Tech Products I Couldn’t Live Without in 2011

Inspired by Michael Arrington’s 2009: Products I Can’t Live Without, here are my vital tech products of last year:

  • iPhone 4S — specifically the 8 megapixel camera, iCloud, and Siri. I take a LOT more pictures now. iCloud has saved me a couple times when I had to hard reset my iPhone while on the road. Siri has allowed me to move several apps off of my homescreen, including Phone, Find My Friends, Reminders, Notes, Clock, Weather.
  • iPad — to save money, I limited my traveling and stopped paying for the 3G data plan. The iPad became more of a household device that I’d use in bed or on the couch. I also started using it as I stretch before my morning runs to make the stretching routine more enjoyable.
  • Google — Chrome, Gmail, Reader, Voice
  • Flipboard for iPad/iPhone — still, by far, the best way to stay up-to-date with Google Reader, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and now Tumblr.
  • Trillian — Replaced Adium as my default chat client because of its seamless chat syncing and chat logging in the cloud. While chatting, I could easily switch to a different device and not worry about missing any IMs.
  • Instagram — started using this even more when I got the 4S (8 megapixels, baby!)
  • Tweetbot — the best Twitter iPhone app out there; its push notifications replaced my Boxcar app
  • Facebook
  • Instapaper — because I was overseas for 10 weeks in a country with spotty internet, I started downloading articles and blog posts to read offline. Also kept me amused on my 16 hour flight.
  • Tumblr
  • Skype — absolutely necessary for sharing intimate moments with someone that you can’t be with physically.
  • Dropbox — came in really handy when I constantly needed to share large files with my friends.

Honorable Mentions: Backblaze, Find My Friends, PostMate for iPhone (shameless plug), Slingbox

Heating Up for 2012: bitcasa, iTunes Match, Siri, Voxer

Cooling Down: BlogTV, Foursquare, Path

Dismissed: Adium, Boxcar for iPhone, Mozy, TokBox, Twitter for iPad, Hootsuite

“There are moments in our lives when we find ourselves at a crossroad…”

Afraid, confused, without a road map.

The choices we make in those moments can define the rest of our days. Of course, when faced with the unknown, most of us prefer to turn around and go back.

But once in a while, people push on to something better.

Something found just beyond the pain of going it alone, and just beyond the bravery and courage it takes to let someone in, or to give someone a second chance.

Something beyond the quiet persistence of a dream.

Because it’s only when you’re tested that you truly discover who you are. And it’s only when you’re tested that you discover who you can be.

The person you want to be does exist, somewhere on the other side of hard work and faith and belief. And beyond heartache and fear of what lies ahead.

—Lucas, One Tree Hill

via Joy Diaz

Just One Person

liveajoyfulife:

Sometimes, I just want one person to look me in the eyes and tell me that they understand that I’m hurting and that it’s okay. I need someone to tell me that it’s okay to hurt, I need someone to tell me it’s okay to be angry and upset. I need someone to tell me that I don’t need to be strong all the time.

…I want to be selfish, just once. I want to cry, yell, throw things, scream at the top of my lungs.

…I just want one person to realize that I’m not strong as everyone thinks I am. I just want one person to understand where my bitterness is coming from.

I want just one person to understand.

Sometimes during the process of letting go, we have these moments of weakness. And all we’re really looking for is someone to pour our hearts out to — confused feelings, flawed logic, irrational thoughts and all — without the fear of being judged.

Because we’re human. We get hurt. We get weak. And healing can take a really, really long time.

-Mel

Shout-Outs to @

How I Spent My Year 2011

For the 9th straight year, this is my annual End of the Year blog post that I publish mainly for myself. You are more than welcome to read it (all 9 pages of it), but more realistically, I invite you to do the same survey for yourself. =]

Out of all the years I’ve done so far, this one was by far the most difficult. This post has been a struggle with finding the right balance of sharing how I really feel and respecting the privacy of some people. It was also a struggle of trying to reflect on everything in a positive way, without reopening certain wounds.

Without any further ado…

1. Compared to this time last year, are you:

  • Happier or sadder? Sadder.
  • Thinner or fatter? Same.
  • Richer or poorer? Poorer.

2. What other states/countries did you visit?

  • Philippines for 10 weeks. My God, I got soo homesick after 6 weeks.
  • Technically Taiwan (layover)
  • Vancouver!
  • The beautiful state of Seattle!

