Spiral Notebooks
In fifth grade at Terra Centre Elementary (go Tigers), an author came to speak at one of our assemblies. The only thing I remember from it was his advice to keep a journal. So I began writing in my Dick Tracy spiral notebook daily. There are some classic entries there, like the day my hermit crab died and the first time I ever played a Super Nintendo at Brandt Lubratich's house (a fateful day indeed). The daily entries lasted about a year, but the Dick Tracy journal was retired in sixth grade. I didn't start back up again until creative writing in 11th grade, when we were forced to write everyday as part of our grade. This blue spiral notebook lasted a little longer, chronicling everything from my big high school breakup (the teenage drama goes on for like ten pages) to first drafts of some Second Nature song lyrics. And then I heard about this Blogger thing in 2000, and kept a private online journal for a couple of years before starting up this public one.
It's entertaining to read through all of these today - the ups and downs, the normal days, the watershed moments - everything. Yeah, we do the same with photos and videos, but nothing seems to capture our voices and thoughts as well as writing. So if you've never checked out Blogger, which is really just a nerdy way of saying spiral notebook, click here. Make it private or public or whatever - just freakin' make one. It only takes like two minutes to set up, it's endlessly customizable, it's free, and you'll be hooked immediately. I like writing before going to sleep (laptop in bed, Carrie Bradshaw style)...it's always a nice way to end the day.
Thursday, October 27 at 9:31 PM
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