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Category Archives: Diary Friday
Diary Friday
Another Friday, another Diary Friday. I am going to post yet another entry from my roller-coaster junior year of high school, which really should be called: “Dave: Sheila’s Obsession”. Mortifying. These journals are mortifying. I remember my junior year – … Continue reading
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Diary Friday
Well, the following entry is from my junior year in high school, when I fell in “love” for the first time. I mean, nothing ever happened with the guy, of course … but I loved him world without end. Not … Continue reading Continue reading
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Diary Friday
A long-ass entry from my sophomore year of high school. Funny: in it, I describe a sleep-over I had with Mere. You know … the same woman who came down to my apartment last weekend “to have a sleep-over”. I … Continue reading
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Diary Friday
Despite how embarrassing this is, I am going to post the following entry from my journal from the summer in between sophomore and junior year of high school. It makes me laugh – because it’s proof that I have always … Continue reading
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Diary Friday
Yet another manic high school girl entry. This is during my junior year, first quarter, and I was wildly in love (in a completely unrequited way) with a guy in my French class who was a senior. It is a … Continue reading Continue reading
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Diary Friday
This is another repeat (sorry) – I am printing it in honor of one of the co-stars of the entry, my dear friend Ann Marie. It was just her birthday (and I missed it – sorry!!!) – so here, for … Continue reading
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Diary Friday
This is actually a repeat. I posted this a year and a half ago, but I decided to unearth it. It is the story of my first date in college with this boy. Heh heh. Now a couple things before … Continue reading
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Diary Friday.
Ah, finals week. The horrors of “finals week” in high school. I think I’m 15 here. JUNE Day 1 Today is the last official day of school. Just finals – the SUMMER and CAMP!!!!!!!!!!!!! We had the funnest time in … Continue reading
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Diary Friday
Oh boy. Roller skating. In high school. Going to the roller rink every Friday night. It was THE thing to do throughout high school. And the DRAMAS that occurred at the roller rink, the sense of FREEDOM (because – oh. … Continue reading
Diary Friday
Most of my recent Diary Fridays have been from when our family was in Ireland. But now I am going to bring it back to the United States, into my public high school days, and post something which I can … Continue reading
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