<![CDATA[Cringe: Teenage Diaries, Journals, Notes, Letters, Poems, and Abandoned Rock Operas]]>

false <![CDATA[Cringe: Teenage Diaries, Journals, Notes, Letters, Poems, and Abandoned Rock Operas]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255897634m/1657902.jpg 1657902 1 Did you keep a diary during your teen years? Do you have a box of loopy-cursive, never-sent notes to your crush? Or some overwrought poetry about your bleak existence? An unfinished rockopera? Well, you're not alone, and in Cringe, you'll find a reason to unearth your adolescent angst and have a good laugh at yourself. A compilation of real teenage diary and journal entries, letters, songs, stories, and lists along with biting commentary, background, and self-examination from the now so-called grown-ups who wrote them, Cringe offers a voyeuristic glimpse at the roller coaster of youth in all of its navel-gazing, soul-searching, social-skewering glory. Cringe -worthy excerpts include Really bad poetry: I lumber like the sad clown with the hope that my performance might make you smile. Yet I am a flickering star over a cloudy sky. Blush-inducing pep talks: OK. It's the end of February. No more kidding around! You have to go out with someone! You haven't gone out with someone since the summer! At least fool around with someone!Come on! You've got it in ya! Questionable motivations: My mom is madly in love with her boyfriend. . . . Cool! He's so rich. . . I could get a lot out of this, vacations, a car if he buys my mom one and she gives me hers psyche! And rages against the world at large: I am living in a dream world. Wishes are a bunch of crap. They never come true so what's the use of even wasting your time hoping they'll come true when they don't? Inspired by the New York based reading series of the same name, Cringe will help you realize that being a grown-up isn’t all that terrible. At least you don't have to worry about who's going to be at the mall anymore. 1652606 26 8 2008 Cringe: Teenage Diaries, Journals, Notes, Letters, Poems, and Abandoned Rock Operas total:136|5:42|4:46|3:31|2:16|1:1| 136 520 366 59 5 5 false false Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 19 08:47:05 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 19 14:08:32 -0700 2008
INSIDE COVER (ENDPAPERS): Over the past two weeks, I've read the inside cover about ten times now. It's a daily log of outfits worn by a teenager to school. I've read this ten times because I like the way this list makes me feel, so...more...]]> 5 4 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 28 23:28:00 -0800 2008 Mon Aug 25 23:04:02 -0700 2008 5 2 false false Mon Apr 14 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 15 20:42:10 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 16 06:44:10 -0700 2008
Sometime in the past year or two, I heard a recording of a cringe event in a podcast. A girl was reading from a teenager's journal in front of what sounded like a pretty large crowd, and the words she said were all too close to my own life. I had to stop li...more...]]> 5 2 false false Sun Sep 21 06:52:55 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 29 14:50:20 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 21 06:52:55 -0700 2008
Update: I'm probably biased, but pages 76-77 are easily the best pages in the book (so far).

Update 2: Holy shit. I...more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Dec 21 22:12:28 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 21 22:13:07 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 09 17:54:19 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 09 17:54:56 -0700 2009 Drawn directly - as in direct reproductions - from the adolescent diaries, notes, letters and writing projects of average twenty- and thirty-somethings, this book from blogger Brown, founder of the Cringe reading series in Brooklyn, should elicit the correct reaction. Con...more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun May 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri May 01 20:22:10 -0700 2009 Mon May 04 10:52:27 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 21 11:40:54 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 21 11:54:51 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Feb 24 15:42:43 -0800 2008 Sun Sep 28 10:05:49 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Sun Jan 11 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 03 08:36:12 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 11 15:19:25 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Mar 13 11:19:59 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 18 13:40:57 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sun Aug 31 07:51:57 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 31 07:52:34 -0700 2008 3 1 false false Mon Apr 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 08 07:52:16 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 27 10:59:46 -0700 2009
“Dear Corey,
I know we are so totally in love. This feels so amazing, doesn’t it? I was wondering if you would like to kiss me, a lot. I know I love you and I am so happy that you love me too. What’s your favorite gum?
Love, Emily Davis”...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Mar 31 11:28:16 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 31 11:28:53 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Jan 09 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 10 15:28:18 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 10 15:37:07 -0800 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Sun Feb 01 21:17:36 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 01 21:20:06 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Jan 11 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 04 00:25:00 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 11 20:29:14 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jan 20 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 20 21:32:20 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 20 21:34:14 -0800 2009
It made me want to break out the stacks of notebooks I had in high school and laugh at them.

I will buy...more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Sep 17 12:07:08 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 17 12:19:23 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Jan 18 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 04 05:49:45 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 18 13:27:09 -0800 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1657902