A letter from May 16th, 2020

Dear FutureMe, I’ve just had the most spectacular revelation. Also, I just want you to note that writing all those essays in Mrs. Halajian’s class affects how I write in my free time, now; thus the use of “spectacular revelation”...and “thus”. So recently I’ve been finding a lot of videos that describe whether you’re the main character, side character, or love interest in your own story/life. Obviously, you’d be one of everything, whether you like it or not. A main character in your own life, the antagonist of someone else’s. But all these videos just keep screaming at me and telling me that my life is so boring right now. I mean granted we have to social distance because of “Miss Rona” (the coronavirus outbreak you old geezer) and you’re 16 so you’re kinda limited on cool activities. But do you remember the last time you went on a spontaneous road trip? Or the last time you sat on a roof just for the aesthetic and calmness of it? Hopefully by the time you get this, the answer is ʸᵉˢ, ʲᵘˢᵗ ᵗʰᵉ ᵒᵗʰᵉʳ ᵈᵃʸ...but I want that. I want that for us because we deserve it. We deserve to feel like we live in a cliche coming-of-age movie. We deserve to feel like we can conquer the world, or maybe just our backyard. We deserve to feel like our life only goes up from here. We deserve to feel like the main character in our own story. So by the time you get this, it’ll be your 21st birthday. Maybe you’re in college, maybe you’re not, maybe you’re really famous (it’s a really confusing time for me right now, okay). But this just serves as a reminder that no matter what anyone says or thinks, you decide how your movie plays out. If you want to learn how to skate, learn how to skate. If you want to finally read the Percy Jackson books, read the Percy Jackson books. Just please, for the love of god, stay away from the office jobs. I mean 100% do whatever you see fit in order to support yourself, but we both know we have too much energy to be sitting at a desk for hours. Don’t be normal, that’s weird. While we’re at the point in this letter where you take advice from a 16 year old, I’m ironically really into the whole dressing down a blazer + lots of jewelry look right now and I personally think it would look good on us, so...just a thought. Also I’m pretty sure you can kinda curse openly now, so one big **** you to the people that try to bring you down based on your room decorations. Apparently, you can’t own vinyls, fairy/LED lights, or round mirrors because that’s “bASiC”. What the hell am I supposed to have in my room then? ANTLERS? But anyway I happen to love my room the way it is right now and I can’t wait to see what your new favorite colors and decorations are. OH AND IF YOURE IN COLLEGE, CONSIDER JOINING A MUSICAL OR PLAY. Being in Chicago was one of the best experiences ever, even though I was a little sour that I was casted as Kitty Baxter instead of Six. Just please be involved, and take advantage of the life you have. From this point on, we acknowledge that we are a part of our own indie movie. Matter of fact, it’s your birthday. Love out our wildest, romanticized movie esc 21st. Happy birthday <3