I have ALL the ideas!!!
Let’s talk about feelings.
No, not really. Let’s talk about drugs.
Not like DRUGS drugs. Not “just say no/I learned it from watching you” drugs. Not FUN drugs.
Let’s talk about the drugs that make my life even remotely bearable. Let’s talk about the drugs that I basically need…
I wanted this to have a better ending.
It was my mistake really, I started writing in my head before the whole thing played out. I wanted it to be an inspiring story about people helping other people. Friends and even strangers coming together and using the connections and community of…
My friend Ed sent this to me today because he thought I’d like it. He was right. I’m posting his original email and my reply because… well, just because.
From Ed:
Watch this.
Then y’know… watch the rest of them, but especially watch this one.Never EVER alone. Even when it feels like you are.Have fun with something today. Anything.-e
Thank you, Ed. Amazing!
Although I knew that wasn’t my voice on the recording, they were my thoughts. I remember a couple of times saying this out loud (maybe to you even) and writing it down several times in my journal and in my endless piles of ‘Farewell blog’ pages that eventually got edited out.
I like this ZeFrank guy a lot. I like that he is sharing these little discoveries/connections he is finding with the world.
I think we kind of discovered this on our own in the process of writing my farewell blog, and through some of your more meaningful BDL stories (Home, Sins of the past, Getting up off the Mat, Post Card Projects……)
We learned that our most successful writings have come from when we just say “FUCK IT”, we let go and admit to our insecurities.
BECAUSE
Now our words are relatable to others.
We are all human. We all have the same fears. Why we try and hide them when just talking about them/putting them out there and ADMITTING is SO MUCH MORE refreshing… and honest and real.
‘Umm I’m human, I fuck up daily. I cry a lot AND sometimes I don’t even know why I’m crying, but THIS is me- flawed and constantly fighting.’
AND Im probably digging deeper than the original message intended, but that’s the beauty of people and honesty, right? One truth can provoke many more truths, and the conversation starts to flow, we relate, we connect and WE ARE ALIVE!
Thank you again for sharing. I think this message is wonderful. Now if you will excuse me…I’ll be spamming the shit out of this video for the next half hour :)
-B
Burn the Past
Sometimes when I get lucky I can convince my brain to STFU just long enough for me to sit, look around and witness stuff that I would normally be oblivious to.
Yesterday was one or these days.
I was sitting outside a Peet’s coffee shop working on my homework. Two young women, a blonde and a brunette, were sitting at the next table over. I got the impression that they were best friends. The blonde started reading a handwritten letter to her friend. I couldn’t hear what the letter said but I knew from their eyes that it was very personal.
When she was done reading the blonde handed the letter to her friend and said “Burn it”.
She did.
As the letter burned a teenage girl walked up to their table and asked “Why are you doing that?”
The blonde said: “Sometimes you just gotta let go of the past.”
The teenager smiled, looked at the brunette and said “Right on girl. That’s cool. Congrats!”
The two best friends, the teenage girl and I all watched together as this letter slowly burned and crumbled into a heap of ash.
And that was it. We all walked away and went about our lives.
Closure.
The end.
Here’s the tweet that inspired what might be the best resume I have ever written. Sadly, I did not recieve a response.
***Links from resume***
SOCIAL SKILLS
- https://twitter.com/#!/Brookelynfd
- https://www.facebook.com/brookelynfd
- http://mygamerstory.tumblr.com/
CONVENTION AWESOMENESS
RANDOM
I haven’t lived in Mokelumne Hill for almost 15 years. My parents are still there, but even they haven’t lived in my old house for at least 6 years (I’m bad with time so it could very well be longer, or shorter, than that).
When they moved out of my childhood home I didn’t get too caught up in…
Looks beautiful Em! Im going to attempt this now with deep purple. Wish me luck. Ive never played around with bleach before. Im scuurd. :/
ps. Love your blog <3
I’ve wanted pink hair ever since I was 15. This happened after I saw my grungy boy crush with dark pink hair and I thought it was the coolest thing. I started out using semi-permanent hair dyes, the ones that wash out after 30 washes. I quickly learned that using Auburn semi-permanant hair dye on…
haha YUP! #3, 4, 5 made me smile.
i’ve actually done all of these .__.
Guilty of doing all of these this morning, haha.
I still do this shit. lol
(via ringqueen)
