Yesterday I went to visit my little cousin Lily, who is 4. She was at my grandmother's house, and when I got to the door she was in a red power ranger suit. She said, "Where have you been? I've been wearing this for hours. I thought you were coming a while ago". She had wanted to show me her halloween costume. Since she was a Power ranger, she wanted to show me a video of them (she didn't know power rangers were my generation). As I watched I got a funny feeling. I hadn't seen them probably since I was 5 or 6 and it seemed very different then what I remembered. It reminded me of the feeling when you go to a house or a restaurant for a second time it often seems different and you notice more details. I think whenever you have a first perspective of something, your view changes the second time because you know more about it. Like the first time I visited SMU, I thought the campus seemed completely different. Now, I know my way around so my perspective has changed. I realized this yesterday: it's funny how when you first learn about something, it seems so new and exciting, but once your mind recognizes the subject more and more everything looks and feels different - like you're used to it. I had remembered the power rangers as being really exciting and cool, but when I watched the video it was just a much of overdramatic characters and cheesey side effects.
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