Got me through a pretty tough time

I was 18 in the summer of 2001. For personal reasons, I was sent away to a boarding school in August of that year, half way across the world. Even though the school I went to was full of Americans and the place I was at was fairly Westernized, I didn't really want to be there and was having all sorts of problems adjusting. To top it off, there had been a death in the family just that year, and things were really tough for me at the time.

American PIe 2 was the first film I saw after moving out to the school there, and I remember feeling a profound sense of joy as I left the theatre. I felt like I was home again, and it brought me back to see an American Pie film, as far away from home as I was.

I went back and saw the movie again because it made me feel so good the first time, and even now, this movie holds a special feeling to me. As weird as it sounds, I avoided watching it again until just this week--11 years, and it brought back all the same feelings.

I know it's weird, this being a silly teen sex comedy, but still.