it matter so much to me? Why am I living back in the 90's?
Maybe it's because I'm the youngest. I got to see quite a bit of high school from my sisters, and that's when they were in it. And it seemed so...amazing coming from them. Maybe that's what I wanted.
Who knows?
And probably, who the hell cares?

I don't like forgetting things. Who wants to forget? It makes little sense to me. If you forget then you don't learn. And while some things may have sucked, I think it just makes you who you are if you remember, or try to remember everything that has happened in your past.
Even if I wish some things had not happened, I hope I never forget them.
Even if they make me sad, or jealous, or angry, or whatever, I want my memories to linger. As long as possible.

The past is too important to me.
Without the past there is no future.