Cringeworthy is Right!

A few weeks ago, Sarah posted about a website that requests people send in their cringe-worthy adolescent ramblings - from diaries, poems, short stories, etc. Sarah then entertained us with a hilarious tidbit from her own 18-year old journal. Inspired, I vowed to dig up my old diaries & see what ridiculously over-dramatic gems I could find myself. Here are a few of my favorites:

1. April 1997 - "Sometimes my relationships w/ my ex-boyfriends amaze me. I mean, I haven't spoken to Ryan since we broke up, I saw Brian yesterday + was cold to him, etc. Out of all my ex-boys, only two could I conceivably fool around w/ again."
   
2. August 1999 (in reference to my one of my Canadian "summer boyfriends") - "So this wound on my heart makes three . . . But I'll continue to love. Just much more cautiously from now on. And, you know, I'm only 17 (going on 18). I'm not looking for a soul mate. Just someone who intrigues me and I like as much as he likes me. Sounds simple, right? Not for me."
3. June 2000 - "I swear to God, I never, ever learn. I've graduated from high school now. And, looking back, I see myself making the same mistakes over and over again . . . Hopefully, I've learned a thing or two. Maybe I won't be so blind in college."
4. April 2001 - "I thought I might have better luck with guys in college. Nope. I had all kinds of hook-ups @ the beginning of the year and one almost-relationship w/ John, but nothing significant. Hey, I expected as much, right?"

There were others, but most of them required more background information & some included information that I'm choosing not to publish. My parents do read this little ol' blog sometimes & they don't need to know some of those details. ;)