As part of my senior psychology class in high school we had to pick two people to write a letter to introduce us to the class, and Jess wrote one of mine. I think the exercise was to reveal our friends perception of us and how well it correlated with our own personal identity.
Finding this letter again happened at a really good point in my life. I've been going through a period of self discovery and this note describes exactly who I've found myself to be again. So it seems that maybe I was never gone, perhaps I was just a little lost. This letter also reinforces that I will always be me - faults and all. Life isn't about fixing our flaws, it's about owning them. Regardless of how I got here, it feels good to be back.
Because the pictures are a little blurry, I'm going to type out the note for your reading pleasure.
As a side note: I moved my senior year to a new house, and my new bedroom was a little boys room. I had a multi-colored football fan and dinosaur wallpaper. My walls got repainted my sophomore year in college, and I am still currently looking at my multi-colored fan. I wish I was kidding.
"Dear Psychology Class,
Now that you've heard the lovely "I'm the boyfriend and what I say must be flattering" note from Alejandro, we can get down to the real Julia Harris. I've known Julia since the beginning of middle school and ever since I saw the Wedding Singer she's been Julia Goolia to me. Julia is someone who speaks her mind and says whatever pops into her head no matter the relativity to what's going on. When she's bored, you know it. When she's angry, you know it. When she's happy, you know it. She wears her emotions on her sleeve and tells it like it is.
If you ever need advice, she knows just what to say and how to make you feel good about yourself afterwards. She also takes teasing and taunts extremely well, at least from our core of friends... the occasional pale joke, fat joke (even though she's not but thinks she is), and the jokes about her bird call laugh... she simply smiles and tries to come back with a "haha you're stupid" or "well you have concealer on your butt!" But for some reason, reputation and how other people view her is a BIG deal to her. She's always worried about how her actions will affect people's view of her and acts accordingly.
Overall, Julia's a fun loving girl who will sing any 80's song right along with me or will be first to propose plans, even if it's,"fatty needs food." Although the move from one house to another has been tough, she'll persevere and learn to like the dinosaur wallpaper and football ceiling fan that this new house and life will throw at her. (Explain the wallpaper and fan cuz that won't make sense.) She just needs to watch out for poles and keep on keepin on as the happy, positive person she is. Don't mess with her or she'll either draw on your car in the middle of the night or get Dylan to beat you up.
Let me know all of the silly things she says in class because trust me, there will be plenty. Word for the wise, Thanksgiving is not on July 4th...
Sincerely,
Jess Johannesen.
P.s. Do the angry gnome dance for everyone!!!"
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