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Bibliophile : 8:38 p.m. : September 10, 2003

I'm a bibliophile. A cerified bibliophile. I need to make myself a certificate. I find it sad that I can relate more to characters in books than I can to people in my own life. And it scares me, that I don't know my friends well enough.

In fifth grade, I switched schools. I went from a Jewish private school (4th grade) into a public elementary school. And for the first half of the school year, I had no friends. I used to go to the school library every day at lunch and either read or convince the librarian that she really needed to go get some coffee or tar or whatever it is that school librarians drink. And she would let me work the check-out desk. I got to use the cool little pen with a laser on the end of it to check out books for people. And I didn't care about how much of a dork I was, because I got to use that cool little scanner pen. Actually, that's not true. I did care. I remember feeling miserable and wtching the cute little blondes eat their wonderbread sandwiches and swing their golden tresses and be the coolest little fifth graders around. And in the meantime, I sat in the library helping people check out knowledge.

And then I made friends. It was hard, and a little strange, but I did. I don't know how.

There's an amazing diary that I love reading - %%diary-luvabeans%%. I really wish I could write like her, and be able to get my opinions down in words like she does. I try to look for the place where my opinions are inside myself, and a lot of times, all I find is a big hole, or that they've moved somewhere else and I don't know where to look for them.

Has anyone read Empress of the World? Great book. If you haven't read it, that's ok. Go read it. Anyway, the reason that that came to mind is that there's this girl in it - Katrina. And the other day, this girl I know came up to me and said I reminded her of Katrina. That was one of the best compliments I could ever hear, because Katrina was my favorite girl in that book, and I really felt like I could relate to her.

I'm reading this awesome book called Thumbsucker. Go read it.

I was listenin to my Launchcast station and this song by the Dixie Chicks called Cowboy Take Me Away came on the radio. And immediately, I thought of Raechel. I don;t want to junx anything, but......it might be getting better. That's all I'm going to say.

It's such a bummer - both guys I like have girlfriends. Go figure. With my luck, how could I have expected anything else?

I have to cut this short because I am running out of time. That bothers me - I actually had a lot to say today.

Sorry about the link errors- there's something wrong with my computer. I have to fix it at school tomorrow.

I'm going to change my template - any reccomendations?

Duh. You are "But WHY's the rum gone?!"
You're not the smartest one in the bunch, but
you're sweetly appealing and you don't let
disappointment get to you. Everybody
identifies with you, because let's face it, why
IS the rum gone?

Which one of Captain Jack Sparrow's bizarre sayings from Pirates of the Caribbean are you?
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My inner child is six years old!

Look what I can do! I can walk, I can run, I can
read! I like to do stuff, and there's a whole
big world out there to do it in. Just so long
as I can take my blankie and my Mommy and my
three best friends with me, of course.

How Old is Your Inner Child?
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