Perhaps it's a directive from the collective unconscious, or a by-product of Spring and the search for those dollar-store flip-flops in the back of the closet... but it seems like a lot of us have been digging up old writings or journals lately. I was emailing one fellow blogger yesterday about her recent foray into the mind of the teenage her, and this morning my pal Maud had the stellar brevity of spirit to actually post excerpts of her high-school prose! I, too, have unearthed a few of my own, um, gems, and although their unparalleled mediocrity and lack of anything even resembling talent make me cringe, they also make me smile. A lot. In light of recent domestic and world events, I began thinking a genuine smile would be greatly appreciated by all.
So I'm proposing a kind of contest. I think I'll call it OPERATION TEENAGE ANGST-FEST. Submit your best (or worst) example of pubescent drivel (or a few if you like), and we, as a group, will decide upon a winner who will receive a yet-to-be-disclosed prize. (Rest assured it'll be BITCHIN'...think Duran Duran t-shirt and a two gallon drum of Clearasil.) I'll post them on a separate page, and the results will be tallied via comments. Unless, instead, I find the time to write or steal some tricky voting html and make it all fancy-pants.
Send your submissions to:
Antigiest(at)earthlink(dot)net
put angstfest in the subject line
Good Luck!
Posted by Antigeist at March 26, 2003 09:36 AMWell, I've seen high school material from both you and Maud now, so if the contest is to see whose is the worst, I'm confident that I'm a shoe-in.
Posted by: koalelu at March 26, 2003 01:05 PM...you know you are just dying to own that Duran Duran t-shirt...so get those submissions rolling!
Posted by: Kd at March 26, 2003 01:28 PMI plan to submit this evening, when I can go home and find the best entry. I'd do it now except, unlike in high school, I don't carry my journal with me everywhere.
Posted by: cowboy_sally at March 26, 2003 02:15 PMOh, and that t-shirt is mines, bitches.
Posted by: cowboy_sally at March 26, 2003 02:16 PMhmmmmm. mz sally is already tying a knot in the front of that t-shirt, pulling on her lace gloves...
Posted by: Kd at March 26, 2003 05:15 PM