9-5-89 "Art is not a thing; it is a way." – Elbert Hubbard I have a very short temper. Well, I guess it depends on who says what to me. I don’t like to be picked on, but I like to pick. I guess that’s one of my not-so-good qualities. I try to take what people say in stride, but…

9-1-89 "Let advertisers spend the same amount of money on improving their product that they do on advertising and they wouldn’t have to advertise it." – Will Rogers I think my greatest strength is in my friends. If they are having a problem I always try to help them through it and do anything for them…

8-31-89 "Think like a man of action, act like a man of thought." – Henri Bergson Today is pretty good. I rode the bus yesterday. It’s not as bad as I thought it would be. I know a bunch of people on there. I am going to Nik-Nik’s house Saturday. I bet I’ll have lots of fun.

8-30-89 "It may be those who do most, dream most." – Stephen Leacock Today has been pretty good so far but I’ll probably have homework this hour. I started riding the bus this morning. I was so scared, but I know a few people on there so it’s not too bad.

8-29-89 I have been writing the words to some more songs and I finished them last night. I am still gonna type them and put them in a folder though. I really don’t know what to write. I’m really not very good at it. Maybe after I get some practice, that will help. (Note in the margin…

8-28-89 "We do not write in order to be understand, we write in order to be understood." – C.D. Lewis I went shopping this weekend. I bought some new shirts, a tape and some strings for my guitar. I started writing music for a song. It sounds pretty neat. It starts out on acoustic guitar (box) and…

8-25-89 "It is well to understand as early as possible in one’s writing life that there is just one contribution which every one of us can make; we can give in to the common pool of experience some comprehension of the world as it looks to each of us." – Dorothea Brande I am going…