Parallels

If I had acted on every single impulse I have ever felt, things would be so different.
Lately, I've been wondering what that other life would be like.

Also, God forbid I ever get texting on my phone. Seriously.

All The Single Ladies

We stayed locked up in my bedroom until 2:30AM. Oh yes.

But in all seriousness, I love this consistent "girl time" we've been having. Granted, this was the first time all three of us have actually attended, but it's a start. Future plans include: tennis, shopping, eating, roadtripping.

In the air, on the length we lay

Our one-year anniversary was just. All over the place.

We spent the entire day together and did everything imaginable, from breakfasting to canoeing to train-riding to studying to shopping to film-viewing to yelling to making amends and ending the night on the highest, highest note possible. Thanks, Hoan.

Here's to one year.

Jessica and Ara

I met both of them in 8th grade, the year I moved to Austin. Our similar tastes in music were what brought Jessica and I together. Ara and I had the same Science class.

So from then until now, 6 years in total, I'd like to think we all grew up and grew old together. They were on the newspaper with me, Ara as my Co-Editor-in-Chief and Jessica as an amazing photographer, and this mutual affiliation brought us all a lot of good memories and good laughs. But that was high school.

Now, two years after graduation, I can feel that we're drifting apart. But that happens, right? Even to the best of friends, though I don't think that term really defines my relationship with either of them. They are two of the strongest links I have to my past, of high school, a time I really, really cherish, as cliche as that may sound. I hope we always stay friends and I hope I can always recall the memories that made high school so great, which more often than not, included both of these ladies.

Crazy, really?

I don't really know what to say about the concept of "crazy ex-girlfriends." I mean, I know they exist (I'm pretty sure I was one), but not to the extent that boys make them out to be.

And I know what to blame that on--boys are extremely dense. Also, they can be a bit full of themselves. Which doesn't equate to logical thinking on their part.

So what if your ex-girlfriend wants to give you some stuff back? Some people like to hold onto those little mementos while others would rather not have to look at them everyday and be reminded of a horrible break-up or crumbling relationship or what have you.

And so what if she hates your guts? I hated my ex-boyfriend's guts for a good while, probably even while we were still together (Mind you, we did the break-up/make-up thing many, many times). There were plenty of occasions where I wanted to kick the shit out of him, just to know I could cause him pain, if only physical, because it seemed our break-up didn't cause him any emotional pain. And that really bothered me.. See, I told you I was crazy.

If she calls you, if she e-mails you, just to see how you're doing or to ask if you can return something of hers that you might have forgotten to give back, no, she is not stalking you. She is not trying to pry nor is she being nosy. Simple requests, simple attempts at trying to maintain some kind of platonic relationship can be blown wayyy out of proportion.

However, this does not mean I'm excusing the real crazies. Because they're out there. But boys, they're much fewer in number, I promise. And even if they are crazy, it's just a phase, which can easily be overcome with a new love interest, or some retail therapy.

Oh, and time. Forgot that one.