The Axiomatic Musings of a Teen who adores P-Town

Provincetown, Massachusetts, is freaking fabulous.
I can say that because it is both full of gay people and because it's just such a cool place.

I feel like I should mention my stance on homosexuality because it's kinda a hot topic nowadays (thanks, Miss Cali). I myself am obviously straight (Sal is not short for Sally. I like dudes.) but I support love in all forms. I mean, a small part of me that has been indoctrinated by my snooty small town kind of has a 'people-that-arent-like-me' radar. Then the much larger thespian part of me says, 'who cares?? they're fun!'. As a theater dork, I love gay guys. They're so much fun to be in productions with, because they're such good listeners and so funny and just fun to hang out with. I haven't had any actual experience with lesbians, but I'm sure they're nice too. I just think love in itself is such a wonderful thing that I could never shun someone for being a part of it, no matter who the love is with. Personally, I don't even know how someone could consider hating people for being in love just because they don't follow that person's template. A state of mind, i suppose, but completely incomprehensible to me. Maybe they're jealous that gay people can be happier than themselves. I, on the other hand, appreciate happy people.
And P-Town is FULL of happy people :D.
As soon as you hit the main drag (pun intended? ;)) there are red convertibles blasting Rihanna all over the place. Homemade icecream parlors are plentiful and there's tons of cool places to get jewelry and gifts. It's a great place to hang out on a windy and cloudy but warm afternoon when it's not nice enough to hang out on the beach. Most people are really friendly, which my mom loved, she could strike up a conversation with anyone and instead of AHC like our hometown, people were just as warm in return. It's refreshing. I wanted to get a ring while I was there. We ended up going into a nice little jewelry store (I wish i could remember the name to advertise for them. All i remember is it's close to The Purple Feather [which is way overpriced for gelato, fyi] and it's kinda set back from the road and there's a counter on the left side when you enter where you pay and they lady was really friendly). I found a beautiful little sterling silver ring with a leaf design on it that I fell in love with and bought.
I like the idea of leaves. They can die but are always replaced. They embody growth; in spring they can go from buds to big leaves overnight. Never moving backwards. Besides, I love when the leaves change in fall. So I got the ring. It's going to be one of the pieces of jewelry I don't take off. I had one of those last year; I bought it after breaking up with my first love, Devon (we're still friends :)) and it was a beautiful ring with butterflies and leaves on it that my mom bought me in a little boutique because she felt sorry for me. I lost it about 5 months later and was devastated...I loved that ring, it still makes me sad that I could never find it. I was sure i left it on my makeup desk, but could never find it no matter how hard I looked. Since then, my only other ring I've been wearing was one i got as a party favor at a grad party for a senior i knew from the drama department in the beginning of this summer. It's a little plastic one that says "Friends". I like to keep it on to remind me that I can always depend on my friends, if nothing else. It looks out of place now next to this elegant silver ring, but I like it. They make up the 2 sides of me; the elegant refined one and the fun relaxed friendly one. A girl's jewelry always has meaning. If you have a friend with a necklace or ring or bracelet they always wear, as her someday where she got it. She'll have a story, and you might learn a little something about her that you didn't know before or wouldn't have expected. Just try it.

Anyway, bottom line, i had a great day today. Although Sal crossed my mind a little more frequently than I would have liked, I pushed anything that might bring me down straight out of my mind. I think being able to email him this morning helped. Hopefully I'll get to talk to him later too.

Stay fabulous :).

♪: "So What" by P!nk (it was playing in one of the stores we walked by really loudly and got stuck in my head ;))