Tuesday Kisses

Happy New Year! It’s 2011; it’s time to make a resolution, start a revolution, stand on your bed and jump up and down and throw a party.

It’s time to start planning the next day of the rest of your life, if you haven’t already. It’s time to make a change, fall in love, scream at the top of your lungs everything that means the most to you. This one night of the year is so powerful, but you have ten times that power. It’s time to harness that, even more than you do already, and become even better than the incredible, lovely, indestructible person that you already are.

I’m so happy about all the wonderful people I’ve met this year and all the wonderful things that have happened to me. My life has changed so much; this world is such a magical place and I’ve never felt that more than I have this year, especially in the last half of 2010. I went to Hawaii in August and met a world traveler with whom I never exchanged names & who continues to impact my life and the way that I think. I began college in September and made all my friends through fire drills and recreational academic pursuits. I danced in the streets of New York and ran around Manhattan wearing bunny ears.

I kissed someone for the first time in three years. I learned to love my wide hips. I drained a lot of negativity out of my life and, damn, did it feel good. I kicked ass on exams; I made mixtapes and wrote long notes in multi-coloured ink. I made my own cups and got my first job. I spent hours watching eighties movies in other people’s rooms; there are so many new inside jokes and people I hope I get to love forever. Let’s hear it for kicking ass, taking names, and chewing bubblegum!

Tomorrow, I’ll make my resolutions. But for right now, I’m just going to lay back, dance to Korean pop music, sing at the top of my lungs, drink soda, watch gory crime movies on my laptop, and send sweet text messages. Tomorrow, I’ll take up the burdens of my daily life again, but they’ll be lighter because I’ll be stronger. But for right now, I’m just going to enjoy the last night of one of the best years of my life and make a promise that next year will be even better.

I’ve never been happier than I have this year and I can’t wait for the magic that 2011 will bring me. I’ve never been more confident or more afraid, and I’ve never been more in love with the Universe.

xoxo, Tuesday Kisses!