{"id":684,"date":"2024-10-13T15:17:52","date_gmt":"2024-10-13T20:17:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/longstoriesshort.blog\/?p=684"},"modified":"2024-10-18T20:18:24","modified_gmt":"2024-10-19T01:18:24","slug":"literally-new-hair-new-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/longstoriesshort.blog\/index.php\/2024\/10\/13\/literally-new-hair-new-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Literally New Hair, New Me"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure style=\"aspect-ratio:auto; padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--superbspacing-xxlarge);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--superbspacing-xxlarge);margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;\" class=\"aligncenter wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/longstoriesshort.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/life-is-beautiful-1.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/longstoriesshort.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/life-is-beautiful-1.png 900w, https:\/\/longstoriesshort.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/life-is-beautiful-1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/longstoriesshort.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/life-is-beautiful-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/longstoriesshort.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/life-is-beautiful-1-768x768.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>Kesha needs to re-release \u201cTiK ToK\u201d because yes! I do wake up in the morning, but NOT like P. Diddy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anyhoo. I think I might be the Joker. Because I used to think my life was a tragedy, but now I realize, it\u2019s a comedy. We went from Netflix drama limited series to Nickelodeon movie. <em>The Bear<\/em> comedy to <em>Friends<\/em> comedy. It\u2019s like I changed my hair color and I\u2019m a different person, living a new life. I remembered who I was and everything changed. And I can\u2019t even tell you guys why.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Out of respect for other people\u2019s privacy, I shan\u2019t say what occurred this week that has led me to believe I am now living in a sitcom, but trust me when I say, you would believe it, too. Life is just so funny sometimes. And thank goodness! I\u2019ve been needing something funny.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Y\u2019know what actually? So, no, I do not genuinely think I\u2019m the Joker, but I do commonly make sense of my life by putting it in TV\/movie terms. Each distinguishable period of my life can be considered a season or a movie; each has its own genre, plotlines, and characters; and I am the main character throughout it all. That being said, while I am the main character of my life, I feel more like a side character in general.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I don\u2019t mean this in a bad way\u2014not in this context. I do feel as if I have control in my life (as much control as one could hope for in a chaotic world, at least), and I know that I am a complex person with deep thoughts and a rich life. Yet, I feel like Abed in that one episode of <em>Community<\/em> (2009-2015). The one where he helps a lady give birth in the background of the episode, and when he reconvenes with the group, no one brings it up. As a viewer, you might even miss it. That\u2019s me at the moment. I\u2019m having my own grand adventures, but it\u2019s not really the focus of\u2026 stuff\u2026 so they go under the radar. They\u2019re blink-and-you-miss-it, cool-if-you-catch-it. And then I join with the others, and they have no idea what I just experienced. It\u2019s like I just got out of a hostage situation inside a burning building, and then someone immediately came out to me. And I just go, \u201cThat\u2019s great, buddy. Thanks for telling me. Ignore the fact that I\u2019m smoking.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But I guess that\u2019s everyone, huh? We\u2019re all some level of side character to each other, but, hopefully, main characters to ourselves. It\u2019s just funny to put into words.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:40%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"804\" src=\"https:\/\/longstoriesshort.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/ageappropriate-1024x804.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-685\" srcset=\"https:\/\/longstoriesshort.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/ageappropriate-1024x804.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/longstoriesshort.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/ageappropriate-300x236.jpg 300w, https:\/\/longstoriesshort.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/ageappropriate-768x603.jpg 768w, https:\/\/longstoriesshort.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/ageappropriate.jpg 1374w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:60%\">\n<p>I have a bit of a crush brewing. I\u2019m not going to get too into it, because that\u2019s weird, but let&#8217;s just say there\u2019s a certain someone in a certain class that makes me feel a certain way. I just realized this this past week, and boy, was I <em>thrilled<\/em> to discover so. My existential crisis has been put on pause due to some lovely, age-appropriate problems! The deep pit inside my stomach has been replaced with butterflies. My glum outlook on the world is now tinted rose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Guys\u2026 I love love. NOT saying I am in love by any means. Jeez, can you people relax? I\u2019ve known this person for a month and have spoken to them maybe once. Actually, once might be stretching it\u2026 Listen, the crush is mostly based on looks, and I will not be made to feel shameful for it! Let me have my fun!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Anyways. Love. Dreamy sigh\u2026 If you have spoken to me at all, you probably know that I think love is the reason for basically everything. Love is the answer to life. You live life hoping to find people who love you, and you love back, and you achieve happiness by doing things you love. Easy as that. I am amidst learning philosophical language to better explain this belief, but you better believe that I am refusing to change this belief. Live laugh love for real. I will also not be trying to further explain this belief using the bit of philosophical language I know because I am TIRED.