Entry 15

3-1-96

Dear Journal,

            I love Fridays because on Fridays you actually have something to look forward to, which is the whole weekend and I hope I will be able to spend the night with Kim.  The last time I saw her was the last day of school last year.  The last time I talked to her was, I believe on Wednesday.  I’ve called her everyday since then, but she just doesn’t seem to be home.  I wish she was, I really just want to talk to her.  Kim’s Mom is so stupid I mean they have to go down to Atlanta Friday night to see Kim’s Grandmother, so her Mom doesn’t know if I can spend the night on Saturday.  Anyways, I guess I’ll find out soon enough.

 

Entry 16

3-2-96

Dear Journal,

            Kim called and said that her Mom said, “Yes.”  I was so happy that I got to see Kim.  I mean because I miss her a lot.  Therefore, I’m glad that after all this time I finally get to see her.  When we finally met each other at Hardee’s in Pine Mountain, we listened to the tape I recorded.  It was cool.  Then, when we got to her house we played sega.  We played the Lion King, it was pretty fun.  I like the Lion King.  Kim has bunk beds, so she said that I would sleep on the bottom one and she would sleep on the top one.  In the middle of the night, we decided to watch the movie we got from the video store, which was “Heavyweights”.  Then something was wrong with the VCR, so we woke up her Mom and she got sooooo mad at us.  If you ask me I think that Kim has a bad temper with her Mom, and has very little respect for her Mom.  I mean, Kim acts like she’s the Mom, and her Mom is the child. Man, if I were Kim, I would get my butt kicked by my parents, for treating them with disrespect.

 

Entry 17

3-3-96

Dear Journal,

            I am so glad I finally got away from Kim.  She has changed so much.  I mean, she barely has any respect for her Mom.  She never said, “Thank you,” to her for anything.  She even yelled at her, when all she did was ask nicely if she would put her dirty dishes in the kitchen.  Just for her Mom asking that Kim yells, her for anything.  She even yelled at her, when all she did was ask nicely if she would put her dirty dishes in the kitchen.  Just for her Mom asking that Kim yells, “ I’m trying to play sega right now, you have no right to be in my room anyway.  Plus if you want them out you get them out.”  I mean, she screamed at her for no reason at all.  I don’t understand why she treated her Mom so meanly.  It kind of made me feel sorry for her.  I think that Kim needs a good couple of spankings.  That might knock her back to her respectfulness.  If I were her Mom I wouldn’t take that crap from her.  I just don’t see how she could take that.  It seems to me like Kim needs counseling, so she can get her act together.  She is just so disrespectful.

 

Entry 18

3-4-96

Dear Journal,

            Today I finally realized who I like, there are about five people; 1 goes to my church; 3 go to my school; and 1 is a very very famous movie star that a lot of girls are totally crazy about.  I mean, they think that he is totally fine.  Anyway the one that goes to my church is Dan.  The 3 that go to my school are Mark Mallory, Allan, and Gary.  I feel kind of embarrassed to like Gary because he is my ex and especially since he dumped me.  It’s also really really embarrassing that I like Allan because everybody thinks he’s the most annoying person.  Mark Mallory…well, I liked in the fourth grade and the whole school knew, but now nobody knows.  It’s not that embarrassing that I like Dan because nobody thinks I like him everybody thinks I hate his guts, but sometimes we actually act like friends, which is cool.  The big movie star I like, which is totally fine is Jonathan Taylor Thomas.  I’m not as crazy about him as I was last year though.

 

 

Entry 19

3-5-96

Dear Journal,

            Today I am so mad I do definitely not like Gary and Allan anymore.  I only like Mark, Dan, and Jonathan Taylor Thomas, or J.T.T.  Anyway the reason I’m mad is because I found out from Allan and Gary that the only reason Gary went out with me was because Allan dared him to for about a month, which is about how long he went out with me.  Oh, it just made me so mad!!  I mean that is probably the only time in my life where I felt like an object not a person, but a thing…that really hurts.  I mean I feel so used, ya know?  I don’t really know what to do I feel like I made a fool out of myself.  I’m just lucky it didn’t get around the school because, boy, I’d feel really embarrassed and even more used, and I would even feel more like a thing and an object.  I’ve never had anything like this happen to me.  I really just kind of sat there on the bleachers kind of shocked so I guess you could say I really didn’t know how to react.

