T h e B l a c k T e a: Isn't it Crazy How Fast Life Moves?

The first time I watched Palo Alto I think I was a freshman. Me and my friend, Maia, sat on the floor of her bedroom and watched it on her laptop, gushing about how cute Jack Kilmer and Nat Wolff are. I wasn't really a huge fan and barely understood what was going down. I watched it today as a seasoned high school almost-graduate and *boom*.

Makes total sense now: Emma Roberts and her total disappointment when she spots Jack Kilmer going upstairs with another girl at the party. Nat Wolff and his impulsivity and unexplainable disdain for humanity. Emily and her clear but never said daddy issues. Jack Kilmer's character, Teddy, and his struggle to do the right things at the right times. It's the epitome of being a teenager - the confusion, the romantic awkwardness, the anger and frustration with everything. Isn't it crazy how fast life moves? Almost everything about this movie, the screenplay in particular, is completely relatable 4 years later. 4 years from now I'll be graduating from Tufts.