dear_future_me anne-girl Hello. I'm a pretentious angsty insecure sixteen-year-old, who are you? I hope you're happy ((and maybe have a boyfriend)) because that might be cool... Are you still obsessed with the same kid as when you were sixteen, or have you found someone new? Do you still know him, and does he matter? Where are you going to school, do you know what you want to do for a job, and if you do, is it cool, because if you've gotten me into a crappy boring school thing just to make money i'm so going to get you. Are you prettier than me, or at least happy with yourself? Are you happy? Have you learned to program yet? Have you stopped caring what other people think about you, because I really hope so... it would really suck if you hadn't, it's really not worth it you know. What's your religion? It's ok if you believe in god, I wouldn't mind... as long as you're cool with it Are you cool? It'd be bloody awesome to have a cool future self, so I really hope you are... it'd be like "hi, I'm not cool, but Future Me sure as hell is, so don't mess with her" Booya - You PS. Boys suck. If you haven't grown out worrying about them, do it NOW! Or else I'll tell Santa 050109 ... u24 relentlessly stalking you futureme.org 050613 ... anne-girl grins... i just got a letter from myself from that site the other day - it was delightful (but too short...) random blips from the past are such fun 050613 ... mous Nice Work! 050613 ... sab so, how'd it all go? 050613 ... anne-girl Well, I've sort of found someone new, but nothing that interesting. No boyfriends :) [don't tell aunt mich] He still matters. I'm where you thought I'd be a year ago... nothing new, nothing new. At least happy with yourself? That's all that matters, kid... being pretty is overrated, methinx. I'm gonna be taking a course in C programming soon, so that's something... I'll probably never be a 1337 hax0r, but I don't want to be anyway. I don't think I'll ever stop caring what people think about me, but maybe I'll get closer. Maybe. Boys don't suck that much. You just hang out with the wrong ones :) marks another year off as a slightly-less-angsty but still unemployed seventeen-year-old 060613 ... concentrated wow. i just got one of those future me emails, i'm more or less where i wanted to be..nice. 060614 ... anne-girl hey past me. Five years later... I don't have a boyfriend. Never have, but I have some exes. It's been five years since I was sixteen, and I haven't spoken to him for months. I called him on his birthday, but he was out. Forgot to call back. He hasn't gone anywhere since he was sixteen, and I have. I never told him how I felt about him. "happier with yourself" isn't an at least. I'm hotter than you because I'm happier. ain't fucking never gonna be a pretty girl. I don't think I'll ever stop worrying about boys, and I kind of like it that way. Worry about girls too, sometimes. University was really good for me. Still have no fucking clue what I'm going to do with my life. Want to do something that matters (clichéd, I know); have no idea what that could be, but it's not this. Check in in another five years? is doing better all the time. 100628 ... anne-girl sometimes I think I was silly when I was sixteen, but really I basically worry about all the same things now. it is kind of reassuring 100628 ... unhinged you are ill. the waves of sadness will always come AND go. sometimes the best thing you can do is cry. don't feel guilty or ashamed for that. be a little more careful with your heart. find someone that will hug you. find someone that can truly be a partner for you. don't waste your time on relationships that suck the life, emotional, financial, and otherwise, out of you. listen to yourself. you know best what you need. life is hard when all the people that love you are far away. but not impossible. 100628 ... hsg dear_future_me keep_going 100628 ... jane take it easy already. love, . 100629 ... lostgirl the bumps in your road, the lumps in your throat, the tears, the dreams, the suffocating recurring unexplainable inability to breathe... it should all be a blurry memory by now. but wherever you are, whatever you are doing, remember_the_love and know this tiny bit of truth: it_was_all_worth_it 100629 ... Doar I never thought there would be a future me. I'm glad you stuck it out though dude. . 161029 ... rhin Me too :) 161029 ... unhinged thanks past me for having the insight to write those needed_reminders 161030 what's it to you? who go blather from