Down Memory Lane

[poliphilo]

I take down my paper diary and browse. I do this every once in a while. I think it will be amusing to drop in on my former self.  It never is.

It's more like wading through a morass.

Did I have a sense of humour in 1995? I certainly believed I did. But where's the evidence?

What makes the past such a gloomy place? I think it's the earnestness, the solemnity my past self displays in relation to things that just don't matter any more.

1995 is another century. Unreal. A world of ghosts.

Comments

[halfmoon-mollie.livejournal.com]

Depends on why you wrote. Which you discuss later on here.

I discover old notebooks with 'stuff' in them, but I don't believe I ever kept a journal with any regularity for any length of time. Journals aren't of any use to people who are hiding from themselves.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

But what about LJ?

When I started writing here I stopped keeping a paper journal. In some ways this is a continuation of that. But having an audience makes a huge difference.