 

Entry 20

3-6-96

Dear Journal,

            I am so bored, I’ve got nothing to do, but there is one things I’ve got to look forward to this afternoon, and that is Wednesday we have church tonight and I get to see Dan.  I just like him so much!!  Well, it turns out Dan wasn’t at church tonight.  It was just me, Carla, Diane, (they’re sisters), Andrew (one of the little kids), and his sister (which is my favorite kid at that church), Kim.  We went outside since all the adults were in the altar because it was a conference night and on conference night nobody usually comes back with us.  They have a conference night like once a month.  So usually there’s someone back there with us.  Anyway, we were outside, Carla sat on the stairs, while me and Diane, spun Andrew and Kim around.  I got to spin Kim around, and Diane got to spin Andrew around.  I had fun even though Dan wasn’t there.

 

Entry 21

3-7-96

Dear Journal,

            Tomorrow we’re going on a field trip in band to see the symphony, and we have to dress up.  That is going to be so horrible because we have to dress up at school.  It is going to be so embarrassing.  I also found out that Mel, my brother, is coming down this weekend and he’s coming tonight around one or two in the morning, because he has to do a performance with his band at a party.  I think Mel plays either the guitar or the drums.  His band is called Slick Fifty.  The type of music they play is either Heavy Metal, which I sincerely doubt or Alternative.  I’m not sure because I don’t listen to that type of music.  I like slow music and just a little bit of Alternative.  I’m not as crazy about Alternative as my friend Carol, she loves it.  She also has tons of CDs that have cuss words in them and her Mom, and Step Dad don’t even care.  I used to cuss, but I am in the process of trying to quit I have become a lot more religious lately.

 

Entry 22

3-8-96

Dear Journal,

            This morning I wasn’t allowed to go in the living room and eat breakfast because Mel was in there on the couch sleeping.  It was so embarrassing when I walked in the gym this morning because I was all dressed up and everything.  So of course everybody laughs at me and makes fun of me.  Mainly because I have a reputation at my school as a tomboy.  I was a little disappointed when Amber said that she had promised to sit by Beverly on the bus before she had promised to sit by me.  Another bad part about the field trip is that my Mom’s school, where she teaches was going to and she saw me and just kept waving at me, and I kept telling her to quit, and also tried to ignore her.  She totally embarrassed me like crap.  Luckily there was only one person that saw my Mom waving at me, which was Amber.  I’m just glad everybody that went didn’t see her ‘cause if they did, boy, would  I be embarrassed then.

 

Entry 23

3-9-96

Dear Journal,

            My brother Mel is staying with us for the weekend.  Me, him, and my cousin Sarah went to the movies today and saw “The Bird Cage”.  It was a comedy and was funny when the movie was over we decided to call Mom and Dad to see if we could stop by Blockbuster and get a movie and they said no because they owe a lot of money.  Then Sarah said, “Well, I have a Blockbuster card, maybe we could use my name.”  So after we got the movies picked out that we wanted we got to the cashier guy.  The guy asked for some I.D. or a Blockbuster card and Sarah asked if she could just give them her name, and she couldn’t unless there was I.D. too.  Then Mel asked if he was able to use his card from one in South Carolina.  The guy said that should work, but the bad part is that it didn’t so we weren’t allowed to get a movie.

 

Entry 24

3-10-96

Dear Journal,

            Last night Sarah spent the night with us so she would have some time to spend with us.  Anyway, my Mom and I went to church for only Sunday school which was pretty cool.  I’m just glad I got to see Dan, oh, I just like him so much.  Another good thing is that me and Dan are in the same class.  Anyway, when we got back from church Mel was packing up it took him about an hour with our help.  Then later on that evening Ricky came over to pick Sarah up.  Ricky is Sarah’s boyfriend, who she lives with and he stayed and ate dinner with us, then they left.  Finally we were alone at last and able to do our own things.

