Yesterday sucked. So did today, until 7th period. However, I don't want to dwell on the sucky-ness. Days that suck happen (now more often than they used to);they're just a part of life. Something else that really should become a part of life is making these sucky days into good, or even great, ones. And I've figured out how. At least, how for me. Be with people that make you laugh. I have friends, who I love, but recently, even they can't make me laugh. So today during 7th period I hung out with someone different. I found this girl (she was called Annie in my first post, so I'll keep with that pseudonym) and we just talked and laughed all during 7th period. Then 8th period happened (yay for double frees!) and I stayed with her instead of finding my other friends and we met up with some of her friends and I really just had a great time. We built two snowmans and we erased dirt off of the bottom of shoes and I laughed more than I had for a while. And it was wonderful. I'm always scared of branching out and meeting new people, but that's what I needed today. There's lesson learned.
On another note: my family has a tradition of going out for ice cream if my sister and I get good grades on our report cards (never haven't), so last night we branched out a bit and went to an italien gelatto place. It was sooo good, and way creamier than ice cream. So there's that.
And tomorrow's Winter Ball, so I'm really looking forward to all of the awkwardness that will come from that (sarcasm here people). (I'm sarcastic a lot). (I also use parenthesis a lot). (Like, way too much). (Like, this needs to stop now). (Ok, for real: now).
Friday, January 30, 2015
Sunday, January 18, 2015
Film Photo Collection
These photos don't really have anything in common except that they're all from last year and they're all film. I printed them in a darkroom but then did some touch ups digitally.
Saturday, January 17, 2015
Go For It
I've started calling this phenomenon a friend-crush.
Recently, I had an opportunity to do a design workshop at school, and since none of my close friends were attending I was pretty nervous about the social aspect of it. Then I arrived and there was a girl, let's call her Annie, who I had secretly had one of these friend-crushes on for a while. We were acquaintances, but not really friends, and I just thought she was So Awesome. She could draw, write, act, play the ukulele, make videos, photograph, and just about everything. As the hours past and we brainstormed ideas for our design projects, my friend-crush grew bigger and bigger. We were also starting to actually talk (weird thing here: if you talk to people it is easier to make friends). But then it was time to go. Usually when I meet someone awesome and we get along well at an event, we usually fall out of contact, even if I don't want us to, even if we see each other daily.
But then, Annie did something amazing. As we were waiting for my dad to pick me up, she said "I like you. We should be better friends." Whaaaat? She liked me? Those two sentences made me so happy that I completely opened up about my friend crush. It shouldn't have been such a big surprise to us that someone we connected with and shared so many passions with could have liked us too, but it was. Both of us were astounded but overjoyed at this discovery, so we exchanged phone numbers and stayed up texting until 10:30 that night (that's late for me). I had made a new friend, and all that it took was two sentences.
We are still friends, and now I have discovered a new way to make friends. I have promised myself that anytime I meet a totally awesome person, I'm going to steal Annie's lines and bluntly ask to be friends. I'm going to go for it, because what's the worst that could happen? A friendship might not bloom, but that's what would happen anyway if I just friend-crushed on someone from a distance for the rest of forever.
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