3. What was your favorite film of this year?

  • 50/50
  • Love and Other Drugs

4. What was your favorite TV program?

  • American Horror Story
  • Breaking Bad
  • Falling Skies
  • Fringe
  • Happy Endings
  • Hung
  • New Girl
  • Pretty Little Liars
  • Walking Dead
  • Wilfred

5. What was the best book you read?

Steve Jobs, the biography by Walter Isaacson. Steve Jobs was a super private person but because he knew his time was near, he authorized a super personal biography. He encouraged the most intimate interview questions, no matter how dark or brutally honest his answers would be. Even if I wasn’t an Apple Fanboy, it’s crazy to see the flawed, personal side of a man that changed the world several times.

6. What was your greatest musical discovery?

Tori Kelly. I’ve known OF her for a while now but I never actually paid attention to her til recently. Man her voice is BEAUTIFUL.

7. What song(s) will always remind you of 2011?

  • Reynard Silva – Cool with You
  • Sam Tsui – How to Love (Lil Wayne Cover)
  • Nick Carter – Who Needs the World
  • Jayesslee – Dare You To Move (Switchfoot Cover)

8. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2011?

Pretty much the same as the past couple years. The only big difference is I started growing out my hair while I was in the Philippines. I was really hoping to grow it out long, the way it used to be…but my hair isn’t as thick as it was back then. I might just have to shave it again in Spring.

9. What words/phrases/slang did you pick up on this year? Who do you blame?

“First World Problems” — I blame Twitter and Tumblr for this. It’s just a hilarious way to bitch about the stupidest things cuz we’re so damn spoiled, hahah

10. Did you keep your new years’ resolutions? Will you make more for next year?

Last year I wrote this:

I gotta focus on my career again; I’m not getting any younger and same with my parents. So my New Year Resolution is to get a new job and have release an iPhone app on the side.

I released my iPhone app! It was a fun pet project and I loved the experience of doing it. I hope to do more pet projects like it in the future.

This year I will find a damn job. And I will work out/run at least 4 times a week.

11. Describe a typical day for you this year.

This applies more towards the end of the year:

Wake up, stretch while catching up on Flipboard (Google Reader, Facebook and Instagram, Tumblr) on my iPad; run; shower; lunch with Deland, Jenny, and/or Meliscent; job hunting; dinner; catch up with friends; watch Dawson’s Creek with Sheena; sleep.

12. What did you do on your birthday, and how old did you turn?

Celebrated my 24th birthday for the fifth time (haha) by having an expensive steak dinner at a 5-star hotel with my dad. My dad and I aren’t really that close…but it was the deepest conversation we’ve ever had, talking about his life when he was my age.

13. What do you wish you’d done more of?

Been a better listener.

14. What do you wish you’d done less of?

  • Less of having gossip take the best of me.
  • Less commiting of traffic violations, hahah.

15. Did you suffer any serious illness or injury?

Nope!

16. What was the best thing you bought?

iPhone 4S! This camera is AMAZEBALLS. All of my photos are like HD foodporn now.

17. Where did most of your money go?

Food.

18. Which celebrity/public figure(s) did you crush on the most?

  • Jamie Chung <3
  • Anna Kendrick <3

19. What political issue stirred you the most?

(I’m sure I’m gonna piss off someone with this response.) People cheering for Osama Bin Laden’s killing. I never want to cheer for the ending of someone’s life, not even an enemy’s. I’d rather wave an American Flag with pride, cheer for my country, and silently honor the innocent lives that were lost…instead of burning a picture of Osama out of hate.

20. Did anyone close to you die?

Thankfully, no.

21. Did anyone close to you give birth?

  • Julie had another baby!
  • There are so many, I’ve lost track now, hahah

22. Who did something worthy of celebration?

  • Dude, I am so unbelievably proud of my friends that changed to a healthier lifestyle: Alan B, Amy D, Chadwick, Norm M, Jesse B, Jeremy M, Kat B, Veronica.
  • Daniel B, Mike H and Samir got engaged!!

23. Without giving names, did anyone do anything really disappointing? What did they do?

  • My wingman developed feelings for the girl I was seeing. Hella drama ensued after her and I broke up. (Everything is fine now)
  • I told a friend a brutal truth because I didn’t want him to get crushed later on. He told me everything was cool between us…but later on I hear from multiple people that he’s been talking shit about me, accusing me of lying to him about everything.
  • I stuck up for someone for a long ass time, only to find out they never stuck up for me when I needed them.

