Whilst driving home from my friend Adam's farewell today, I was talking to my friend Maddy. We were talking about how we feel more like ourselves in the summer, just because the stress of school is gone, and we're really in our element. Not carrying around backpacks - metaphorical and literal - of hellish stress.
Welp.
It made me think of how ridiculously happy I've felt this week. I'm always pretty good, but this week was almost unreal. I loved everyday. And randomly, I thought of a passage I read yesterday in one of my oldest, most favorite books - Beauty, by Robin McKinley. (I have a whole post about this book in the drafts, friends, but Blogger just went and DELETED the whole thing and now I have to write a new one sometime. THANKS, Blogger. Thankkks. So.) Anyway. I read this yesterday, and it was one of those Twilight Zone moments where I was looking around my room... wondering if Robin McKinley had travelled to the future and written about me. I wanted to check outside for vehicles with flux capacitors that could've been her's in 1978 when she wrote the book.
And, guys, I'm totally not one of those girls who's like, "OMG! OMG! LOL! I AM this character. I AM that actress, that person is ME!!!!" Cause, come on, that's ANNOYING. I'm just saying, I read this yesterday, and my cute mom and I were like, hahahaha, wait. What?! It was startling how similar it was to me. Soo. Here's the quote I thought of today, that I liked. It's just good writing!
"I leaned closer, fascinated. No, there, it was I, after all:
Welp.
It made me think of how ridiculously happy I've felt this week. I'm always pretty good, but this week was almost unreal. I loved everyday. And randomly, I thought of a passage I read yesterday in one of my oldest, most favorite books - Beauty, by Robin McKinley. (I have a whole post about this book in the drafts, friends, but Blogger just went and DELETED the whole thing and now I have to write a new one sometime. THANKS, Blogger. Thankkks. So.) Anyway. I read this yesterday, and it was one of those Twilight Zone moments where I was looking around my room... wondering if Robin McKinley had travelled to the future and written about me. I wanted to check outside for vehicles with flux capacitors that could've been her's in 1978 when she wrote the book.
And, guys, I'm totally not one of those girls who's like, "OMG! OMG! LOL! I AM this character. I AM that actress, that person is ME!!!!" Cause, come on, that's ANNOYING. I'm just saying, I read this yesterday, and my cute mom and I were like, hahahaha, wait. What?! It was startling how similar it was to me. Soo. Here's the quote I thought of today, that I liked. It's just good writing!
"I leaned closer, fascinated. No, there, it was I, after all:
The quirk of the eyebrows was still there, the dark uneven arch that had always said that the eyes ididn't believe what they saw; but then since I had only seen them in mirrors, perhaps this was true. And I recognized the high wide cheekbones, but my face had filled out around them; and the mouth was still higher on one side than the other, and the high side had a dimple."
Enjoy the awkward angle. And my pretty yellow room. I'm just happy!! And I like that book, and I like that there are other people out there (even in fiction-land) that have horribly uneven brows and lopsided mouths that make them, them. :)
And no, I didn't shower. I can feel you questioning. Headbands are one great thing about life. Can I get an amen?! Byyye. Have a lovely Sabbath!
Happy.
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ReplyDeleteOh hi. Just finished Beauty last week. For the ELEVENTH TIME. :) Also, the handicapped word verification on this page is 'piggsbe'. Goodness gracious heaven's sakes alive. New. Favorite. Word.
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