Dear friend,
It has taken me 22 days to feel motivated enough to get on here and tell you how I feel. Maybe because I have not felt intensely for anything lately. Or because I could not be bothered to do so. I have been met with a tidal wave of school stress though and with that I have not been feeling like anything I would say on here would be worthwhile. I had to go to the doctor and now I have to go to the big doctors and that is a bit scary and daunting, but it is nothing major. I have been growing up and swallowing my pride. Maybe even realizing that everything I so desire will not show up on my doorstep in a nicely packaged UPS box just because I want it. I still seem to struggle with friends and finding ones who want to spend time with me. And this whole week I have been thinking "when will it be my turn?" . Every one is growing up and doing the things that (I assume) one does when you come of age. I guess I am a late bloomer.
Right now I need to focus on the things I can control, which is writing. I'm good at that.
from Hannah,
with love
xoxo
Saturday, November 1, 2014
Thursday, October 9, 2014
HOCO?
It is story time chicos and chicas, gather round!
HOMECOMING IS UPON US! It is in the air, the internet and it might even interrupt your lunch for a minute or two with its "WILL YOU GO TO HOCO?" posters.
I have a friend, whom we'll call Ali for reasons, K? Well, Ali is attending homecoming. And one day she posed a question, she asked me if I thought [description on nice dress that sounds cute] seemed "slutty".
I'm going to pause for a second to say that this question was problematic and because of my opinion of the word no matter what she said I would have said it sounded "beautiful and you should go for it".
Ali seemed concerned by this "but what if people think its too revealing?" she was afraid of judgement from others. This concerned me, hadn't she read my previous blog post about this exact thing? Was she not enlightened by my wisdom? No. Mostly because this thing is something no one I know personally knows about, and also because I seldom express my opinions on such things.
That day, however, I expressed.
"Slutty? What does that even mean, Ali? The only opinion that matters is your own. If it makes you feel good then that's what matters. Not the opinions of people who do not matter! Wear the dress!"
So I implore all of you to wear the dress! Go to the dance! It is as cheesy and awkward as it seems on TV but it is also a wonderful memory! I went last year and I am still cringing and smiling about the whole thing!
What did we learn today girls and boys?
'Slutty' is a word we ought not use and go to the dance even if no one asks you?
Exactly!
from Hannah,
with love
xo
P.S. I have a very cool post coming up early next week so get excited!!!
HOMECOMING IS UPON US! It is in the air, the internet and it might even interrupt your lunch for a minute or two with its "WILL YOU GO TO HOCO?" posters.
I have a friend, whom we'll call Ali for reasons, K? Well, Ali is attending homecoming. And one day she posed a question, she asked me if I thought [description on nice dress that sounds cute] seemed "slutty".
I'm going to pause for a second to say that this question was problematic and because of my opinion of the word no matter what she said I would have said it sounded "beautiful and you should go for it".
Ali seemed concerned by this "but what if people think its too revealing?" she was afraid of judgement from others. This concerned me, hadn't she read my previous blog post about this exact thing? Was she not enlightened by my wisdom? No. Mostly because this thing is something no one I know personally knows about, and also because I seldom express my opinions on such things.
That day, however, I expressed.
"Slutty? What does that even mean, Ali? The only opinion that matters is your own. If it makes you feel good then that's what matters. Not the opinions of people who do not matter! Wear the dress!"
So I implore all of you to wear the dress! Go to the dance! It is as cheesy and awkward as it seems on TV but it is also a wonderful memory! I went last year and I am still cringing and smiling about the whole thing!
What did we learn today girls and boys?
'Slutty' is a word we ought not use and go to the dance even if no one asks you?
Exactly!
from Hannah,
with love
xo
P.S. I have a very cool post coming up early next week so get excited!!!
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