Summer 2011 has arrived. :)

Oh good grief. I didnt think Freshman year would pass as fast as it did, but I am forever glad. I'm going to miss a few things about the year..having a class with at least two friends in it, the seniors and having Travel WV with Emi. Its kinda hard for me to believe that next year the kids I've known since elementary school will be graduating..
It's crazy.
That and how much I've changed since last summer. Last year I was so ANGRY at SKD and the whole Wal*Mart thing, now I'm over it. Maybe because I've met other people and realized how much more awesome some people are over her? I was reading through my old posts and was shocked over how much in love I thought I was. Crushing, maybe. But not love.
I never thought I'd see the day.
I went to good ol' Rome Township yesterday, and I saw SKD. I knew I probably would see her, but I honestly wanted to see if I had any feelings left for her. I don't think I do. When she said "Hi" to me, my heart didn't flutter, and I wasn't excited/happy at all. No, I was thinking of my ex girlfriend the entire time.
Maybe I'm in a sorta better place.
In one year my ex will be in college. I wont have to see her anymore, and I have a feeling that I'll feel the same about her then as I feel about SKD now. So I'm not worried about it, I'm just gonna trust myself and try not to force myself to do anything like I used to.
Maybe I am growing up.
Hmm...I can drive now. Thats another change. I passed my written test on the first try. I decided for sure that journalism is what I want to do with my life. I got on the newspaper staff. I'm going to a Journalism camp next week. I'm pretty happy about it. It's at Marshall and I get to take classes about things that I'll be doing for a living one day.
I AM STOKED!
So I used to say at the end of a blog: "Peace, Love and Shannon Tweed." Whoa. Middle School, much? I need a new & I'm out phrase..
Anybody got any ideas??
Oh! And my song of the week: "I Love You" by Avril Lavigne.

Change

Change is sometimes good for you. It can help you get over an ex, get better grades, meet new and interesting people, and many more things.
I never thought I liked change in middle school. I cried on the first day of 6th grade because I didnt want to be in middle school. But now as a nearly 15-year-old freshmen on the newspaper staff I realize I love being sponteanous and not knowing what to expect. It's 21 types of amazing. :)
In eighth grade I would've never guessed who or what I would be a year later. It scares and excites me both. I love to know I'm going to be an uber awesome person one day, who maybe possibly will work for the LA times, but I also am afraid I'm losing who I am as I grow up. And there is nothing more terrifying in my opinion than that.
I want to wake up and be content being me. Not that "Bri", SKD wants. I don't want to talk more, and tone down my outfits to please anyone but myself. I don't want to try not to laugh too loud or eat more to impress mean girls. Hell No. I wanna be Bri.
And right now Bri is the nearly 15-year-old who is obsessed with the color purple and the Eiffel Tower. Who still stays up until midnight and brags about it. The girl who watches cartoons and is mesmerized by them.
The girl who works on the newspaper staff as a rookie but doesnt even care. Just the fact she gets to write makes her happy. The girl who is hilariously short and gets teased for it.
I love who I am right now. And I did back in 6th grade too. I'm just hoping when I turn 18 and move out for college, I'll still be like how I am today.
Bri; the girl with a huge ambiton to write.
:D