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10/18/13

Hello 17

Text reads: Seventeen things I hope to accomplish within the next year
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Figure out the basics about what I want to do after high school.
Take the ACT test a few times.
Love myself even more.
Read a few great pieces of literature like Emma by Jane Austen, The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger, and Lord of the Flies by William Golding.
Have the nerve to ask somebody out on a date or a dance (though I doubt that will happen).
Volunteer.
Get my driver’s license.
Write on one of my novels.
Take care of myself.
Learn about what’s happening in the world.
Attempt to accomplish one of these goals and any other goals that I make.
Work out for fun.
Attempt to do yoga.
Find a way to make money.
Apply for scholarships.
Try to accept others as they are.
Be happy.

~ Stacy N.

Goodbye 16

Text reads: Sixteen favorite things from my sixteenth year of life.
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Learning how to drive over the summer.
Knowing more about important things in life like rape culture, sexism, racism, equality, and how the patriarchy doesn't just affect the girls but the guys as well.
The too many math parties that has happened during lunch.
Hanging out with friends and family and doing crazy stuff like staying after school on the last day of school even though we weren’t technically supposed to be there or the many trips around the city for various reasons.
Finding out more about myself, like how I like guys with great hair.
The beautiful, albeit late, fall season in the canyon.
Reading great books in general and not having to worry about anything at the moment.
Getting inspiration from the most randomest things, like a picture of an unknown planet or plot bunnies invading writers everywhere.
[Surprisingly], moving to a new place.
Jumping into the cold water at the water park.
Joining a writing club at my new school.
Meeting my relatives on my mom's side via Skype, when my older sister was visiting them for two and a half months.
Failing horribly while attempting to speak French when my friend and I went to a French fair a few months ago.
Getting a 100% on a math test that dealt with trig, and feeling very smug about it.
My AVID class at my old school.
Joining a cookie fandom that all started out as a casual post on my tumblr dashboard.

Honorable mentions:

French fries

The last week of school in general.

Playing apples to apples at a friend's birthday party.

Eating too many Oreos at another friend's birthday party.

Having one of my friends drive me home from somewhere, and knowing that we won’t get into a crash anytime soon.

Seeing deer in the backyard

Bake cookies for fun.

~ Stacy N.

A fun yesterday

Thanks to all the people who said happy birthday to me yesterday. Even if you're not reading this, it still means a lot to me, that you've bothered remembering.

And thanks to my family for making mine and my twin's 16th birthday an awesome day filled with good food and fun.

It was nice to go to the fun center to rock climb, play laser tag, get wet, etc. It was also weird to see the infamous Frog Hopper that John Green was talking about. However, I did not go on it simply because no one was commanding the controls and it would have been a little silly to be the only sixteen year old on it.

The Corn festival was also fun and a bit scary. Fun because we got to roast marshmallows, do silly stuff, listen to cheesy songs, and do one too many mazes. Scary because of the haunted corn maze. It was filled with zombies, skulls, guys with chainsaws, murderers, a sense of vertigo, and any other scary stuff that left my siblings and I clinging to each other's jackets by the end. Plus another scary (but funny) thing was the dark hay maze, where random people would hide in corners and say boo to any passersby.

It also nice to go to a buffet filled with good food and fortunes that seem more like true facts than something that will come true in your life. The cheesecake that is impersonating a birthday cake and ice cream and everything else that went along with it was... amazing.

Maybe that's why I like birthdays so much. It's a day just for you (and anyone else that shares your birthday aka your twin, triplet, quadruplet, etc.) A day where you can do whatever you want no matter if you're 16, 42, or 549 yrs old. And no one would care because it's a day designed for you. The only exception to that rule is if you just did something illegal.

So I got to say happy birthday to everyone, even if it's not your birthday today. And do something that you enjoy. Because you only do live once (not unless you believe in reincarnation or regenerating.) However, do something meaningful not something stupid that can possibly kill you. You don't want to die too soon and have everyone that loves you become sad all because of the stupid (in my opinion) saying YOLO.