tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3115795635117944100.post6076985388861278019..comments2024-02-22T02:27:36.674-08:00Comments on Aartilla the Fun: The Burn Part 2: "Cool" chapter 2Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3115795635117944100.post-72347882328831313712008-09-22T14:04:00.000-07:002008-09-22T14:04:00.000-07:00good for you sweetie...it's a very brave thing to ...good for you sweetie...it's a very brave thing to go within and face your demons...some people go their whole lives never doing it...<BR/><BR/>i have felt tremendously uncool most of my life...i can identify! i feel best when i remind myself that no one is the label that is projected on them, especially the one we project on ourselves.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3115795635117944100.post-79510383499730248612008-09-22T14:02:00.000-07:002008-09-22T14:02:00.000-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3115795635117944100.post-34777611105035892512008-09-21T06:42:00.000-07:002008-09-21T06:42:00.000-07:00how amazing that every feeling you've ever had abo...how amazing that every feeling you've ever had about being uncool resonated with me. i've forever felt i was uncool, actually still think i am fundamentally uncool and only in the past year or so have figured out that "cool" is something that other people think about you. i had to realize that i am not cool or uncool. i am just me and in the end i only have to like the thinks i like and want to do the things i want to do. if they happen to be some other persons version of something uncool, well, so be it. i live more for myself now. more for patrick. more for my real friends and family than for some mythical version of "cool". but even after all my revelations that little annoying voice creeps up and says, "you should do this or that b/c if not they will think you're uncool." the only difference is now i am able to listen to that voice and say, "eh. no thanks."<BR/><BR/>thanks for your postings. its so comforting to know i'm not the only person struggles with these feelings. :-D<BR/><BR/>ps...and i think you're cool.Kirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16506100436346272952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3115795635117944100.post-83496246918572736122008-09-20T18:46:00.000-07:002008-09-20T18:46:00.000-07:00Very well written! Have you thought about combini...Very well written! Have you thought about combining part one and two and submitting your story somewhere? Real Simple has a written contest right now.bodaathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07666231708984327806noreply@blogger.com