POV: you were an artsy hipster teenager during the peak millennial optimism era

POV: you were an artsy hipster teenager during the peak millennial optimism era I was in an advanced art program where I went to a different school for art half the day. I couldnt WAIT to move away to NYC for art school and modeling. (Spoiler: that did not happen!) Yes I'm wearing Jeffrey Campbell Litas to school I went to a lot of concerts growing up, but the first one I saw without my parents: Beach House and Vampire Weekend Speaking of my Litas... here's one of my first posts on instagram in 2012 I begged my parents to let me get a pair for prom if picked a cheaper dress But my prom date bailed on me last minute. I kept the shoes and went to see M83 on prom night instead I loved styling outfits and doing photo shoots, and then absolutely frying the photos with filters on picnik.com ANTM auditions, here I come!! I definitely shared these on lookbook.nu (who remembers??) Playing covers of Iron & Wine and Arcade Fire at any given opportunity Here I am at the gallery show where my art was featured, wearing of course: feather extensions, a slouchy beanie, and my prized shirt carefully selected from the Urban Outfitters clearance section. I would sit and listen to my iPod after school (loaded with the most carefully curated indie songs from limewire), taking moody photos, and pondering life far from my small town. Then going home and updating my Facebook status to something really cryptic. And while I'm at it, uploading entire albums of my photography. The saturation was either 0 or 100 for some reason. In the rare chance I'd get to visit a real city, my entire brain chemistry was altered. All I could think about was moving far away and being a big city girl!! Cities were cool because people accepted artsy weirdos like me. And they had Urban Outfitters! A bonus: nyan cat cupcakes I made. I also made Adventure Time cake pops. Name a more 2011 pastry, I dare you. And then one day, I made a profile on tumblr.com and everything changed. This will require a part 2.