With my real date, Lex.
Andrew and I. Don't ask why he's wearing those sunglasses. I couldn't tell ya.
We were getting really sick of taking pictures.
Andrew, me, my friend, Seers (I guess you know her as Sarah), and her boyfriend, Max.
Yaaaay. And, while we're on the topic of pictures.... My editor, Amy Goldwasser, sent some photos of the cast of Bloody Red Heart (the stage play version of the essay anthology I contributed to). I didn't get to go see it, but it's surreal enough just to read about. My fourteen-year-old diary came to life!
The girl with the reddish-blondish hair, leaning on the girl with the hat, played me. The black girl on the left played the boy in my story.
Here's a close-up of Chiara Russi, credited with the leading role of Hayley Hoover, age 16.
I want to take another opportunity to thank those of you who read and comment on this blog for greatly increasing my quality of living. It took me over half an hour to read all your prom stories this morning (some were hilarious, some were heartbreaking, most were a combination of both) and I was positively thrilled. Thank you, guys. It genuinely means a lot.
Chipotle burritos this year: 15
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Days left of high school: 14
Bye, guys! See you, hopefully, tomorrow. <3
116 comments:
People didn't like your dress? What's wrong with them? I think you look pretty! And the dress is great!
Your dress was gorgeous and so was your hair. im sure somewhere on the internet is a video of your play.
I can't believe that people didn't like your dress. I'm super, unbelievably picky with dresses, and I love it.
People are stupid.
I love your dress!!! It's so beautiful!
Hi Hayley, I just wanted to say I love your dress, the sequins make it epic, and beautiful! Last year I read "Sloppy Firsts" by Megan McCafferty and I didn't really feel the need to follow the series, after reading what you said about how good they are I finally made my way over to the library to get it, I'm so hooked it isn't even funny. You are amazing, and though I can't pinpoint exactly why, you are SUCH a role model to me.
zomg you look amazing! though the boy looks a little whatever. you should have gone with the dog instead :)
Aww I LOVE your dress!
Also, congratulations on the play, it must feel so amazing to have a character based on your writing :)
Fabulous dress.
And I'd just like to say how amazing those trees in the background look. And your dog is cute too.
:]
You looked lovely =)
How could people not like your dress?! If I had enough guts to wear a dress out, I would pick something similiar. Your hair was how I would want mine, too.
Your real date.. what a looker :) hahaha
and, reading your blog increases (and I speak for all of the readers) qualities of lives :D (assuming that sentence even made sense, and all..)
I always look forward to a blog and/or a video from you! You seem amazing!
- Melissa xo
That dress really is fantastic. I literally can't comprehend how anyone could ridicule that. I guess it was just high school-induced temporary insanity.
Let's say hypothetically they made Bloody Red Heart into a major motion picture. Who would you want to play you?
Also I don't see what the problem with the dress is. It looks very lovely on you.
Your dress was absolutely gorgeous! I can't believe people didn't like it!
How could people *not* like your dress? It's awesome!!!!!!
You looked amazing :)
HOW can people say they didn't like your dress? It was so pretty! It was fantastic--you know how some gown-types of dresses can come off as really tacky and overwhelming? Yours wasn't like that at all! The skirt is so fluffy and beautiful and it looked like you could, like, glide in it.
My eloquence is overhwelming, I know, I know. But really. Like, floating. Think dementors. Just more faaaaaabulous~
I don't know what made me type that out, haha.
Hello darling,
Your dress is absolutely gorgeous, though my flatmate also described it as 'interesting' :)
Living in Scotland I never had to go through the inconveniences of a prom, and I'm kind of thankful for that now.
I also just want to say that however much you appreciate our comments, we appreciate your blogs more! They're always so entertaining and honest, and when I'm working through my Google Reader I save yours for last :D
Much love, Cara xxx
Hayley, that dress is made of awesome, and amazing, and fabulosity and many other creative synonyms all mixed together and sprinkled in, ummmm, princess dust. I realise that was a verrry incoherent description because it is 2 in the morning but what I am trying to say is I liked it, and anyone who didn't like it must be either a boy, terribly unimaginative when it comes to clothes, or just plain notsome.