24. Who did you miss?

NorCal fam. East Coast fam. Music fam.

25. What kept you sane?

  • MRL, CL, DG, JD, KMC, PC, RJE, RKR, SC, SPS, ST, VL, VT <3
  • Tumblr fam.

26. What did you do in 2011 that you’d never done before?

  • Built my first snowman!
  • Roadtripped all the way up to Vancouver!
  • Went viral with one of my posts! (Over 50k views on Tumblr and 2 MILLION VIEWS on imgur.com!)
  • Released my first iPhone app!
  • Attended a friend’s shotgun Vegas wedding! (I was the ring bearer, hahah)

27. What date from 2011 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?

  • July 16, 2011 — A lot of dots connect back to this.
  • July 21, 2011 — Mutual feelings. <3
  • September 8, 2011 — A lot of our time together is kinda just one big mashup of memories…but I will always remember being completely and utterly captivated by her on this specific night. I’d love to relive this.

28. What was your biggest failure?

  • Realizing over a year later how much pain I put my closest friend through when she needed me the most.
  • Letting gossip bring out the worst in me.
  • Losing a friendship when I tried absolutely everything I possibly could to be a good bro and be honest from the beginning.

29. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?

After everything that went down this year, it would’ve meant the world to me to get a sincere, thoughtful email, letter or even a Christmas card. Something more meaningful than just a text message.

I don’t know what’s going on in her head anymore. I have no idea how she really feels about everything now. All I know is, whenever we have a conversation (which is hardly ever), it is because I’m the one that initiated it. I’m just gonna assume she wants space now cuz if she really wanted to talk to me, she’d hit me up.

30. What was your biggest achievement of the year?

Hmm I didn’t do anything worthy enough for this particular question this year.

Oh wait, I finally learned how to eat a chicken wing efficiently, hahah

31. Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year?

On the contrary, this year I actually made amends with four people from my past.

One of these grudges I held onto for 5 years with legit feelings of HATE. (The kind of hate where you wish bodily harm upon certain people.) But I finally made amends with these two old friends…just in time to give them my blessing before their wedding. =]

32. Did you fall in love in 2011?

Felt something really special for a while. It didn’t last forever…but I’m glad it happened. “Don’t be sad at what you lost. Smile at what you had.” NO REGRETS.

33. Which new person made the biggest impact on you this year?

She’ll know it if she reads this.

34. Tell us a quote or song lyric that sums up your year:

If I just breathe / Let it fill the space between / I’ll know everything is alright / Breathe / Every little piece of me / You’ll see / Everything is alright / If I just breathe.” — Michelle Branch, Breathe

35. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2011:

  • Love Languages. Not everyone is a physical touch person like me. Kissing & cuddling is the best way to make me feel loved…but I should never assume that’s the best way for her to feel loved too.
  • Instead of asking myself, “How do I feel about her?” I need to be asking, “How does she make me feel?” And instead of wondering, “How does she feel about me?” I need to be asking, “How do I make her feel?” If one person isn’t feeling their worth in the relationship, then they have every right to walk away.
  • When you’re dealing with drama, you will learn which friends will stick up for you, defend you, and always give you the benefit of the doubt.
  • Most guys don’t have high standards for Bro Code. To most people, “all is fair in love and war,” so don’t be surprised when friends don’t treat you the way you’ve always treated others.
  • Be very, very, very careful who you vent to in the heat of the moment. Real friends won’t hold your irrational words against you after you’ve calmed down. Gossipers will sprinkle the story with their own little bias, relay that shit to others, and instigate more drama.
  • Let go. When people talk bad about you, just let it go. You can spend a lot of time trying to defend yourself and tracking down the source…but really, that’s all just a waste of energy. Besides, Karma has a funny way of bringing the truth out in the end. Don’t let gossip control you. Let the petty people be petty. Just do your thing, don’t sink down to their level, and let Karma run its course.
  • Stay classy. No matter how much shit unfairly (or fairly) gets thrown at you, stay classy at all times.

36. If you could go back in time to exactly one year ago, what would you tell yourself?

You will confide in someone and then feel betrayed by them. You will stay true to one of your ideals and it will cost you a friendship. You will stick up for someone and they won’t want to stick up for you in return. You will seek advice from so many close friends, it will backfire on you. You will be tested with lessons of forgiveness and letting go. You will once again reconnect with your closest friend at the perfect time in both of your lives.

