day 191

HEY.

today i was supposed to be packing.

so naturally that means look through old photo albums and also this little mermaid folder that i found with drawings of "fashions" from 5th-8th grades

here are some examples of the treasures that exist in my room and the product that my genius brain creates:

those photos are of my friend louisa and me in 9th grade, lookin fly as we always did.

and at the bottom is a picture i drew when i was in 8th grade, 13 years old, of what i was going to look like when i was 23. and i was going to be a movie star and singer of course.

interesting anecdote: also when i was 13, my science teacher made us write letters to ourselves in 10 years and she told us she would mail them 10 years later (which would have been in may). i never got my letter. i'm probably the only one who remembers that.

ALSO i have a horror story to share:

two weeks ago-ish, when i was at the melrose trading post aka flea market aka greatest place on earth, i found this elephant ring that i could not survive another day without owning. i thought i remembered seeing something similar before but i wasn't sure because i've seen a lot of awesome rings in my lifetime. SO OBVIOUSLY I BOUGHT IT. FOR $12.

and then i just now just realized that DUH i had seen it at forever 21~~!!!! DUUUHHH LIZZIE> you were deciding between that and the parrot ring!! just in case you guys weren't aware, rings from forever 21 are like $3.80 or maybe $4.80.

and not that it's just a similar ring... i'm pretty sure it's the EXACT same ring that came from forever 21 and the price was increased 300%

TOTAL SCAM

anyway.

i've been listening to the national's high violet side 4 (d?) for about 4 hours while i've been packing.

dacoda and i leave tomorrow for our excursion around this glorious country.

(you know what that means.... i could be going days without updating. BUT never fear, 95 people per day who read this, i promise to take pictures everyday. also i'll get to wi-fi whenever possible)