Nandi
D-dawg,
’Tis the season to LEAVE BEHIND US and move on to greener pastures. With the new year peeking and my sanity fleeting, now would be a pretty good darn time to actually invest in some self-realization and a new mascara. (I still haven’t found my other one. Also, Google keeps asking me if I meant “pink, mini pet mouse that can TWIRL and fit under cupboards” when I clearly said TWERK, hunty.)
So, anyway, my self-growth started…well, forever ago. We’re always growing as beings (taller than the shower head!), and that is something that is not new to me or anyone else out there who eats with a fork and has trust issues. Which is to say, I never make New Year’s resolutions. Most of the time, resolutions set are goals never met. Like, I told myself that I would give birth to you, D-dawg, earlier in life. Your father—my emotions—and I just weren’t ready yet, I’m afraid. But then I became a neurotic Nutella junkie and Johnny Depp still isn’t answering my calls, so I had to vent SOMEWHERE.
Some people really do keep their resolutions, and I am their biggest admirer. But me? I’ll be right here, taking selfies in my bathroom mirror. ♦
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…
Log in to replyhttp://aureliabode-model.tumblr.com/
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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