false 217207 2 "OMG, this the best concept for a book ever...Dear Diary is totally going to be the next Ask Alice, and if you don't already own it, get it now." -JANE Magazine <P> "Here's your chance to have all the benefits of a tortured adolescence without the shitty childhood. Congratulations!" --Sarah Silverman <P> TRUE STORIES! <P> "I hate my life" is teen speak for "Things are going pretty good." When Lesley wrote about Sheryl Rosenthal (it's funny how you remember everyone's first and last name like that) making her feel "retarded" back in the 6th grade, the world was a dark, lonely place and she could see no light at the end of the tunnel. When she discovered heroin, things got even worse. Today, with the perspective of only rock bottom can give you, Lesley looks back at the apocalypse that was adolescence and asks, "What the hell was I talking about?" The book is a collection of a girl's funniest diary entries from 12 to 25 years old. She updates each entry by tracking down the people involved and asking awkward questions like, "Do you remember when I tried to beat you up?" Sometimes old friends apologize. Sometimes they become new enemies. No matter who she talks to about he days we all discovered sex, drugs, and rock `n' roll, one thing become abundantly clear: Boys are totally immature. 210292 book 7 6 2007 Dear Diary total:372|5:54|4:115|3:118|2:66|1:19| 372 1235 596 106 1 10 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Jul 29 13:52:35 -0700 2007 Sun Jul 29 22:17:38 -0700 2007 Vice magazine were content to live in their overpriced lofts and vacation at their neo-plantations in Costa Rica and judge one another with their peculiar brand of fashion fascism, they were good for a laugh. But now Lesl...more...]]> 2 3 false false Sat Nov 03 17:04:19 -0700 2007 Sun Nov 04 14:42:41 -0800 2007
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i stayed up all night reading this horrible shit. i'm tired and pissed and i want drugs now. it's really good.

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Well it was speedy.

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i found a lot of it rather boring and the quality of writing was poor. [does she really think it's okay to publish a book using abbreviated forms of words such as "btw" and "jk?"-i get it. and it makes me embarassed for this aging hips...more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Jul 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 27 14:37:43 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 30 08:01:35 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Feb 12 18:05:52 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 07 18:04:56 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 12 18:05:52 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Sep 20 13:00:58 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 25 14:52:29 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Jun 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 14 17:42:28 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 14 18:11:41 -0700 2009
if you are in your punk phase: you will probably find it very close to your own experience, which may eith...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Apr 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 07 10:20:49 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 07 10:25:41 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed Oct 15 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 31 09:14:28 -0700 2008 Sat Nov 01 14:14:01 -0700 2008 When I first picked up Dear Diary from a stack of vacation reading, I thought it was going to be a funny read. The idea/gimmick is that the author goes through the diary she kept through her teen years, comments on the entries, and tries to track down the people she knew at the time to get their per...

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