A Howard the Duck moment...

A couple years ago a friend and I were hanging out and trying to figure out a movie to watch. We turned on the cable free movie guide and looked to see what was available and looked good. As we scrolled we stopped and saw the listing for “Howard the Duck”. Feeling very nostalgic, we set the movie up and ordered a pizza.

As we sat we were so excited to re-live our youth and enjoy a movie we remembered as something very fun and youthful. It started and at once I had the memory of watching the movie the first time it came out on video. At that stage of my life I had not seen anything like that. A duck-man from another planet that somehow comes to earth and tries to figure life out while trying to get back home.

So fast forward 12 years, sitting there the movie started. About 10 minutes in I looked over to my friend who seemed to be enjoying it. A few minutes later he looked over at me and said “am I wrong or is this horrible”. Phew I was so glad to know that I was not alone in that assessment.

Every since then I have deemed the phrase for things that were once something that seemed magical but are more faded over time as an adult. I have since had many moments like that. The most prevalent moments have been when I return to my home In Spokane, WA. I went to a restaurant feeling nostalgic for a burger at a local chain called Zip’s. Trying a particular burger I was so excited and upon taking my first bite the memory was not the way I had thought it was. The taste was bland and unfulfilling.

I wonder what it is that ingrains the memories in our mind and how they get so set so far inside that they don’t fade. I watch a lot of movies now and wonder if these will be “Howard The Duck moments”. It is so hard to think that you cannot relive the memories as they were and bring the same energy back that you had then.

I wonder sometimes if there are memories that are created that can live up to the ones we had when we were younger. Is that why some of memories just fade away? Can we create new ones that will someday live up to the ones we had in the past? I know that I have a knack of remember so many things in my life it is a blessing and curse.

I hope to have less “Howard The Duck” moments. But I also hope along the way I can create lasting memories that will stay true to form and not fade as much over the time. I am at a great place in my life and I want to keep them all inside my head.