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dear diary: “my reflection in the mirror reminds me of a beaver”
in today’s entry, we learn the following out adolescent sarah p:
1. not only is she still obsessed with keanu, but she’s, like, full on nerd about it.
2. she’s getting her braces off!
3. she already exhibits the early signs of planner pantsness.
4. she has no idea how much easier her life will be when cell phones and DVRS are invented.
5. she trades pictures of hot celebrities with her friends, even though she is fifteen years old. like i said, N to the ERD.
6. don’t even ask about how she lost a shirt in her sleep.
7. when it comes to picking out a retainer, she has the taste of an eight year-old boy.
8. KDC = oh sweet fancy moses.
plus, today’s entry features a sarah’s dad email bonus!!
7/5/94
I sent a letter off to Seventeen, and my awesome, wonderful mother got the 20th Century Fox address, and that letter will be mailed tomorrow!! Yippee!! I just hope I’ll reap the fruits of my efforts. Even if I don’t (yes, I’ll be depressed), I’ll know that I did everything I could to get pics or posters.
My braces come off tomorrow!!! I can’t believe it! I’ve waited so long!! But right now, it doesn’t seem like that big of a deal. I think it’s because of… Rachel’s party!
Yes, she *is* going to have one!! Wow, I know. It’s going to be on the 15th, next Friday– a spend the night. GUYS are going to come from six til ten. Cool, huh? I just hope it will be a success. I feel kind of bad, like I pushed this on Rachel or something. Talena and I are calling everybody. A lot of people aren’t home, and I’m hoping they will be.
Guilt is a horrible thing, ya know. Stupid, stupid me. I forgot to tape Becky’s MMC thing. It was on Monday, and I was at Aunt Margaret’s, and yikes. I have to tell her tomorrow. I hope she’s not disappointed.
I traded Talena a picture of Chris O’Donnel for one of Keanu Reeves and Patrick Swayze from “Point Break.” It’s not really that big, but still… it was worth it.
The weirdest thing happened to me this morning– I woke up, and I did not have a shirt on!!! What the ??? Don’t ask me. I have never gotten so awake so quickly.
7/6/94
“She’ll be comin’ round the mountain with no braces, with no braces!” I don’t know how or why, but I just made that up. But I can’t help it– my braces are OFF! Gone! Vanished! Well, all except for six bottom brackets, which will come off on Tuesday. I made the molds for my retainer: instead of rainbow glow in the dark, it’s going to be clear with googly eye balls!! Cool, huh!!
I definitely look different without my braces. My parents say I look older, and I kind of agree, but my reflection in the mirror reminds me of a beaver. Oh well– I’m sure I’ll get used to it.
I bought “People” magazine because there is a story about Keanu Reeves! Yessss! Just what I have been looking for. It’s a short article, and there’s only one really good picture, but it was worth it. It goes into my Keanu Data Center.
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dad email bonus!!!
i got this email from my dad this morning. surprisingly, it relates to my journal entries. ok, well, maybe that’s not a surprise:
Yesterday September 2, was Keanu Reeves 44th birthday.
We checked out “The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants” from the Round Rock Public Library yesterday and watched it last nite. So I am ready for the second movie.
Love Dad.
dad, after you see the movie, i hope you will respond to my craig’s list missed connection.
LINKS
before you do ANYTHING ELSE, you MUST MUST MUST watch this clip from the daily show, where they use clips of republicans talking about hilary (a few months ago) and sarah palin (now) to reveal how much republican officials/pundits flip flop on what constitutes sexim. GENIUS. p.s. JON STEWART YOU WIN.
more movies to look forward to: this harvey milk trailer is preeetty darn great, and i totally teared up while watching this trailer for “the secret life of bees.” i teared up DURING A TRAILER. gah.
since we were talking about it yesterday, here’s a good rundown of the contradictions in sarah palin’s speech last night. does anyone else think she says her s’s weird?
i never thought i would ever say this but check out this frosted chest hair on a cake. and not just any chest hair, but burt reynolds’ chest hair! er. yowza.
check out these totally awesome, trippy illustrations for “alice in wonderland” submitted by mary blair back in the days when she was also designing “it’s a small world” for disney. the good news is that they are not animatronic. the bad news is that they will still freak you out.
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I think I just fell in love with Jon Stewart. Jon Stewart wins.
I totally remeber the googly-eyed retainer!!!!! That’s hilarous!
Wow. We were dorks. I totally don’t remember the retainer although I do remember you getting your braces off.
Aww… sigh. I loved Chris O’Donnell.
a - your diary and keanu obsession is, as always, fantastic. i LOVE the keanu thing, it is almost creepy!
b - thanks for the link to the secret life of bees trailer, because i was freaking out that this movie was going to suck, and i really liked the book. the movie looks like it might be pretty great too.
I totally traded hot celebrity pics with my friends, too! Even then I went for the geekier ones. I was definitely into Jonathan Brandis for a while, and I traded away the Brad Pitt ones because just about everyone thought he was gorgeous but me.
And even for someone who tries to stay out of the political game, that John Stewart clip was pretty great.
Wow, this Keanu thing is getting out of control, no? That is awesome. I love the obsessions I had as a teenager. I mean, really obsessed, about stars and 1-2 people in my junior high.
Anyway, this is definitely the best part of today’s:
The weirdest thing happened to me this morning– I woke up, and I did not have a shirt on!!! What the ??? Don’t ask me. I have never gotten so awake so quickly.
I watched the Milk trailer 4 times and cried each time. And then, I watched the Bees trailer and cried again. No shame, Sarah, no shame.
dude, j., i warned you!! and there is no shame in crying during a well-made trailer. that just shows that you and i have tender hearts.
and also well-crafted tear ducts i guess.
olivia, i still have no idea what that shirt thing was about.
She’ll be comin round the mountain will not get out of my head now.
I’ve been saving this news to see how the story ends (does Teen Sarah get the “Speed” poster??? Does she NOT?), but feel the need to finally share: I loved the movie “Speed” as well, AND successfully secured a movie poster for it! Hooray for Teen Mandy, you might be thinking. Only damper to the story: Uh, I was seventeen. Granted, only two years ahead of you, Sarah, but those are two big years. Anyway, it graced the walls of my room for my senior year of high school, next to my poster of Posh Spice. (Already showing signs of conflict!)