tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2613604658358161577.post1911848216049506139..comments2023-08-05T04:50:50.649-07:00Comments on hurricane heart.: Highlight ReelJillianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03141941816962453394noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2613604658358161577.post-42307061246013672822013-01-21T07:47:31.032-08:002013-01-21T07:47:31.032-08:00"I'm going to make it through this year i..."I'm going to make it through this year if it kills me." <br /><br />Last night I wrote a paragraph about how I'm addicted to nostalgia, and the funny thing is that when I look back over this past year, all my memories are tinted with you. If I search your name in my email, the first few are awkward, stinted conversations about TFIOS. Do you remember the very first time I found your blog? You were the blogger I looked up to for so long. I was just a baby blogger and you were so smart, so self-assured. And then last January we were emailing, and then gradually you became a soulmate. <br /><br />(I drank a lot of coffee last night right before I went to bed, and my hands are shaky from caffeine, and my mind keeps racing, so if I don't make any sense I'm really sorry.) <br /><br />The trouble with commenting on a post like this is that there's no way I can say everything I want to...and my phone just buzzed with a text from you. "I just...feel so much." How is it that you can say what I'm thinking? There's something about the two of us, about this friendship, about 50 thousand words and so many emails...it all just feels really right. Like even though life is shitty and even though hearts get broken and even though things are hard, everything will be okay. <br /><br />Do you remember the nights when we would text each other that? Just that one phrase, over and over. Everything will be okay. Everything will be okay. Everything will be okay.<br /><br />When I started dating Aaron last year, I had coffee with an older friend/mentor. Sometimes talking to her is intimidating because she pushes for honesty and calls me out on my bullshit. When we had coffee that February, she asked me if Aaron made me a better person. I didn't have an answer for her then, but as you know, the answer was eventually no. And I think that friendship is a lot like dating. You shouldn't keep people in your life out of obligation or anything like that. And out of everything that happened in 2012, if someone were to ask me if you made me a better person, my answer would be yes. Absolutely yes. <br /><br />Love you. Katiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15621035657138624998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2613604658358161577.post-91006947689226389582013-01-05T07:48:04.228-08:002013-01-05T07:48:04.228-08:00Ha, hell yes Katie fan club.
Oh God I hope it wasn...Ha, hell yes Katie fan club.<br />Oh God I hope it wasn't the first chapter.... it was the first chapter wasn't it?<br />You'll definitely get an autographed copy! Although that seems funny in a way.<br /><br /><br />I didn't think it was a crazy thing to say at all. There are certain people in the universe whose thoughts and personalities feel like home. You are definitely one of those people for me.<br />Thanks, Libby. I look forward to following your adventures in twenty-thirteen.Jillianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03141941816962453394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2613604658358161577.post-15682570519533406612013-01-05T07:45:04.805-08:002013-01-05T07:45:04.805-08:00:) Okay:) OkayJillianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03141941816962453394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2613604658358161577.post-40006978479688870452013-01-05T07:44:54.914-08:002013-01-05T07:44:54.914-08:00Great Gatsby has been one of those books that have...Great Gatsby has been one of those books that have made the year.<br /><br />YES. You need to visit your aunt in Saint Louis and spends hours and hours at City Museum.<br />It's your Jillian-imposed New Years resolution. <br /><br />Thank you... I tried to lay everything out with some sort of flow from one life event to the other.Jillianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03141941816962453394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2613604658358161577.post-64052370891704640952013-01-05T07:42:31.850-08:002013-01-05T07:42:31.850-08:00Well thanks for commenting anyways.
Thank you, Mag...Well thanks for commenting anyways.<br />Thank you, Maggie.Jillianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03141941816962453394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2613604658358161577.post-35403389253458644782013-01-05T04:59:23.747-08:002013-01-05T04:59:23.747-08:00hey, thanks. just been dealing with some pretty he...hey, thanks. just been dealing with some pretty heavy stuff i don't want to let go of. It's being yanked out of my tight grasp, i'm doing some of the yanking but i'm doing all of the grasping too. i'm not sure if i've trusted something this big, or if i have, not realized it, or if i thought i had, i really hadn't. there is a time for everything. sometimes (at least, i don't know enough to be able to decide whether it really is sometimes or most of the time) those times aren't phases that merge into the next, they are pinpoints that blip and disappear or are allowed to run a course but are suddenly swept off the edge of the world. I don't just mean things that happen in life or things that come into our lives, but ways of dealing with those things. maybe the time for things just seems random and sporadic because we listen randomly and sporadically. it is a wonder we stay on this world at all. we always seem to hurry and other things that rhyme with that word but sound lame. even when reading (not that i write much that is worth soaking in), and everything. just living. time doesn't stop, but it'll still be here until it's not. This longing feels like it's for the eternal though what i long for isn't. But i think it is a longing for the eternal, i just think i'm longing for something i'm not. such is my tired mind. thanks for giving me space to put these convoluted struggles and nonsense, it seems like a good space.Tunafishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00622783406675315243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2613604658358161577.post-90441029796698576082013-01-05T00:17:01.594-08:002013-01-05T00:17:01.594-08:00Your writing is beautiful, and I hope you have a w...Your writing is beautiful, and I hope you have a wonderful new year. Keep on making blog posts! And thank you for the comment, I can't believe college is almost here!Ada Beth Crofthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07833617620985241334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2613604658358161577.post-62350152817395919112013-01-03T12:39:05.115-08:002013-01-03T12:39:05.115-08:00I hope 2013 is good to you!
