a letter to my younger self

Dear Leah, 

First off, your hair is awful. Not gonna sugarcoat it. 

It's kind of terrible. 

 You have not learned that your hair is too thick to be as short as it is. 

Just...no.

Grow it all out.

For the sake of me looking at those pictures in a few years, grow it out. 

Secondly, you're not a fashionista. I know you have big dreams of how a fashion designer in disguise will stumble across your designs when considering buying your house and offer to move you to paris to become his apprentice, but no. 

Sadly that never happens, and your sketches were not that great.

(except for a couple. i would wear some of those, actually.)

But please consider other career options.

Don't be afraid to be confident. Right now you're so scared of people judging you, and you have to hide behind a plastic personality. But it's okay to love Taylor Swift and Broadway musicals. It's okay that you like to read. It's okay that you actually enjoy art class. 

It okay to love whatever you want to.

Also, those "popular" girls you're absolutely terrified of? You'll never see any of them again. So just do whatever you want, because honestly, life is so much better when you like who you are.

Yes, it seems like none of your friends actually like you right now. But that's just not true. You're going to meet your best friend this summer, and it's all going to be okay. And the friends you supposedly hate you? You're going to get a lot closer to them, and they're actually kind of amazing people. Friends are so great, and again, you're just so scared that no one will like you that you just don't try.

Okay.

BOYS.

Yep, you think they're stupid now. And honestly, where you at, they are. But you either keep trying to impress every boy that crosses your path, or run away from them, terrified. 

NOPE.

Boys make some of the best friends ever. They will bring their Percy Jackson books to school for you to read. They will practice your band music with you. They will sometimes buy you cookies in the cafeteria.

And yep, some of them get really cute too.

So...just consider boys, okay? They get a lot better. 

One last thing real quick.

QUIT TRYING TOO HARD. 

You're not going to be the most popular person in school, probably. You won't be the vision of perfection that you want to happen so badly. Trust me, you'll be way happier with yourself.

Way happier.

Love, Your Future Self

1 am thoughts

"Y'know, I bet Percy and Annabeth name their first daughter Sally."

"I wonder if mermaids exist."

"Okay, so if I were to get The Sims, what would my sim look like?"

"I just really love Taylor Swift."

"Is it too late to eat cereal?"

"I think I should change my entire image and replace my entire wardrobe."

"What would I name the Sim?"

"I wonder if I'm ever going to get my Hogwarts letter."

"I can't sleep. Like, I'm tired, but I'm not sleepy."

"Oooooh that sweater I saw last week would look really amazing with this necklace that is lost but I'm pretty positive I could find it if I looked hard enough."

"How do people think of creative Tumblr URLs?"

"I wish I was a billionare."

"I should redo my bedroom."

*remembers pun*

"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA oooh, I've got a great sense of humor."

"Why did they reinvent Veggietales, it was fine the way it was.'

"Veggietales had some great songs."

"EVERYBODY'S GOT A WATER BUFFALO, YOURS IS FAST BUT MINE IS SLOW"

"How would I decorate the Sim's house?

"Remember that one time I went to the sicence museum and a butterfly landed on my shoulder?"

"I really need some new running shoes."

"How many pages is the longest book in the world?"

"Yes, I'm kinda sorta almost positive he likes me."

"Probably."

"I could really go for some frozen yogurt right now."

"I want to go shopping but I have like seven cents and some lint."

"I hate algebra."

"I think I'm starting to drift off."

"Yes, I'm definetly falling asleep."

"Goodni- OHMYGOSH I ALMOST FELL DOWN THOSE STAIRS"

"That was a dream. And now I'm awake again."

"Great."

♡ l e a h

Randomness and Tidbits #2

My favorite thing about summer is that I can wake up at 11, have donuts for breakfast, and type up blog posts while listening to Marina And The Diamonds on YouTube.

Glory hallelujah. 

Hercules, while being a terrible representation of Greek mythology, is absolutely hilarious.

same

HAVE YOU GUYS HEARD OF BARBIE: LIFE IN THE DREAMHOUSE

 THIS SHOW IS HILARIOUS.

I mean:

Check it out sometime. 

this gets me every time

queen

I think that'll do for today.

Have an amazing week and eat some cheese fries for me. 

♡ l e a h 

all about me

Lately I've been thinking, and I've realized that you guys really don't know a lot about me.

Sure, you know that I love Taylor Swift and the color pink, but you don't know me.

Well, this post is here to change that.

I felt like these were appropriate.

First and foremost, I am a Mormon and a Christian.

I know I wouldn't be one half the person I am today without my religion, and I am going to stand by it until the end. 

I can't really put into words how much it means to me.

If you want to know more about my religion, you can go to mormon.org.

I love it.

I'm allergic to peanuts. 

Yep, folks, I'm the annoying chick who always has to ask what's in the dessert at parties. I'm not take-one-whiff-and-I-have-to-go-to-the-hospital allergic, but it's pretty bad.

And no, I have never had to use an EpiPen.

Mostly when I have a reaction it's accidental, and I didn't eat much peanut butter. For those reactions, I just need Benadryl. If I go into shock, that's when it's time to break out the EpiPen.

Fun story, once one of my youth leaders said that if she ever got mad at me she would lock me in a room with only peanut butter, so the only thing I would be able to eat was the thing I was allergic to.

She was kidding.

I think.

i LOVE RAIN.

Thunderstorms, specifically, but any rain will do. 