Sorry the evening you had in it wasn't so great, but I think the answer is to wear this dress at every opportunity. Wear it to do your grocery shopping. Tell people that princesses do not dress down for grocery shopping and how DARE they suggest otherwise.
- Ali x
Animals always make the best dates- especially dogs, although my guinea pig and I really work well together.
Oh Hayley, you look beautiful.
That dress is absolutely gorgeous! Seriously. You look so great.
And, wow, I can't even imagine what it'd feel like to have someone playing me in a play...
you should text me soon. i think it's nearly dream street time.
and mostly somewhat glad your prom was mostly somewhat good! i think your dress is nice.
This post made me think that the saying, "A picture is worth a thousand words," is definitely true. In the first picture with you and Lex, you look genuinely happy and like you're just laughing, having fun. In the next one with Andrew you look like you're fake-smiling.
I agree, you should've gone with Lex. Dogs can't grind, PLUS you would've had an excuse to slip outside every once in awhile for Lex's bathroom breaks.
BUT you are left with the consolation that you were ~pretty in pink on the night of your senior prom.
okay, well i saw these pictures on facebook a couple days ago, and i feel less awky commenting on them here than there, so i'll give you my first impressions.
--"her hair and makeup is flawless. wow."
--"i personally wouldn't choose the dress but it looks fabulous on her. it takes a pretty dashing (can that adjective be used for a female? whatevs, i say it can) girl to pull off all those sequins and pink and she did it."
--"is that her man-boy-thing? awww...errr...hmmm. why the glasses? they look kind of douchey? he looks kind of douchey. but no, i shouldn't say that about her man-boy-thing; i think she likes him."
ha, that actually reminds me -- the two friends i went to banquet with's dates were both wearing absolutely ridiculous sunglasses, as anyone with EYES could see, but it was clear by the way they wore them they thought they were the proverbial Sugar Honey Iced Tea. i felt a surge of pride when my (considerably more mature) date regarded them and dryly quipped, "well, i guess i should have worn glasses. i feel left out." they looked at him haughtily, not getting it at all, while i bit back a laugh.
Your dress fondly reminds me of a cupcake, in the most awesome way possible of course! I liked it, and I don't know what your friends were thinking. Eh, whatever.
You look fabulous. I can't believe people didn't like what you wore. That's ridiculous, you look amazing!
that dress is really pretty. I don't see what's wrong with it.
when you described your dress, I was expecting something on par with this, http://www.flickr.com/photos/icedmaple/225499713/ (you might have to copy and paste for the link to work, sorry.)
you have no idea how many dresses I had to go through to find this on google
Your dress is so pretty! My prom was a lot like yours (senior class orgy on the dance floor, me wanting to puke), but I snuck into my junior prom - I had to wait in the bathroom with my two friends who also snuck in until dinner was over so we wouldn't get caught - but hey we got in for free!
oh my god your dress is amazing! how can you not feel like a complete princess! "interesting"? how about "awesome", "fanastic" or "gorgeous"!. I'm so JEALOUS, and everyone else probably was too :)
My immediate reaction after seeing your dress was, "Ooo... pretty."
Oh, Hayley, you looked gorgeous.
Listen to me, "looked".
You always look gorgeous, in my opinion.
Hayley You look freaking amazing in that Dress...
That is really cool that you got pictures from Bloody Red Heart a friend of mine got to go see it and she really enjoyed it.
Reason #1 not to date this guy: he doesn't know what kind of glasses fit his facial shape. Because those....
On a related subject, I could never get away with that dress. (But I wish I could. Grr.)
And also, it sounds so cool about the whole play thing. I bought "Red" a few months back and I loved the whole thing, especially your writing- the way you described the emotions and actions, it almost seemed like it was meant for the stage.
