Poke, Well, here I am again. This really sucks. You’ll never believe who I just called. Chris!  Can you believe? Yes, I am very bored!! I have talked to everybody and their grandmother today. I got something to tell you about Punky. You will die! I thoguht I was going to. I’m talking to Mr.…

Aug. 13 Poke, Well, it’s 9 o’clock in the morning and I’ve been up for 2 hours already. I’m listening to Air Supply yet again. I’m calling Van Lee’s to see if they have the dumb sheet music for those songs. I think I dreamed something about you last night, but I can’t remember. I…

Aug. 12 Yo Poke! Well, it’s 7:55PM on Sunday and I’m going insane!  I’m so bored!  I miss you!  Emily just left. She brought a book with a bunch of colleges and stuff in it for me to look at. It feels so weird being here (or anywhere) without you. I don’t know about you, but I…

February 26, 1990 (edited to add: not sure on this date, because the stuff written in the journal didn’t have a date, but I found something written by Marie Burlingame with that date, so I’m using it. It should be noted that “hate lists” is something I used to do with my friends when I was in…

1-17-90 (Not sure on the date, but I think it was after the Motley Crue concert on January 16) Bonnie, Yo, dude! So you REALLY like Jeremy, huh. I’m glad if you do. I don’t think he’s ugly, I guess. I ust have to get used to the way he looks. Actually, he’s kinda cute.…

1-10-90 "Memory is a crazy woman who hoards colored rags and throws away food." Well, it’s been a good year. I’m kind of used to writing in this now so maybe I’ll keep doing it.  I’m not going to throw it away though. I’ll keep it and look back and laugh at it. It’s kind…

1-9-90 "People who take time to be alone usually have depth, originality, and quiet reserve." – John Miller Tomorrow is my mom’s birthday. She will be 35 years old. That sounds so much different than 34. Lillian Axe is playing at the Texas club tonight. It seems like they are always playing at a place…

1-8-90 "Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren’t very new after all." – Abraham Lincoln I had a very interesting weekend. Bonnie had 11 people over at her house Friday night. We had a blast! Then, Saturday, Jennifer, Christie, Nikki and I went to Sean’s house. I played my…

1-5-90 "Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them become what they are capable of being." – Goethe If you treat people as good as you know they can be, you help them be as good as they can be. Treat people good even if they’re not and…

1-4-90 "Everything has been thought of before, the problem is to think of it again." – Johann W. von Goethe Jennifer came over to my house tonight and brought her bass. I was teaching her how to play "Crazy Train" and "Bad to Be Good". She got mad because she kept messing up. She doesn’t…