Something that makes me nostalgic is seeing inactive blogs that were once frequently used. It shows that the writer at one point in their lives used to be really passionate about that topic, but time went on. They grew up. They moved the fuck on. They may not have realized it, but as a piece of themselves, a more youthful version of them, fell into the vast world of the interweb, the gaping hole was quickly filled with other hobbies and interests. And that piece of themselves, their blogs, are still waiting, welcoming the occasional visitor who stumbles upon them.
As someone who originally made this blog when we were just tiny 8th graders, I am 1) very much amazed that we still use this middle school antique 2) a part of me wants this middle school tragedy to die but also that goes back to my nostalgia point 3) I am so amazed and proud of the growth we all have undergone and a part of me never wants this to die. I don't think I really understood the meaning of "lifelong friend" till I recently hit my 7th year friendship anniversary right before going to college with some of these folks. I am so #blessed to have y'all in my lives.
Besides a sappy note to all the other authors on this blog and to other middle school friends I'm still in contact with, this is also a shameless self-promo about what I've done this summer right before being shipped off to college. Through a scholarship program called NSLI-Y which provides high schoolers the opportunity to study critical languages abroad, I spent my summer in Seoul, South Korea studying Korean. To learn more about my experience, check out my travel blog! It's still in the works as I'm still struggling to catch up on all the posts I've missed amidst all this college anxiety (writing about all the adventures in a foreign land is much more work than someone would expect) but everything will be up soon!
Wellesley College here I come!
