Sunday, April 17, 2011

Slowly getting this done....days 14 and 15

Day 14 → A hero that has let you down. (letter)
Oh, totally Frank Warren from Postsecret.
We drove four hours to Toledo to see him talk.  I'd seen him talk last year at Pitt but C. never had, and we were both pretty excited.  It was such a total let down.  First of all, Frank's talk was word for word the same as Pitt.  Like, really, you can't change a few things?? Even the "never before seen secrets" were exactly the same.  Then, when we all line up to get our books signed, he was so short with us-me and C. both said how we'd driven four hours from Pittsburgh just to see him, and he said "thanks", and then we asked if he'd take a picture with us.  He said no, he wasn't doing pictures until he signed all the books.  I looked over my shoulder and the line crawled the whole way through the gym out the door.  I looked back at him and said something like please, we have a four hour drive ahead of us and it's ten o'clock.  He said no, sorry, next!  I just got this feeling from him, like he's really not that interested in what he SAYS he is, just the fame part.  It was such a waste of time and money and I felt like someone that I really admire and really look up to turned out to be nothing, just another selfish human being trying to get ahead of everyone else. 

Day 15 → Something or someone you couldn’t live without, because you’ve tried living without it.
Material things-Coke, my iPhone, music, my laptop, Facebook, cigarettes

Someone I can't live without-S.  There was a time when we were fighting so much and I thought we weren't going to be friends much longer.  She is so much a part of me and my life that it shattered my heart to think about not having her in my life anymore, but I didn't know how else to fix how bad things were between us.  Slowly, day by day, we got better and close again, and now we're closer than we ever were before.  I know I can't live without her in my life because it would break me.  She is my best friend and my heart.  She holds me together when I can't hold myself together, she listens to stories from my past and doesn't run away screaming, she supports my decisions, she makes me laugh and cry and she makes me feel stronger.  I am so greatful for her. 

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