37. What are you looking forward to in 2012?

A new career path.

38. If you could say something to your future self one year from now, what would you say?

Dear Future Mel,

I hope your 2012 was a lot better for you. 2011 left you with a lot of reasons to be bitter and discouraged…but you’ve been in worse shape before, and you’ve always made it out a better man in the end.

Recently, Dad has been pressing me to consider relocating for the best job opportunity out there, no matter where it may be. And yes, that includes overseas…

When I had dinner with @hsustyle, she brought up a good point about moving, “If things don’t work out, you can always go back home.”

What bold steps did you take this year to get your career back on track? How far from of your comfort zone did you step out? Did you take any leaps of faith?

Speaking of faith, how’s your relationship with God now?

I admit, my relationship with Him was never really that strong — I’ve always been stubborn about being self-reliant — but with each late-night conversation I have with @_melistar, the more comfortable I feel with letting go and putting more trust in Him.

2011 was a really difficult year for me. I could go on forever venting stories of anger, betrayal, hate, gossip and lies…

But I don’t regret any of it.

I just hope everything I went through will prove valuable in 2012…so the next End of the Year survey will be filled with more stories of love and laughter.

In the meantime…Work hard. Be kind. Keep the faith.

-Mel

The #SantaHat Tradition: What It Means to Me

If you ever get the chance to know me, you’ll find that I am the most sentimental person you’ll ever meet. I love remembering anniversaries and key dates. I love keeping a detailed journal and large albums of photos for memories. I love traditions and what they stand for. I love tweeting things like, “Exactly one year ago…”

If you’ve known me in the past four years, you’ll know about my most favorite thing to do during the holiday season — the #SantaHat Tradition!

I can’t take credit for the idea. I got the idea from a messageboard back in like 2004, where graphic designers volunteered to put Santa Hats on everyone’s avatars. I thought it was the coolest idea ever so I held on to that #SantaHat image and tucked it away for a few years.

In December ’08, when btvfam started growing together and Facebook took over Myspace, I thought to myself, “how cool would it be to wake up to a ton of Santa Hats all over Facebook?”

So that first holiday season, I made it happen…and it was a hit!

  • “Whoa, I thought that Santa Hat was real!!”

  • “Where the hell are all these Santa Hats coming from?!” —@DerekPortea

  • “I want a Santa Hat!” —@AndrewAGarcia

  • “I don’t remember them wearing Santa Hats when I took that picture…Oh wait a minute, I see what you did there!” –@LoloPhoto

But there is one reaction in particular that I will always remember:

@micah_moo randomly broadcasting on BlogTV, wearing a Santa Hat (a real one), rocking out to the ‘NSync Christmas album with the biggest freakin’ smile on her face. “Mel totally got me excited for Christmas!!”

That right there, out of all the reactions I have ever gotten, is the one that I hold closest to my heart.

The tradition became more to me than just the novelty of seeing Santa Hats all over Facebook…it became about spreading Christmas cheer! And spreading it to as many freakin’ people as possible. Not just to my friends, but my friends’ friends/followers as well.

So with each passing holiday season, I would do more and more Santa Hats. The first year I did 120. The second year I did 250. Last year I did 500. This year I didn’t double my previous record but I topped off at a new personal best of 530ish.

(In case you’re wondering how I decide who gets a #SantaHat, I honestly just do it at complete random. I’ll sit at the computer, see a name pop up on Twitter or the Facebook Ticker, and I’d slap a #SantaHat on it. I don’t create a mega checklist of names or prioritize certain friends over others…I just make a butt load of ‘em.)

Doing this over 1,000 times in the past two years alone, I realized a couple things:

  1. I am truly blessed to have had so many awesome people come into my life. Truly, truly blessed.

  2. There are so many people that I have slowly lost touch with over the years.

As much as I look forward to doing this every year, it’s become a little bittersweet. Here I am, bouncing around Facebook looking for photos to use, smiling at each memory along the way…And then for many of you, it hits me, “Holy crap, I haven’t seen you in over a year…”

Some of it is life getting in the way, throwing complicated priorities on us, pulling us in different directions. That’s totally understandable.

But there are also faces I hadn’t seen in a while, not because life pulled us apart, but because we pushed each other away. Some of us may have hurt each other, either intentionally or unintentionally. Or we picked different sides in our friends’ dramas. Or we just flat out didn’t get along. Whatever the reason may be — no matter how legitimate or irrational or petty it was — we decided to push each other away.

