#kite33

8: Talk about the thing you are most proud of.

I will be honest, I’m not sure how to answer this one. 

It’s not that I don’t have things I’m proud of, it’s rather that they didn’t feel like my accomplishments. Many things I’ve done in life were to appeal to other people, mostly my parents. I graduated an engineering degree in 3 years for example (i don’t know if that’s long or short in other parts of the world, but here in the states, most engineering students take 4 to 5). 

I guess if I had to pick, it might actually be my youtube video. It feels like one of the first things in my life that is genuinely mine. 

Which is currently under copyright strike. 

Ugh. 

10: Talk about the biggest fight you've ever had.

Back in Middle school, grade ... 7? I think. (For UK, that is equivalent to Year 8) I had a fight with a “Friend” about something. I don’t remember what the thing was. It devolved into a fist fight, and i fell down at some point and he jumped on my head. 

I’m still reeling from that one. 

36: Talk about your guilty pleasures.

I think Express T-shirts are fantastic. They are incredibly full of themselves and I love them. They taught me what it means to love something ironically. 

I really like Owl City. A lot of his songs’ writing is very awkward at time, his songs mostly sound the same, and I hear that his concerts are often full of 13/14 year olds, but I just love his songs.

 I keep buying headphones for no real reason. I already have enough. I just like to own them. 

I buy vinyls but not at all for the audio quality. I think mathematically, 320kbps mp3s are higher fidelity (aka spotify streaming if you turn it on that mode), I just like the experience of holding it and playing it. The work makes it more enjoyable I think. 

38: Talk about songs that remind you of certain people.

This is a prompt that I want to talk about for a while. 

Here’s a song that reminds me of my first girlfriend. When I broke up with her, this was a song I listened to a lot. I didn’t understand what it was about. I never listened to the lyrics closely. But I got a strong sense of sadness and letdown from the tune and vocals so it got heavily associated. The album this song is in is one of my favorite albums of all time, but listening to it makes me feel like a lonely kid in the corner of the classroom trying to figure out why the girl I liked didn’t like me anymore. 

Here’s a song that reminds me of my best friend in 8th and 9th grade. He sent this song to me after I broke up with said girlfriend. We both played Euphonium in band, and he was a very overweight boy. He was always silly and helped me get through a lot of times. A good friend. I lost touch with him in 10th grade and especially 11th grade when I left band. Last I heard he got married. 

Here’s a song that reminds me of my 11th grade crush. Kinda stereotypical, but hey, what can you do. She sent me this song right when our texts heated up from normal texts to something that was definitely flirting now that I look back at it. I remember texting her on 11/11/11 saying something about making a wish. It was cute. I think. If only I had the guts to actually ask her out. 

Here’s a song that reminds me of my 12th grade crush. She was quite the popular one, I recall distinctly that myself and two other friends asked her out to homecoming on the same day (holy crap it’s an anime plot). She turned us all down I think. But we all ended up going as a group, so it wasn’t a big deal or anything. The other two gave up on her, but I was one of her best friends so I stuck to it for a while. The rest of the grade at least. 

hrm. 

I remember driving her home one day near summer and she was like “Hey Kurt, it’s really hot, do you mind?” and she took off her shirt in my car. 

...

Holy crap, I’m an idiot. 

Here’s a song that reminds me of one of my best friends whom I lost contact with when that friend group broke down. I liked that group. And he was one of my most balanced friends I think. But something happened internally with that group with multiple love triangles that couldn’t be repaired. I managed to keep it alive for at least 2 years after high school though, by getting them to play DnD with me. I have fond memories. I only talk to one of them now though... and I think she doesn’t talk to any of the others either. 

Here’s a song that reminds me of my best friend, like, right now! Though, we may not consider each other best friends. I guess the better term is childhood friend, if only because we still talk to each other and we’re each other’s longest friendship at this point. I think we’re both realizing how hard it is to maintain friendships outside of a school environment, so we’re both putting in some work to maintain this one. But... we don’t hang out much. We live in different cities. And have different hobbies. 

Friends are hard. 

And here’s a song about my ex in college. I remember how her hair smells, and she was always a bit like gummy bears. Sweet enough it made your teeth hurt. But I’ll stop at that. 

That’s good enough I think. 

I don’t have anything for anyone i met after college because... well.... frankly, they haven’t made that big of an impact on me. Or I haven’t been listening to new music to associate them with. Or maybe i am, but I don’t even know it yet. 

That’s kind of exciting maybe. 

Thanks for the ask, Kite.