Best and Most Beautiful Things Page #5

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let me help you,"

and treat her like

a little 5-year-old.

The thing is, she likes

to be treated like that

by the people in her life

that... that...

who respect her

as an adult and who are...

she's in kink

relationships with,

but when people

do it on the street,

she kind of wants to punch them

a little bit, you know?

Nonconsensual...

...sensual age play.

Age play.

I like that.

Age play is... is a kink term

which basically means,

like, being treated like a baby

or like a child, and...

I just... I really like

that power thing.

I really like that.

I really...

I am very curious to see

where... where you go with it.

Wallet,

retainer, headphone case.

That's all in there.

Actually, somebody

is meeting her at the gate,

so if someone could just

get her from security

to the gate, she'll be all set.

I just want to

say that I hope you

have the best of time

and that you get

to meet everybody

that you want to meet...

I hope so, too.

And I would wish you to

make a big impression,

but I already know you will.

Ha ha ha!

I love you.

Love you, too.

Where are you?

"In Spain."

Ha ha! "In Spain," she says.

She's here.

Ahh! Whoo whoo!

I was trying

to call you this week.

You called me twice.

Yes.

Both times, I was at work,

but I got your voice mails,

and both times, I tried

to call you back,

and you didn't answer your phone...

- Oh, I'm sorry.

So I figured you had

your ringer off or whatever,

I was busy. - so have a seat.

- Surprise! Oh, man, give me a hug.

I can't believe you're here.

Yes, you can.

I know, but when

you weren't here

to begin with, I was...

OK, so, um, uh...

so sit down.

Oh, boy, this is gonna be great.

OK, so I went to L.A.,

and, uh, basically,

everything's so spread out there

and the... and

the transportation

is not nearly as good

as I was told it was,

and it would be

really, really hard

for me to live there

independently

without someone to

drive me around...

and so I realized

that the... that,

I mean, I might not have

to give it up entirely...

I mean, there might

be opportunities

in the future... but

I am giving up acting,

and I'm not

moving to L.A.,

so that's what I have

to tell you guys,

and I'm sorry if you

guys all expected me

to come back and

tell you that I was

moving out in two months

and that everything

went amazingly,

but it really didn't.

Happy birthday,

dear Michelle

Happy birthday to you

Make a wish.

Yay!

She's staying. Yay.

Before I went to L.A.,

I kind of told everyone

in my life that it was a...

that it was a done deal

that I was gonna be living there

and that that was just it,

but it was just going to be

generally a lot more difficult

than I thought it was.

I saw a lot of cracks

in my plan,

so hypothetically,

I go out there,

give up everything

that I'm about, and become...

and... and... and try

to become an actor.

There's no guarantee that I'm

going to have success with that,

whereas I'm already

living my dream of being myself.

I'm already a kinkster.

I'm already a nerd.

I'm already pansexual.

I want to be able

to live on my own.

That doesn't necessarily mean

making gourmet meals.

I might still just be

a, you know,

microwave master chef,

but I want to know

that I have the capacity

to live on my own...

and I've realized that

I want to write

and be an activist

for women's rights,

for LGBT, and for kink awareness

and sex positivity,

and I think if I say something,

it might give the courage

to other people to say things

because they think, "Well,

if that young, blind woman"

can do it"... you know, because

people think in those terms

sometimes...

"if a blind girl can do it,

then I guess I can do it."

Miss...

Miss Beautiful.

How could you hear me?

I couldn't, but I just knew

it was Miss Beautiful.

Aww.

So my name is Michelle Smith.

This is "Unlearning Normal,"

a bit of a story about my life

and some people who have tried

to stand in my way.

Boo. All right.

Boo.

OK. Thank you.

When I was 17,

the head house parent

in my cottage, which is kind of

like a dorm but different,

she was kind of, uh,

let's just say, closed-minded.

She kind of had this idea

that when you're an adult,

you do very adult things,

and you don't like Hello Kitty,

so what I did was, I went home,

and I got all

of my Hello Kitty stuff

and brought it back

to school with me

and arranged it just so.

Whoo!

Whoo!

You know, there are gonna be

people in... in your life

who are gonna tell you that you

have to be a certain way

because your age, your gender,

your race,

your sexual orientation,

whatever, and I...

there's a wor... there's a word

for people like that.

They're called ass.

I mean, I'm... I'm a female.

I identify as female,

but I don't think about that

all the time.

I don't let my gender

or my age or my disability

or any other factor about me

that's just a fact...

I don't let that dictate

any other parts of who I am.

I just be me, and I feel like

that has made me more happy

than any popularity I ever got

being someone else.

Hi. What

brings you here?

Friends.

I'm here for pride.

I thought so. I know

a lot of people are.

Stop saying that.

You don't have to...

Yes, it is. I was supposed

to dress up for this.

It's not the end of

the world, Michelle.

It... it... it's symbolic

of the fact that

I'm not independent and

I can't take care of myself.

I can't see anybody

that really dresses up

too much to go to

Bangor Housing Authority

to fill out application

for housing, Michelle.

That's what I'm saying.

I can't pick out my own clothes.

I would've walked

out of the house

with a too-low-cut top and

short pants that don't fit me.

Should I have not said anything?

I'm saying that I was

just ready to walk

out the door in this.

I can't live by myself.

I can't survive.

Why are we even going

to the apartment place

if I can't even dress myself?

You get dressed

every day by yourself.

Obviously not today,

not when it count...

not when it matters.

Well, and I won't be far away.

I can't drive.

How am I gonna get...

come and see you every day

and make sure I'm OK?

How am I gonna be OK?

Do you want me to help

you find something else?

Yes.

You can still wear that sweater.

Just wear, like,

a different tank top

underneath it.

OK.

One thing you didn't

realize is that when you

turned sideways, your right...

Boob?

yes...

was really hanging out,

and you couldn't

tell that, Michelle.

I felt like this

was the test to see

if I was... that I could

be independent,

and I felt like I failed.

Do you think I can

really live by myself?

I really do.

I do, and I think

living close by

here in Bangor

for a little while

is... is the best way.

You know, that way, you have me,

the support system

that when things come up

that you're not sure of,

that you...

I really do... I really

do want to live

in an apartment in Bangor...

I really do... for

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