With something as simple as photoshopping Santa Hats, it’d be easy for me to be all passive-aggressive about it. “This fucker said I have fat ankles so no Santa Hat for this bitch ass!”

But then I see playing on TV, one of my all-time favorite childhood movies — Home Alone 2. That old creepy shovel man that saves Kevin’s life at the end, finally makes amends with his family after so many years. That scene always brought me to tears as a kid…and its message still resonates with me today:

Christmas is a time for forgiveness.

Sometimes I have to remind myself that one point, we were all good friends. Some harsh words may have been said (to each other’s faces or behind each other’s backs), bridges may have been burned…but once upon a time, that bridge was there. And it was good! For a while, it was good.

Nothing should ever take that away.

We may never be able to get things back the way they were…but is it really worth holding on to those grudges so tightly?

Sometimes I have to remind myself that it’s okay to let my guard down a bit. It’s okay to lower those walls I’ve built. It’s okay to cease fire and take a moment to just breathe. At least for a moment. At least long enough for me to be able to look the person in the eye, see past the hurt they once put me through, and say with absolutely sincerity, “I hope you have a Merry Christmas.”

It’s not an easy task though. I have a stubborn heart and sometimes it takes even years for me to forgive someone. I still have a list of people to truly forgive, and an even heavier list of people that I’m hoping to someday forgive me. Someday…

So that’s what the #SantaHat Tradition means to me. It’s about spreading Christmas cheer to as many people as possible. It’s about letting people know I still value the time we share or once shared. It’s about taking the time to look into myself, finding forgiveness, and expressing it in one of the simplest ways possible.

As much as I look forward to doing this every holiday season to spread Christmas cheer, the #SantaHat Tradition is very much a humbling experience for me too.

To all my friends that received a #SantaHat this year, whether we’ve stayed in touch or not, I just wanted to say thank you for being a part of my life. And to those of you who made your #SantaHat as your default picture, thank you so much for helping me spread Christmas cheer.

To each and every one of you out there…I know I’ve typed this over 500 times in the span of one week, but I’ve always meant it every single time, from the bottom of my heart…

Happy Holidays, everyone. <3

-Mel

Kris Mark: One Year Later

Kris Mark:

I’ve taken part in a pretty wide spectrum of romantic relationships with women. To say I regretted any one of them would be a lie—despite the numerous things that have occurred in my past that could be deemed morally unacceptable.

No, I didn’t kill anyone. But I did manage to metaphorically bust a few hearts open. I was once (and only once) the cheater, the cheated on, the victim of denial, the perpetrator of lies, the lied to. I’ve had my fair share of situations that reinforce every cliché involving karma.

Girls have given me trouble. If anyone has ever gotten the notion that I was just always a ladies’ man…I don’t blame you.

No, don’t gag. I’m totally kidding.

Actually, for as long as I’ve been interested in the womenfolk, I’ve been the long-term relationship kind of guy. Try that mentality out in middle school and early college—1% of girls are gaga over it. Not to mention, I was the dorky “nice” guy with zero game. I was no stranger to the we-should-just-be-friends stamp, or the why-doesn’t-she-like-me-because-I’m-clearly-better-for-her-than-that-douche affliction. I even flipped that around at one point, trying my hand at being the jerk. I gave them trouble too. At first intentionally, then unintentionally. But as most movies involving fickle behavior as a motive of revenge would tell you: being someone other than yourself has its repercussions. I eventually lost sight of why I wanted a relationship. I wanted to find out what love really was. (Insert Foreigner’s epic hook here.)

I temporarily gave into the idea of the entire idea of romance being a “game” or just a filler to a void, such that I fell from my high road of being patient for the perfect girl, while working to make myself the perfect guy for her in the meantime.

When I remembered what I wanted, that’s when I found her. The girl who quite literally haunted my dreams for an incredibly long time.

I wasn’t the charming, reformed suave machine with a clean slate that I had hoped to be once I met her. I didn’t think I deserved a chance with a girl like her, but there it was. All I had to do was make sure there was nothing I would regret before I spoke to her. So, I did the most counterproductive, yet most effective thing anyone could ever do when meeting someone they could potentially fall in love with. I was myself.

Not the guy who wanted to fill a void. Not the guy who tried too hard. Just a guy with an incredible curiosity towards a great personality, smitten by the single most gorgeous smile he’s ever seen.

