Unpacking

[teaberryblue]

Unpacking boxes, I am finding all kinds of things I forgot about.

Tonight, I was about to pack it in and go to to bed at about 1:30.

Then, I found the longest love letter I've ever written. It's a book. One of those blank journals? I don't even know how many pages it is. Definitely fifty; maybe a hundred. It took me a full three months to

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[evil_laugher]

Okay, you need to say more about these INDIVIDUALS. Plz, spill the gossip.

[teaberryblue]

Nope! Then it would be about old unrequited love stories and not self-discovery. I like it this way.

[evil_laugher]

BOOOOOOO oh well, I guess that's acceptable.

[teaberryblue]

OKAY OKAY IT'S TO LEMONY. GEEZ.

[crazy_megan]

lolz

Pez dispensers? I still have a bunch of those kicking around somewhere back home too. It's like...required by law that you have at least one from childhood.

Also the 50 page love letter thing is very cool. Would be interesting to see how much that person has changed as well.

[teaberryblue]

Yes, but do you have over 200 Pez dispensers from high school,including one that once belonged to Jerry Seinfeld that you traded with him personally?

[twowishesleft]

I LOVE YOU, TEA.

ETA: And... what does it mean? It means you are awesome.

[teaberryblue]

I LOVE YOU, NIKKI.

You are awesome too!

[sunnyrea]

That is pretty fabulous that you wrote a love letter book but even more fabulous is the missing pez container collection. It sounds like a mystery book. "The tale of the missing pez collection" *cue dramatic music*

[teaberryblue]

THEY ARE NO LONGER MISSING. OH MY PEZ, HOW I LOVE YOU.

[sunnyrea]

*cheers* The book comes to a successful close!

[dakinishir]

What does that say about me, really, that the things with the deepest meaning to me as reminders of a youth well-spent are an unsent love-letter that took a season to write, a Ouija Board from 1920, my tarot decks, collections of juvenile writing, books, and my Pez dispensers?

Damned if I know what it says about you. I can tell you it makes me even more eager to get to know you. You sound fascinating!

Hope you find those Pez dispensers.

And live up to your image of your future self. Worthy goal.

::nods::

[teaberryblue]

My father found them this morning! Pictures will be forthcoming.

Sadly, one of the biggest disappointments is that I dreamed I would be a wunderkind and I'm a little old for that now. But on the other hand, I've realized that being happy is more important than being special.

[liret]

Achieving awesomeness in adulthood is generally longer-lasting, anyway. Wunderkinds usually burn out young.

[teaberryblue]

Fucking Keats. Fucking Mozart.

I think this is probably the thing I respect most about Drew Barrymore. She was able to be a prodigy, burn out spectacularly, and not die of a drug overdose and come back and be an awesome grownup too.