In a mere 18 days I will be graduating from college. Wow... let that just sink in...18 days and I am finished with the academic portion of my life. That still seems absolutely crazy to me. I have been given lots of time to reflect on this past year with various homework assignments and while writing a section for my spiritual autobiography a thought hit me...I have embraced my true obsessive and passionate self. I have always had a passionate side to me. For instance Disney was probably my first obsession. I mean at the age of 2 I already had a Snow White collection! From Disney my passion moved onto Harry Potter. I have read the whole series 4 times and have three pieces of Hermione jewelry and her wand. And don't even get me started on Pirates of the Caribbean. However, for the majority of my high school and college life this obsessive part of myself was put on hold. But now... it's back! I couldn't be more thrilled! But it isn't just the obsessive part of my relationship but my willingness to try more things.
Beginning this summer I did a bunch of things I would never have thought I would do! I shot a gun, I held a baby pig, I lived in an RV for a week, I drove a 12 passenger van, I played my guitar in front of a group of people.
And the new things just kept on rolling this year! I rode a mechanical bull, I went to a dueling piano bar, I went paint-balling and have the welts to prove it.
It was also this year that I embraced the Geek/Nerd within myself. I discovered the cult favorite shows, Doctor Who, Merlin, Firefly, Supernatural, Downton Abbey and Sherlock. I wouldn't just watch these shows and be like oh, that was a good episode. Oh no. I would sit and be reeling from the episode I had just watched. I adapted phrases like right in the feels...oh i didn't need my heart today. And I officially adopted the terms Whovian, Sherlockian, Merlinian and SPN family into my vocabulary. I will find myself thinking about theories or what if scenarios about each of these shows. I have laughed and cried and stared in complete confusion at the screen. It was through these shows that I accepted and embraced my inner Fangirl. It has now become a goal of mine to attend Comic-con in San Diego. This is the biggies of Comic-Con. In fact this year the tickets sold out in 90 min the first day they were available So this year my dream is not attainable. But mark my words I will get there and I will be dressed up as some character... most likely Amy Pond from Doctor Who or Rose Tyler.. she'd be fun too.
So your probably wondering why is she telling us this...? Well, it's because I LOVE this side of me. I have never been happier in who I am. I love getting excited about all sorts of things. I have an excitable personality and it's things like this that just make me want to jump up and down freak out over what's going on. And luckily I have found some amazing people who share in my obsessions. So together we can laugh and cry about this. I have found friends who we can be who we want to be together. We don't have to hold up some stigma. No, I can be who I am which is a fangirl.
This is me. I walk the line between Obsessive and Passionate everyday.
Beginning this summer I did a bunch of things I would never have thought I would do! I shot a gun, I held a baby pig, I lived in an RV for a week, I drove a 12 passenger van, I played my guitar in front of a group of people.And the new things just kept on rolling this year! I rode a mechanical bull, I went to a dueling piano bar, I went paint-balling and have the welts to prove it.
It was also this year that I embraced the Geek/Nerd within myself. I discovered the cult favorite shows, Doctor Who, Merlin, Firefly, Supernatural, Downton Abbey and Sherlock. I wouldn't just watch these shows and be like oh, that was a good episode. Oh no. I would sit and be reeling from the episode I had just watched. I adapted phrases like right in the feels...oh i didn't need my heart today. And I officially adopted the terms Whovian, Sherlockian, Merlinian and SPN family into my vocabulary. I will find myself thinking about theories or what if scenarios about each of these shows. I have laughed and cried and stared in complete confusion at the screen. It was through these shows that I accepted and embraced my inner Fangirl. It has now become a goal of mine to attend Comic-con in San Diego. This is the biggies of Comic-Con. In fact this year the tickets sold out in 90 min the first day they were available So this year my dream is not attainable. But mark my words I will get there and I will be dressed up as some character... most likely Amy Pond from Doctor Who or Rose Tyler.. she'd be fun too.
So your probably wondering why is she telling us this...? Well, it's because I LOVE this side of me. I have never been happier in who I am. I love getting excited about all sorts of things. I have an excitable personality and it's things like this that just make me want to jump up and down freak out over what's going on. And luckily I have found some amazing people who share in my obsessions. So together we can laugh and cry about this. I have found friends who we can be who we want to be together. We don't have to hold up some stigma. No, I can be who I am which is a fangirl.
This is me. I walk the line between Obsessive and Passionate everyday.
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