Late-night thoughts from Caitlin.
Naomi
I am trying to build up the nerve to write about something that happened, but part of me feels scared and part of me feels stupid. Read More »
Katherine
I was unprepared for the craziness that is thousands of kids simultaneously expressing their sexual desire for Justin Bieber. Read More »
Ruby
I’m supposed to be a carefree teenager who has her whole life ahead of her and the whole world to explore, but I am way too caught up in the urgency of each moment to think about the future. Read More »
Britney
People say that it’s impossible to get bored in big cities like New York, but I beg to differ. Read More »
Editor’s Note: Nandi’s diary this week was found to have been largely plagiarized from this Tumblr post by Lebohang Nova Masango, so we’ve taken it down, along with another of her entries that included a passage from Nova’s Tumblr. We apologize to our readers and to Nova for not catching these appropriated entries before they were published. Nandi is no longer writing for Rookie.
Katherine’s last full paragraph = hilarious and amazing. Thank you for that cultural moment.
Log in to replyI find Ruby’s entry so intriguing <3
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Log in to replyI can totally relate to how Ruby feels. Its like you’re so exhausted but there’s nothing to be exhausted about.
Log in to replyKatherine’s entry is so funny, and Nandi’s is so true. Overall great entries this week.
Log in to replyThis is just >> me.
You kind of become lazy to talk with everybody you know, and I keep navigating on internet so I can learn something useful, criative or event just find some any exciting thing, in sorta of way. As Ruby, I’m up all night, wake up so tired for life and I feel guilty.
And it’s so hard to change that.
The weird part is that since today morning I was feeling so bored and now I’m ok.
*outflow
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Log in to replyRuby, your 4th paragraph expresses my feelings about my current state of anxiety better than I ever could. thanks
Log in to replyRuby just expressed all of the panic and inadequacy and apathy I’m feeling right now. (How can you be panicked and apathetic at the same time?)
Log in to replyI really liked the posts today, especally ruby’s and Nandi’s.
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I love reading these diaries when I’m sick!
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Log in to replyRuby’s entry was so relevant to my life right now!
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Log in to replyNaaaaaaaannnnddddiiiiiiiii
Log in to replyaw ruby :( the overwhelming anxiety over something that you don’t even know what it’s about, really hits home. I feel for you it’s really hard to explain.
Log in to replyOh Naomi, the exact same thing is happening with me right now and I’m also trying to get myself to write about it but I feel so silly when I do.
Log in to replyRuby and Britney’s entries felt so real for me and what I’ve been feeling lately: I feel really lost in my life and I don’t know what to do and they reflected that really amazingly. And Nandi’s was just awesome and it made me feel powerful, so thanks for that :)
Log in to replyKATHERINE!!! Can we be best friends? Because seriously I need someone to share my unabashed Bieber joy. You’re entry was so funny; brought up my finals-week-death mood. :)
Also loved Ruby’s diary, expressed a lot of things I’ve found myself thinking about in a better way than I’ve known how.
Log in to replykatherine, your entry made me laugh so hard. after years and years of denial, i think i’m starting to warm up to the biebs. not quite a fan, but he’s not that bad.
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Log in to replyOMG KATHARINE WE WERE AT THE SAME CONCERT!
Log in to replyI’m twenty-two and I was absolutely falling to pieces over how amazing it was! Although I did embarrass myself by how hard I was grooving to “Out Of Town Girl”. Whatever. Glad to know that someone else enjoyed the hell out of the show…as well as survived the raging fire that occurred midway through, amirite?
Ruby, your diary entry is my favorite of all time. It’s so honest and relatable.
Log in to replyRuby’s entry is my life for the last few years. Growing up is hard and everything is just so fast and so slow and not going the way I want it to. Unlike her I stopped. I think I was 18/19, I stopped caring if Nickelback had a new song or if the idea in my hand sounded like a good story or something I wanted people to hear. Sometimes I feel like right back there but I most of the time I’m just drifting along.
Log in to replyNaomi, Annie Lamott is one of my favourite authors! I’ve never met anyone – particularly living in England – who has ever heard of her. I’ve learnt so much from her writing.
Log in to replyBritney i know exactly what you mean, living in a dream sounds so perfect right now!
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Log in to replyCaitlin, I really love your illustrations – they’re amazing! And also, I wish my late night thoughts would result in something creative.
Log in to replyFRANNYGLASS !! Best name ever, ahhhhh Salinger!! That is my peak time, you just have to find yours- always carry round a notebook and doodle when you have the time or feel inspired/motivated! Also bus journeys, they are the best time.
Log in to replyNaomi, that’s exactly how I’m feeling at the moment, your writing made me a bit tearful because I know exactly what it’s like. I’ve been messed around for a while now and it’s so soul crushing… I know I’ll eventually get over it but its hard to imagine right now
Log in to replyyou should definitely email me so we can talk about this and SHARE COPING MECHANISMS. I WANNA HELP. you WILL eventually be fine, you will eventually be BETTER than fine
Log in to replyAw thankyou, I hope so, its getting better every day :)
Log in to replyWow, I can relate so much to Ruby’s entry. It makes me feel more at ease now that I’ve found out that so many people feel the same as I do in the comments section.
Log in to replyOh Ruby I feel like you do now too often. During this semester there were days when I couldn’t literally get out of bed and go to school. I knew I had to pull myself together but I couldn’t bring myself to do it…until one day I simply did. Just like that.
What I mean with all this is that it goes away. Sooner or later it does.
Sometimes we just need to lose ourselves completly to rise again.
Log in to replyI find it so strange to read these and feel like I’m reading my own thoughts.
Log in to replyNaomi, I hope things get better. I know how you’re feeling.
Naomi,I really liked your diary entry very personal and Katherine that was so funny.Britney I like in a big city and I agree with you.
Log in to replyI’m so glad that someone agrees! I was telling some people about this and they thought that it was weird that I wasn’t always excited to live in a big city.
Log in to replyKatherine you are getting me dangerous-excited!!!!!!! Justin Bieber is performing in my country (South Africa) in May (my birthday month) for the first time and this is the only thing I am living for rn. I listen to Beauty & a Beat on my iPod & think I will be hearing this golden voice from this angel IRL in a couple of months. :)))))
p.s. loved your entry, but what’s new?
Log in to replyThanks for that entry, Ruby!
I spent yesterday freaking out about how I will possibly finance an apartment in Manhattan when I graduate from college. (I am not even in college yet, mind you.)
Maybe it was just PMS…but I was having a panic attack. How do people pay for everything in their adult lives???
My mom helped me calm down, but, you know, still. Can’t help but freak out about the future.
Log in to replyRuby your entry was SO relevant to what I’m feeling right now. Here is a giant virtual hug! I was wondering if someone could explain to me about Nandi’s post? I never read it and would like to know what exactly happened with the partial plagiarism? (apologies if this is a bit taboo)
Loads and loads of love to Rookie<3
Log in to replyI love Diaries <3
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Log in to replyI loved all of these – especially Ruby’s. It’s like my exact thoughts put into words
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