I can't believe people didn't like your dress! I think it's gorgeous, I wish my prom dress was as gorgeous as that. Overall you looked really beautiful.
I think your dress is beautiful on you! Sorry you didn't have the most amazing night, but it's a memory nonetheless.
Your dress looks like a fairy princess. If you don't keep it for your children to play dress up in, you should be shot. (<3)
Can I just say how much you look like a wonderfully amazing princess in that dress? I think it's made of win. MAJOR. WIN.
How could people not like that dress?! It's GORGEOUS, Hayley!! <3
i'll just say... I <3 sequins.
Oh wow Hayley, you look stunning!
Sorry to hear it was a crappy night but hey, at least you looked fabulous!
<3
People are lame. Your dress is amazing. You looked BEAUTIFUL.
Wow, your dress looks amazing! And you look amazing in it of course. I don't see how anyone could have looked at you and told you that they didn't like it. They were probably secretly jealous.
:o)
ARE YOU FREAKIN KIDDING ME?!??!? Your dress was absolutely GORGEOUS!!! it was so pretty and purperly and how could people NOT love it?! you looked like a real princess. haha, that was kinda corny...like something my mom would say XD
*have a sparkling day*
<33
I don't know WHAT those crazy people were talking about, that dress is GORGEOUS, and you look frickin' INCREDIBLE in it! I mean it, seriously. Are all of your friends blind or something? That's so sad.
Oh my goodness! I love your dress! Probably because it looks so similar to mine! I think I'll put a picture up on my page.
That dress is absolutely fantastic.
Okay, your friends are insane. That dress is amazing.
Probably everyone else is going to say it, but I *love* your dress. Like seriously.
Your make-up doesn't look at all as awful as you made it sound. Here's a prom story for you, well not really a story, just an absurdity.
My school's prom this year is on June 2, which is our second-to-last day of school, and also a Tuesday. Yes, you read that right, a Tuesday. Not only is there school the day of prom, there is also school the day after prom. The day befoere prom you ask? That would be our Kennywood day (amusement park you may or may not have heard of).
Not that I'm going anyway. My date and I (if I actually would have one) would not be allowed, which makes me sad because while I still have one more year of school left, I doubt they (the administration) would change their rules.
P.S. Lex is super cute!
P.P.S. Andrew looks nearly identical to my American Civics teacher I had freshman year.
Hayley, you look absolutely gorgeous!
Hang in there-only a couple more weeks until you're done with high school!!
I liked your dress! If I went to your prom, I would of told you about 500 times how much I liked your dress and how I wish I had one like it.
That's so awesome that a diary entry from when you were 14 got turned into a play. I'm so jealous. Also, what's the name of the essay collection that it was originally published in?
you look sooo pretty in your dress.
and from what i've seen of you on youtube, it fits you perfectly and its really pretty and unique.
i know you wouldnt have put the pictures up here to get the OOOH's and AAH's.. but hey! Oooh you looked stunning! i love that dress! :)
I must agree with what other people have said.. we appreciate you blogging and letting us in to your life! Thanks heaps :)
OH MY GOD your dress is amazing!!!
I don't know why people thought it was weird.
But then again, I was planning to wear a libby loo tutu to my prom. I ended up not going but your dress kind of makes me regret that. You look fabulous.
I guess I took about 500 years to comment on your last post because you now have a new post.
YOUR DRESS RULES.
That is pretty much all I have to say about this.
P.S. His sunglasses are absolutely goofy. But not in a good way.
Hayley, your dress is absolutely GORGEOUS and you looked STUNNING!
The people who didn't like it are clearly notsome.
I know I'm one of many but I'm going to say this anyway: Your dress was absolutely gorgeous! If I could do my senior prom over again (in which I wore a way too clingy number that was some varient of orange not found on planet earth)I would wear this! It is the perfect shade of purple! Plus it sparkles! How could you not like something that sparkles? Anyway, I think it's fantastic :)
There's nothing wrong with your dress or your makeup. I was right when I said yesterday that you'd look beautiful - you do.