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last week\u2019s blog post kind of exhausted me in terms of writing out all of my deeper thoughts. I need a moment to recuperate. But I will say this about my existential crisis: Yes, it is paused. Partially due to age-appropriate problems, and partially because I willed it to. I\u2019ve come to the conclusion that there is no real way through this crisis. It\u2019s like philosophy and religion and stuff. There is no correct answer, there is only the answer you are content with. This concept sucks bootyhole for someone who likes when problems have clear and definite solutions like moi, but hey. Such is life. So I\u2019ve reworked my way of thinking about this crisis; instead of working through it, I am now trying to work my way out of it. Find an answer that helps me relax right this second, instead of finding an answer that will forever and always help me. Although, I guess I sort of have the answer to both, right? It\u2019s just a matter of figuring out how I can use love to get me out of this mess. Well, I guess it\u2019s actually already doing so with the whole crush thing. See? Love is the answer, I\u2019m telling you. Just need to continue to tell myself that, I suppose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My brother and I have continued watching <em>Lost<\/em> (2004-2010). I love <em>Lost<\/em> so much. We only just began season three, so please no spoilers, I beg thee. This is one of the very few big, famous mystery shows\/movies that I don\u2019t know how it ends, and I am loving trying to figure it out. Everything is so confusing, yet so much makes sense. So many pieces fit together, but I have no idea what picture they\u2019re trying to make. And with every part of the mystery we solve, another three unsolved parts seem to be created\u2014the puzzle keeps getting bigger. The show\u2019s starting to get more convoluted, a bit more wacky, and I am still loving it. I\u2019m invested to know what the hell is happening, and I\u2019m hopeful that we\u2019ll at least get <em>some<\/em> satisfying answers to the questions the show keeps posing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Locke is my favorite character because his whole prodigal son thing is so bizarre and intriguing, but a <em>lot<\/em> of the characters are just as so. I love Hurley because of the numbers; Jack because of his involuntary, yet accepted leadership role; Kate because what did she do?; Sun and Jin because of their past; Sayid because of his skill; and Sawyer because\u2026 Well, what\u2019s not to love about Sawyer? My brother described him as a cat\u2014he cares about people, but shows it in an unconventional way. His way of speaking is so funny, and he\u2019s just constantly a little shithead. It\u2019s too good. Plus, he\u2019s incredibly easy on the eyes, so bonus points. If I didn\u2019t mention a character, it is because I hate them. Kidding, but if I didn\u2019t mention them, they\u2019re unfortunately not one of my favorites. Shoutout Boone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I want to write fanfic so badly. I feel that it would be good writing practice, and that I would be good at it. If I am anything, I am an egotistical bastard with a creative urge. My problem is I have no idea what to write about. Contrary to everything about me, I have never really been a fanfic reader. Only through cultural osmosis am I one. I\u2019ve just never gotten the desire of wanting more\/something different from a story. Well, I have, but never strong enough to need to search for or write something to fulfill that desire. Really, I think I\u2019m just lazy. I\u2019m sheeple, accepting what I get whether or not I like it instead begging to ask for better. Wow, I am dramatic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019m considering doing a \u201cMinecraft Movie, But Good\u201d story, because that goddamn Minecraft movie looks like absolute shit. And it pisses me off! Minecraft is an incredible game capable of being beautiful, terrifying, stupid, fun, heartfelt, melancholic, and everything in between. There are soooo many interesting and emotional takes they could have gone with this movie, and yet they picked the most heinous one. Not to mention the visuals are disgusting! Yuck! I love Minecraft, and ever since seeing that god awful trailer, I have been thinking about how I would\u2019ve made a movie about it, so I have some ideas that could be good for a fanfic. Potentially.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I also think I could write a decent fanfic about Pixar\u2019s <em>Cars<\/em>. LOL. I think I could easily take the story of the first movie and make it into a cute human AU. This idea is less original, but could still be fun to work on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Monster High could also be a good story. I think I could make a cute story about the ghouls. I\u2019m not exactly sure what about, maybe just an AU about how they all met, or I can make up a little adventure for them to go on. I know the characters enough to make them feel genuine methinks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My brother suggested <em>House<\/em>, but I don\u2019t know what that\u2019d be about. I wouldn\u2019t want to write about a medical case, and I couldn\u2019t write about Hilson because, like, what more could I say about that? Enough Hilson fanfic exists; it\u2019s called <em>House<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My brother also suggested A\/B\/O, but then retracted that statement because, \u201cOnce you start writing that, you can\u2019t stop.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yeah, I can\u2019t start straight out of the gates with anything like that. Honestly, I don\u2019t even think I could start with anything heavily romantical. Not all of fanfic is romantic, I know that, but I also know that a lot of the popular ones are. But I\u2019m not ready for all that, I need to build my skill before we get to that level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unfortunately, I also don\u2019t think I\u2019ll be starting with F1 fanfic. Remember, good things come to those who wait. Hopefully.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kesha needs to re-release \u201cTiK ToK\u201d because yes! 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