PEOPLE WHO NEED PEOPLE

kelsey is the name, cheering is the game.

[kelskrellin]

nicolemcrtinez‌:

Don’t remind me about being a teenager. I couldn’t imagine getting my teen kids anything. Especially when they start asking for phones or tablets.

See, it’s why I justify not having kids of my own right now. That and I’m not ready to part with my abs.

[kelskrellin]

★text - kelsey krellin

Colette: Gives me something to look forward to...especially since I'm not exactly "hills are alive" ecstatic to be leaving in the first place.

Kelsey: Then why leave?

[kelskrellin]

nicolemcrtinez‌:

I’ve never really realized how expensive Christmas was until I had kids. But it’s also never meant as much until I had kids. Unfortunately, there’s only one try at Christmas as a parent. If you do the mistake of buying a bunch of gifts, you’re always caught trying to up yourself in the future. Definitely shot myself in the foot.

I feel this. But with children who aren’t mine and are teenage girls. It’s insane trying to get them anything useful.

[kelskrellin]

★text - kelsey krellin

Colette: super kitschy ones from every little backroad town I pass.

Colette: i'll expect you to go all out...have the girls work on a welcome back cheer, maybe get the marching band involved -i wanna return to major fanfare.

Kelsey: I wouldn't expect anything less.

Kelsey: I'll see what I can do, but whatever it is, it'll be epic.

[kelskrellin]

★text - kelsey krellin

Colette: Like a true risk taker.

Colette: The round america road trip should take care of any lingering issues I have in that regard...provided i can curb any impulses i have to give in to my road bandit side.

Colette: at least now i know if i decide to come home there'll be someone around who's happy to have me back...so your position as a good friend is safe in my eyes at the very least.

Kelsey: Oh yeah, totally, that's me.

Kelsey: I think you'll be alright, send me some postcards, yeah?

Kelsey: I don't even want you to leave, so you best bet if you come back I am going to be the one throwing the home coming party.

[kelskrellin]

★text - kelsey krellin

Colette: I'm not sure I'm ready for full emotional exhaustion - I'd be more likely to have a breakdown rather than a shutdown.

Colette: You're actually the first person to have that reaction to the news. Most people have been all "run, get out now and don't come back."

Colette: Makes me feel less like everyone can't wait to see the back of me.

Kelsey: Yeah, I'm certain I probably walk a fine line with that.

Kelsey: If I were a better friend I would probably suggest that you leaving is for the best, for your own mental health.

Kelsey: But me being me, I can't keep losing people so I want to keep who I have for as long as I can.

[kelskrellin]

yalejacobson‌:

I would, and I like creative writing, but at a paper you get into a lot more doorways than you do when you’re freelance. I can get by for awhile and take some time to figure out if I want to dive back in or try something new, but I’ve been making up fake investigative reports since I was like five.

A true crime blog - complete with articles about Natasha - isn’t a bad idea. It combines two of my favorite interests, at least, and I could travel some, do some research on my own for crazy cases. Maybe get my own TV show one day from it.

The fact that you have so much drive and interest in something is already incredibly admirable. I mean me? I’ve made yelling ‘go team’ with a show smile on my face a career, so you’re doing well for yourself.

It could help set you apart and get people looking at you and your writing too. Not to mention that it’s for a good cause.

[kelskrellin]

winteresposito‌:

Well so long as you’re not actually spending a zillion hours…then fuck yeah, eat all the bread you want. 

It’s not quite a zillion, but I’m willing to bet that it’s up there.

[kelskrellin]

bitteredsweet‌:

The women in my life taught me everything I know. … that sounds sexist as hell but it’s just how it came to be, you know? They were amazing and I’d love to pass that on to someone… I can’t hoard all the knowledge!

Also, you could think of it this way, as I’ve heard other people say it… Holiday calories don’t count! Not a good long-term solution but a great way to justify hot chocolate.

I don’t think it’s sexist at all, it’s more total girl power, which I’m always here for.

Oh, they count. I can never not think they count, but more power to anyone who can think that way.

[kelskrellin]

★text - kelsey krellin

Colette: Wanna swap tips? I'll give you pointers on how to blow your sleep cycle outta the water, you give me pointers on how not to?

Colette: Anything I can do to help just let me know, it's what you pay me for after all, and you should take advantage while I'm still here to do so.