It must be really cool to have people watching something you wrote, just a shame you couldn't see it.
You should have gone with your dog lol Andrew is wearing Bono sunglasses.
I agree with what Intothesunshine wrote about your blog improves peoples lives. I'm guaranteed a smile when reading your blog or watching a new vid on youtube.
Have a nice day.
You looked really, really pretty. That probably seems insignificant compared to the about 50 other people that told you you looked beautiful But seriously, you did.
Oh, and I'm pretty sure I saw Andrew in Men in Black.
You have a way of entertaining people - and I think people need light-hearted entertainment in their lives.
You look gorgeous. And God, that's an awesome dress. I wish they made clothes that cool for dudes...All we get to do is wear a normal suit with a tie and shirt that go with whatever piece of awesome the girl is wearing. Maybe a vest. If Andrew's tie could talk, I would imagine it would say something like, "I'm a tie, please pay attention to me, I'm totally as cool as Hayley's dress!" And Hayley's dress would just shake its head and say, "No. No, you are not." Also, the corsage is lovely.
Lex is cute as well.
Glad you liked the stories.
Hayley, since I've been reading this blog since the day of its birth, I feel I can tell you this and not feel too creepy: anyone who looked at you in that dress and was not bewitched body, mind and soul is a complete fool. You looked absolutely magical.
Also, let's strike a deal. You increase your quality of life by writing this blog, and I'll continue to increase mine by reading it.
You look wonderful, you should have totally gone to the prom with the first Dog.
I started and finished catching up on all your blog entries in the last 12 hours.
I was at work for 5.5 of them.
So there, Hayley.
You are interesting and funny and write in such a way that makes me want to keep reading (obviously).
I'm now bookmarking you (I left the tab open while at work)and I'm excited that I can have another blog to read daily.
Oh, it's the simple internet pleasures.
Have a vhunduhful day.
Also, your date looks like a major tool. I'M JUST SAYIN'. I can't believe you waited until the Chipotle comment to write him off. Pffft.
You looked absolutely beautiful! I love your dress so much! It's gorgeous. I can't believe people didn't like it. I love the layers especially and it's a beautiful colour. People are so ridiculous. I bet you looked the nicest there!
WTF is wrong with people? Your dress is the most spectacular beautiful dress I've ever seen! I love your blog!
Becky x
I'm sure Lex would have had slightly better manners.
Did I mention that, at some point, I also lost my glasses? My mathematics teacher, Miss Kinslow (also drunk), stole them, and my friend James had to wrestle them back from her.
Oh, and when I was half-dead in the lobby, my (least favourite) History teacher, Mr Keal, was extremely helpful and responsible. He stood there taking photos of me with a bucket on my head.
By the way, your dress is fabulous.
I haven't been to prom yet (next year), but that is the kind of shit school party I would expect. The only good thing seems to have been the food.
Not looking forward to it, but then I never have. You didn't exactly ruin any expectations.
Let's just say you look beyond gorgeous. Especially in the pic with your real date. His colour complements your dress really well.
like everyone else who's said it, how could anyone have POSSIBLY disliked your dress? It's one of the coolest I've ever SEEN. But, I have this weird thing about sequins...and being obsessed with them...SO. heh.
Hayley, your dress is gorgeous.
As a side note, after an argument with my English teacher this morning, it cheered me up knowing that you - with your diary being performed on stage because your writing is so brilliant - can still get 'D's in English.
I've been following your blog for a while now and for some reason I just found out that I am able to comment (you didn't have the name/url option on it before, did you? otherwise I'm just blind, lol). Anyway, I just wanted to tell you that I LOVE your dress, it's soooooo beautiful! (and my favorite color) I can't believe that people were joking about it, because it's not weird or anything, and it's not as boring as those black dresses that everyone seems to be wearing because it's supposedly will make you not look 'fat' ;)
By the way you should be really proud of yourself when it comes to having a play written about your diary entry!!! congrats on that :) Must be weird to have someone else play you...
