You know the saying, "Opposites attract?" That generally refers to situations where one person's extreme tendencies tend to interlock with another person's extreme tendencies - enough so that they cannot entangle themselves from each other without excessive heartache and scratching up.
In my short life, I have experienced several memorable moments or series of moments consisting of two or three elements being paired together that, rather then being extreme opposites, are actually entirely unrelated to each other, which only makes them that much more awesome. To this day, I still associate these things together. For instance:
*Whale-watching off the coast of Plymouth (I promise, no harpooning took place) + eating a Sugar Daddy (the candy) + reading a Mandy book (adolescent Christian historical fiction)
*Crocheting a hippie-ish scarf contraption + listening to a podcast of The Time Machine by H.G. Wells (this one is actually still taking place)
*Playing Donkey Kong Country 2 on Super Nintendo (specifically the Lost World levels) + making these yarn flower things when it's my brother's turn to play
*Watching the old BBC Narnia videos + playing Donkey Kong Land on my Gameboy (I guess I'm just obsessed with video games starring gorillas)
*Eating packaged Thai noodle bowls + reading Seabiscuit (with drops of the liquid splattering on many pages)
When I remember these times, I smile. And long to recreate them, although if I did the magic wouldn't really be there in the same way.
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