I’ll be 22 on Sunday. Happy Birthday to me! I always look forward to my birthday; I’m not one of those people that gets all existential and has a total whack-attack looking at old photo albums and reading old love letters, because ISN’T LIFE JUST SO SHORT? and what have you. For me, that’s a Monday afternoon, so I like to spend my birthday eating cake and getting free stuff. I love being in my twenties, but I did have a bit of a panic attack when I had to say goodbye to my teens; along with the rest of the Western world I think I mythologised parts of being a teenager, and so was sort of reluctant to move on. But as I go further into adulthood, sometimes I look around my life and notice how stubborn adolescence really can be. Here are some of the things I can’t let go of, despite being a woman, and not a girl anymore.
my obsession with ballet…
my obsession with Sofia Coppola movies…(when I was 13, I was Cecilia, when I was 14, I was Lux…)
my diary-writing habit…
my sweet-tooth…
my tendency to leave everything in a mess…
my frisson for geeky children’s-character backpacks…
…and my inability to go dancing without having my face painted. Every. Single. Time.
(thanks to Marc for stealthily taking this picture while I had my eyes closed! xoxo)
So exciting! I just turned 22 last week, and it was the first time I felt really almost unhappy about a birthday - I guess it's my first one out in the real world, it's the first one of the rest of my life, it's the first one that isn't special (if you're not in the US, maybe 21 wasn't special for you either). But I'm looking forward to my 20s being awesome! I hope yours are as well! And happy birthday!
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Happy birthday! I don't remember much about turning 22... it seems like such a long time ago.
ReplyDeleteNice pictures especially the last one!! Love it!!
ReplyDeleteHave a great birthday!
ReplyDeleteI wish I could keep up writing a diary. I start one every year without fail and it lasts anywhere from 2 weeks to 2 months then slowly dies away....
TNX :D you have an great blog ! Have a nice day :)
ReplyDeleteHope you had a wicked birthday:-) I've got serious bag envy - if you don't mind me asking, where did you get the Hello Kitty backpack?
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Happy birthday! Followed!
ReplyDeleteKatie xx
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Happy birthday! Wow all those diaries! I have changed to writing on evernote and keeping notebooks just for drawing and journaling not-private-stuff haha.
ReplyDeleteHaha I always have things in a mess too! And woaaahhh at all those diaries, I never really was a diary writer, must be interesting looking back over those!
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love it!
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I love ballet shoes! I actually went to get a sole placed on a pair of mine because i loved them too much!
ReplyDeleteMelissa
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I can soo relate(and i'll never stop loving Sophia Coppola movies)...sometimes i feel like a "fraud" when i refer to myself as an adult. i'm your newest follower, btw!
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Hello! Thanks for commenting on my blog - Your blog is so pretty! I wish I had the confidence to do outfit posts. Actually, considering I usually just chuck on sweat pants or (even worse) stay in my PJs all day, it would get very boring very quickly!
ReplyDeleteAnna xoxo
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the no. of journals :O The last picture is adorable haha
ReplyDeleteAh happy birthday! I'm obsessed with ballet too and I don't think that's EVER going to change! Hope you enjoyed your birthday!xxx http://lifebeingrosie.blogspot.co.uk
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