What bothers me terribly is that I am dubbed by all teen-kind to be "the Planner". Why am I the planner of ALL events ever thought up by my friends? My mom has the theory that I was born to lead, which is flattering but seriously scary because I don't always want to be the leader. Sometimes, I just want to sit in the back of a car and have someone drive me to hang out somewhere awesome. I'm sick of being the one who searches for directions, calls all participating parties, checks hours of business, prices, and duration of every single activity I do. For once, I would just LOVE if a friend invited me over to a party. Just once. But instead? I get invited to a get-together where I have to plan every single stinking detail. I'M the one invited, but here I am, calling other people who are invited, checking movie show times, and really not enjoying one second of it.
There is so much that I want to tell you, Inklings, but I'm stuck in the situation where I've raised you to only like the funny side of me. When I'm angry, I get in trouble for talking about it. When I'm depressed, I get bashed behind my back. It's like I have no one I can trust anymore. No one wants to have me over because everyone just expects me to entertain.
I love to make people laugh. It's seriously the one thing I've always succeeded at. But, lately, I've realized that it's not my job to do that, and everyone will get silent and watch me. Wondering what crazy thing I'll do next. The thing is, I'm not JUST crazy. I love to have fun and I love to make people have a great day, but I'm not weird. I'm not different. I'm NOT crazy. I like to be serious, too. I like to do serious things like read classic fiction, write novels, and play my heart out on guitar when no one is around to make me feel like I don't know what I'm doing. I wish people could accept me as ME, the complicated creature who can be a great leader and funny but ALSO ME, who is depressed most of the time. ME who gets her feelings hurt. ME who likes to be spontaneous and welcomed.
I just thought you should know all this, because I'm praying someone out there will realize that I'm not "crazy", "random", and "weird." I'm nice, I'm really smart, and I'm creative. I want to be known for more than just one thing. Also, I hope some of you get the guts to make plans for yourself and to stop treating me like your mother.
Your psychotic, immature mother. Or so you think.
Now, moving on to semi-seriousness. I thought you all would enjoy my bucket list. :) All of this I seriously DO want to do, no matter how ridiculous it sounds. Hey, I may be serious sometimes, but I still can be a kid at heart. :)
BIG FAT BUCKET LIST: (abridged version)
- Convince cleaning ladies in a hotel that my hotel room is haunted/ I'm being beaten/I can turn invisible. Basically, scare them out of their minds. Their job is boring enough, I want to add some spice to their lives.
- Drive to absolutely nowhere for a week with my best friends.
- Go to Ireland
- Confront a past bully
- Buy random tee shirts
- Visit a haunted house and don't die
- Drink every flavor of Jones
- Break a crazy state law that is NOT in Oklahoma
- Play a song in a coffeeshop
- Have a hippie hug me
- See a gargoyle
- Wear a prom dress at least five times. Once in a fast food restaurant during winter.
- Watch a rated R film
- Ride on a train/subway/trolley/ship/public bus
- Catch a fish
- Attempt to milk a cow
- See a prostitute
- Go to a nightclub and just dance
- Have dinner on a roof
- Host a rave party
- Go to a Catholic service by myself.
- Swim in the ocean.