Janelle asked me to do a happy post to negate the bad feelings from the last one (THE FEELINGS ARE MERELY IMPASSIONED), and I can't think of anything in particular to write about, so have some diary entries from my ~*youth*~.
My youth being 8 or 9 years old.
Clarification, I honestly think I invented this whole drama with Tyler. We were friends, but I don't really remember having a crush on him? I think I said I did, because I didn't have a crush on him, and everyone else had a crush on somebody, so I pretended I had one too. But I didn't tell anybody about it. So what was the point? YOUNG PRETEND LOVE.
Another weird thing I noticed was a tendency towards multiple rhetorical questions. Like, I'd ask the diary questions, and then answer them. I have no answers for this. Also lists. Lists were big.
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March 8, 1999
I just learned about the new 1999 quarter. I'm trying to find one for my coin collection. I absolutely like Tyler. As a boyfriend too! But there's a problem. He doesn't like me. As a girlfriend, anyway. He likes Kelsey. She is the most snooty girl in the universe, I don't see how Tyler likes HER!!! Anyway, Mrs. P had a new granddaughter a few days ago named Andrea. I think. We looked at Amethyst and Rose Quartz and all sorts of other rocks today. It was cool. My favorite was the Amethyst.
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February 9, 1997
We went to 3 parties and in them all we had sweet tasting food. Like cake and ice cream. I got a stomach ache. Meghan moved, but I saw her at Kaitlyn's party! I went to American Girls Club. And ate sweet tasting food. We went to Charlie's party. And ate food. We went to Kaitlyn's party. And ate food.
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June 1, 1997
One June 5 the school is letting school out. Yesterday and part of today Bailey and I made a tent and played in it till Bailey's mommy came. Bailey also spent the night at my house and watched the Magic School Bus, Fantasia and Wishbone. I think Bailey liked all of them.
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August 17, 1997
At church, they gave me a present. It was two things in one. The things on the outside are a tiny flashlight and the pen I'm writing with on the inside. There was a Bible, called Uncle Arthur's Bible Book.
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May 12, 1997
I got a year book today. Almost everyone put their autograph in my book. I checked out Where the Read Fern Grows. And we moved our desks anywhere we wanted in school today. I chose to sit by Coleman.
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December 2, 1996
I have some kids in my class. Here are their names. Patrick, Shane, Cody C, Meghan, Tyler, Gary, Joey, me, Michael, Holly, Amanda, Ashley, Blake, Cody O, Kelsey, Rickey, Jacob, Casey, Katy, Savannah, Coleman, Kimberly, Nera. Do those kids sound nice? Well they are! How do I know? I'm in their class! That's how I know! And they all know me. They're in my class. You know that, don't you? Yes you do.
This is so many shades of wonderful. You don't even know. Do you know? Yes, you do.
ReplyDeleteAlso... what is it with boys named Tyler? When I was in elementary school, a boy named Tyler sent notes to every girl in the class asking whether we liked him. I said no, out of PRINCIPLE. I was very, very angry. I probably would have liked him if he hadn't asked.
Thanks so much for posting this! This made my life.