Long title, short-ish post. Hello all.
Here in Australia, the last year of school is called Year 12 and it's the year we finish high school with the HSC exams, but the Board of Studies of New South Wales has decreed that we can't start the Year 12 course for another week, even though we've finished Year 11 already... so we're kind of in limbo and I'm a bit confused as to what we're actually meant to be doing, but a lot of subjects are just ploughing ahead anyway and telling us not to tell the Board of Studies.
So yeah, I'm in limbo for the next week. But then I start Year 12! And it's exciting and terrifying at the same time. I'm really looking forward to Art and Extension 2 English just because there's loads of creativity and stuff involved in the Year 12 course and it's so open-ended so I'm going to love the freedom. Other stuff... not so much. I'm dreading my other English courses simply because I'll have to do so much reading and study and ugh... Needless to say, my writing ambitions are being put on hold for a while. I might do a bit in the summer holidays but I don't know... I think Art will serve as a sufficient creative outlet.
That's the boring stuff out of the way. Let's talk about National Coming Out Day! Did that rhyme? I don't know. National Coming Day is an event celebrated on October 11, a couple days ago, in several different countries including the US and Australia in memory of the 2nd March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights in 1987 which was a major breakthrough in gay history, so I'm told (my knowledge of gay history is actually pretty atrocious).
But here's the interesting thing about this day: I came out to my parents last year on October 11, without even knowing what day it was! How crazy is that? What a story the grandkids will have to suffer through.
So I'll just now acknowledge how great my life has been since coming out and I encourage people to come out wherever you are. The hardest thing to do for me was coming out to myself, and accepting my own sexuality and after that it was just ripping off a bandaid and telling my parents on October 11, 2012, then my friends about a week later. The closet sucks and there's not enough room to express yourself and yeah, it's one of the hardest things in the world for some people, as it was for me. But once you do come out, you'll feel so free and so much like the person you were intended to be. It's the greatest feeling, and it's such a shame that coming out is even a necessity in the first place. And it's nice to go into Year 12 as secure as I now am. I think I say more in my "Proud to Love" post a few months ago... so look at that too.
Yep, okay, that's pretty much all I needed to say. Everyone enjoy life as much as you can! Love you all! Stay calm and reduce harm. And watch adorable panda gifs. Just google "panda gifs". Unless you have no soul, those fluffy oriental balls of joy are sure to brighten up any day.
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