Monday, July 21, 2014

Confidence


When you look up the word confidence in the dictionary, or at least google it, a few definitions come up.

Confidence(noun) - the feeling or belief that one can rely on someone or something; firm trust

or

Confidence(noun) - the state of feeling certain about the truth of something

but my favorite definition is

Confidence(noun) -  a feeling of self-assurance arising from one's appreciation of one's own abilities or qualities


That one is my favorite. When I think of being confident, I envision myself, standing in front of my mirror with no clothes, underwear, or even layered up in sweaters and jeans, but with a smile on my face. Its never been a mystery that girls and women are usually lacking in that self confidence, and of course I am not at all an exception. I've battled for years with that little voice in the back of my head screaming "You look fat", "You can't wear that, you'll look disgusting", "No one likes a fat girl". I'm only about to be seventeen and I've struggled with my appearance for far too long.

But for the first time in a LONG time, I did some retail therapy, to my surprise, I actually did find myself in my new clothes, standing in front of my mirror, being actually kind of happy with how I looked. I'm a bigger girl, not like tall sort of big, but more...thick. I've been chubby and unhappy with my weight and my inability to look like the girls on tv, or even just the girls on the website of the store that are modeling the clothes that they're trying to sell to me. But this time was different.

I purchased one pair of shorts, one pair of trendy overalls, a pair of boyfriend style jeans, a white sweater, and two t-shirts. They arrived in a fairly large box on my front steps, and I hesitantly brought them inside, taking a deep breathe before I stripped off my oversized t-shirt and pajama shorts, essentially bracing myself for the tears and self loathing to commence when none of the things in my over one hundred dollar order looked even remotely flattering on me.

But...apart from the overalls giving me a massive camel toe and the two t-shirts I had automatically ordered in large due to force of habit being much too "large" on me, I absolutely love everything.

I felt confident as I looked at myself in my new outfits.

You don't need to be teeny tiny with a little waist, abs, and a perfectly proportioned pair of tits and an ass to be confident in yourself. You don't need to have a model figure to love fashion.

The number on the scale does not determine your how sexy you are. As long as you're healthy and you feel good about yourself, you're a stunner in my opinion.


Stay gnarly 

Friday, July 11, 2014

My First Blog Post?? Let's get to know eachother...

Well, I guess this is new. Uh, hi. I'm Kristen. I guess I should tell you all(all zero of you) a little bit about myself since I guess this is gonna be a little bit like my own online diary/ootd archive/makeup review/music love letter/film criticism vault. I'm sixteen, about to be seventeen in 18 days, 1 hour and 2 minutes. I'm a senior in highschool, so I'm basically having some of my prime existential crises right now. Where do I want to go to college? What do I want to major in? Minor in? What do I want to do for a living? Where do I want to get married? Do I want to have any kids? Where do I want to be buried when I die? What do I want written on my tombstone??? You know, that kinds of stuff....

Actually those last two were trick questions. I want to be cremated.

Anyways....

Well, I really like photography. Lets start with that. For a while now, I've always loved pictures. Whether it was taking pictures, having my picture taken, or just looking at pictures. I've loved the idea of capturing a memory forever on a piece of glossy paper, and being able to look at it for years and years after it's happened. A few years ago is when I realized that photography was an artform and a career that I wanted to pursue. Of course, we all know that having a career in photography isn't going to supply you with the most stable lifestyle, but I guess I'm the type of person who's willing to take that chance, instead of growing up with a boring cubicle job that will make me want to go home and blow my brains out every night.I'd rather be happy and poor than miserable and rich.

Okay this post is starting to look a little grim, lets pep it up a bit. Let's talk about how I'm a bIG OL' LESBIAN. Yeah that's right, I said the L-word. LESBIANNNN. LET ME WAVE MY BIG RAINBOW FLAG ALL OVER THIS BLOG. G-A-Y. G-A-Y. I've been dating the most beautiful girl in the entire universe for about seven months now. Her name is Jessica Mary Lyons(her blog is indierockandkneesocks.blogspot.com, how hot is that url?"). We were been friends for about four or five years before we started dating, in fact, our friendship began over I fight about which one of us loved the famous teen heartthrob Nick Jonas or the fabulous Jonas Brothers more. Heh, back when we were foolish and straight... but anyways, I love her. Like a lot. I'm sure there will be many posts about her, so I'll stop myself before I write a novel.

Lets see, what else....well I guess I can give myself a little self promo before I end this...

I have lots and lots of social media that you can stalk me on if you wish.

Follow me on twitter http://twitter.com/fxckkristen or @fxckkristen
Follow me on tumblr http://kristendelevingne.tumblr.com
Follow me on instagram http://instagram.com/ms.kristen or @ms.kristen
Subscribe to me on youtube, god forbid I actually meet my goal of making videos http://youtube.com/stubbornkristen
Look at the clothes I wish I had http://jbkristen101.polyvore.com
Look at the things I wish I had enough money to buy http://wanelo.com/stubbornkristen/collections/things-i-want-as-gifts
Listen to the music I like http://8tracks.com/justinsgap


Okay I think that's all of them....

I feel like I should think of a ending thingy..like a goodbye thingy that I always say at the end of my posts...

Uhhhhh

Stay gnarly 



(That was so dumb omg kill me)