Things About Me That Are Exponentially Special: 1. The cadence of my speech 2. The love that I have to give 3. The way that I can make someone feel like they are the only person in the room 4. My imagination 5. My innate ability to get **** done 6. My tattoos 7. The very large birth mark on the inside of my right lower leg 8. I've never had cavities 9. Never broken any limbs 10. The platform I've created and stood behind 11. Bama. Philly/NYC. Chicago. 12. I've been loved really quite abundantly by men, even if they were the wrong men. 13. My parents are in a loving sustainable marriage 14. I have two brothers. In order to survive I spent all of my time with them. Video games. Sports. Adventuring. I lived a double life of gaming and playing dress up or entertaining myself with my imagination because I didn't have a play mate. 15. Because of this I consider myself to be a pretty singular individual 16. I thrive as a born leader in group settings without even meaning to 17. I can radiate at any moment and bring people to me 18. I'm very emotionally sensitive and temperamental 19. I founded a film festival right out of college 20. I moved away and left everything behind twice before the age of 25 21. I feel the most me with colorfully customized hair and stiletto nails 22. I dress in a different style according to my mood every single day 23. I never do my make up the same way twice 24. I think I might be pretty good at social media 25. I held a camera in my hands and made incredibly specific barbie videos of the world around me and found my way back to it 26. I have dabbled in just about every artistic medium 27. My mother and I could not be more different. And in some ways, similar 28. I greatly admire my father but also narrow my eyes at times. 29. I speak up when no one else will. 30. I have close friends all over the US. 31. I have traveled most said places in US 32. I feel the need to go travel abroad 33. I think I might have finally found "my person" 34. Unless its a direct quote or word, any time I use quotation marks--I delete them. Something feels discrediting or mocking about them 35. I have had *** with men of various ethnicities, and I love that so ******* much. 36. I'm a better me when I have time to work out every day 37. I'm learning to find moments to sit still and meditate once daily 38. I'm a total ******* and its all pointed inward 39. When I was a kid I played out intense sketches with friends where I would be assassinated in said sketches 40. I've been going through a phase lately where I think 99 percent of people are full of ****. I realized tonight while washing my face that although this might be true (totes is) that fear may also be internally within me. 41. Before a big project, I become very self loathing and dark. Fear of it never being realized grips me very tightly. I do not show this to others. 42. I tried to **** myself a few times when I was a teen. 43. I had never done hard drugs until I moved to Chicago 44. I like what I like and don't ever apologize for it. I just am exactly who I want to be. 45. I'm good at the many things that I do, and when I just believe that--I can set any crowded room on fire.
Things About Me That Are So Many Levels Of Not Special: 1. I am white 2. I am a woman 3. My family is very wealthy 4. I'm straight 5. I've never had *** with a woman 6. I've had my heart absolutely broken in half several times 7. I've broken hearts absolutely in half several times 8. I've lied 9. I've cheated 10. I was a clepto as a teen, not because I didn't have money but because I loved the rush and stuff. 11. I've said hateful things 12. I feel trapped by my parents at times 13. I'm an artist 14. I'm "poor" (quotation marks!) 15. When I speak, I often think as I am speaking that I don't make any ******* sense 16. I tell myself more often than I should that I'm not intelligent 17. I've forgotten the valuable education I learned in high school 18. I nod and agree when I don't understand 19. I was molested when I was 15 20. I should read more 21. For being a filmmaker, I really need to step up my film watching game 22. I'm very impatient 23. I tend to hurt others without even meaning to. But half the time I make up the hurt in my head 24. My paranoia is crippling 25. I have so much I want to do and often overwhelm myself to the point I don't get it done 26. I have blonde hair 27. I'm 5'7 28. I'm thin 29. Its hard for me to let go of the past 30. I loved high school 31. I liked college 32. I've been abused by a boyfriend 33. I pick fights with new lovers to test them 34. I worry about things other people would never even think of 35. When a relationship ends, I grieve for a long time 36. I've been cheated on 37. Men have tricked me into thinking they were someone else because they wanted me so much 38. When I show my inner demons I worry they will retreat, Marilyn Monroe complex 39. I think really cruel things very casually in my mind about myself at least once a day, I don't know where this stems from 40. I obsess over the details and lines in my face. This is a recent endeavor. I hate it. 41. I can tell exactly how tired I am because of this. 42. Spending money on getting my work noticed 43. Wishing for more 44. Never settling or choosing 45. Getting in my own way and thinking the rest of the world is out to get me when they are the lead character of their own story.