Lately, me and my friend have been really into watching “The Act” which is about Gypsy Rose. Some people may call her a murderer because she helped in the killing of her mother, but she is just a daughter who got put through mental and physical abuse. She trusted her mother, who was her best friend, but her mother had been lying to her her whole life, making her go through constant unnecessary surgeries and pills, and she was put into a wheelchair even though she and her mother knew that she could walk. Her mother lied about her age to attempt to keep Gypsy childlike. Her mother used her to make money, but money is no excuse for torturing your daughter. Gypsy wanted to live a normal life like any other girl and her mother not only ruined her childhood but gave her trauma that she still carries with her today.

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I feel like I have a really negative outlook on life. I am rarely ever pleased and always have something bad to say about everything. I feel like I would be happier if I lived life with a positive attitude but I feel like living that way would just disappoint me. If you have low expectations for everything, your hopes won’t ever be let down. I have been criticized plenty for my attitude but I believe that being negative keeps you from being affected by really stupid situations more. When things go positively it brings me more joy cause I assume things will go badly first.  I support people who live life positively but pretending like everything is perfect isn’t real. Being aware of other problems is very important and pretending like issues don’t matter is delusional. I don’t want to pretend like life is a perfect fantasy land because it isn’t.

Recently, the weather has been horrific. I don’t even know what I’m supposed to wear. It’s too hot to be wearing puffers and lots of layers but it isn’t warm enough to wear just pants and a top. In the morning it is literally in the thirties and I’m forced to go outside to go to the bathroom to get ready and to go to breakfast. The warmth of the classrooms always varies so if I decide to wear pants, a long sleeve, and a jacket but when I’m in a warm classroom, I’m dying of heat. The air is also making my skin so dry and red and it’s not it. Most of my clothes are meant for warm weather so this is horrific. All I want is for the weather to be in the seventies and to start dressing normally. I only have so many hoodies in my closet and at this point, I feel like I’m wearing the same thing every day.

Chai Lattes are literally a blessing to me. They are just absolutely perfect. I could go through the worst day of my life and have the day end up being perfectly fine as long as I have a chai latte. Every once and a while, I switch up my Starbucks order. Before I became addicted to chai lattes, I had an obsession with getting a pink drink with cold foam. After basically drinking that every day for a year, it began tasting way too sweet. Two years ago, I began drinking chais and they were life-altering. It was sweet but not too sweet, and it wasn’t as intense as just having a normal latte. Once I came to my new boarding school, I could barely ever go to Starbucks, and I started going from every day when I lived at home to once every two weeks. By the end of last school year, during a camping trip, there was a bottle of a Tazo pre-made chai latte and all I needed to do is add milk to it. I tried it, thinking that it would taste horrible, but shockingly it was really good. I started buying tons of tazo chai, and I could finally begin having it way more. Chai lattes are just perfect.

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As I a write this blog, I am watching my favorite show ever, Gossip Girl. I have been rewatching this show for the past three years, and I haven’t been able to love a show as much as I love this one. The Gossip Girl lifestyle is literally my dream and life inspiration. Since watching the first episode, I knew that I wanted the characters lives. Freely living in a apartment on Upper East Side of New York with a closet filled with a disturbing amount of clothes sounds unreal.

One of the main characters, Blair Waldorf is who I want to become. She may come off as rude and some things she does in the show is really messed up, but honestly, she is just really real and people need to accept that. If you have an opinion why not share it? She is fine with many people not liking her because why would she want to be around people that don’t like her for who she truly is?

Everything about the show is perfect. The soundtrack fits all the episodes so well and completely sets the tone for the show. The character development throughout the all the characters and especially Chuck Bass, is actually insane. The characters clothes, houses, and parties are all so gorgeous. The holiday episodes are life altering.

I get so much hate from my family because I refuse to watch any other show, but Gossip Girl just brings me too much joy to not rewatch it for the billionth time.

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