http://xtheperfectmess...I hope 2013 is good to you!<br />http://xtheperfectmess.blogspot.com.auAnitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05786052514030920095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2613604658358161577.post-12037799341995370862013-01-01T17:23:09.153-08:002013-01-01T17:23:09.153-08:00This was (as usual, when it comes to your blog) a ...This was (as usual, when it comes to your blog) a great post. I love the way its written. You really do have a talent for writing. I can see why you wrote a novel, you've got the skillz to pay the billz.<br /><br />I especially loved the part about turning 18, and the realisation that 'change takes effort and not just time'. Too true, and yet so many people fail to realise that. They just wait and hope change happens almost instantaneously or without effort. Poor fools.<br /><br />It sounds pathetic, but I've never actually been to a museum. There's one right in my city as well, but I've never been there... what a pleb I am. I really want to go to a world class one, and see what they're like. I'm fascinated by all sorts of history, and going to a massive museum would just be the bee's knees.<br /><br />By the looks of this post, it seems like you had a pretty big year. Here's hoping that 2013 is even better. <br /><br />All the best.Ashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18133073584012707168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2613604658358161577.post-9338560454136133302013-01-01T16:24:17.999-08:002013-01-01T16:24:17.999-08:00Sounds like you had an awesome year. I absolutely ...Sounds like you had an awesome year. I absolutely love the way you write. It's raw and honest and inspiring in its own way.<br /><br />God bless,<br />Melissa Renee<br />girls-4-god.blogspot.comMelissa Reneehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16645691221964828580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2613604658358161577.post-52168537331190876092013-01-01T10:54:26.007-08:002013-01-01T10:54:26.007-08:00I love this. I love your writing, and reading abou...I love this. I love your writing, and reading about the year through different people's perspectives. <br />And also, I'm often too lazy to reply, but your comments on my blog are always some of my favorites. <br />I hope 2013 is a wonderful year for you.Kendallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03436511402287102495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2613604658358161577.post-39810807247257436752013-01-01T03:24:49.787-08:002013-01-01T03:24:49.787-08:00Katie is pretty damn wonderful, isn't she? I r...Katie is pretty damn wonderful, isn't she? I read an excerpt of your NaNo, and it was incredible... I call dibs on a signed first edition, please! <br />I have really enjoyed reading your blog this year; your writing style is so beautiful and I feel at home here, if that isn't a crazy thing to say. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2613604658358161577.post-15923410736410817852012-12-31T22:19:10.678-08:002012-12-31T22:19:10.678-08:00I love this post. My favorite New Years post so fa...I love this post. My favorite New Years post so far. <3<br />Great Gatsby for the win!<br /><br />I have seriously wanted to go to the City Museum for years. My aunt lives in St. Louis and I'm reeeally hoping that we make a trip to the City Museum with her sometime soon! It looks fantastic. Lydiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13510032260159107896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2613604658358161577.post-29506225407129592072012-12-31T19:50:59.009-08:002012-12-31T19:50:59.009-08:00I really liked this a lot. It was a very unique wa...I really liked this a lot. It was a very unique way of writing the typical "year in review" post. You are a very talented writer!<br />Kristin @ <a href="the-greatperhaps.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">Serendipity</a>Kristinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10703552980738076870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2613604658358161577.post-18487983889544346992012-12-31T18:55:30.321-08:002012-12-31T18:55:30.321-08:00I'm crap at writing comments but I just wanted...I'm crap at writing comments but I just wanted to say that the whole feeling of this post was able to echo something I haven't yet been able to put into words. And that's just really awesome.Maggiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17405258642006851760noreply@blogger.com