Recent Watches

It seems that here lately, all the movies that I watch relate to my life in one way or another.

Monday night, Melody and I decided to watch Garden State, this being her very first time to ever see it. Being the owner of this great movie, I have seen it many, many times, however, I never tire from watching it. When I watched it this time, the events/lines hit me in different ways. I had forgotten a couple of very important lines that had been prevalent in my own life(if that makes sense).

Andrew and Sam had been following Mark around all day for some special "thing". They had gone through sketchy and perverse places, to end up at some wierd junkyard. Andrew says to Mark, "ok, Just stop. We have put this innocent girl through enough today."
Sam argues, "What, I'm not a little girl. I'm not innocent!" Then Andrew getting worked up says, "Yes, yes. You are innocent! And that's what I like about you."(something along these lines)

"You're innocent and that's what I like about you." I think this is one of the best compliments I have gotten. It's somehow saying, you haven't let this world completely change you, you haven't been touched by it. And this world changes us, of course, but I have tried to slow down the process. I work hard for my innocence by avoiding a lot of nonsense, and I do not regret this decision. I have grown up and seen things that have taken away some of my innocence. This affects me quite a bit because you just can't take back your innocence; once it's gone, it's gone. Obviously you have to grow up, but does this mean your innocence has to be taken away? I've been pondering on this lately. Just wondering. I don't want it to be taken away, but maybe it's unavoidable? I am going to try my hardest to stay pure. I am going to guard my eyes, my mouth, my ears, and most of all, my heart. I know I can't avoid evil, but maybe the evil that I have a choice with or control over I could avoid. Every bit counts, in my opinion. I'm trying to think of some form of metephor for this, but I can't at the moment. It is lurking somewhere in a hidden dusty corner of my brain. Maybe it will come out later and I can share it.