Then it hit me—everything I’ve ever learned, every heart-wrenching situation a girl has caused, or that I’ve caused myself—all taught me to just remember the purity of why it all happened in the first place. Keep it simple, learn, and be patient. Everyone has their chance.

And honestly, I want every single guy out there to feel like how I feel for her.

Shout-Outs to @ @
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Gina: One Year Later

xo_ginalove:

It’s funny to me how, even at a young age, we all try to find that sense of love. Not the kind of love that you get from family or close friends, but the kind of love that people seem to have for each other in movies. The kind of love that makes you want to go out and interview every single eligible bachelor in the kingdom and see if he’s the one with the right glass slipper.

Sometimes we think we find it. We lose ourselves in this world where only you two exist and nothing else seems to matter. We are young and in love and no one can stop us. You know, that kind of mentality.

But then sometimes, we lose it. And when you’re 16 and you think you’ve found love, there’s nothing more devastating than losing it. You mope and you cry wondering if there’s anyone in the world that could fix you up. And after months and months of wishing and waiting you begin to think that you’re a lost cause; that you’re not special enough to be found and will remain lost.

It’s funny how we’re so fixated on finding true love at such a young age, though we fail to realize that it’s not meant to be found. Rather, it’s meant to be a surprise.

Two days from now, this time last year, the cosmos will have thrown me a curve ball that basically hit me in the face. Even when I think about it now, it hasn’t really felt like a year, considering how long I hope that we’ll be together.

He showed up and I wasn’t ready for it. I had just ended something that I thought was going to last for a very long time, but it just wasn’t going to happen. I was in my first year of college and was starting to feel that sense of loneliness that hits every single college freshmen at one point or another. I prayed so hard that I would find someone to make me feel less lonely, maybe even more loved.

It was like magic, or like a scene from a really bad romcom. He appeared out of thin air and I was so thrown off by his presence. Admittedly, he was a really big jerk when I first met him; a douche rocket in my terms. Yet whenever we interacted with each other, I would trip over my words and myself.

Something about him left me dazed and confused and no matter how hard I tried, I couldn’t figure out what it was. I was frustrated, not only because he was making me sound stupid, but because I looked so stupid in front of him, and I couldn’t figure out why.

I won’t go into much detail but a few long AIM conversations and skype dates later, here we are. One year later.

Very much in love.

Looking back on everything, it’s funny how I was even worried about finding “true love” at that age. How devastated I was when I thought I found it and lost it. I was foolish for thinking I could find it at that age, but it was a lesson well learned.

To everyone that’s going through some kind of pain or hurt because of a break up or “lost love”:

It may not seem like it now, but all the pain you’re experiencing now, is well worth it. There is someone out there that is better for you and that someone will give you everything that you deserve. As long as you give yourself a chance to be open to love again it will find its way to you. But you have to be willing to give yourself that chance because you deserve it. By keeping yourself in a rut of hurt and pain, by dwelling on the past, you’re doing yourself a great diservice and putting yourself at a disadvantage. If you keep the hurt of the past inside, you can’t open up to the love that’s waiting for you on the outside.

Then and Now.

Going through what I had to go through, all the lies, the cheaters, and the deceivers, it was well worth it. It made me strong enough to be ready for a real relationship. I learned valuable lessons from every single relationship I was in and have applied those lessons to this one and that’s why I think everything is going so well, even from 2000 miles away.

My Dear,

You’ve made me forget what I even cried about in the past; what I was so hurt about in the past. You’ve changed me in more ways than one and all of it was for the better. All my prayers were answered when I met you and as corny as this sounds, I can’t imagine my life without you.

I know I’m not like every girl out there. I seem to have more… quirks. if you will, than most others. I’m stubborn and I spit fire at whoever I want too. i’m rude at times and very blunt and vulgar. I eat like a man and scratch my tummy like a snorlax. I can’t stand stupid people and make fun of them all the time. I’m surprised you ever picked me in the first place, but I’m so glad you did because I’m always trying my hardest to be nothing but the best for you.

It’s almost been one whole year since I met you. I can’t thank you enough for everything you’ve done for me, from staying up with me to help me with a paper to making me smile when I’m crying so hard. I know that there are times we both want to be there with each other, especially those moments when life is the most difficult thing to deal with, but even from so far away, I know you’re right here beside me.

I love you more than words could ever begin to explain. I can’t wait to see you sweetheart.

Shout-Outs to @ @
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