Best Friends Forever !
Dear My Very Best Friends,
I had the best weekend attending Hinterland even though I am pretty sure the music festival life is not for me. It was great to hang out with people that I love to be around that Reed does as well. It really just confirms the thought that we would all be happier if we lived closer together. Also j everything about the weekend was so splendid, from sharing and making meals together, to the friendly games of pickleball, to the insanely existential conversations, I don’t think we could have done it any better. Except for the 5 am flight that was delayed an hour due to maintenance, while we were on the plane! So 3 hours of sleep before a full day of work was maybe not ideal and could have been done better!
Seeing Chappell Roan in full nunnery attire was also so wonderful and so fitting for our little conversations we have. It was also so wonderful to see her in person as someone who has been occupying a lot of space in my brain. Hozier of course was wonderful and felt spiritual, and romantic all at the same time. I think maybe I am in my grandma stage of my 20s and will hopefully yearn for being in an adventurous state again. I think what made the weekend feel stressful for me was the idea in the back of my mind that I knew I had to go to work Monday, and make my flight, and take care of my dog and etcetera, etcetera.
We also came back before the market crashed! Looks like we won’t be quitting our jobs and hiding in isolation any time soon!! Or maybe the market will do it for us, probs not tho.
I also have begun a theory that society has to collapse as women begin to have too many thoughts and they are the thread that keeps society together. And that is why we live in patriarchy rather than a matriarachy, because the last time this happened the men happened to over power us. And that’s why there is so much anti women rhetoric in western society.
Anyways feeling so revived! It was tooo good to be with you all and giggle and use our brains and listen to fun music. I love you and think the world of all of you.
Very Truly Yours,
Grace McCraw
Dear Grace,
Hinterland Homecoming was a delight (aside from the haters on my accidentally viral review)!
Day One I decided I wasn’t cut out for the festival life, but by day 2 I’d really 180’d that opinion of myself. I liked being outdoors, the constant thrum of live music, lounging on the blow up couch, and chatting up a storm with strangers. By the way, if I made your acquaintance at Hinterland, please write to us! We’d love to hear from you!
I am still exceptionally thrilled at my purchase of a rave camelback backpack. I think it’s going to make its office debut this week.
It’s hard not to tell anyone who will listen about this trip and more importantly, about the group of women who made it happen. I was dropping not so subtle hints to my coworkers - all conversations with me last week went something like this:
“Oh yeah, I just got back from Iowa Monday morning” “Why were you -” “I was at a music festival with my best friends, it was amazing, I got to see Chappell Roan, do you know Chappell?”.
I hope people didn’t find me too insufferable but I actually don’t care that much if they did.
I feel like we spent so much time planning for this and thinking about it, it got me through the days – when can we start planning for something new!? I’m slightly settled for the next month before I embark on my next adventure: moving out of my parents house.
It’s true what they say: parting tis such sweet sorrow.
Miss you all something awful!
Very truly yours,
Julianne
Hi my loves,
I’m not sure festival life is for us but group vacations definitely are. Grace, sounds like you’re having lots of big thoughts re the market and Ghanaian reverence for women. Julianne, I think we need to embrace being insufferable. I’ve decided to lean in when people seem perturbed by my exuberance and so far it’s resulted in a net positive for the vibes.
I feel so revived after our time together. I enjoyed our last phone call where we discussed looksmaxxing and decided I need to embrace my neutral tones and dress as a deep winter or pivot and lighten my hair to be deep autumn. Avery, should we go on a blonde journey together? I used to feel a sort of sad judgement for Asian women who went blonde - feeling this is an admission that our natural coloring is somehow less than in the American context. Now, I’ve decided it’s just not that deep and am hoping to channel my inner @tamsinamy.
I really hope some new friends will write us letters soon! Excited to expand our little community of joyful girlhood.
Very truly yours,
Sydney
Hello girls :),
Sydney I’m still not sold on the blonde. I don’t know how to describe this other than I feel like a brunette with tastefully greying hair right now and that’s what I’m gonna have to rock with. I did just get a super cutie haircut that has made me feel very fresh, fun, and bisexual, and that has scratched my itch for lookmaxxing for now. However, I am being influenced I fear and will be buying mouth tape and getting other things to make me feel expensive like regular facials. However most days i feel pretty okay with how i look currently which is a small gift i am trying to cling tooth and nail to.
As far as my Hinterland experience goes, I had just the most wonderful time. Claire Julianne and I braved all three days and I think each day was better than the next. Chappell?? Ethereal and visceral. My literal lifetime crush and ultimate fantasy man Hozier?? My underhyped queen Madison Cunninham? Noah Kahan being an absolute cutie to close it all out? Amazing and fulfilling time all in all, though we had to battle Sam Summers nasty habit of ticket overselling :/
The best part of course was getting to spend time with all of you. Truly can’t believe it made it out of the group chat and we just full sent with no research in a state of delirium. Even more on brand was not planning any actual travel or accommodation details until a month before!! We fly on the whims of our fancy and are too many type B’s shoved together. Thank you Sydney and Julianne for keeping our collective shit together.
I am already looking forward to the next trip, and Grace, yes I think the trip also reinforced my longing for communal living and made me value the closeness we have created over our years of friendship even more than I did. I feel so inspired and fulfilled after getting together with you all, and I think that the more time together the smarter, wittier, and beautiful we all become. We failed to vlog the trip though so big boo for that.
Miss you all already,
Avery
