okay something different lol. I just tried to teach my abuela what a "viral tweet" is and it went exactly how you'd expect. I said "abuela, something I posted went viral." she said "ยฟviral? like a virus? are you sick?"
My roommate asked:
โDo you ever regret starting this?โ
Honestly?
The hate? Yes.
Losing friends? Yes.
The 3AM anxiety spirals? Absolutely.
But speaking up?
Not once lmao
Sofia and I got coffee again today.
She looked lighter.
โI told my roommate.โ
โAbout what?โ
โThat Iโm conservative.โ
Her roommate stared for 10 seconds and said:
โGirlโฆ me too.โ
Theyโd been living 10 feet apart for 2 years, both pretending.
A journalist just DMโd me asking for an interview.
A JOURNALIST. ๐
Iโm not a political figure.
Iโm just a girl with opinions and a laptop.
Apparently thatโs enough to make headlines now.
I told my dad I was nervous.
He said:
โYou think this presentation is hard? You already know the language. You just have to use it.โ
Then he hung up because my dad only allows 90 seconds of emotions. ๐
Just ran my presentation again.
12 slides. 10 minutes.
Thatโs 50 seconds per slide. ๐
Who am I? Iโm not a TED Talk speaker. Iโm a cheerleader with too much coffee and too much confidence online.
How the fuck should I manage that lol๐ญ
Sofia texted me:
โHow are you feeling about tomorrow?โ
Me: โLike Iโm about to throw up for 24 hours.โ
Her: โSame. And Iโm not even presenting.โ
Sheโs coming just to sit in the back and support me.
โIf you get nervous, look at me.โ
โWhat will you be doing?โ
โPraying.โ
Last night I had a crazy anxiety dream:
Walking into my presentation naked.
Except my brain added a PowerPoint clicker and my abuela in the front row eating a pastelito. ๐
Iโve rehearsed 14 times.
WE WON. WE WON THE COMPETITION. I HIT THE BASKET TOSS. I FLEW AND THEY CAUGHT ME AND I STUCK THE LANDING AND MY COACH CRIED AND I CRIED AND MY TEAMMATE PUKED FROM ADRENALINE AND IT WAS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL CHAOTIC MOMENT OF MY ENTIRE LIFE.
going to bed. competition at 9am. presentation tuesday. life falling apart in general.
if I break my collarbone tomorrow at least my last tweet was poetic ๐๐ค
I am okay. I am 21 and I am alive and I am free and tomorrow I get to fly. literally. that's what a basket toss is. you fly and you trust and you land. and sometimes you fall. but you get back up. that's the whole thing. that's the entire thing
What a quote lol Iโm genius hehe๐ญ
Got a DM from a trans athlete today.
She said she didnโt agree with everything I post, but she appreciated that I never treated her like she wasnโt human.
You can disagree without dehumanizing.
That shouldnโt be controversial. But here we are. ๐ค
Friday. Competition tomorrow.
Coach put me as the flyer for the basket toss.
Am I terrified? Absolutely. ๐
Abuela says: โEl miedo es gratis.โ
Fear costs nothing.
Courage? That costs everything lol.
my professor just emailed me again. he moved the presentation to a larger hall because "there's been interest from other faculty." sir. it's a 10 minute student presentation about basic biology. why are you treating this like a hearing. I'm 21.
I donโt have time for this bs๐