So I should probably elaborate more on my previous journal.
Last week, and the beginning of this week, I got particularly low. Worse than I've ever been. I can't disclose much info on DA, but things got really fucking bad.
I can say I'll be okay, though. Due to a number of things.
~ScarabDynasty1 - thank you. You're absolutely right, of course, and your comment was the first step to me coming around. xx
*DestinyBlue - I fucking love you. Your art is more than just an inspiration now. It's an eye-opener. When I said that - Abandoned - really hit home, I wasn't kidding. I know you'll probably never see this message, but I look forward to telling you this when I see you next MCM (although, knowing me, it'll probably end up my usual mess of verbal keyboard smashing: "AHSDFOIOIJSJKDGHSHFASIOGHSihasdgkjhaoieghsjdfdejdevgaaegegdgsdomg"). Looking forward to seeing more of Sophie and Paige and all your other gorgeous characters... And you, of course! xxx
~Light-eco-angel (miniminchin) - Kim. KIIIIIIIIIIIM. Kim Kim Kim your poems your words your face your everything. Kim. Love you, Rainbow-sis. Thank you. xxx
colinsodonoghue - Again, thank you. I'll be reposting this on Tumblr so you can see this message, but I have to thank you here on DA as well. It always gives me a bit of a warm glow inside when someone who is essentially a stranger (I follow you, but we've never really spoken) taking time out of their own hands to make sure I'm okay. Your kind messages helped me a lot x
sanguinarusblaze - Now this is an awkward one, considering if you see this message, you'll most likely comment on it when we see each other after college every day... But oh dear. Cassie, Cassie, Cassie.... I've never heard you so scared... And I guess, that's what brought me around somewhat. If you hadn't been there on Monday, I don't know... I don't know what I might've done. I'm so sorry you had to see me like that; so sorry I scared you like that. But thank you for being there when you were. You saved my life, mate, and if you'd been paying attention to the way I look at Tim... You'll know I don't take such an action lightly. xxx
Which brings me to Tim. Tim, Tim, Tim... Timmykins. Tim of the Minchins. I... Don't even know what to say anymore. When I discovered you in December last year... I never thought you'd become the leading role in my life. How many times have you saved me now; and in how many ways? You restored my faith and ambition back then, and you did it again now - except this time, I think you really, truly saved my life. I was all but ready to give up and step in front of a car, but you... You were always there, weren't you? I started listening to you more during my downs... And then on Monday, you pushed me back up completely.
Well, maybe not completely, but good enough to live.
JCS came through the post on Monday, you see. I watched it, and when it was over, I kind of stopped...
And then I cried.
Happy tears.
I watched you and I watched how humble and awkward you were after it all, and I watched how amazing you were through it all, and I remembered. I remembered what you'd been through and, although I may not know anything about your childhood, I know what you went through to get to where you are today. I remembered that you're just a normal guy, really; as insecure and nervous as the rest of us. I remembered what an inspiration you are, and how proud I am of you, and then...
I remembered why I do what I do.
I procrastinate, I worry, I panick, I give up from time to time. But none of that matters. Because there was a time when YOU didn't think you'd make it. When you had no idea you'd ever be where you are today. I remembered how many times your songs had hit home, and how many times you'd slapped me back into reality, and then I realised...
No.
No more.
I'm not ready to give up yet.
I'm not ready to back down on everything I've lived for.
Fuck reality.
Reality blows.
Reality is relative.
Fuck it.
I am who I am and I am what I do.
And there's no reason I should change that.
So even if my mood still isn't all that high, or I still know just how high and implausible my expectations may be; I am not ready to back down. So what if I'm 'pathetic' or childish? If that's me, then that's who I'll be.
That diary I write to you? (And I will openly admit to writing a diary to Tim Minchin now) I picked it up again. After five or six months of neglecting it for many reasons, I've picked it up again. If anything, it's a nice place to release my thoughts.
So to all the above listed, and to Cassie and Kim and Tim:
x Thank you x