(no subject)

[oakenguy]

Ever been lying in bed and suddenly realized that a dumb mistake you made over ten years ago is even dumber and worse than you thought it was?


Dear twenty-year-old me:

When your housemate slipped you that cash at Thanksgiving break and told you it was from "the Hillel scholarship fund", it was a fib. It was from her. And what's more, she thinks you KNOW it's from her. So when the shit hits the fan and you're desperate for cash, if you call her repeatedly asking for more details on the scholarship fund she's going to think you're hitting her up for money. Don't do it.

P.S. Get out of that horrible toxic relationship. It's not going to get any better.
P.S.S. DO go to Charlottesville, though. Trust me.
P.S.S.S. While you're there, there's a UVA student in the Drama Dept. named Tina Fey. If at all possible, make friends with her.
P.S.S.S.S. Call your parents more often. They worry.
P.S.S.S.S.S. Forget about Mr. Burns in high school. He was talking out his butt. Write more.

Comments

[kissedbythegods.livejournal.com]

Lord, I wish that I was prophetic. I'd kill to be able to see my horribile mistakes! You went to school with Tina Fey? sweet!

[spenceraloysius.livejournal.com]

Tina Fey was at UVA in the early 90s? I wonder if I took a drama class with her.

[callunav.livejournal.com]

I try to imagine advice to give my 20-year-old self, and just boggle. Where to start? What would possibly have helped?

Advice to 24-year-old me is easy though: NO YOU DON"T WANT TO BE A MINISTER. GO STRAIGHT TO SOCIAL WORK SCHOOL DO NOT PASS GO DO NOT COLLECT $70,000 OF DEBT. GO TO A STATE SCHOOL, FOR GOD'S SAKE.

Other than that, all I can think of to do is pat myself vaguely on the back and mutter things like, "Yeah, well, it'll get better. Um. Oh, and your parents suck. Just thought I'd mention it."

[lemur-catta.livejournal.com]

The only thing I'd really want to do for twenty year-old me is go back in time and 'invent' Prozac. If I could do that for five-year old me ,even better. Nothing else would ultimately have made a real difference. Of course, if I owned the patent too that would have an added anti-depressant effect as well.

[enidenvy.livejournal.com]

i wish i could walk through my whole life. beginning to present, and do that. i still regret things all the way back to elementary school. no joke. im a pathetic dwelling person.