Yesterday I was thinking that I would like to spend an afternoon walking around in the city with a little notebook and just write down all the thoughts and observations that pop into my head that I normally totally forget later. I could bring along my camera too and have pictures to go with whatever inspired each little tangent. Then I could make a little story about it and keep it secreted away on my computer where no one could ever see! Or post it here.

Today I looked at several other livejournals. Just hopped to them somewhat randomly — total strangers. So many sad teens out there on the interbunny. Don’t worry, sad teens! It’s really not that bad. You totally won’t even remember that guy’s name in a few years. Please don’t write poetry about it, you only embarrass yourself!

I was perusing this old message board I posted on like a year ago today, and I was talking about this dude I went on two dates with. A week after I had met him I had almost forgotten what he looked like. Yeah, he made quite an impression alright. Anyway, the dates weren’t terrible, but they just didn’t make a single blip on my radar. They were like watching an old episode of “Growing Pains” on the PAX channel. So it’s a year later and I found these old posts and I was like “THAT guy! Oh man I totally forgot about him. Huh.”

Then there are people from like twelve years ago I met once in a club and never saw again, and can still ALMOST picture what they looked like. But I think with that guy it was the fact that he was wearing lipstick. Yes, I confess to the shame of my brief NON-POETRY-WRITING “goth” period.

I just want to say that m&ms are just awesome. They’re like little beads you can eat. Yes I am six years old.