Kelsey: Pro-tip: emotionally exhaust yourself into a place of complete and utter shutdown.

Kelsey: OKAY GOTTA STOP YOU, because you're never leaving me ever.

[kelskrellin]

★text - kelsey krellin

Colette: It's mostly just finding the right mix of poor choices, lack of sleep and super strong caffeine - trust me it's nothing anyone wants to learn.

Colette: No matter the generation, Braedon girls never really change.

Colette: Might help take their minds off...everything. I think picking the new captain was more brutal on them than we thought.

Kelsey: I've got the poor choices down, but I definitely get enough sleep, so I'm guessing it'd take work to get there.

Kelsey: Nope, don't think they ever will, really.

Kelsey: I don't know, it was pretty brutal on me, too... so we need to keep morale up.

[kelskrellin]

★text - kelsey krellin

Colette: Not in the slightest, you're generally busy, I, on the other hand, don't know how to switch the hell off.

Colette: Around here? Anything that'll hold their interest wouldn't exactly be 'family friendly'.

Colette: You know I actually think I remember that booth. I think Jess and I may have tried it out. That could be cute though, lots of kids, that way the girls can keep it sweet and simple.

Kelsey: Teach me?

Kelsey: That's probably way too accurate.

Kelsey: It was basic, but easy to pull together. We'll brainstorm it at practice, let them put in some ideas.

[kelskrellin]

yalejacobson‌:

Well, I can’t really keep interviewing them anyways. With the case going cold, there’s not much else to report on. Something my editor is trying not to sound like an ass about as he keeps reminding me that I work for a Chicago newspaper and am currently not actually in Chicago. The rest of the world doesn’t really care about Natasha anymore, even if it still follows some of us around constantly. 

Yeah, I saw that, and I’m sorry. I do think blogging could be a fun idea though and wouldn’t that give you more creative liberties, too?

People like Natasha don’t deserve to be forgotten about. Maybe that could be the blog. Making sure people don’t forget.

[kelskrellin]

★text - kelsey krellin

Colette: Any idea what our booth for this years holiday festival is gonna be yet?

Colette: I think maybe getting the girls pumped for it might liven up their spirits a little.

Kelsey: Is it horrible that I have barely thought about it?

Kelsey: I think I'm having an off December, getting into the holiday spirit is like, not happening.

Kelsey: What do teenage girls even like? I remember my senior year we did a 'make your own santa hat' craft thing.

[kelskrellin]

yalejacobson‌:

Pretty much. Middle aged white men are the worst, though, so I automatically suspect everything out of their mouths is bullshit and propaganda to getting their dick sucked. 

I’m not hounding them, Kels. I simply let them know that if anyone has anything they want to say to someone, I’m around. They come to me, usually at the diner while I’m trying to inhale pancakes. That doesn’t mean I understand half of what they’re saying, and it’s usually super unhelpful and just an attempt at 10 minutes of fame anyways. 

That’s probably accurate. I have a hard time believing most men are genuine at all, they all have an agenda.

Oh, I wasn’t trying to say that you are, I just know having to talk about it for me is an issue, probably because I like to pretend it didn’t happen. Granted, I don’t want fame, but I can see why they would go towards that.

[kelskrellin]

dexterlevski‌:

Oh. OHHHH. Yeah, my skull is just as thick as the rest of me is getting, so I didn’t get that at first. McGruff the Crime Dog has been my gym buddy lately and I dunno if inviting you to our style of workout is exactly kosher - it is Hanukkah, after all - but if you wanted someone to go on a jog with sometime, I might be willing. If you don’t mind that I’ll be crying the whole time.

Thank God. I was beginning to worry.

Luckily for you, I’m not Jewish, so kosher isn’t really a concern of mine. I could use the job, though, if you are up for the company. And please, I work with teenage girls, I can handle it.

Nah, no worries needed.

[kelskrellin]

nicolemcrtinez‌:

State. I think I’ve seen something like that on those cheer videos but I never actually thought there were big and real competitions like that. I assumed it was just a school thing. That’s interesting.

Ah, I think I was doing them a favor. Never fit in much when it came to those things.

It’s certainly not what the Bring it On movies made it look to be, but to use they’re a big deal.

That’s fair. It was hard back then to be that kind of girl so I can’t even imagine what my girls have to go through now to keep up with it.