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[EDIT ME] Beginnings are not very hard. [EDIT ME]
No, I’ve decided against editing you. Better luck next time, editable text subheadings!
My name is ‘almondbabe’ and I am so happy to announce that this is the first post (more will follow) in my blog. Let me explain to you what this blog is about.
A while ago, I had a blog. It was ugly and poorly-formatted and I just wrote the most terrible blurbs and stories on there—unedited (gasp!—which I thought nobody would ever read until someone actually asked for my blog. And then the panic set in. So that’s where I got the idea to create something newer, fresher, and more authentically me! Hooray for Substack!
1. Why this, why now
I guess I should tell you a little bit about myself before we continue. First, I’m a born dancer. That’s not to brag or say I’m really good—which I’m not, by any means—but just visualise me with long, long arms and legs, and there you go. Plus I’m naturally flexible, so it sort of makes sense that I love dancing.
I suppose I’m so excited about this because I just recently started lessons in ballet, and so far they’re going well. The girls in my class are very nice. It’s at this tiny studio at the end of a long street, but the place itself is so tiny that you could blink and miss it along the road. But I really have a nice time there. My mum and I went to the store and got me some pink leather slippers, some cream-white tights, a dance bag, and a simple black leotard. Hairnets, too, because right now my hair is shoulder-length and very difficult to put into a bun.
On top of ballet, I’m also reading a lot. This is just what I do and what I’ve always done, along with writing or journaling sometimes. Right now I’m reading Anthony Bourdain’s Kitchen Confidential because I started working in a restaurant recently. Everyone is friendly over there, but I think they all hate my glasses because they look at me with a bit of disdain. And I’m not invited to have dinner with them afterwards, either. They said so; but I don’t care because I can have dinner on my own terms. The food there isn’t even that tasty anyways. Aside from KC I’m reading Anne Brontë’s Agnes Grey, which is a precious little novel about a governess making her own way in the world. There is nothing to say about this book except that I had a stupid grin on my face from beginning to end, and I’ve started doing my hair up in braids. A fraction of me wishes that life today had some of the happiness that life in the 1800s must have had; but then 99% of me remembers that everyone died of some plague or other. Not very ideal.
Career-wise, I’m quite undecided, and in all honesty it might be that way forever. The first thing I could ever remember wanting to be—professionally—was a revered prima, then a police officer, then a preschool teacher, then a farmer, then a musician, then an author…and when I got a bit older I went to school for computer science, and here I am. I still really want to be all of those, but I’m learning to look at things from an adult perspective, and a lot of those just aren’t feasible. For one, I’m way too fragile to be an officer or musician. The stress from those would just make them feel more like obligations than dream jobs, if you understand. I still sort of want to be an author, but I will have to push that one to the side for now. I haven’t really printed anything yet, nor have I had much practice for any real results. Farming sounds nice, I just have to figure out the logistics of what I need/ how much I need/ when to plant what, and where. Maybe I will join a commune for a short while. I have my eye on one. But I don’t know. It’s definitely a lot.
I’ve sort of had a very easy life so far. My sister and I are from the suburbs, where there’s almost no crime. She gets out, but I don’t, really. The house is my safe place, where I can read or study or peek out the windows, but no one is ever out there. So what I do with my time—other than school and work—is entirely up to me, so I’ve decided to spend it on things I love doing. Here’s a bit of a list:
things almondbabe loves doing:
sipping on hot cups of tea (jasmine is my fav, then oolong then vanilla spice)
brushing my dog’s fur
reading outside in the grass
a bit of gardening, i.e. playing in the dirt
meditation exercises with candles
learning to sketch portraits
going camping
That’s it. Now you know everything about me. I’m really tired now and I have math homework. See you later <3