Jamie's (butterflies-n3ver-lie) story (cont.)
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Tyler,
On The Glee Project Season 2, you were definitely one of my favorite contenders from the start. I thought you were really funny, talented, and inspirational. However, it wasn't until after the show ended that I truly started to admire you. When I started following you on tumblr and twitter and began reading all of your posts and tweets, I felt like I got to know you and what you're all about better than I did via reality television.
Reading your tweets became the highlight of my day and they never failed to make me smile or laugh. Seeing your posts on my dashboard would make my mood just that much better.
It's become quite obvious that you have a lot to say and a lot of thoughts that deserve to be heard. And every time I read something you write, it opens up my mind a little bit more and it makes me see things very differently. Your perspectives on all these different topics and issues are absolutely inspiring and you've also proven to have quite the sense of humor...which is always a good thing.
I know I've sent you a god awful amount of asks and such and I apologize for that, but it's really important to me that you know just how much of a role model you are and how much I look up to you and how much you've changed my life.
Meeting you, even though it was only for a few brief minutes, was one of my most incredible experiences because, to be honest, I didn't really believe any of you TGP contenders were real people until I saw you guys with my own eyes. And just seeing my idols in person was definitely a shock. Thank you for being so nice and taking a picture with me and reblogging said picture and just for being amazing.
I guess what I'm trying to say is thank you for everything and please please please never stop doing the things you do because you are absolutely doing something right. Thank you for being you and for helping me be me.
Love always,
Jamie :)
Michael,
I want to start off by saying I'm the girl from All of the Lights who made the ridiculously large autograph book and the girl whose dad paid a security guard $15 to let me get your autograph before we were kicked out. :P
(You also told me I give good hugs.....I'm just throwin' that out there)
When I heard this whole online magazine thing was being made, you were one of the first people I wanted to write to because when I started watching The Glee Project over the summer, you were one of the people I connected with immediately. Not only do you have an amazing voice, you're all around talented, funny, smart, etc. I was just always rooting for you and relating to you. I cried during all of your last chance performances and I'm going to be completely honest and say that to this day, I still refuse to watch your "Keep Holding On".
You taught me a lot of lessons not only about life but about myself. You taught me that being an "underdog" can't and won't hold you, me, or anyone, back. You taught me that it's okay to make mistakes because that's part of being human and doesn't take away the fact that I'm special and unique and talented in my own ways. You also taught me that even someone as great as Michael Weisman, someone that I (and plenty of other people) idolize so much, are made perfect by their imperfections. You guys are all people too, people who feel nervous and fearful and scared. And you showed me that even withy those fears, you can still come out on top.
I loved watching you on TGP and I loved watching you grow as a person during (and after) the show because I felt like I was growing too, and that means more to me than I could ever put into words.
One of the things that really touched me the most was all of the friendships you all made on the show. I think over the entire season, the hardest I ever cried (and trust me, I cried A LOT) was when you and Blake hugged after it was announced that Blake had won. The fact that everyone, you two especially, became so close over the coarse of the show, the fact that you two are practically brothers, and the fact that you all became a family was really special to watch and that hug was just so genuine it.
Everyone on the show has done so much for me and taught me so many things and you and the show as a whole have saved my life on a few different occasions and I could never thank you enough for that.
In the end, I just want to thank you for everything. I can't wait to see what you and Nellie and your unnamed band have in store for us and I can't wait to see all of the amazing things I know you will do.
Thank you again, so much.
Love always,
Jamie :)