It was back then when I was still in junior high and this particular song was playing. Third Eye Blind's Motorcycle Drive By. It wasn't my first time listening to the band but still it was something different when I heard the song. I know that probably everyone had their own Third Eye Blind time, - or I even used to call it "the 3EB era" - time when you intensely listen to them but then it is sort of gone. I'm not saying that Third Eye Blind sucked or anything - they are not. But personally, for me, they kind of just grew apart from me – they and that once monumental song.
That's the whole point, I guess. Growing up. Even though Peter Pan hated it the most, for most of us who are not the citizens of Neverland will eventually come to this phase of life. And changes did happen in most of growing-ups (is that even a word?). No matter if it's a small or big one, we changed every now and then. I didn't grow up listening to The Beatles or watching Hitchcock's. In fact, I remember that the first film I watched in theatre was Robocop 3, and that was a really great movie for me back then. That's how I spent my childhood. I bet that you also had your own moment, a super-cool and memorable moment like when Robocop fights ninja scene was for me.
And of course, it's only natural when you reached a certain age, your taste in film, music or some other stuff changed too. The times like when you found Green Day was like the best band you've ever heard or the excitement you got after creating your first e-mail when no one in your school had one probably already covered up the feeling you got when Arnold Schwarzenegger gave a thumb up in the end of Terminator movie. Years go by, you might start to discover some new hobbies and interest, abandoned your childhood hobby collecting stamp to start a band, jamming and then splitting up or were practically amazed by the awesome work you can do with a camera (who doesn't, really?). Personally, I think hobbies are more like any kind of relationships, but instead of people, you connect with yourself, your interest. And there are always two options, either it worked out or not. If you commit to it and it turned out to work out, probably what begins as your activity in spare time can be an actual job.
The bottom line is changes are always happening while you are growing up. It might only stop after it reached one particular zone, your comfort zone. But, even when you reached that, even a little, change will still occur and it's up to you what you wanna do to reach your zone. And I guess there's nothing called useless 'cause they are what built you up into what you are today - even the one that you hate the most. I won't say those are memories and I'm not a person who endorse "Live long the past" statement, but it's always nice that you can still recall those things when you had to. It's just like when every time someone mentioned Third Eye Blind to me, the first thing that came to my head was this. Motorcycle drive by.
*I actually wrote this note on my 21st birthday several weeks ago, but for some reasons I don't publish it until now. The picture is credited to my talented friend, ~istiko
RZK.
