100 Things I've Learned

It's no secret that there will always be a hole in my heart that bleeds for you and you alone, Emmalynn. You were the first girl I've ever felt such a legitimate connection with, and the last one since. You're my soul sister. I hate the way that things went down with us. I great really irriatated looking back and how ridiculous I was being. The bottom line though, is that we were way too close to be able to make it as best friends and have boyfriends. Now looking back, it appears we may have made the wrong decision, seeing as we were both dating total douchers at the time, but I highly doubt we'd be the people we were today without said douchers.

The following is a list of 100 things I never would have learned without you. I could make a list of 1000, but my fingers already hurt...so don't push it. haha


1: She reads.
2: When she really likes pictures that you draw of the both of you, she'll frame them and post them on her wall.
3: Secret bridges are good thinking places.
4: You can never have too much brownie batter.
5: It's okay to never get dressed.
6: Never underestimate the power of Guitar Hero
7: You will never beat Emma at Guitar Hero.
8: Getting stuck underneath a mattress is probably one of the funniest things that can happen to a person. probably
9: Sleeping in the same bed as your best friend twice a week is awesome.
10: Working for your best friends mom so that you can spend it all at hollister isn't a choice, it's a lifestyle.
11: Hollister ♥ clothes. smell. awesome.
12: Revamping eachothers myspaces in the wee hours of the morn = yes.
13: The wee hours of the morn.
14: Dye your best friends hair as often as you can. You'll miss it.
15: Sometimes you just have to order pizza.
16: By sometimes, I mean almost everyday.
17: Never underestimate the healing power of a conversation in a hot tub on a fridged January night.
18: Fridged.
19: There is no shame in adopting your best friend's mom's old bikini.
20: No...there is some shame.
21: Jace has a whore in his pants.
22: Gossip Girl is a weekly religious ceremony conducted in emma's room.
23: If we were a movie, we'd be secondhand lions. I'd be the angry one who likes to shoot fish.
24: I'd also be the one who flies the plane into the building when it's time to go. Emma would be the one who's just along for the ride, because we love eachother.
25: if love is an ocean wide, we'll swim in the tears we cried. we'll see it through to the other side. we're gonna make it.
26: Lobsters scream when you boil them.
27: Make out closets are imparative. Even if you don't make out in them.
28: Don't pick your arms.
29: Brownie Batter Ice Cream will make it go away.
30: If it doesn't, just come watch a movie.
31: When someone really loves, you, they'll donate their hollister bags for the transportation of your numerous items.
32: Nobody can lie together the way that Emma and McCall lie. Nobody
33: Sometimes its offensive to hold your best friends dog to the light.
34: There's always a song to describe how you feel.
35: There's always one line in the song that doesn't fit; thats always the one that we'll pay the most attention to.
36: Jacking recklessly expensive makeup from your parents spa is a lifealtering experience.
37: Getting your face peeled is also a lifealtering experience.
38: Sometimes, you just have to drive it out.
39: Panda Express is the answer, it doesn't really matter what the question is.
40: Mixes.
41: Pisser. Shocker. Flibbity Gibbit.
42: Never leave your best friend alone under a sandwich board with a guy who sees dead people.
43: There are very few things in life as valuable as walking with your favorite person in the world in the dead of night.
44: Friends that will lie to everyone to save your ass are hard to come by.
45: Semi to Moderately.
46: Getting your parents to let you go see Sweeney Todd may not be as easy as you think.
47: Sometimes, when you're having an awful 16th birthday, your best friend's mom will pick you up and take you to Emma at her play practice, so you can sit with her in the back and she can hold your hand.
48: fall is here. hear the yell. back to school. ring the bell. brand new shoes. walking blues. climb the fence. books and pens. i can tell that we are gonna be friends. yes, i can tell that we are gonna be friends. we don't notice any time pass. cause we don't notice anything. we sit side by side in every class. the teacher thinks that i sound funny, but she likes it when you sing.
49: Throw someones shoe out of the second floor window sometime. You'll like it.
50: Throw things in general, actually.
51: Make sugar cube castles.
52: Never go on a first date with a guy you hardly know when you're 15 unless Emma's there. And can call in her brother when it's awkward.
53: Sing. Always.
54: Write song quotes on every piece of paper that you come across.
55: That computer really doesn't fit on the counter in the kitchen, Emma's parents. Just a thought.
