One Tree Hill

Honestly it is getting quite embarrassing. I feel like a voyeur living vicariously off these "teenagers" on tv.. hahaha... They are all angsty but they look good angsty. And they hang out in the nicest places. Was watching the season 1 episodes on Starworld and there was this scene where some of the guys left Karen's Cafe to go play basketball at the nearby park. A whole bunch of guys turned up, with their friends from school, a huge bunch of them just hanging out on a saturday night. It's a scene set aptly in a small town, where everyone knows one another. It kind of reminds me of hall. On tv, everyone is chilling, watching, laughing... And I start to wonder, once work starts and gets into full swing, how many group outings and chilling sessions will I get? Now, meetings with friends centre around town at some atas coffee house or bar. Drinks are a requisite. I haven't done anything casual like just sit around at a park or around a basketball court for a long time. I guess this is called growing up? Or, it just means my lifestyle has changed somewhat. So watching this casual saturday night on One Tree Hill just made me wonder when I'll be doing that soon.

It's hard to explain. Maybe I'm just not good with words. But the scene is set in my brain. No, it's seared in my brain. I'm also prone to romanticise. But it is also apparent to me that I'm growing up, that I must leave some semblance of my youth, what I used to do when I was younger, aside to embrace new things in adulthood. Admittedly, they are things I have grown used to and I indulge in them quite often. But every so often, a little show like One Tree Hill would bring back nice memories...