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Tart of Darkness
09/01/09

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And of course I must note that none of the stuff we've diaryed on the 'net is available to us in this way. I love the paper and pen.
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JerkoftheMonth
09/01/09

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For a few years, my diary consisted of calorie recording and skinny pictures of models, with very self-loathing rants about how I am too fat and can't stop eating, and how everybody hates me and thinks I'm am a total loser.

I threw those diaries out last year. No regrets. I may have some younger diaries around here, though. I distinctly remember, when I was 9, describing in painful detail a new swimsuit I got and thinking it was SO sexy. I'm not really sure why I wanted to be sexy at 9.
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NowhereGirl
08/31/09

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wow. we are all the same.
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SouthernSatine
09/01/09

@NowhereGirl: Exactly what I thought. I feel like I have been every one of these women at some point in my life.
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wtfox?!
08/31/09

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Awesome fox, bleedingmouths! WTfox approves!
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Skellatrix
08/31/09

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Jezebel - I'm glad you gave us this opportunity to share! I had a blast digging up my book and reading - and remembering - life in the late 90's.

Also, to the others who submitted: thank you!!! I am still trying to get through all of these. And N's made me misty.
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TildeMarks
08/31/09

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Dear Michele who skated to Rex Smith in 1979. I have that album - and it's AUTOGRAPHED! My god...Rex Smith...Yummy. Thanks for the memories.
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sakura_latte
08/31/09

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N's made me cry. Although I'm 23 and not 16, it basically says everything that I'm feeling at the moment. I had just graduated, I was looking forward to getting my first "proper" job, having my own apartment and my own life, meeting a special guy and just having fun with the next stage of my life. I'd even finally grown my hair to the length that I wanted!

Then I found out I had cancer, and I can't do any of those things. I will of course get better, but at the moment I'm living with my parents again, being watched over like a child, and I of course look ill. I have no hair, feel nauseous and weak all the time and just can't do stuff. I know how it feels - you only have so many years that you are "young", and I feel sad that one of mine is being 'wasted' in this way.

Thank you, N. And you have my total admiration for getting through all that at age 16.

/self-pity rant over
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thecameralovesyou
08/31/09

@sakura_latte: It probably doesn't mean much, but a girl you don't know in Canada is thinking about you. I'm sending you hugs over the internets.
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JerkoftheMonth
08/31/09

@sakura_latte: You are very courageous. You have my respect and my non-religious prayers.
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sakura_latte
09/01/09

@sakura_latte: Thank you everyone for your kind comments. Even though I know it could be a lot worse, and I'll be better soon, it still sucks, but it's amazing how much a brief connection, even with someone you don't know, can brighten one's day.
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cocobanal
08/31/09

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This is a fascinating post! I didn't contribute anything because even though I'm a writer, I haven't kept a diary since I was about 9, but I loved these, and many of them were quite poignant. This was a great idea.
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spamanda
08/31/09

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I have to say it was amazingly cathartic to go through my old journals and find a few entries to share ON PURPOSE. It made me realize how far I have come since then, and yet my journal entries now (when I can find the time) seem so similar. This was awesome. Jezebels, someone really does need to publish a book of these. I can't tell you how amazing it would be to see that everyone else was thinking the same things.
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bleedingmouths
08/31/09

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I got poprocks -n- pizza!
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bleedingmouths
08/31/09

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I WATCHED CAT TV
I WATCHED DOG TV

Amazing! These are all so wonderful and sweet, but how indulgent am I? I hadn't looked at these things for years and got all excited and amused to look at them again. It's so lovely to see a little bit of something so personal or just so cute.

I'm sure every single person here knows someone who wears the Underpants of Betrayal.
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pleppy
08/31/09

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the smashmouth lyrics in #12 are my favorite part of this whole thing.
its about arrrrrrt and beauty you stupid jocks!
hahaha.
wonderful. all wonderful. :) i'm gonna go home and read my old diary.
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Penny_Esq
08/31/09

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These were fantastic and just exactly the type of thing I wrote in middle and high school, complete with random song lyrics that seemed SO INSIGHTFUL at the time. And letter i's dotted with circles. I loved the analysis of the hands touching at the pool party, because I remember a specific entry from my 8th grade journal that is almost identical, what with the moment stretching out and wondering what it all meant. (Nothing, actually.) I would've sent one in if I could find my old journals, but I think they're in a box in my mom's attic.

You girls are fantastic.
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Skellatrix
08/31/09

@Penny_Esq: That hand-touching incident happened when I was 16 - 16! I feel like kids these days are wondering what that blow job meant at 16, not worrying over hand touches. I find it endearing that I cared so much!

I really wanted to find the little diary I wrote in when I was 12. THAT "does this boy like me?" analysis was adorable.
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Mmmmkay (gellin' and Jezebelin)
08/31/09

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Aww, mine didn't make it, I haz a sad :( Its like my 9 year old self got Worst Comment of the Day. okay, pity party over. These are great though, awesome feature.
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Dodai
08/31/09

@Mmmmkay (gellin' and Jezebelin): Really? I thought I got them all. Email me with details.
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Mmmmkay (gellin' and Jezebelin)
08/31/09

@Dodai: I will! Thank you Dodai!
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WaltzingMatilda
08/31/09

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Hey N - you're awesome.
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