Write your first draft with your heart. Proofread with your mind.

[enamoured]

Sigh, no Backstreet ticket yet. But I did buy the hardcover version of Princess in Pink from Half Price books for $7.95--a STEAL. How could I resist? I finished it about five minutes ago. Aww, Michael + Mia = supercute OTP!

I seriously need money.

Banner ads and pop-up ads that make noise are awful. Who got the genius idea of doing that? They deserve to be taken out back and shot.

One last question to be answered from the poll a few days ago:

brittanygrace: I have no idea. I think they just have a stupid gene embedded in them.

Someone over at jr__nal bought a diary at an estate sale. Very neat. At Half Price, they have a rare books section and they had yearbooks over there. If I'd had more money, I would've bought one. Why? I have no idea. I'd love to stumble upon an old diary sometime, because I'm a total literary voyeur, and part of me thinks that half the reason why people write in journals and diaries is because they have a secret longing for someone to read them. But maybe that's just my motivations. [g]

There's something about writing in your own journal that you can't quite capture in an online one. See, typing LJ entries is quite easy and more efficient, but nothing beats those moments when something that's really been stirring inside of your head and you can't get to anything else, so you pull down your book of choice and just write and write until nothing else can come out of your head. That's why I still keep a written journal, even after typing in this thing for nearly four years. Some things I want to keep to myself, some things just have to be written out. I can't explain why I do it--it's just something that I've done for so long that it's practically ingrained in me.

When October 5 of this year rolls around, I will have been steadily writing in journals for exactly half of my life. I have kept every single journal/diary I've written in. I've gone through my periods where I've thrown out notebooks of stories I started or ripped pages out of notebooks because the passages embarrassed me, but I have rarely done that with any of my journals or diaries. I've done it only three times, and that was when I had a minor freak-out after the occasion happened and realized there were just certain things I didn't want to immortalize in ink. So the pages were cerimoniously shredded into little pieces and flushed down the toilet.

And finally: I was having a very nice dream about one of my current TV boyfriends this morning when I was rudely awakened by my brother's friend who was asking if I could take him home. Do you know how much it sucks to wake up like that?

Comments

Literally speaking, that is.

[groovyblueshoe.livejournal.com]

You know, I've considered reading The Princess Diaries a few dozen times, but never actually followed through. And although I know I could go to Amazon/Barnes & Nobles' Web site to find this out, I would prefer a more personal description if you have time-- What are they about other than "a princess"? You know, if you have time and all. Because I need something to read like whoa.

Re: Literally speaking, that is.

[supersyncspaz7.livejournal.com]

Well, it's not just about Mia's being a princess--it's about how she's dealing with just finding this out, her realtionship with her mom and new stepfather (who is also her algebra teacher), and her new relationship with her boyfriend. Also, some of the tetiary characters, like her friends and neighbors and her grandmother, are pretty amusing in themselves.

[foxxcub.livejournal.com]

I love The Princess Diaries so much, it's sad ;p

[confused11390.livejournal.com]

<33 Princess Diaries.

[brittanygrace.livejournal.com]

I figured as much.... stupid fellas