last night...

[_colee_]

...she said oh baby i feel so down oh it turns me off when i feel left out..

last night was so-oh-oh what i needed. WOW Hall? It used to be anxious hell and now its a comforting haven. I do not feel left out when i am running up and down those stairs and in and out of the bathroom and along the benches on the side and through a time when we LIVED

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[poodle_y]

oh nicole. you just described the huge gap there is between 8th grade and now. i love your writing, you are so articulate. and so right. middle school was a muddle of insecurity and although the WOW hall made us feel older and cooler we never really got it. now i can go and dance for the sake of dancing, for myself, for fun. i didnt even remember how i would have felt so dumb without my perfectly worn converse just a few years ago. you are so right.

[kiwinerd536]

last night I saw everyone there- you and colin and kelsea and paige and it occured to me that we had all grown up. We had become "those people" and now the people we were are "those people". And i remember so badly wanting to be more like you, more like everyone who seemed so self-assured.
oh 8th grade. where did 14 go?

[whoresinmybrain]

Very well put. *adds to friends list*

[_colee_]

ohhh all you guys.... you were such an integral part of that whole experience!
You guys definately understand... we used to go to the shows together =)
colin was right... not piling into the back of hanna's mom's truck was bizarre.
but we have begun a new chapter

im so glad everyone else found some meaning in last night's chaotic rocking and rolling. phew. i thought i was the only one

love nicole