there ain't no map to follow

SONG YU. DAUGHTER OF SHAN YU. 17. JUNIOR. Valentine's Day baby. Cheerleader. Crew team coxswain. Lover of love. Walt High Dance Committee. French club. Vocal Association.

[song-yu]

jodelabete‌:

You’re so nice, but are you sure? I mean, I know you’re super into like romance novels – and it’s not. A romance novel, I mean. I don’t know. Maybe you’ll find it super boring and it actually sucks. But I can – I guess I can lend you a copy if you want! 

Of course I’m sure! I can survive without a book being all romance, all the time, I promise. As long as it’s not like... super grisly. I don’t do well with horror and blood and violence, but if there’s just a tasteful amount of it that contributes to a satisfying plot then I’m in! Or enthusiastically in, I should say -- you’re my friend, I’d read anything you wrote whether it was up my alley or down a totally different street. 

[song-yu]

jodelabete‌:

Guys! The first draft of my  novel is almost complete. Who wants to read it and make sure it’s not completely terrible and maybe write some constructive critisism to tell me how to improve it? 

Oh my God, Jo, that’s amazing! Me, me, me, of course I want to read it and help out. Although let’s be real, I’m probably going to fall so completely in love with it that I’ll forget to even constructively criticize, I’ll just want to gush about it like a complete and total fangirl.

[song-yu]

[song-yu]

“Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what they are capable of being.”

-- JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE

[song-yu]

brontehatter‌:

I. Heard. That. I applied to like, ten fashion schools in the US and my portfolios are all stupid creative. The least they can do is send a just-as-creative envelope straight to my mail. I’m talking feathers, sequins, the whole nine yards.

That sounds like it would be so much fun. Or if it’s not on the envelope, it could be inside of it. It would be so sad if all your sequins fell off in a mail bag somewhere along the way to Walt. I tell you what, though, I’m totally in the mood for a destressing art project, if they dome in real envelopes at all I could decorate them for you before you open them?

[song-yu]

dazzlingember‌:

If you want I can get one of the computer nerds to spoof your e-mail or whatever and print them out and put them in big or small envelopes for you. Then you can get the True Experience. Not that there would be many–if any–small envelopes. You’re too super scary dedicated to your education.

I mean... it’s not the same as breaking open a sealed envelope directly from the college, but I’m sure at some point in time they were very fancy and had wax seals and that’s gone out with the times, so this is a sacrifice I’m willing to make. You really think so, though? What if some of them come in small envelopes as a fake out? I guess you guys could have fun with that, too.

[song-yu]

remydupont‌:

Okay big mood? As great as technology is and everything, when I get accepted into everywhere I applied I would love to literally smack everyone upside the head With how much better I am with them. Without having to actually print it out myself first. Where all are you applying?

Right? Or even the few that send it in the mail too have already sent you the electronic one first, there’s no air of mystery to it. It’s like, instant gratification, but it takes away the fun of it all even if it does save trees. Well, I applied to Walt U because I love it here, but I also applied to Harvard, Oxford, Cambridge, Princeton, Yale... you know, just to see. Even if I don’t go it would be nice to be able to say I could have gone. 

[kwanrj]

So Close and Still So Far | SongJ

Who: @kwanrj & @song-yu

When: Saturday, February 16th

Where: The Charming Dance Hall

What: Song and RJ reflect on a year of being so close to each other, yet so far from where they’d like to be.

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[song-yu]

You know what experience I’m kind of sad I never got to actually live through? The whole ‘big envelope/small envelope’ college letter thing you always see on TV! When I get acceptances and rejections next month, they’re all going to just come straight to my email -- I can’t be the only one sad that I won’t be able to literally hold my future in my hands when the time comes, right?

[song-yu]

TEXT 🙄 SONGJ

RJ: I'm glad! And yeah, instant cameras are so fun and trendy now, plus there's nothing quite like capturing a moment on a polaroid.

RJ: Yeah that's understandable. Must have been wild to grow up like that. Meanwhile, I had a fru fru palace lol. You're so well-rounded! I can't see myself doing anything but Film, I wish I had a more open mind like you lol. It's what makes you so easygoing. Like how last year at the ball your actual date didn't show so you settled for lil ole me. 😇

Song: Well, I'm officially going to make good use of it every chance I can get and I'll have so many pictures I'll have to lock them away in a beautiful tiny box now because they won't all fit under my pillow :D

Song: I guess it was but it was the only way I knew, so it didn't seem so strange to me. I bet I would have liked your fru fru palace :-p I always daydreamed about having somewhere with a secret panel in the wall for me to hide things. Well, good thing you have me to help you try new things then :) You can still love film the most and be an amazing filmmaker someday, but you can bring in elements of the things we try together into your stories, that might be fun! I wish I knew who my date was supposed to be so I could thank him for that, actually 😇 I think things turned out much better than they would have been if he'd showed up.

