femmerosa replied to your post: Cut because of sappiness. Keep reading…

ooh wow, happy birthday!! funnily i only figured out a lot of this stuff around your age -came out when I was 20/21 so yeah it’s big, and it sounds like you’ve been on a pretty big journey too! hope this year is excellent xx

Aw, thank you! 

♥ It’s always nice to hear about other people having come out at this age, sometimes I feel so behind.

Unbelievable birthday surprise–
A literary agent contacted my writing professor about my work because of the piece I did for the undergraduate reading.
I don’t think this will go anywhere since that was a very unusual piece for me but HOLY SHIT

Cut because of sappiness.

Last night I went to see Fun Home again. I had it in mind as my last irresponsible act as a 21 year old, but it was only as I headed home after that I realized it was the neatest end I could have given my 21st year.

21 was big for a lot of reasons (I graduated, for one), but for me the biggest thing was figuring out who I am. I think a lot of my family and friends think this year was just when I came out of the closet to them. Truthfully, this is the year I broke through everything and admitted to myself that I’m actually, truly, 100% gay. 

And so seeing Fun Home again last night, even though there’s a much bigger story than just Allison’s sexuality, it felt like I saw my own triumphs there on stage, and it felt poetic that it was the last thing I did in that year of my life.

Bringing in 22, I hope that this year has even bigger things in store.
And I hope that wearing this shirt with one of my favorite lines from Fun Home proves to be just as poetic as seeing it last night was.