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12-12-90 Hate List – Carly & James   1. Green food   2. Teachers who snort like a snake when they laugh.   3. People who shake you, pull the covers off, turn on the light, and then ask "Are you asleep?"   4. People who call and wake you up when you are trying…

12-12-90 (Not sure on the date – another list behind this one in the journal has the same date) Hate List – Bon-E & Doc   1. Crappy cordless phones   2. Blue-spearmint gum   3. Arctic parents   4. the color orange   5. People who say the word nigger all the time  …

December 8, 1990 Well, I’m sittin’ here at Bon-E’s in her room feeling like I’m gonna puke. Kinda weird, actually. It’s almost like I’d been drinking. As if!  Now, I’m hot.  I swear!  What is wrong with me?  She just read a letter that Jade wrote her. Bon-E colored a tomato.  Is there anything she doesn’t…

Aug. 16 Poke, I just talked to your dad and he told me you had been sick all week. Sorry. He told me I could go with him to see ya graduate. God! It’s about time! This weeks has been so S—–L—–O—–W!!! If I get to go, I’m gonna have to get up at 5:30! I…

Aug. 15 Poke, Well, day after tomorrow, you’ll be home, Thank God! Today has been one huge bored! I talked to Erick a couple of times. The first time he was real mean, saying all kinds of stuff. I told him I had to go and he said “Go find some guy 2 sleep with.” I said…

Aug. 14 Poke, Wel, well, well!  Today has been interesting. I woke up at 1:30. You had already been up for about 8 hours. That’s sad. So, have you been having any trouble getting to sleep? I have been so bored. I went over to Tisha’s and stayed with Nicki for a while. Leah’s party was…

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…