I get comments on this book occasionally about things in here, and when I do, I flip through and see what I was like as a fifteen-year-old.
Do you ever regret all your life decisions?
Just kidding, I am not that dramatic (though I'll admit I'm pretty dramatic, an improvement on fifteen-year-old me who thought I was chill). However, I've grown and changed a lot since I was fifteen. Heck, I don't even spell my name the same way anymore (Ellie online has become Elli irl, now that I actually go by that name). So, I thought it might be fun and interesting to go back through and see what's changed in four years.
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Old stuff is in italics, new isn't!
1. Real name: Ellie for you guys ;)
It's Elizabeth, as many of you have guessed. I follow this account's insta with my personal account (follow me, btw, elli_is_beth) and people kinda figured it out. I'm not sure why, but when I first hopped on the internet at the ripe old age of fourteen, I thought it would be harder for rapey predators to track me down and find me if I went by Ellie than Elizabeth, as if there aren't literally millions of Elizabeths.
2. Nickname: Well, everyone on here calls me Ellie, and it's technically not the name on my birth certificate, so I guess that would be my nickname then.
It's Elli now, though I've also been called Beth, Bif, El, Liza, and Eliza. Literally any nickname for Elizabeth works except for Liz and Lizzie, though!
3. Zodiac sign: Aquarius.
Last I checked my birthday hasn't changed.
4. Male or female: Female.
I'm still a girl, so I guess this is fine.
5. Elementary school: I was homeschooled...well...ok. First grade, I went to a small public school, then I moved across the country and was homeschooled for two or three years, then I went to public for fifth grade.
First grade was a private school in Oklahoma, and so was fifth. I'm not sure what's up with these wack answers honestly.
6. Middle school: Public school for sixth and seventh, moved back to where I was from originally and homeschooled again.
Oh my gosh I was such a freaking liar?? I have never been to a public school in my life what? I went to this tiny private school in Oregon for sixth grade, homeschooled seventh grade, then a co-op (homeschool group where you take classes once a week then go home and do all your work there) for eighth.
7. High school: Currently at a Christian private school.
Yeah that's fair, true.
8. College: Well, I'm only a sophomore, but I'd like to go to the University of Oklahoma, or maybe somewhere else. I don't really know.
Good job Ellie! You got something right! I am at the University of Oklahoma!
9. Hair: Dirt brown and bushy. I think I'm Hermione...
It's much curlier now than it was, and much prettier now that I know how to actually take care of it!
10. Tall or short: I think I'm about average at 5'5.
Good to know I'd already stopped growing when I was fifteen.
11. Sweats or jeans: Jeans. I actually find them comfortable.
Ew? Leggings, anyone?
12. Phone or camera: Well, my camera on my phone is broken (I've dropped it one too many times) so...camera. But if I could have my phone's camera back, I'd take that over a normal camera.
I had a piece of crap iPhone 5c so I'm not sure what I was smoking when I wrote this. Camera all the way.
13. Health freak: More than anyone I know, so I guess so.
Definitely. I managed to avoid the freshman fifteen, so you think I'm going to put that to waste?
14. Oranges or apples: Apples are amazing.
Agreed.
15. Do I have a crush on someone? Yes, yes I do. And he likes me! And apparently once we are deemed old enough to date by our parents (16) he's going to ask me out!
Oh young Ellie, if only you knew...
