Britney
Winter break started off great: I relaxed, I went to different places in the city, I caught up on my writing. The break is almost over now, and I don’t want it to end. Eighth grade is too stressful. I have a ton of homework still to do, misogynistic tormenters waiting for me, and an ex-best friend who isn’t talking to me over something that isn’t worth fighting about. Everything feels like too much to handle at once. I feel a bit like Sisyphus. Every time I think that I’m finished dealing with constant worry and conflicts, everything just rolls back to me again. In addition to all of that, I’m also anxious about hearing what high schools I was accepted to next month.
I hung out with some of my best friends today, which was a huge relief. We roamed around Park Slope, thrifting, eulogizing single gloves found in the street, making pit stops in grocery stores for chocolate and snacks. It was hours of bliss. I wish I could feel that way more. But now I have homework to do. ♦
Can I submit drawings for the diaries or anything in general to go with articles Anaheed?
Log in to replyThe only drawings we use for diaries are Caitlin’s visual diaries, but anyone who wants to submit drawings can send them to submissions@rookiemag.com.
Log in to replyNandi, I love you. You can have my mascara, always. Butonlyif I crawl under the cupboard…
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PS: I can’t wait for this new year with rookie <3
My “best friend” isn’t talking to me either, she says I’ve changed too much…
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Log in to replyMy personal philosophy has always been that having one close best friend is better than having a bunch of friends. And having a few best friends that are your best friends for different reasons is Literally the Best Thing Ever. Especially when said friends happen to be Potterheads, Sherlockians, Whovians and Hitchhikers.
Log in to replyTRUTH.
Log in to replyI agree! I share a lot of nerdy things with my very best friend. (She recently turned me into a Whovian!)
Log in to replyi always feel like i under-appreciate my friends and it’s really awkward because there’s no handbook that tells you the right amount of gratitude to show and what’s kissing ass and what’s not.
and to anyone that’s like ‘scoff eighth grade is nothing’, as a fellow nyc eighth grader going to a ‘gifted and talented’ school (aw, how cute), IT IS INTENSELY STRESSFUL. (i think i can speak for britney on this) OUR FATE IS BEING REVEALED IN FEBRUARY! the high schools admissions process is a huge deal, and so are accelerated classes and every snooty-nosed fart that’s like ‘omg 96 is a fail’ when you’re sitting at your desk with a big fat 96 in front of you. (maybe that is just at my school) (yeah)
Log in to replyNandi, your entries make me smile :D
Log in to replynandi, you are amazing, d-dawg.
Log in to replyCaitlin, I love your diary, as always. Naomi, you write so beautifully! And Ruby, best friend appreciation is great! I think I’ll write mine a sappy text now! Katherine, escaping to the wilderness sounds nice right about now. Britney, I sinccerely wish you the best with friends and school! Nandi, your entry made me laugh out loud.
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Log in to replyCaitlin, that collage is so, so gorgeous.
“I feel withdrawn right now, like my orbit is getting smaller, moving inward, farther and farther away from everybody else’s.”
Naomi, I completely know how you feel. I’ve been so lonely lately, like I need to curl up into myself. I’ve been spending a lot of time alone, just trying to reorganize everything and think.
Nandi, you’re amazing and hilarious.
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Log in to replyaw, thankyou <3
Log in to replyNaomi im feeling the same at the the moment and its terrible
Log in to replyI will arise and go now, for always night and day
I hear lake water lapping with low sounds by the shore;
While I stand on the roadway, or on the pavements grey,
I hear it in the deep heart’s core.
Yeats is a beautiful poet, I just wish i didnt have to study his poems in school, I hate analyzing poetry in class..
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Log in to replyBritney: the only 8th grader who makes a casual reference to Sisyphus in a diary entry.
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