 

Entry 25

3-11-96

Dear Journal,

            Today I was pretty bored.  Today I realized something, which was that well, I’m starting to feel really left out; with Alicia, Hilary, and Jennifer.  I mean I always invite them to go places with me, and they say no then I find out later on that they had planned to do something that same day I asked them, but they planned it after I asked them, and they never invited me.  If you think about it I only have four true friends which are: Mary, Amy, Louise, and Kathy and if I had to order them it would be in this order Louise, Amy, Kathy, and Mary.  And if they or I even have to move we will stay in touch in fact Louise has already moved and we are still in touch and best friends.  I love Louise so much I don’t know what I would do without her she is my best, number 1, true friend.  I hope we never ever lose touch.  I am pretty sure we won’t and if we do I’ll try to find her.  Amy I hope never moves either I don’t know what I would do without her I mean I’ve already lost Louise.

 

Entry 26

3-12-96

Dear Journal,

            Today we had a substitute again in Mrs. Lukken’s class.  We had one on Friday and we also had one on Tuesday I don’t know why she’s out, but I hope nothing is wrong with her because she is my favorite teacher because she never loses her temper she always is calm and nice.  I am also her teacher’s pet.  So that’s another reason I like her so much.  Anyway nothing interesting really happened today.  Except for Mrs. Lukken having a substitute for the third day in a row.  I wish I could see Dan today, but luckily tomorrow is Wednesday and I get to go to church which means I get to see Dan.  I really don’t think Christy realizes how lucky she is to be Dan’s little sister.  I mean he puts his arm around her during church and gives her hugs and everything.

 

Entry 27

3-13-96

Dear Journal,

            Today I got really excited because Dan called me and asked me to give him a ride to church and I said sure he said alright I’ll walk over there from Dewayne’s house.  I was so excited I mean I would be spending a precious twenty minutes with Dan.  I was so happy I had to call Amy and tell her especially since she knows how much I like him.  So while I was talking to Amy Dan called and said that I just need to pick up Christy ‘cause Dewayne had already given him a ride to church, which really sucked, but at least I got to see him.  So we picked up Christy then when we got to the church we all went outside and played tackle football with Carla, Diane, Andrew, Michael, Little Tony, Dan, Christy and a couple of other people.  We played girls against boys, as usual which was fun.

 

Entry 28

3-14-96

Dear Journal,

            Today I was outside taking in some groceries my Dad had gotten, and while I was getting them I looked up and Dan and Christy were walking up my driveway.  As soon as I saw Dan my heart started to flutter because I thought they had come over to play, but when I saw a “Jump Rope for Heart” thing I realized Dan was walking around with Christy.  So while Christy and my Mom were talking I grabbed Dan’s arm and told him to come and help me with the groceries.  He didn’t answer, but followed me so I decided to show off a bit.  So when we got back inside, I told my Mom I was going outside.  Then I went outside and started playing and when Dan and Christy came outside he didn’t even look at me, which was disappointing, but I mean I could see him any time anyway.  The rest of the afternoon I read a little did my homework and talked on the phone.  Then I just chilled until it was my bedtime.

 

Entry 29

3-15-96

Dear Journal,

            Today I realized that I really don’t have any friends who would give a flip if I died.  I mean not even half of my friends are sensitive to my feelings and it really hurts.  For the past few days I have been crying myself to sleep.  I think part of it is that I invite my friends to do stuff with me all the time, but every time they want to do something they always ask someone else and they never ever bother to say, “Hey, why don’t we ask Elizabeth, I mean she’s always asking us to do stuff with her.”  This is including all of my friends except for four of them, which are Mary, because she invites me to go to a lot of places with her.  Hilary, Louise, and Kathy those are the only friends that care about me.  I know it sounds unusual for me not to include Alicia or Amy, but they make me feel left out a lot!  Especially at school I had Alicia and Hilary to do something with me and they said they couldn’t, and they turned around and asked Jennifer to do something with them, that same day and everything.

