September 1, '99

Well! Yesterday was fun. A 13.5 hour bus trip, alone,
all by myself, on my birthday. Poor Joy! The people
sitting behind me were interesting. The one guy was
about 35 years old, very ugly, and had the most
marvelous British accent! He said "Wanker." 

September 3, '99

Cottage cheese may LOOK gross, but you should try it. 

September 5, '99

Awoke with the gnawing suspicion that no one reads 
my journal.

September 6, '99

Found out yesterday that eating bacon is a bad thing, 
as most pigs have venereal diseases. 

September 8, '99

I just discovered that I am scared of escalators.
Imagine! I've lived to be 18, and it's only just now
that I notice this. I always think that I'll trip when
I step on, and get my hair or clothing caught in the 
machinery. I once saw it happen to someone's
shoelaces. Gah! 

September 10, '99

Returned from my A&W orientation a few minutes ago ...
I realize, in retrospect, that it was probably really 
dumb of me to wear my Wendy's soccer shirt.

September 14, '99

Saw Julie today, but did not confront her about the 
Stolen Green Day Cd's.

September 16, '99

Today some guy who ordered the Papa Burger Combo
said, "Oh, look, did you notice someone left a lottery
ticket behind?" I said, "No ... Go for it." And he
says, "No, you check it." So I'm like, "Whatever." I
checked, and lo and behold, it was a $10 000 win! I was
so thrilled, thinking along the lines of "I can still 
make it into college this semester, no student loans 
for THIS little girl, this is so GREAT," and then the
guy said, "Look on the back," and I did, and it was
one of those joke lottery tickets. Here's your Papa
Combo, have a nice fucking day. 

September 24, '99

Spent an entire bus ride today staring at a man's 
goatee, wanting to rip it off. 

September 26, '99

We had a prowler last night! I heard a tapping at my 
window at 3 a.m., and it was weird cuz my window's like
six feet above the ground. It continued for about ten
minutes, and I figured it was a tree branch or some-
thing. Then there was this loud BANG at my window, and
a picture frame fell off my desk! I thought, someone's out 
there.I gathered my courage and peeked out, and
just saw a black shadow, holding a STICK! I ran to my
roommate Kassandra's room, and hissed, "We've got a
prowler!" She said, "Is the door locked," and I ran
across the house to slam the deadbolt into place, and
heard a "Nooooo!" noise from outside. It was Lisa, the
other roommate .. She'd forgotten her key. Scared the
livin spit out of me!

September 28, '99

Today during job-hunting, I opened the wrong door and
stumbled into a meeting filled with important-looking, 
donut-chewing, executive type people. I was so ashamed!
I felt like the inexperienced skid who was trying to 
freeload a job off of honest, hard-working people who 
had better things to do than be interupted. 

September 29, '99

I am playing swing music, very loud -- too loud -- 
loud enough to hurt my ears -- in order to get back at
The People Who Live Upstairs. Last night at 11:30 they
decided to have themselves a little party. On a Tuesday
night. With lots and lots of people and loud music.
They even had a guitar and jumped up and down to 
provide percussion ... I hope my music pierces into 
their hangovers and wrecks their lives, the jerks!!