February 27, 1997 Thursday It is getting more and more common for a sudden rush of nostalgia to come over me as I am at school. Now it is happening all the time. And most of it isn’t for specific instances, but everyday, mundane events. It may hit me as the lunch ladies once again…
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Tidbits Part XX: The Incremental Continuation of a Saga
February 26, 1997 Tuesday Today I gave my short story “The Tale of the Two Deaths” to Mr. Beres. It will be sent to Western Illinois University and be entered in a literary contest. The winner will probably get some kind of prize, but that is not the reason I want to win. The winner…
Tidbits Part XIX: The Boy in the Bubble
February 25, 1997 Tuesday Friday night is going to be a lot of fun. The same group of us who saw Star Wars is going back to Peoria to see The Empire Strikes Back. I can’t help saying again how much fun it will all be. Right now, staring at test-patterns would be more fun…
A Study in Dreams 3: Distorted Visions of Reality
February 24, 1997 Monday Hey, it’s me again, and I’ve got some more dreams. These might seem a little more muddled than usual, but I want to get them down anyway. In my first dream I am casually walking along a wooded road. Then I come upon Nicole, my little sister, and I have her…
A Study in Dreams 2: The Sequel
February 23, 1997 Sunday Last night I had some really neat dreams (and I actually remembered them). I must have slept lightly, because I kept waking up. As a result, I had several dreams, but they were all pretty short. For my first dream, a lot of people were in the old grade school gym…
The First Journals Part II: An Utter Day in Heck
February 22, 1997 Saturday I finally found my fourth and fifth grade journals, but as I thought, there wasn’t much to them. Mostly I would talk about what I wanted for Christmas, my birthday, or my latest high score on Super Mario Bros. (as I said, not very deep). Though I did find one entry…
Volume Five: Short and Sweet
February 19, 1997 Wednesday Yet again, after approximately a month here I am again, sitting down to write ado to another volume. You would be surprised how much can be written about so little (or you know all too well…). Anyway, the only headline items of this volume was Basketfest and my birthday, yet I…
Beginnings and Endings
February 17, 1997 Monday I’m supposed to be working on my big art project, my collage, but I have to take a break. Precise drawing for extended amounts of time is not good. Let’s talk about some goings-on. Hoke and I are on the publicity crew from the Spring play Oklahoma! Our jobs are selling tickets…
The 20 All-Time Greatest Entries
February 16, 1997 Sunday I suppose I’m just in one of those nostalgic moods, what with all these entries long since past from ragged grade school journals. Or it could be it’s Sunday and I have nothing to write about. This journal is growing at a rate I never would have dreamed. It’s sheer size…
The First Journals Part I: Entries From Long Ago
February 15, 1997 Saturday I am cleaning my room right now. You’d be amazed the kind of things you find wedged in a closet or stuffed under a bed in here. I was going through my cluttered desk when I came across the diary I had when I was in second grade. I have had…
The Love Baby Turns Eighteen
February 14, 1997 Friday If only all days were like this one. A day that seemed to go almost perfectly. A day in which, for just a moment (not too long), you were as close to the spotlight as you’ll get. A day that everyone wishes you well, and goes out of their way to…
Voices From the Past
February 12, 1997 Wednesday In this journal are stock-piled probably ten of thousands of words. Some of these words were just what the moment called for and expressed just how I felt. In some cases the words chosen just sounded kind of cool. I was thinking to myself what I could write about, and then…
No One Will Believe You 