Woo! After a podcasting sabbatical (re: holidays + business busyness) cowgal1997 is back! 

We dive back into October's spooky emotions with two diary readings, a lot of innuendos that I probably didn't understand then (i.e. episode title and descriptive language about eating tacos), and  a sneak peek of next week's very first RMILY interview with my oldest sis Molly & her BFF Breanne! 

Hope you're all staying well and grounded in 2021. Much love and don't forget to submit your own middle school heartbreaks, first kisses, embarrassing moments, & anything else to [email protected]! You can also slide in my IG DMs @emzellll to submit one of your own diary entries or a story <3 

Howdy and welcome to the RMILY holiday extravaganza!  🦖🎄Unfortunately 12 y/o Emma didn't write too much during the holiday szn in 6th grade, so we stay on schedule with what's going on in October of 2008. But I do bring you a crowdsourced middle school Christmas list, and yes, Uggs and Sarah Michelle Gellar are top of mind. 

I'll be sharing videos, too, from now on via IG! You can follow along at @emzellll for snippets of the pod in video form if you're more of a visual person. 

As always, email me at [email protected] or DM me on IG if you have a middle skewl mem to share! Audio files or written stories are perf. Happy holidays! 🥳

Really sorry for saying "on fleek" at one point. Slowly but surely I'm becoming a green-eyed monster. Someone has an Oedipus complex, maybe. Reminiscing on middle school lunches, for real. And let's see, what else... listen to find out who likes me and I guess I'm just not at all impressed by (despite his speed stacking skills). 

Send me a love letter (via email) with ur middle school mems at [email protected]! Or just profess your love for me, that works too!

You can send a real, super meaningful letter to incarcerated folks using writeaprisoner.com! Highly recommend becoming a pen-pal and spreading some holiday cheer by making new connections. Learn more about Brandon Bernard's story at helpsavebrandon.com. Rest in peace. 

For any murderers out there, no I am no longer alone in my house. Thanks for listening to what is clearly a girl spending too much (not enough) time with her pets. Otherwise, I sit next to Nick (YES!), but still deal with being called a "showoff" (Ug). Everyone is mad at me bc I have crushes. What's a girl to do? And why is that still a trigger for me today?

Accepting answers and other middle school stories at [email protected]. Skipped em for this week, but will have more to include in the next epi! 

Thanks for listening friends. Feel free to share with friend's who are also looking to add more dramz to their life via a Leo's (sun AND rising baby) middle school diary. 

Got some heartwarming closure ab my debut as a poet from my oldest sis. The showoff battles continue; will LYK if I ever am able to do a switch leap. Hear about IOWA's for literally no reason at all. Surprise guest makes a cameow. 

Send in your own middle school #cringe memz to [email protected] to be featured on an upcoming episode! & follow along at @emzellll on IG for updates and the (potential) upcoming videos. 

Live from my sister's closet, it's RMILY! I make my poetry debut with the tear jerking "STARS," Lauren may or may not know how to use speaker phone, & I'm still scared of Detective Barbie. Send in ya middle school funnies to [email protected] to be featured on an upcoming episode! <3 

What do boys talk about at sleepovers? How early was I really a feminist? In what grade do you learn how to spell? All these questions and more await  in the very first diary reading of RMILY: cowgal 1997's sixth grade diary.

Have a funny or totally random xD story to share? Send it in to [email protected] to be featured in an episode (anon if you prefer)! 

The diary is upgrading from IG and Snapchat and coming to wherever you listen to your podcasts! If we went to middle school together, expect a message from me in the next few months (maybe, who knows, we'll see). If we went to middle school together, and I had a crush on you, you will for sure receive a message from me in the next few months (guess I'm just still not over it).

Episode 1 coming soon, but in the meantime, start sending in any of your own cringey, painful, or funny middle school stories to [email protected], and I'll share new ones week to week!