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Category Archives: Diary Friday
Diary Friday: “Later in the night, Joanna and I danced to Hungry Like the Wolf.”
Here’s the continuing story of Brett and I going out to see 2010 – which was obviously the most earth-shaking night in all of human history. There are still many Picnic stories to tell – and eventually I get to … Continue reading
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Diary Friday: “I COULD NOT WAIT TO SEE HIM. I put in my lenses.”
I continued to write about Picnic, filling in the blanks, even after the whole experience ended. I had a hard adjustment period to “life after Picnic”. Here’s a great night, though. The memory of it today still makes me smile. … Continue reading
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Diary Friday: “We toasted Roy Scheider.”
Continuing on from where we left off yesterday. Oh and David: if you are reading this: Our famous first real meeting ends this entry!
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Diary Friday: “Then we ran off to play dodge ball in J Studio.”
As I continue to deal with “life after Picnic” – I keep going back and filling in the blanks from the whole experience. It was as though I was writing myself back into the past (of, er – 2 weeks … Continue reading
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Diary Friday: “I am so pissed. I have been pissed since the Homecoming Game, actually.”
After the show closes – things get kind of nuts in my life. I had a really hard time adjusting to life “after Picnic”. And so I spent a lot of time playing catch up in the journal and writing … Continue reading
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Diary Saturday: “Diary – I have grown up. I mean it.”
More fragments … now that the show has opened!
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Diary Friday
Now the journal starts to get fragmented. You’ll see what I mean. You’ll also see why. NOVEMBER 28 Day before we open. Haven’t had a chance to update you on my wonderful life. It’s now Thursday, actually. It’s about 12:00 … Continue reading
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Diary Friday
Ehm … okay, so when we left off, I was shouting ALL IN CAPS and I was VERY VERY ANGRY. Also I kept dropping hints about this mythical “Tuesday” that was so awesome. In this next entry the mystery will … Continue reading
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Diary Friday
The continuing stoooooory of Sheila’s fall semester in senior year of high school. heh heh I know … what is more important than THIS?? Whatever, I’m happy with my blog, and what I blog about. So. To re-cap: I asked … Continue reading
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Diary Friday
More Picnic … although this one has more to do with what was going on outside of Picnic. I can hear in my own writing that I was getting kind of manic. I also have boyfriend problems.
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