I would go and dance in the rain if my mom would let me. I've jumped on our trampoline before in the pouring rain. Which is actually quite dangerous, now that I think about it. 

 NO REGRETS.

I could spend literally hours on Pinterest looking at ballgowns and dreaming up stories to go with them and imagining how I would look in them.

I plan to be married in a ballgown dress.

i mEAN 

JUST LOOK AT ALL THAT SPARKLY MAGICALNESS

I wanted to be Cinderella as a child mostly because of her dress.

still do actually.

I know I've mentioned loving the classic Disney films somewhere, but I also adore Pixar. The humor is amazing and the animation is gorgeous and they make me cry even though I never cry during movies,

Just...don't ask me about movies...or we'll be here all day.......

That is it for this post, fellow countrymen, but FEAR NOT, because I'm thinking of continuing this as a series. Drop me a comment below and tell me what you thought of it.

And if someone tells you to not eat raw cookie dough, quit talking to them. You don't need that kind of negative influence in your life. 

♡ l e a h

The Blessing in Disguise Award

Hola, compadres.

this is how i greet literally 98% of my friends

I was nominated for the Blessing in Disguise Award by the lovely and amazing Adaline and Kelsey. Their blogs are both so interesting and creative, and they appreciate the wonder that is Poptropica. 

ONWARD HO, THEN.

Adi's questions:

Favorite book character? Why?

I'm going to have to go with Hermione Granger, because she's a fantastic role model for young girls. She dealt with being thrown into a completely new world, her best friends fighting with each other constantly, racism, and sexism, but she was still a strong, smart woman who saved Harry approximately 876 times.

Do you enjoy blog design?
YES. I love designing headers, playing with fonts, and adding new things to my sidebar.
It's so fun.

Do you play any instruments? If yes, for how long have you played? If not, is there anything you'd like to play?

I can and still do play the piano a little bit. I think I had lessons starting when I was..five? But my main instrument now is clarinet. I've been playing since I was in sixth grade, so that's about three years. I really really love it.

Kelsey's questions:

In the last year, have you met anyone who's changed you in any way?

Honestly?

All of you.

Adi taught me about new music, Kelsey taught me about accepting everyone. Maddie taught me about photography and friendship.

There's so much more, but I know that I wouldn't be the same person without you guys.

What is something you absolutely cannot wait for?

SUMMER.

I have a lot of fun plans this summer and I absolutely cannot wait.

Also, the release of the fifth book in the selection series.

I can't wait a year. Not happening. 

When was the last time you laughed until you cried?

When my dad was telling us a story about the magician that was performing on the cruise ship we were on when there was a huge storm.

He's a good story teller.

I nominate:

Maddie: Maddie is one of my best online friends, and her photoshoots are breathtaking. You won't regret visiting her, trust me.

Olivia: Olivia runs two amazingly geeky blogs, and fangirls with me over Taylor Swift.

She also recommends very beautiful and expensive Etsy things to me.

She needs to stop doing that.

Abigail: Abigail is the sweetest, and I think she's a part of nearly every fandom on the face of the earth. She's just so great.

QUESTIONS FOR THE NOMINEES I'M SORRY I FORGOT THIS PART

What is you favorite part about our blogging community?

Any plans for this summer?

Can you do CPR?

And with that, fellow warriors, I leave you.

HAVE A FABULOUS MEMORIAL DAY, OKAY?

You guys are seriously the best. 

 ♡ l e a h 

Randomness and Tidbits #1

Kay, people.

Let's talk.

THIS SERIES WAS INSPIRED BY ADALINE. I'VE SEEN A BUNCH OF PEOPLE TRYING TO TAKE HER IDEAS WITHOUT CREDIT.

NO SIRREE BOB.

It's just not right to take someone's idea, tweak it a little bit, and pass it off as your own.

So just don't.

OR YOU'LL HAVE ME TO ANSWER TO

*actually i probably couldn't do much to you but the theory is there*

Thank you, and goodnight.

~

Anyway. as you might have guessed, this is going to be like Adi's Jumbled Thoughts. 

That is to say, freaking amazing.

Because you can't go wrong with Tumblr posts and Taylor gifs.

I could watch this all day.

"I'M CRASHING! I'M CRASHING!"

Bless Phillip Lester.

'ARRY POTTER.

I recently got into Poptropica (and it's taken over my life bc I'm a cool kid) and one of the islands is mythology themed.

I ACED IT.

"Hi, I'm Percy Jackson, and you're watching Disney Channel."

somehow all four of them are me playing video games

GUYS THE FOURTH BOOK TO THE SELECTION SERIES CAME OUT TWO WEEKS AGO AND I FINISHED IT IN ONE NIGHT AND I'M JUST NOW POSTING ABOUT IT 

IT DESTROYED MY LIFE 

The Bad Blood video came out on Sunday.

I was basically like

it was so freaking amazing

and there were EXPLOSIONS

and it was SOOOOO EPPPIICCC

If you don't know this song do everybody a favor and Youtube this right now.

And then listen to The Water Buffalo Song.

maybe this is why I'm afraid of other teenagers

36523273193473289472930 points to yahoo

I laugh at things like this and worry about myself.

And to close out this post, one of my favorite quotes ever.

REMEMBER THAT SUMMER IS NEARLY HERE GUYS

THAT'S CAUSE TO CELEBRATE

so long, farewell

♡ l e a h