December 2001

The protected content of her diary is some of the most “intimate” that I encountered while conducting research. She offers her readers detailed accounts of legal and illegal drug use, sexual experiences and experiments, molestation, mental illness, relationships gone wrong, relationships gone right, obsessions with rock stars, and many others. At one point, she had a directory of sexually-graphic pictures of herself available only to her readers, but later removed it when she noticed that more people were looking than reading. At the end of a detailed “random facts” list she includes with her biography (including facts like “i never fake orgasms” and “i was in choir during elementary school”) she states, “i have my secrets… most of them are strange things i’ve done or experienced, but i fear leaving myself that vulnerable as to share them with others. i fear their opinion of me. these things i keep to myself and have never graced the pages of any journal i’ve kept over the years.” One wonders what secrets she keeps, which “intimate” details are unavailable to her readers, and why textualizing those secrets will leave her so open to criticism. (hahahahah)

~bunny slippers~

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AWFULLY, AWFULLY… You’re beautiful, you’re marvellous. You’re perfectly sublime. You make my heart go crazy. You’re utterly divine. I find you more adorable with every single glance, and I would fall in love with you if I but had the chance. Your perfect personality is sweet as it can be; you gorgeous little darling, I’m awfully glad you’re me.