 

Entry 30

3-16-96

Dear Journal,

            Back to what I was talking about I really have been thinking a lot about my “so called friends” and I really think I’m at that stage where I really don’t know who my real friends are.  I’ve just been so depressed in this friend business lately.  I just don’t think I can trust anybody anymore, and I don’t think I have any real friends because if I did they would know that I have asked them to do a lot of stuff with me.  And when they want to do something they would at least take the effort to ask me to do stuff with them, but I guess.  Of course, I guess I could be a loner, which I could just dump all my friends and just be by myself all the time.  That’s how I feel now some of the time.  While all of my friends are out skating on Fridays, or spending the night with people I’ll be home alone by myself because nobody even asked me to do anything or invited me to go anywhere after all the times I’ve invited them to do stuff with me.

 

Entry 31

3-17-96

Dear Journal,

            Today I went to church all excited that I was going to see Dan and when we got there he wasn’t there and neither was Christy.  Anyways Mom got to do the nursery today which was good because I got to help her and I like helping with nursery even though my Dad got mad at us because one of us wouldn’t sit out there with him during the sermon I would have, but Mom had already asked to help her with the nursery and then Dad asked me to sit out there with him and I told him I couldn’t because if I did I would hurt Mom’s feelings because I had already told her I would help her.  Anyway this afternoon we had a youth group meeting and we got to play games and play tackle football.  Alicia came with me and she watched us play football, but she didn’t want to play because she didn’t want to get dirty, but one time she did throw quarterback, but that was it.

 

Entry 32

3-18-96

Dear Journal,

            Today at lunch Hilary and I started talking about faking sick so we decided to try to go home sick from school and I told Hilary not to be surprised if she didn’t see me in Math because I’ll go home in P.E. which is exactly what I did so anyway after my Mom picked me up I started talking about how I wanted to go to the library and get some books because I didn’t have anything to read and when I’m sick I like to read which is very true.  Then we went straight there so when we got home I changed into my night gown, laid down in my bed and read for awhile then I fell asleep I didn’t realize how tired I was until I woke up which was around 6:00 and I fell asleep around 3:30 so at least I got some rest I think I needed it to because during the part of the day that I was at school I was really tired and I kept on yawning during the middle of class and stuff.

 

Entry 33

3-19-96

Dear Journal,

            Today I had detention it was really stupid because we got to do extra credit I mean we could do extra credit anytime we wanted to and we got to do it in detention or I.S.S. which is the same thing I.S.S. which means In School Suspension so anyways it doesn’t really matter.  I was so bored I had nothing to do after I got back from I.S.S. first I called Amy and talked to her for awhile then I called a couple of other people and I had a nice conversation with Lora she said that she didn’t go to school today and I said that I went home from school yesterday.  She said, “That’s nice…..” and so on so anyway that pretty much was my day the rest of the time I just chilled out and relaxed so that’s it.

 

Entry 34

3-20-96

Dear Journal,

            Today Amy and I talked about her going home with me.  And my Mom said yes so we talked some more about some stuff and everything so.  I didn’t really have that much to write about, except that Mom promised me I could go to the Faculty Follies on both nights Thursday and Friday.  The reason I want to go on Thursday is because my school Gardner Newman Middle School or for short G.N.M.S.  And the reason I want to go on Friday is because my Mom’s skit for her school is on Friday.  So anyway that’s really all I have to say about my very boring and long day.  Except for one more thing I chilled out for the rest of the day and talked on the phone to a couple of people.

 

Entry 35

3-21-96

Dear Journal,

            Today me and my Mom got in a fight because she said I could go to the Faculty Follies and now she says I can’t because we got in a big fight in the van and she just started screaming and yelling at me then she kept yelling shut up, and then she hit me. Then she got my candy off the dash board and threw it on the floor and hit me with some of it.  I guess by accident and I started crying and I cried all the way home.  Then when we got home I cried even more and finally my Mom had realized how much she had hurt me and said her sorry and I said my sorry, for what I do not know.  I did end up getting to go to the Faculty Follies and my Mom took me so it was okay.  Then when I got home I couldn’t call Amy because she is supposed to come with us tomorrow night to the Faculty Follies again, and spend the night with me.  So I decided to just call her in the morning.

 

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