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DOUBLE TROUBLE

@ Haylie Jaed
Awww... cause I have two outlet charging tasers you see, a purple and a black one (America has it's ... issues...) LMAO.

I'm glad you got to go :D

I'm hardly on mibba these days. I'm hoping to rectify that! Hello. (This portion of the comment should really be on your wall, but oh well!)

@ hollow girl
Hahahahaha! She actually ended up letting me go - on my own! - after I came up with some solutions for her. I took a look at how close my brother's workplace was to the venue, and she agreed to let me just walk there afterwards and meet up with him so I didn't have to come home alone.

She probably wouldn't have agreed to that if she'd realised it meant a long walk down a dark, deserted street!

I'm gonna send you a taser. Mom can't say no if you have a taser!!

@ Haylie Jaed
There are weirdos everywhere, including the city that I live in now. Your mom's hearts in the right place they always worry more than they should. At least you have back up options, she should at least give you that. My mom never let me do much when I was still living under her roof but when I moved out I was able to do a lot more things. You did talk with so there's at least that and who knows maybe one of these days you'll wear her down.

@ hellz_belle
I think it's the fact that this is the third re-writing of CIM, so it needs to be the best. That, and I just hate everything that I'm writing anyway. Nothing seems to come out at the level that I was writing at before all of last year's tragedies. But you're right - I'll get there. I just need to persist.

And I've tried talking to my mum. It's not the concerts themselves that she's worried about, but the journeying home. In the dark, on public transport, alone. Because (as she puts it) "there's a lot of weirdos out there!" And that's true, there are. Sydney isn't exactly a low crime-rate area. But I'm not an idiot, either. I even said I could catch a taxi home, and her way of trying to deter me from that was, "It'll cost you a fortune!"

If worst comes to worst and I have no choice but to go alone, she's just going to have to accept it. But I feel like she's winning, because I'm already considering selling these tickets if my brother says he can't come with me. It just isn't worth the hassle anymore.

I know the feeling of not being satisfied with chapter after they've been posted. It literally takes me a week sometimes more to post something I'm even remotely pleased with. I know you've been working on Crash Into Me for a long time and you want to make it fabulous but don't be too hard on yourself. The important thing is to write, even if it doesn't turn out great the first time, just keep trying and you'll get something you'll be pleased with. I know you can write, I've seen your work and you have never disappointed me with anything you've written thus far. Don't be too hard on yourself Renee.
As for your mom I've been there too. My mom never wanted me to go to concerts alone (although going with my parents was embarrassing enough). She's just concerned for you, but at the same time I think a sit down between the two of you may be exactly what you need. I can see that she just wants you to be safe and she worries about you but you're also old enough to know the in's and out's of concerts. Let her know that you do understand and appreciate the concern but you can definitely handle yourself. If that doesn't work...well if I wasn't stuck in the US we'd be going to concerts galore.
Keep your chin up my friend I know you'll write some beautiful chapters and that you'll figure out the situation with your mom!