From Frankie to Ana
Anaa Bananaa! Why did you leave me?
Stupid Ana.
Going back home and stuff.
Ugh.
I dislike you right now.
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You know what I don’t say enough to this girl: I love you. I
guess it’s hard for me to constantly be open about my feelings to a lot of my
friends, unless they’ve known me for an extreme amount of time. But I mean, for
the short period of time that we’ve known each other, we’ve spoken about so
much, and I’ve never been shy to express myself around her. We barely have
things in common, or at least, I don’t think so, but for some reason, we just
click.
She’s so blunt.
And she’s right a lot of the time.
So – why do we get along so much?
I think it has to do with determination. We both have this
ridiculous character: we never give up.
Only, Ana does it in a classier way
than I would. This girl is so classy I can’t deal.
Ana is a beautiful person, inside and out. She has a lot to
offer and I know she knows it. That’s what I really like about her. She gives
off this amazing aura: “Don’t stand in my way bitches. I’m on a roll.” - and she has proven that statement time and
time again. Anything she puts to her mind, she does.
Example #1: This blog.
Day 1
Ana: Hey Frankie! Let’s start this blog together.
Me: No.
Ana: So, like it would be about our film. We can post a
bunch of pictures and share the experience with other people.
Me: No.
Day 10
Ana: Ok, so “Much Ado About Nothing” is the name of the
blog.
Me: No.
Ana: Okay, I made you an administrator.
Me:
Ana:
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Well, you get the picture.
She’s definitely on a different level than I am, and I respect her for
that.
There’s on thing that you should know about Ana though, and
that’s what I think characterizes her the most: her passion. No matter what she
is passionate about, she sees it through. That’s how I know her to be. If you
get to know her, you can tell just by listening to the way she speaks. She
talks about her travels with so much love in her voice. She talks about her
goals with so much ambition. She knows so much about everything, and, to be honest, I have never met such an
inspiring individual before.
She grows on you.
Plus, I really like saying her name in a whiny voice:
“Anaaaaaaa.”
p.s. Just a little secret: The day I really learned to enjoy
Ana in my life was when she proved to me that she could twerk.
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From Ana to Frankie
I've always thought that the best connections
you will build in your life are those of which you never had any previous
expectations. That was the case with my exchange year country (Hungary), that
was the case with starting university in Canada, and that was the case with
Frankie.
Having no idea who she was for around a month and a half, I only made
note that she would begin every participation in class with the phrase "I
just wanted to say..." followed by something insightful. First time I
actually interacted with her was when we were having some Jack Daniel's honey
whisky in a pre-drinking reunion. We would speak about alcohol, university,
travels, drugs and obviously sex. A subject she was not afraid to talk about.
It reminded me a little bit of me and the sassyness I would apply speaking
about it in my mother tongue, but at that moment I had not yet developed the
same sassyness in English (she helped me with that later on). At some point she said "I brag about it but I
don't really do too much" to which I respond "Yeah I know, I'm kinda
the same, too much ado about nothing" she opens her eyes and claps very
hard saying "EXACTLY!", an expression she still does every time I say
something and she agrees.
She was a mysterious character but I got to
know her so well that she can't avoid telling me things even if she tries
ignoring my insistence. However, she can be hard headed, like when I want her
to send me the script and even if it is done she doesn't. I really try to
understand her, but this doesn't make sense. Frankie is always there for you,
whenever you need her. She helps others without expecting any rewards. She
would come all the way from her island in the North, spend two hours crying in
traffic just to hear me complain in person, but after giving me her enlightening advice she'll say "Let's have a drink," and we'll forget
about our misfortunes and enjoy talking about what the future holds and planning things that
will eventually become something... I think.
I can't really tell how we became such good friends,
we are not equals. She looks more latin than me, she stresses way too much
during the semester whereas I am more easy going in that aspect. I guess we
just complement each other with our differences, or we just admire each other
on that side that we'd like to improve.
Even if she doesn't tell me, I am
pretty sure she decided to go into film just because I chose to go there. She
keeps saying it is because she loves the Bolex, but I know she just wants to
follow me. I see it in the everyday texts asking where I am, clearly freaking
out "ANAAAAA BANANAAAAA ANAAAA ANAAAA ANAAA WHERE R U!!".
Either how,
there's something I am positive about, we make an awesome team, in school and
in life, we know when to support each other and when to judge our behaviour
too. Hopefully this blog will make this connection stronger, now that we are
working in our first serious short film, here we'll share our happiness and our
fears that surround not only this ambitious project, but also our day-to-day
lives.
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