You look sooo pretty! Clearly some of your friends are crazy... or blind- the dress is fabulous.
i LOVE and WANT your dress! DId you or did you not feel like a princess in it???? You look stunning, Hayley! (You should have created a distraction, stole your dates sunglasses and hid them up a very tall tree) :)
...omg that is the most fantastical sparkly princess gown i have ever seen ever, and i want it.
you are super super pretty, and i'm sorry your prom night was kinda lame. there should be a youtube prom. i'm thinking that would be infinitely better.
<3
that dress is amazing! I can't believe some people didn't like it. and the colour is gorgeous:)
Your dress is bloody wicked, it's really gorgeous and you looked great. I have the worst time finding dresses myself, I don't have a good realtionship with changing room mirrors.
You looked gorgeous :) Those people who didn't like your dress are stupid, it's a beautiful dress!
I LOVE your dress! most people could never pull off something like that and you rocked it!
That is one intense dress! In a good way, most definitely =D My ball dress made my boobs look even huger than they already are, and it made me look super pale. Don't even get me started on my hair and makeup...
Seriously, that dress is out of a fairy tale. It's so pretty!
You look uber pretty at prom, I which I was confident enough to wear a dress like yours! =)
I know everyone else has said this, but your dress is absolutely gorgeous. I cannot fathom why people wouldn't like it; you look lovely in in it. :)
Here's another comment about how beautiful you looked and how pretty your dress is! People who said it was "interesting" don't have any taste at all and I bet they wore a very ugly dress themselves. And thank god you've decided not to begin a relationship with this douchebag. You can get so much better then this boy with his stupid sunglasses. (he probably thought he looked cool or something..lol).
You looked gorgeous, and you dress is great. I don't know what those people were thinking when they told you it was "er different".
Pro Tip: Shoulda took your dog to the prom as your date lol :-P
HAHAHA I wish I took my dog to the prom, it would have been way more fun!
I absolutely adore your dress! Not quite sure why anyone would not like it!
Hayley, I think your dress is beautiful! You looked amazing. I love the colour, the sequins, and the bow. You're *supposed* to go a little crazy with your prom dress. Why play it safe when you only have prom once?
that dress looks like it wasn't created, it just spontaneously occured. it also looks quite edible.
I mean both of these things in a good way, you looked lovely :)
Your dress was absolutely stunning, and you looked amazing...can't believe people didn't like it. Some people... *shakes head despairingly*
Sorry to hear that your prom night was a bit of a let-down. I've got another year to wait before mine, but at least this way, I know not to expect TOO much.
Love your blog...it brightens my day when I get in from school each day
=D
You know, prom is made into a much bigger deal than it actually is. I went to Prom twice. The first was my junior year with all my senior friends, I went because I had been planning on attending all year with my Senior boyfriend at the time, until he dumped me in early March. I ended up going as a friend's date, so that I could still participate in all the fun and my ex didn't go. It was a bittersweet night for me, but I decided to just have fun with it. I "duck-danced" to rap songs and just had a blast. I decided it wasn't worth it to be upset about things I couldn't change.
My senior prom was no where near perfect. I wore a terrible dress I ended up buying because my father, with whom I was shopping, was being testy and just awful to me. I took my best friend at the time, a girl, so of course my whole class labeled me as a lesbian (we dressed alike for fun, which of course, means we're a couple). I spent time with and danced with the people I would miss, and got the DJ to play the time-warp, which only me and my group of friends danced to.
I'm sorry that your night seemed so negative. You look beautiful. Congrats on the play, that's so amazing. So, you're prom sucked. You're a character in a play, not many can say that, count yourself lucky.
Rubbish as your prom might have been, you can take comfort in the fact that you looked absolutely stunning.
Your dress is fantastic! I LOVE it. Your friends are crazy. And you look gorgeous!
