{"id":23920,"date":"2026-09-24T09:50:21","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T14:50:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/?p=23920"},"modified":"2026-09-24T09:50:21","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T14:50:21","slug":"being-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/2026\/09\/24\/being-17\/","title":{"rendered":"Being 17"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>So it\u2019s my birthday as I&#8217;m writing this, even though it&#8217;ll be posted tomorrow, and I kinda just want to talk about this past year of my life.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I don\u2019t feel any sort of way about being 17. I mean, it\u2019s not a milestone, and nothing special has really happened besides getting some gifts from my favorite people before they made the lunch room sing happy birthday. (Jaci and maci, I\u2019ll get you.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I will list what I&#8217;ve gotten today since I&#8217;m eternally grateful to the people in my life for even considering getting me stuff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-1 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p>So from my son Ej, I got a guitar pick, earrings, a monster energy, two figurines, a bracelet, and a little blind box plushie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From Taliyah, the vocal, I got two bags of bulbasaur goldfish and two of the small monster energies. (Along with a cake she\u2019s baking for me.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From my favorite lesbian, Maci, I got a pack of bug stibbas (stickers.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From Journee\u2026 nothing\u2026 (I kid, I just didn\u2019t see her this morning. I don\u2019t even want anything from her.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From Jaci\/Livi, we\u2019re going to Hot Topic and she\u2019s getting me a Smiling Friends plushie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From my boyfriend, I\u2019ll be getting Demonia boots. (I won\u2019t see him till Saturday at the earliest.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From Leo, I got a card with a drawing of a weevil on the front with a pokemon card taped inside and also a kandi bracelet (I love you Leo &lt;3)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From Tulassi I got a crystal bracelet and a little note (I also love you Tulassi &lt;3)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And then so so many \u201chappy birthdays\u201d from all of my friends from my old school and this school.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Now that I\u2019ve yapped and bragged, I wanna talk a little about the last year.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019ve written about this past year before in this class, but it was so amazing that of course I\u2019m gonna write even more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the past year I\u2019ve met some of my favorite people and found friends and a boyfriend who truly love me and care about me.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even coming here I\u2019ve somehow been able to make friends with you guys (which is a massive achievement for me if I\u2019m being completely honest)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019ve had so many experiences that have shaped who I am and I will be forever grateful for the chance to have those experiences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even though I\u2019m leaving behind one of the best years of my life, I\u2019m going into this next year with newer, deeper connections that I know will keep me grounded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I love all of you so so much and I can\u2019t possibly describe how happy you all make me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Love you all &lt;3&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>BYE\u2013<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So it\u2019s my birthday as I&#8217;m writing this, even though it&#8217;ll be posted tomorrow, and I kinda just want to talk about this past year of my life.&nbsp; I don\u2019t feel any sort of way about being 17. I mean, it\u2019s not a milestone, and nothing special has really happened besides getting some gifts from &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/2026\/09\/24\/being-17\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Being 17&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":124,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23920"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/124"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23920"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23920\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23921,"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23920\/revisions\/23921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}