11-28-89 "Youth is the trustee of posterity." – Benjamin Disraeli Bonnis isn’t mad at me anymore. Now, we’re all friends again. I learned a couple of new songs last night. Marie is over here now. We’ve been bugging my mom about stopping smoking. Marie ran over her cigarettes with her car. Mom was mad. Good.…

11-27-89 "Not ignorance, but ignorance of ignorance is the death of knowledge." – Alfred N. Whitehead I went to Mississippi for Thanksgiving. My dad is engaged to his girlfriend. My uncle Mike is getting divorced. I think that’s the best thing for them. His wife is only 18 years old and he is 26. They…

11-16-89 "Understanding someone’s thoughts is a matter of opinion; understanding your own thoughts is a matter of sanity." – Shawn Stewart I just got back today. I was absent Tuesday and Wednesday. I feel okay today. We’re getting out for "Turkey Day" for a week. Thank God! I’m so glad. I’m going to Mississippi though.…

11-13-89 "Writing is a constant flow of thoughts swept up and set out for all to feel." – Shawn Stewart I had a very eventful weekend. Me and my mom ran out of gas on the way to my guitar lesson Friday. Then when my mom’s friend came and got us she brought me home.…

11-9-89 "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." – George Santayana Jennifer and christy are coming over. I am listening to "Wild Side". Tomorrow I have my guitar lesson. I don’t know if we’re having a pep rally or not. I guess Nikki will come back to school tomorrow. I forgot…

11-7-89 "History is the ship carrying living memories to the future." – Stephen Spender Jennifer came to my house last night. She brought her bass and I taught her part of "Crazy Train". She had to leave at 8:30. I got to keep her bass last night and I stayed up until 12:00 playing it.…

11-6-89 "To enjoy freedom we have to control ourselves." – virginia Woolf I went to my guitar lesson Friday. Karl told me a lot of stuff I didn’t want to hear about Mark. I don’t know if I should believe him or not. I care about Mark a lot but there are so many things…

11-3-89 "Don’t ever slam a door; you might want to go back." – Don Herold Today makes 2 years since my great-grandmother died. We were really close. I miss her SOOOO much. When I used to go to Mississippi, I couldn’t wait to go se her. Now, I don’t like to go down there anymore…

11-2-89 "There is no failure except in no longer trying." I got home about 3:45. I missed the bus and Nikki did, too, so she called her mom to come get us. we went to McDonald’s, and then to Sean’s, but he wasn’t home so Nikki’s mom brought me home. Nikki is so dumb for…

11-1-89 "A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life of doing nothing." – Bernard Shaw Today is relatively boring. I painted Bonnie’s face last night and helped her pass out candy last night. I had to go to church at 7:00 though. There were all kinds of…