You know me. We're pretty close. I mean, you're attached to me, and I'm a little attached to you by virtue of your being branded into my skin. But in case you're not familiar with my name, I'm Brianna. Hey, how you doing?
Back in Florida, I noticed you existed because when I wore tank tops, you were there marking our the sleeves that I wore for my costume. That costume was adorable, but the sleeves were just too darn long due to the unisex nature of those yellow and white striped button downs that we weren't allowed to roll up. And then there were the tan lines that reminded me I had to wear socks that covered my ankles, leaving the knobs of my ankles down to my toes a pale Elmer's glue white. Luckily you didn't mark out my skort because my thighs are always pale anyway.
Well. I noticed you yesterday. I thought you'd faded away completely and that I was back to my usual pale and fairly even self, but when I donned that tank top and went out into the sun yesterday, there you were. Yes, you had faded during the winter months when I covered you up in sweater sleeves and long pants, but you're still there. I could tell you were still there when I bared my shoulders to the sunlight yesterday afternoon.
And don't get me wrong, I'm really glad that I got tan rather than burned in Florida, but I'd really like the evidence of my shirtsleeves to go away.
So basically, I love you...but please leave.
Love,
Brianna
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Brianna Life Update:
The job search continues.
My internship has me doing a lot of things, and I'm still really excited about it. A bunch of stuff that I wrote for the site has even been posted, and you can read all that here: www.heresthestory.org.
I'm still doing my Poem-A-Day Project, but for some reason I keep leapfrogging. I keep forgetting to write a poem every other day, leading me to write two poems in a day...multiple days "in a row." I don't know what's up with this, but it's something that I'm going to have to figure out before next month, because it just can't go on like this.
I'm still working on revising poems that I'm sending out to people as part of an artistic pay it forward type deal from Facebook. I actually wanted to commit to doing that, because I know lots of people post those statuses, collect things from people, and then never actually send out art. So...I'm doing that, but I'm having difficulty picking poems for people and making sure that they're pretty. The only reason I'm posting this on my blog is because I'm fairly certain that the people I'm talking about have either forgotten that I owe them a poem or they don't read this blog. So...I win.
I'm reading too many books at once. Right now I have bookmarks in Act of Will and Wonder Boys, and on the almost immediate line up after those are The Handmaid's Tale and Beautiful Creatures, both of which I've borrowed from friends. Though one of them I'm going to hold hostage, so go ahead and try to stop me!
I haven't been on any adventures recently, but I did buy new jeans (whoohoo!) the other day, and they look awesome. Mostly because I'm wearing them, and I always look awesome, but also because they're super comfy.
And that's about it. Happy Thursday!
"I think you are wrong to want a heart. It makes most people unhappy. If you only knew it, you are in luck not to have a heart."
- L. Frank Baum
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