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Diary Friday
Yet another Ireland entry. They’re all so embarrassing and teenager-ish that it’s hard to choose. But here’s the latest. IRELAND We started off for Dublin and I am SO excited!!! I CAN’T WAIT!!!!! YIPPEE!!! [Ed: I do not believe there … Continue reading Continue reading
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Diary Friday
And now … the continuing story … of “Piiiiiigs iiiiiiin spaaaaaace” …. No, just kidding. The continuing story of the O’Malley jaunt in Ireland. To add to the Diary Friday archive. Otherwise known as: archive of Sheila’s shame. IRELAND We … Continue reading
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Diary Friday
Yes. It’s that time of week again. More from our family trip in Ireland, when I was 14. There are many italics here, and many underlines and much punctuation!!!!!! I like this one because it’s about my first trip to … Continue reading
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Diary Friday
Yet another installment in the mortifying exercise known as Diary Friday. This is also from my Ireland journal. I am 14 years old, I think. 13, something like that. I’m posting this one, in particular, today, my parents wedding anniversary … Continue reading
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Diary Friday
And so onward with this ridiculous Diary Friday stuff. Posting excerpts from childhood/teenage diaries, merely because I enjoy my own mortification. Or maybe it’s that … we all can relate, to some degree, to how dorky teenagers are … and … Continue reading
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Diary Friday
Here’s an explanation of what I’m doing. I’m going to post a couple of entries from our time in Ireland as a family, when I was … 13? 14? Something like that. I pulled out this dog-eared notebook this morning, … Continue reading
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Diary Friday – Part II
(Part I here) Below follows the continuation of what I referred to as my “epic” day. Strangely enough: In it, I mention going to see a show (which an ex of mine was in) – which was starring Alexandra Billings, … Continue reading
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Diary Friday – Part I
I came across this entry today – and decided to split it up into two parts. I did that in my journal, too: “Part I of this epic day… Part II of this epic day …” At one point, re-reading … Continue reading
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Diary Friday
The following entry is from my junior year of high school. It is intensely embarrassing for me to pass this on, but obviously I revel in self-mortification. It’s ridiculous. Everything is SO DRAMATIC. I talk as though my crushes on … Continue reading Continue reading
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Diary Friday
This mortifying entry is from the summer in between my sophomore and junior year. Frankly, I sound bi-polar. Continue reading
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