Hello and Goodbye
Hey folks!
No I'm not dead. But I am basically dead to LJ, as you've probably surmised.
I have been figuring out SO MANY of my issues. One of them is that I need to get out in the world more. Friends online are one thing, but they need to take a backseat to RL friends. Spending a lot of time on here wasn't doing anything for me, and for my life, in the long run.
But I do owe you one last update, don't I?
I'm back in CA after the time in Japan, which, by the way, was spectacular. I hated most of the other exchange students, but that country was so amazing it made up for it.
While I was there, I changed. I saw what living apart from my father could do to me. I was the happiest I'd ever been, on the most basic level.
Sam, my boyfriend, and I, kept in contact. And you know how I used to angrily complain about fights and misunderstandings and all kinds of issues we had?
While I was in Japan we didn't have a single disagreement. Not one. And since I've been back? Well, we're both philosophers, so we argue all the time. But no fights, nothing close it it. Everything is going so well. The key? I never contact my father (who I've discovered is a Narcissist with a capital N) unless literally absolutely necessary. If I can do that, I'll be OK.
And, let's see. I graduated with university honors. I'm making all sorts of wonderful crafty stuff. Sam and I have been playing with polymer clay, and it's great fun.
I am looking into grad schools, hopefully U Manoa or maybe Columbia. We'll see.
For now... be well, everyone! I love all my LJ friends, and it's hard for me to go, but I have to. I'm not deleting this account, just don't expect to see activity here again.
Thank you, and good night.
-Jia
No I'm not dead. But I am basically dead to LJ, as you've probably surmised.
I have been figuring out SO MANY of my issues. One of them is that I need to get out in the world more. Friends online are one thing, but they need to take a backseat to RL friends. Spending a lot of time on here wasn't doing anything for me, and for my life, in the long run.
But I do owe you one last update, don't I?
I'm back in CA after the time in Japan, which, by the way, was spectacular. I hated most of the other exchange students, but that country was so amazing it made up for it.
While I was there, I changed. I saw what living apart from my father could do to me. I was the happiest I'd ever been, on the most basic level.
Sam, my boyfriend, and I, kept in contact. And you know how I used to angrily complain about fights and misunderstandings and all kinds of issues we had?
While I was in Japan we didn't have a single disagreement. Not one. And since I've been back? Well, we're both philosophers, so we argue all the time. But no fights, nothing close it it. Everything is going so well. The key? I never contact my father (who I've discovered is a Narcissist with a capital N) unless literally absolutely necessary. If I can do that, I'll be OK.
And, let's see. I graduated with university honors. I'm making all sorts of wonderful crafty stuff. Sam and I have been playing with polymer clay, and it's great fun.
I am looking into grad schools, hopefully U Manoa or maybe Columbia. We'll see.
For now... be well, everyone! I love all my LJ friends, and it's hard for me to go, but I have to. I'm not deleting this account, just don't expect to see activity here again.
Thank you, and good night.
-Jia