Time Travel

I have this box in the garage that is full of cassette tapes. Mostly the tapes are of bands I listened to in the past (before CDs). Just for fun I took some of the tapes out the other night and started to listen. One of the first ones I put into the player was a tape I made when I was 17 and leaving home. I had decided to move a few states away from my home and I amazingly decided to make an audio record of the whole experience.

It turned out to be quite riveting. I mean, I know (better than anyone) how it turned out, but I was completely, totally enthralled. The tape continued into my new life throughout my 18th year. This was one of the most momentous years of my life. If I knew what was ahead of me I think I mayhave been a little less eager to move. Or a little more eager. I went through a number of changes that year and it was incredible to listen to my 17 year old voice just starting out on that adventure. If the truth were told, I would give quite a bit to live that year again.

This spurred me on to listen to other tapes. I found one with me playing bass guitar (and not very well) when I was about 16. I found one when I was 14 or 15, recording a phone prank I played on my girlfriend (something about my little brother Gary, who does not exist). On others I am talking about girls I was interested in, and I even have several recordings of those girls themselves, which, I admit, gives me a little thrill. But it does make me melancholy. I am now recording these tapes over to digital format so my posterity can laugh at me. I also started recording myself on this digital recorder I have. On the way home from work I have been keeping a journal of sorts. I basically just talk about everything that has been going on and anything on my mind. I wonder if I will listen to this "when I'm 64" and wish I could go back to today. I wonder if this is going to be an amazing year in my life. I kind of doubt it, but I guess I can make it anything I want. Right?

Overall I must say that I love time traveling.