| This is worth reading. or at least I think so. It may be apparent that I'm basically done making layouts. Through the past two years or so I've been at it, I've also had a life and it's grown progressively more hectic. I've got a lot going on in my life, I'm a senior in high school and I need to get ready to move on. I need to apply to colleges (carnegie mellon and MICA for those who are really that interested) I need to be with these people I care so much about because it's not long until we'll be apart. (we'll all be a part of something great though, I promise) I've realized there are more important things than making sure your online journal looks really cute (although there's nothing wrong with that at all). There's facts to learn about life and love and friends and your surroundings. Go and explore, leave your xanga/livejournal/myspace for a few hours and live! ride a bike! climb a tree! break and enter! make a goofy painting with one of your best friends! go on a twenty-four hour road trip (but make sure that you can be back in time for school the next day)! go bowling and listen to all of your favorite songs! The internet is a fantastic tool for expanding your world, but it's no replacement for real life. you can't jump off a ninety foot tressel on your myspace and you sure as hell can't put your arm around a friend on AIM. These are facts I'm only just realizing myself. There's so much beyond this sunroom and computer monitor so I'm going to find them. If you're reading this, tell me something great that you've done, tell me something you want to do. Tell me about that time you snuck out of the house to walk on the beach with one of your best friends and you talked about bigger things, tell me that you want to spend all night at diners making prank phone calls to the numbers on the paper placemats. let me know that I'm not alone in this wild ride that is teenager. do yourself a favor and (if you have it) turn on 'one great city!' by the weakerthans and feel like it's ok to cry to a song. take lots of pictures, they'll mean the world to you one day. So, I wish you luck finding layouts that are as fantastic as mine (yes, this is me being cocky, yes, I am full of shit, no I don't take this seriously at all). I wish you luck getting over your narcissistic selves that feel the need to write about every mundane detail of your life (again, don't take me too seriously, you'll notice that I still update my journals regularly).
I wish you luck at being happy and satisfied with your life. Because I feel that's the most anyone can do. Lastly, do yourself a favor and, come November 21st, go buy the new Brand New album. If it's anything like the fight off your demons demos, it's likely to melt faces. with love,
Emily Awesome www.xanga.com/sewyourluckystars
www.xanga.com/letsgetinvincible
www.myspace.com/emokidwithascarf
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