By the way, I meant to comment on the makeup thing in your last post. I hate wearing a lot of makeup too, especially when it involves eyeliner. People tell me I look pretty or whatever, but I don't think I look like me. There's no point in looking pretty if I feel like someone else.
I think you still look like you, though. :-)
I LOVE your dress. Some people just can't recognize awesome when they see it I guess.
Also, congratulations on your story becoming part of a play! That is incredible!
Woah, the amount of comments increase each post! This blog's getting popular.
I don't blame people for wanting to read it, though. It's pretty damn good.
I think we all agree, you looked amazing! I wonder if Andrew knew how lucky he was to be going with you.
:)
Hayley, your dress is absolutely gorgeous! Seriously, it's the most amazing dress I have ever in my life had the privelege to see.
I adore your dress. You looked really pretty. I would have picked an other color though. Pink is not a huge fan of mine.
I actually think your dress was really pretty and I'm being real honest.
Keep up the blogging! I check your blog every day! I love reading it!
wow, this is the 100th comment. i'll be honest, sometimes i don't want to comment because i don't like to be judged by anyone, much less someone that i admire and respect as much as you. it's kinda hard to think that you're a senior, the same age as my sister, and a relatively normal teenager, although immensely more awesome. i feel like i have to have something important and meaningful to say if i'm going to comment.
anyway-- i LOVE your dress; i can't believe people didn't like it!! you looked gorgeous, as usual, and i hope that you had fun regardless of anything bad.
Beautiful! I don't understand why people made sly comments about your dress. I think its great and you looked stunning.
I can't see why people would hate your dress! It's gorgeous and unique! :) That is so awesome about the play, it must be so surreal to have someone being you! C: I've been reading your blog since the beginning/watching you on youtube, but I haven't had the guts to comment. DFTBA! :)
I love your dress! It's gorgeous.
Aw, Lex is adorable!
Glad you're doing well :D
You looked really nice in your prom pictures :) Your dress was lovely, and I don't understand why people didn't like your makeup, I thought it looked normal. <3
I know this probably isn't why you posted the pictures ...
but you look absolutely stunning.
I love the pic with you dog the best :]
Your dress is fabulous (even though I would never be able to pull it off).
I agree with however many people that you would have gone with the puppy. Much cuter and not wearing weird-ass sunglasses.
Wow, your dress was gorgeous. All I see of prom dresses these days is pretty slutty. You look beautiful, seriously, and it's too bad your prom was so umm... juvenile? Is that the word? I never went to my prom but I can assure you that it's all up from here! I felt the same way you did in high school.
I can see how some people would not like your dress - or be awkward about it. That's not an insult because those people, an overwhelming majority of the time, lack the capacity to like anything that lindsy lohan isn't pictured to be wearing on page 4 of seventeen magazine. But man you look so fierce and stunning, really beautiful.
For my prom last year I wore a lace a-line '60s mini dress. It was the only thing I care to remember about the night. So, good move! The dress is the best investment.
Hayley...you looked AMAAAAAAZING! I wish my senior prom dress had looked like that.
<3
I absolutely adore your dress. I got really close to buying something like it, but they didn't have the right color in the right size, and I had already found a different one at about half the price that was better for me. But you looked gorgeous. <3 People are stupid.
My prom is Saturday... I'm going with a friend and wearing Converse, so hopefully it will be a bit more fun.
I loooooove your dress! You looked absolutely beautiful.
Is it weird to have an actress play you and study your story and try to portray your feelings from that story? I'd imagine that would be surreal.
"the black girl"? im sure you were just identifying her, but still...it offends.
Hayley.
The way you look is beyond beautiful!
You are utterly breath taking.
The way your dated treated you was absolutley disgusting. You deserve someone warm and caring.
girls...don't buy your prom dresses, until you check out http://www.promgirl.net/. My daughter and her friend ordered theirs together and saved a bundle.
WHAT! I honestly LOVE your dress. It's beautiful and so are you!
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