Place: Bell Canada Christmas Party
Date: Based on the scrunchy and length of my hair im going to say 1991
Age: 4
Date: Based on the scrunchy and length of my hair im going to say 1991
Age: 4
When i was cleaning out my closet and getting ready for my move i found the picture above, I thought to myself... if i could build a time machine and go back, what would i say to this wide eyed, bushy haired little girl...
I imagine the Bell christmas party... me and patrick sitting on the steps opening gifts from my dads collegues... a letter flies in through the cloud of ciggerette smoke, shaped like an airplane it lands into my side ponytail and latches onto my scrunchy. Patrick points at it and says "da" because he is a fool, and he cannot yet say "note". The fool gets oohs and ahhs from the crowd because they find his ramblings appealing.... i plot my domination and his exile in silence as i release the note from my mane.... i run under the table to read it, my My Little Pony runners light up against the carpet, and among the christmas tree lights i read....
To : Little Connie
From: The future, 2012, 25 year old you
Dear little miss eyeballs,
I write to you from the future.... we have not found the cure for cancer and we are not an FBI agent... yet! however we are very good facebook stalkers....
I felt i should write you a list of things you should remember as the years pass and our beauty and independce grow with the speed of flowers in the spring! (i dont really know what that means but it sounded pretty) anyways.....
1. Dont start smoking, that shit will kill you and seriously limit the places you are aloud to stand... youll get it later
2. Wear the glasses, especially at the bar
3. Save your money, because our car sucks
4. Do not get the credit card, it isnt worth the hotel stay TRUST ME
5. Listen to your dad, because he will hit you
6. You are not fat, but enjoy the tall and skinny phase when your 16.... TRUST ME
7. IT IS EXACTLY WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.
8. Getting trashed is not as fun as it looks.... You will say stupid shit that will start to come back to you as the week progresses, its a very slow sort of torture
9. Getting high is not as fun as it looks.... for us at least... we just aren't drug people
10. A one night stand is not a passionate thing.... you will feel like a hooker in the morning
11. Cheese is not your friend
12. Your first kiss will involve a fart... because cheese is not your friend
13. Cutting your own hair is not a self expressive way to be reborn.... your just 16.
14. Facebook is the devil.... it kills relationships.
15. Do not drunk dial your ex after a bottle of tequila and tell him to get in your panties.... i dont think i need to explain that one.
16. Good sex and love are seperate from one another....
17. Your hotter
18. Your smarter
19. Your talented
20. Your funny
21. You do have it in you
22. You will always get what you want
23. Go bike riding with the girl next door
24. Do not go skateboording, you dont have the balance for it
25. people do understand you
26. Everyone feels the same way
27. Forget it and move on
28. Karma is a bitch
29. Do not throw punches
30. Dont say what you may regret
31. Dont expect "sorry" to fix everything
32. Do not accept "sorry" as an answer
33. Dont judge, and throw away those that do
34. Smile more, dance more, sing more.
35. Its not as bad as it looks
36. This too shall pass
37. No one noticed, no one will remember
38. Grade 9 math is a necessary evil
39. Take it seriously
40. Dont give up
41. Dont procrastinate
42. A walk will fix it
43. A hug will fix it
44. not everything is a sign
45. One day at a time
46. Patience is a virtue and we will not have it
47. Yelling does not get your point across
48. Just say it
49. Just do it
50. Lonely is subjective.
51. The fake ID will work
52. Dont text and drive
I wish you luck young me, oh one more thing.... do.not. steal the next door neighbours cat.... he will scratch you and you wont get to keep it.
p.s. you will get younger sisters, which will kind of be like having cats.... only their louder.... and shit a lot more... try not to drop them!
3 comments:
Good post.
Really Cute :)
I wrote a letter to my future self when I was 14… if only I could remember where I put it, I'm supposed to open it on my next birthday. Drats!
Time to ransack my old bedroom - Please God don't let me find out my Mum has put it "In a Safe Place" (ie: the Ether of the Universe)
lol!! honestly i think one of the things i should have also told my younger self was to not wear scrunches.
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