Wednesday, July 15, 2009

People who I admire

I guess that if I'm going to find myself, I should find qualities in other people that I really admire.




  1. Emma Watson. Okay, not EXACTLY Emma Watson, but the entire Harry Potter cast. I admire them because most people who become famous over night at age 9 are destined to become druggies, pregnant or just not good role models. Look at Lindsey Lohan. She made it big on the Parent Trap when she was young and you hear stories of her getting wasted all the time. The Olsen twins became famous on Full House and one of them developed an eating disorder. The Spears (oh god... the Spears) just look at THEM. PERFECT example of teenagers becoming famous. They are just messed up. But, really, if you look at Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint, none of them have gone wrong. Daniel Radcliffe went on Broadway, which shows A LOT of commitment to acting. Emma Watson has plans to go to a university in America so she can do something with her life, despite having more money than she will ever need to live off of. I haven't heard much about Rupert Grint, but you don't ever hear about him doing things that would fuck up his life. They have kept their heads through everything and they haven't fucked up their lives yet.
  2. Margot. Margot is my violin teacher. I love her so much. Right now, she is struggling with stafe four lung cancer. (She's never smoked before. How fucked up is that?) She has to have oxygen put into her body with tubes to avoid suffocation. She is bald (well, her hair is growing back. She switched treatments) because of various treatments. She is very self concious about all of this but, despite all of this, she somehow manages to smile. And laugh. And joke around. Even though she is dying, she is able to look on the bright side (hey, chemo therapy means you don't have to shave your legs!) and be happy.
  3. Olivia. Olivia is a friend of mine. We have known each other since sixth grade but didn't really become friends until this year. I really admire her because she is so true to herself. She dresses however the hell she wants, not worrying about brands or what other people will think. She puts SO much into her art forms. She is a performer. She sings. She dances. She acts. She's a slam poet. This isn't unusual, but she puts a shit load of energy into all of it. When she's on the stage, you feel like you're watching her soul. She honestly puts everything into it. She is able to be herself and let loose on stage.
  4. Miles. Miles is my sixth grader. I kind of see him as half little brother (who, unlike my own brother, I actually have things in common with) and half best friend. Miles is so true to himself and so innocent. Like Olivia, he doesn't give a shit what other people think of him but he's also so innocent. Ever heard the Robert Frost poem Nothing Gold Can Stay? (Winter's first green is gold, nature's hardest hue to hold. Her early leaf's a flower, but only so an hour. Then leaf subsides to leaf. So Eden sank to grief, so dawn goes down today. Nothing gold can stay.) Miles is the true definition of gold. Even though he has been in middle school for two years, he is, for the most part, uneffected by all of the drama. He just continue sto be his little Miley-Bear self in the midst of a hurricane.

I can't think of anyone else right now.

But you tell me: What do you admire in people?

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