actual elementary school diary entries

I'm at my parents' house for the weekend. Every few years I love to go in the attic and just play around and look in boxes at my old toys and Rangerette stuff etc. It's fun.

But not nearly as fun as the goldmine I found today: 3 diaries from elementary school dating from 1993-1996 (age 9-12, I believe). I haven't laughed so hard in a long time. Below, for your enjoyment, are actual entries in their entirety--I have made no edits--all spelling and parentheticals are exactly as I wrote them in the glorious mid-90's. Here are just a few of the more entertaining entries:

Some date in 1993
"My movie star dream guy is Kevin from Home Alone. he is so cute. I don't want to marry him though! I want to marry Tyson."

September 2, 1994
"I missed TGIF because I was at Target getting stuff. I got a Lisa Frank binder."

September 30, 1994
"My dad says I'm not allowed to watch Rescue 911. Mom said I could."

October 17, 1994
"I taught my dad how to use the computer. I taught him Kid Pix."

October 24, 1994
"Lane and I have another business called Party Pals. We help out at kid's birthday partys. Cool huh."

November 9, 1994
"Lane read my diary. Not this one the other one. I got really upset. Sometimes she makes me mad."

January 19, 1995
"Marie got the Boys II Men CD today! WOW!"

April 3, 1995
"We came home from Nashville today. I miss Ashley. When we were there I saw Amy Grant's husband and yelled "hey" then Mrs. Blackwell told me to stop because it wasn't polite."

April 20, 1995
"Tomorrow we watch the "Period" movie!"

April 24, 1995
"We watched the AIDS video today."

April 29, 1995
"I am sort of mad at Marie because she wrote 'I am going to pop Sarah's bra strap' in my yearbook. She is still my best friend in Austin though. Ashley is my best friend in Tennisee. But I am upset with Marie."

May 4, 1995
"I accidentally hiper extended Jon's leg with a golf cart. Accidentally!"

June 11, 1995
"I talked, or signed to the deaf interpreter at church today!"

July 12, 1995
"Lane shaved her legs today."

November 14, 1995
"Today was visitation day at jazz. My mom came. I wanted to show everyone how good I am at dance. I didn't show off though. I messed up on one little thing and started crying because I thought I was good. I know I am even if I do mess up. My mom helped me realize that."

November 30, 1995
"I have larengytes. I can't talk. I had to do a play with barely any voice."

January 2, 1996
"I invited Lane to spend the night, but she got mad at her mom and she cannot come anymore."

January 17, 1996
"I started my sign language classes today. My teacher is deaf. It is VERY hard to understand him, but I'll live."

March 15, 1996
"I got a bunch of new clothes today. (I did not have much clothes) (I'm not greedy!)"

March 27, 1996
"We got our test grades for Sign Language. I got an 83; that means I passed."

April 6, 1996
"My mom and I saw Acadamy Award winning movie "Babe the Galient Pig!" It was O.K. I thought."

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A couple things:

1. Biff's first memory of me was the time I had laryngitis in 5th grade as stated above. Ask her about it.

2. What 11 year old describes going to the movies as "today my mother and I saw academy award winning movie..." I think I was destined at a young age to be a film fanatic. It stuck.

3. Most of the rest of the entries in my diary were about me going to dance class, going to church, being sick, or visiting my family. Oh, and one entry about the time I bought a toy with my money and it broke and I got really mad and then wrote about how I had anger issues. Hmm...

Did you keep your old diaries?! You should sit down and read them. I bet they're entertaining. My mom and I are going to try and find her diary from this same time period and see what hers said in comparison to mine. She remembers just being scared all the time that she was going to be bombed. That's the Cold War Era for ya...