What colour is it?

Hey,

I know this isn’t exactly a post about my day-to-day teenage years, but an internet phenomenon has occurred.

So overnight the world moved on from making jokes about auditioning for musical roles to obsessing over the colour of a dress. The world seems utterly split on whether it is white and gold or black and blue and even lead to it trending on Twitter! It even led to a giant group debate on Facebook between many of my friends. Many were claiming to see just one set of  colours while others claimed to have the colour they see change.

This debate carried on into college and actually led to discussion of the dress being banned outright by the head of sixth form as we were spending too much time discussing it and not enough working.

The #blackandblue and #whiteandgold hashtags started to trend early last evening and are still trending now as I am writing this! This hashtag emerged after a photo of the dress emerged onto social media websites such as Tumblr and Facebook with the question ‘Help settle a debate! What colour is this?’

Suddenly the world went mad. Millions were claiming the dress was black and blue, with another million claiming it was white and gold! The internet sure is a strange place.

Many theories emerged from this as to why the colours change. These theories ranged from eye sensitivity, cones in your eyes, theories ranging from the hunter gatherer day or the colour you saw varied depending on how stressed you are!

But fear not, friends. This question has been solved by the team at ASAPscience! Can we do something more productive now?

Until next time,

Megan

Self opinions

Hey,

So I’ve been dealing with a lot of issues lately, but I found a quote while checking Tumblr and I identify with it so strongly I just had to share it. I don’t know if it’s the fact that it’s nearly the end of the year and i’m trying to figure out how I could have spent my time better but it just made sense to me.

”I have a soft tummy and acne scars and my voice is not always low and sweet and my clothes are not always well-coordinated or even clean and my lipstick smears and my eyeliner runs and I still get overwhelmed and disappointed sometimes. but some nights I feel lovely and happy and as if, maybe, i’m getting the hang of this whole existence thing, and I’ve begun to realize I have time to get the hang of all this, and i don’t need to be perfect. I just need to be.” (credit to Owlmylove)

This year I’ve dealt with a lot of issues – maybe not outwardly but certainly inwardly. I’ve lost a lot of weight and then gained it all back, I’ve cried myself to sleep, I’ve lost friends, I’ve gained better friends, my health was all over the place for a while, starting to discover who I really am.. I could go on. But I’ve been getting better and more confident with myself and I just had to share this with the world.

Like the quote says, sure I have a soft stomach and legs, I have lots of spots and i’m clumsy… but i’m starting to like myself for who I am, finally. I’m just a dorky teenager who drinks far too much herbal tea,  reads too many books and doesn’t study enough and that’s okay.

And it’s about time I started accepting that properly.

For all those other people who potentially could ever read my blog and who have issues with themselves whether it be  things about their personality or body they may not like, they may not like how they procrastinate all the time, how they aren’t the person they want to be… there is plenty of time to become that person. I haven’t accepted myself for who I am yet but I know that you, dear readers, have nothing to worry about. You’re doing just fine, so stop stressing about whether your boyfriend really likes you or how much/little you study and be yourself.

It feels much better.

Until next time!

-Megan