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Category Archives: Diary Friday
Diary Friday: “My backrest is really good cause it sort of has arms.”
Last night, I went to go see my sister read at the latest Mortified show down at the 92nd Street Y in Tribeca. You know, the 92nd Street Y that is not on 92nd Street. Mortified is a show where … Continue reading
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Diary Friday: “He said, ‘I am going to terrorize you.'”
Yet another journal entry from my feverish junior year of high school, when I was madly in love, across a crowded room, with a senior named “D”. MARCH My life is getting odder by the moment. I don’t know what … Continue reading
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Diary Friday: The First Time I Met Brett
Me as Millie in PICNIC When I was 16 years old, and a senior in high school, I auditioned for a university production of William Inge’s Picnic. I got the part of Millie. To say this was a big deal … Continue reading
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Diary Friday: “It was a CONCERT from a rock group.”
This is a repeat Diary Friday. It is definitely in the Greatest Hits List of Diary Fridays. And there’s an update (unbelievably) to the story. I’ll post it as a note at the end of the entry. Every so often … Continue reading
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Diary Friday: “My marshmallow pink heels”
I am 15 years old here and I have a LOT going on. 1. Preparing for my confirmation 2. “Co-ed cast party” for a school play – co-ed!! Apparently I had just moved to Rhode Island from Saudi Arabia? 3. … Continue reading
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Diary Friday: “My utopia is so stupid.”
For years on this site, I did this thing that I called “Diary Friday”, where I would post entries from my high school diaries, because they are so hilarious (and often quite touching) and people seemed to love them. I … Continue reading
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Diary Friday: “Diary, This Is Not a Crush!“
Here is an entry from my journal when I was a junior in high school. I was madly in love (in an unrequited fashion, getting my practice in for later in life apparently) with the Band President, referred to here … Continue reading
Diary Friday: “What a life I’ve led. So full of sickness and death.”
I found this this morning and read it, amazed. I have no memory of any of this. When I was in college, I had a job at a pizza joint called Pit ‘n Patio. It was in walking distance to … Continue reading
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Diary Friday: “all the girls wear Mary Janes and I only have my saddle shoes.”
In honor of the upcoming Easter weekend, I’m going to post a couple other excerpts from my travel journal, of our time in Ireland as a family. I am 13 years old at this point. We were on Achill Island … Continue reading
Diary Friday: “Hello you monkeys and lovers and lovebirds and shriners.”
What is clear to me now from this journal entry is that one of the things that is actually going on here, although I never say it, is that I am in love with three men at the same time. … Continue reading
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