56: Boyles family game night is to be envied.
57: if you're gonna leave, well you better get going, 'cause i ain't wasting no more time on what i did and what i didn't.
58: Sometimes I can be awful.
59: There are very few things in life as comfortable as sitting on a recklessly expensive couch listening to Emma play the piano.
60: If Emma loves you, Emma will do anything for you.
61: Appreciate that.
62:Sometimes you have to remove yourself from the mormon culture in order to understand how judgemental you're being.
63: Once you're out, it's really hard to watch people tear your old best friend to pieces at your high school, even when you're not talking anymore.
64: Chicks before Dicks.
65: Church is kinda ridiculous with you around, kid. :)
66: goodbye my almost lover. goodbye my hopeless dream. i'm trying not to think about you, can't you just let me be?
67: Just because she won't sing, doesn't mean she can't.
68: Some people are just too fantastic to fit inside a box.
69: You were never second best.
70: Strawberries with sugar is about as good as it gets.
71: Toast is also acceptable in large portions.
72: Sometimes the things you'll find when you're cleaning the storage room will scare you into obsessive compulsive disorder.
73: yes. there really are relationships where you're laughing all the time. for years. at. a. time.
74: but the part of those relationships that you don't see is when you're crying for nights at a time. over your best friend. when youre 16 years old. and nobody gets it. not even you.
75: I'm getting in to you, because you got to me in a way words can't describe. I'm getting into you because i've got to be. You're essential to survive, I'm gonna love you with my life.
76: Never underestimate the combined comedic power of tall and skinny plus short and stout. It works for us. People cry.
77: Yes, we do have a phone baby. Named Boylersen.
78: Some wounds will always bleed. I still double take everytime I hear your name.
79: No, people reading this who aren't Emma and our associates, we're not lesbians.
80: You can't be best friends with someone unless you have the same shoe size. Accept this as a fact.
81: Sometimes potential boyfriends pose such a threat that you legitimately feel like WWIII just broke out inside your head.
82: Swing.
83: I've got my things. I'm good to go. You met me at the terminal. Just one more plane ride and it's done. We stood like statues at the gate, vacations come and gone too late. There's so much sun where I'm from. I had to give it away...had to give you away. and we spent four days on an island at your families old hotel. sometimes perfection can be, can be perfect hell. Perfect.
84: Never leave a friendship broken on a hotel floor in California. It's a long drive to fix it up again.
85: Sometimes we get peoples names henna'd on our backs. it's fine.
86: Sometimes we also break into abandoned houses and walk around.
87: It is, on occasion, entirely physically possible to text/converse with someone who is sitting right next to you for hours at a time.
88: Never judge a book by its ridiculous plot line...oh wait. Jodie Picoult? :)
89: On bed in Emma's basement is specifically crunchier than the other
90: I can make a particularly pregnant stomach sometimes in hotel rooms in chico, CA. Just saying.
91: Snow cones. are always. a go.
92: "You said i know that this will hurt, but if i don't break your heart then things with just get worse, if the burden seems too much to bear, remember: the end will justify the pain it took to get us there."
93: Sneakily assembling a computer in your bedroom is harder than it sounds
94: Nobody is perfect. Sometimes we lie, sometimes we cheat, sometimes we break each others hearts. Sometimes we move past it, and sometimes it means the end.
95: Regardless, I will always love you.
96: Bitch, I don't know your LIFE!
97: Taking naps on the same bed after a mutually bad day comes standard. In reality, it's kinda neat.
98: Meet the wiffins.
99: When friends become family, you're in for a disaster when things get messy.
100: My kids will know your name.

In conclusion your honor, I'm sorry for the things that happened between us. Our friendship was one huge hilarious event, and some days I sincerely just wanna pick you up and listen to roadtrip songs in my car. You are a beautiful, tiny, hysterical human being, and you will always have a special room in my heart of hearts. A room with a tivo, and pictures of us on the wall, of course.
I can't believe how our lives have turned out. I can't believe you're going to be a mother in a month and a half, but know that I have no doubts that child will be loved beyond anyones understanding. Please know that I'm never out of your reach, and I only wish the best for you, because you are the best of the best.

I spent forever trying to select a song, but in the end we both knew which one it was going to be.