[song-yu]

TWITTER | SONVER

@clobirch: It's definitely not. Shes' a fairy so like...she can whip something up pretty quick. DM her if you'd like!

@clobirch: unfortunately yes, but I don't have it yet. It's a surprise on the night of. Yippee.

@yusong: Okay! Do you know what her usual prices are? I need to make sure I've got enough saved up, I spent so much on college apps lol.

@yusong: Unfortunately? I'm sure you're going to look incredible, what's there to be disappointed about?

[song-yu]

TWITTER | OPEN

@clobirch: Special announcement from my mother, @FairyFlora who should be tweeting this herself but she doesn't really know how to work social media thank God.

@clobirch: Anyway, she is both sponsoring the Valentine's Ball this year and commissioning gowns. So like...if you like pink, she's your lady. She'll also be there, much to my chagrin.

@yusong: Pink, red, white, more pink, all of it's amazing, @chlobirch! Thanks for letting me know, I hope it's not too late for me to get a dress.

@yusong: Did she make your dress? I'd love to see an example of some of her work!

[song-yu]

TEXT 🙄 SONGJ

RJ: HA I KNEW IT. We love an aesthetic. I take it you...liked your gift, then? 😇

RJ: Wow. You guys really are close, huh? Do you know what you'll major in when you do get to college?

Song: Absolutely completely and totally loved it! It was so sweet and thoughtful, not to mention adorable! Polaroids are so compact these days compared to how bulky they look in old movies!

Song: We always have been. Since my mom was killed I've kind of been all he has and I guess he clung to me extra without her there, too. I'm not sure yet! Sometimes I think creative writing, other times I think that I'd love to major in history, or maybe even in psychology or chemistry or... so many choices! I haven't figured out the one thing I love the most like you have :-p

[song-yu]

WYR go to harvard and make your dad happy but be miserable for four years, or go to walt u and make your dad miserable but be happy for four years?

Well, it’s not exactly a secret at this point that I plan to stay in Walt for the next year, so... I’m very very sorry, Father. And even sorrier that I haven’t been brave enough to tell you the truth yet and am pretending that I’m waiting on decision letters before I decide.

I Need Entertainment

[song-yu]

TEXT 🙄 SONGJ

RJ: lolol I mean, that's kinda old school romantic of you, maybe selfies might be better that way! :P

RJ: OKAY, PHEW! Almost scared me there! Why don't you just tell your dad that so he'll get off your butt about impressing these colleges that you won't even be choosing?

Song: OKAY CONFESSION I probably would have done that even if I WAS allowed to let the whole world know how much I like you! You're amazing, you know that? I've always thought old school polaroid pictures are so dreamy.

Song: Because I'm afraid he'll try to convince me to still go anyway, you know? That he'll think I'm giving up or something. I figure if I still apply, and get in, then he can brag about it to the 0 people that talk to him and then just like... let me follow what makes me happy anyway. I know he's mean and scary to some people but I think that's really what he wants for me deep down?

[kwanrj]

Left in Song’s locker for her to find on Monday when school resumes. A brand-new instant film camera, a case for it, a photo album, and a card. The card reads: 

I know it’s past regular New Year and Chinese New Year and your birthday aren’t for a while and I don’t really celebrate Christmas…? But I wanted to get you this and it couldn’t wait SO Merry Christmas, happy New Year, happy Chinese New Year, and happy birthday all in one! For all those selfies that we COULD be posting on Insta but it’s probably best we don’t. So instead of sticking the individuals under your pillow, you could stick the whole book in there. Though that may be a little uncomfortable. ;) Hope you like it! 

xo, RJ 

( @song-yu ) 

[song-yu]

Before 2018 ends, I guess I should let you know that I wish I could scream how much I like you from the rooftops. But we both know why I can’t do that, so I’ll just say it here. :)

ANONYMOUSLY MESSAGE ME ANYTHING YOU WANT TO TELL ME BEFORE 2018 ENDS.