So Please, Can We Please Fund NASA?

So please, can we please fund NASA?

Timing

I've been wanting this on my blog for a decent amount of time. Happy day. Jar, Schmidt.

On Olivia

Olivia is an exceedingly well put-together person. I mean she always looks good, but that’s almost beside the point because she’s also consistently ready to face whatever the day will throw at her. It’s funny, because I know she’s not actually always feeling her best or feeling her most prepared, but Olivia always grits her teeth, puts on a grin, and barrels through. She’s more incredibly compassionate than you might expect from her overflowing river of sass, but hey, what can you do. When she’s serious she’s sincere but when she’s feeling bubbly she’s essentially a wave of good cheer and smiles that reach significantly farther than Olivia is high. I mean that in the kindest way possible. But in all seriousness sometimes it worries me that she doesn’t always seem to be having an awesome year, but she has friends that are here for and care about her, and the rest of the year will be fricking awesome because I say it will. So there. Also she helps handicapped children dance. Who else just radiates that much good.

On Madeleine

Cause yeah. I don’t know why my friends are all so talented and wonderful, but Madeleine is a prime example. She’s another example of someone I’ve been friends with for a super long period of time, and I’m super happy about it. Her wood floors are the reason I now bring slippers to the houses of my friends who I know will be okay with it, which is a super plus. As I hinted at earlier she sings beautifully, and when people tell her she usually just says it’s because her parents are opera singers, but actually she has a gorgeous voice and works incredibly hard. She’s a talented pianist, a brilliant student, and an honest friend. I don’t know how many times I’ve been doing something careless or unkind and she’s pointed it out incredibly courteously. Mads has a tendency to say what most people are thinking but lack the tact to say kindly, and it’s basically the best thing ever. She’s diplomatic and considerate to the last, but she also manages to be a barrel of ridiculous fun. I sincerely enjoy talking to her when I get the chance, even though it’s less frequently than I’d like, but hey, she has to be busy what with all her musicking and magicking and saving the world. Or at least, that’s what I imagine Mads does all day. Also she draws awesome. So that too. Huh. What a cool person. Now you know.

On Maya

So this one will definitely be read by the subject and she will probably clap her hands together in her happy aww gesture.

Ignore the fact that that is in the passive. But in all seriousness, I will say it again, Maya is the single most feminine person I know, and I mean that in the very best way possible. As she thinks she knows but actually it’s truer than she might realize, Maya is beautiful. And not just because she has high aesthetic standards for herself. But that honestly is beside the point because Maya is wonderful because of how she always cares about the emotional well being of her friends, and because she always makes a point of trying to be positive, and she is funny and smart and all the happy things that make her so fun to be around. Like, if she had a weakness, it would be caring too much. But we all can live with that. I feel bad because this probably isn’t new because I’ve told her a lot of this before, but it’s true. Oh also she sings like a baby angel. Only happy to listen to. Sidenote, why are all of my friends amazing singers? So there’s that. If there were more people like Maya the world would be a much warmer and fuzzier place.

This is not my most well written piece. Huh. Sentiment remains.

Whoa. The MLA has officially devised a standard format to cite tweets in an academic paper. Sign of the times.