Back before there was such a thing as blogs, I began reading strangers' journals at Diaryland.com. It was a lot less creepy than it sounds. About six months in, I finally decided to start my own, which I've maintained - locked - for the last 7.5 years.

The journal include little thoughts I scribbled on pieces of paper during the school day, standard entries, full IM/email conversations and more. It's an invaluable resource for when I do want to take a step back and figure out whether I'm still on the right track. There are also a lot of interesting or funny bits and pieces (including stories about or conversations with most of you guys, probably), and I am going to begin to share them here. So, here is a line I still agree with but don't necessarily always effect:

January 11, 2001 • 9:57 p.m. • Age 15
Nothing means anything if you don't make it mean something. There are no bad situations that weren't made by you. You let yourself get in a bad mood.

I just logged into the system that tracks all sorts of stuff about how people access the site and what they do there and where they click through to, and I discovered that if you search for allergic reaction beer face or faces of blood photos, you may come across my diabetes site. More importantly, I discovered that sometimes people have facial reactions to beer and enjoy seeing photos of bloody faces.

Hello All-

We understand that very often significant setup is required in the conference rooms for client meetings. While the account teams are responsible for the setup, we do not expect you to perform physical labor beyond basic room setup. Office Services is here to help you if you need a ladder to hang things up high, move furniture etc. Recently, someone used a chair as a ladder rather than contacting office services for help. It is extremely dangerous to stand on a chair. Luckily no one was hurt. However, the chair was damaged and is now unusable.

I wanted to remind everyone that Office Services is here to help. So if you find yourself needing a stool to hang something higher than you can reach, for instance, please let us know.

Thank you for your cooperation,

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