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Two Sides of Desire
I Am No Mermaid

"Society tells me that I want a career, a husband, and 1.4 children. My family tells me that I want a lucrative career, a good husband, and adorable children. I tell myself that I want a career doing something I love, a loving, wonderful husband, and perfect angels for children. But suppose that isn't in the cards for my life? It's always possible for what we want to be unattainable. It is possible that what we desire might not be in the plan for our life. I'm more open to that now than I used to be."

Michelle's journal (now titled 'Split Open') is one of the first that I started to read and couldn't stop. She has a way with words  wrapping them around you like a warm blanket, letting them soak in for effect. One of the things that I like the most about Split Open is that Michelle is totally open and honest in her writing. That's a quality that I admire.

October 10, 1999
Betwixt

"I also just finished watching Seventh Heaven. I know it's totally cheesy. But people, do I look like I care?

"I cried about four times in one hour over that show today. I've been trying to figure out why I like it so much and why I'm so easily moved by it.

"Maybe it has something to do with families and how I love watching them interact. I think because I've always longed for some kind of normalcy.

"Stupid. And idealistic. I have what I have and I know I need to accept that. I think more and more I am. And more and more I'm even grateful I have the family I do. But I don't think that will ever stop me from getting all blurry-eyed over a mother saying sorry to a daughter for some silly thing that happened in the span of an hour and suggesting they go for a movie, just the two of them.

"Gets me right there, ya know?"

Shannon too is open and honest in her writing and she isn't afraid to say anything. She talks about her day and what's she's done but she also goes deeper and reveals the things that make her happy and the things that make her sad. Enveloped in sadness though is comic relief. Shan makes me laugh and cry, all at the same time  and it's hard to do that to me.

Maybe I'm Just Too Sure
Crayon Rash

"Nothing lasts forever. I know. But things can happen again. You can feel the same way about things again. You can make good feelings come to you again.

"To my delight, I guess, I keep going back to feeling happy. Dizzy happy. I feel like I'm living in R.E.M.'s 'Shiny Happy People' video, or at the very least, the Friends theme song. Bad things happen, hurdles stand in my way, but my problems either can be solved in the real life equivalent of a three-minute music video or a thirty-minute sitcom or I just ignore them."

Megan's journal is the newest one I have added to my collection. I like it for the simple fact that Megan isn't afraid to talk  about anything. She rehashes her day, telling about teenage squabbles, and she also shares her joys and her sadness. I like it too for the longer entries. She's talkative and thorough, leaving nothing to the imagination.

Original "ReEntry" concept by Gus () and other DIARY-L participants.