Dear diary,

Today I spoke to him! Thomas. He has the most dreamy brown eyes up close. I was so nervous. I fought so hard not to let him know how much I have been obsessed with him this whole year since that first time I saw him sitting there in AP Human Geography. Tall, but not too tall, dark and very handsome. Built like a train. So mysterious with his seldom used deep but kind voice. Some people say he’s a kickboxer but I can’t imagine him hurting anybody.

We were sitting in a group and he was right acroyfrom me. We got a bit off topic and I mentioned my collection of Christian Louboutin shoes. He paused for a second and smiled. He seemed genuinely impressed. He was mostly serious but I did laugh at some of the funny things he said.

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Dear diary,

Today I met the most annoying, most self absorbed, most selfish and ignorant person I have ever had the misfortune of meeting. Her name is Becky and she’s a 9th grader in my Human Geography class. I feel embarrassed that as a 9th grader I too could ever be associated with someone like her.

We were working as a group, exploring the effects of climate change on developing countries in Africa when she brought up the topic of Luby Buttuny shoes. She went on and on about how expensive they are and how not everyone can pull off the look, it takes a certain long and slender leg type. I wondered out loud if drought stricken communities in Africa could probably pull off the look. She laughed the most annoying laugh and smacked me on the arm.

The only saving grace is that I got to work with Anna. She is the definition of inner and outer beauty. She’s one of those quiet yet outspoken girls who will not accept someone telling her to sit down and shut up. She volunteers on the weekends for battered women’s shelters and animal shelters. She’s smart but does not need to prove it and seems to be completely unaware of how pretty she is.

I met her intelligent and well thought out arguments with intelligent and well thought out arguments of my own.

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Dear diary,

Today I had to work with Tweedle Dumb and Tweedle Dimber. Yeah me! Tweedle Dumb is an annoying and shallow humnlan being named Becky. Her profile would probably just say shoes in the experience and special interests category. Tweedle Dumber is a muscle head named Thomas. People think he’s so smart because he hardly talks.

He mentioned the climate change induced drought in Africa as a way to aggrandize himself and dunk on Becky after she went off topic on some stupid LouLou Butowski shoes story.

I guess his heart was in the right place but I hate how dismissive he was at any of my opinions.

Becky is a complete moron but still, he should not be so cruel to her. I guess I have always been attracted to the pretty but dumb cheerleader stereotype. She’s so dreamy!