tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4319139334819650146.post975403767619945703..comments2023-04-03T04:00:20.248-07:00Comments on figuring it out...: internet connection coincidences.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4319139334819650146.post-73083713345192414812008-11-22T09:55:00.000-08:002008-11-22T09:55:00.000-08:00G--me too. A lot! It's been this weird type of mou...G--me too. A lot! It's been this weird type of mourning for who I was and it's been one crazy journey of transition...i'm still in the changing mode, but yeah, i've been thinking about posting that too.<BR/><BR/>i can't wait to read yours.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17584248569655542892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4319139334819650146.post-66636486475899371822008-11-20T10:44:00.000-08:002008-11-20T10:44:00.000-08:00d'arcy~ I have not yet had the courage to revisit...d'arcy~ I have not yet had the courage to revisit my mission journals, to go back and try to make peace with the person I was. She sounds a lot like who you were: lots of testimony, blind faith, conversion stories, and faith-promoting tales...<BR/><BR/>I have been trying to write a post, about making peace with who I was... you may have provided the inspiration I needed. thanks! :)galen dara https://www.blogger.com/profile/02987352194018060353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4319139334819650146.post-54098016545636673262008-11-20T10:25:00.000-08:002008-11-20T10:25:00.000-08:00yes, I go back to my old journals, especially the ...yes, I go back to my old journals, especially the ones I wrote on my mission (two really big books full of testimony and blind faith and conversion stories and etc.) and I find them hard to read...and yet, part of my really misses the girl who seemed to have everything so together, you know? It was just easy, and the church was beautiful, and I KNEW with every fiber of my being that what I was Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17584248569655542892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4319139334819650146.post-4337872750931547192008-11-13T20:42:00.000-08:002008-11-13T20:42:00.000-08:00xjane--- yay! another obsessive/compulsive journ...xjane--- yay! another obsessive/compulsive journaler! (good to find a kindred soul) <BR/><BR/>yes, it was a bit, unnerving to show these pages... this one just happens to be one of my more publishable ones, which should give you an idea of the kind of illegible writing, bad grammar, misspellings, not to mention the raw raw private stuff on the rest of the pages. :)galen dara https://www.blogger.com/profile/02987352194018060353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4319139334819650146.post-74628873610908481952008-11-13T18:03:00.000-08:002008-11-13T18:03:00.000-08:00wow. I'm more impressed that you posted an image o...wow. I'm more impressed that you posted an image of your journal than that we made it into it :-p Thank you for that glimpse of your soul. It looks remarkably like mine! (Your journal, not your soul.) Just replace all the Mormon references with Catholic references.<BR/><BR/>Be well.xJanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04944518104691406838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4319139334819650146.post-45318121927497592122008-11-11T17:25:00.000-08:002008-11-11T17:25:00.000-08:00ooohhh, an ink fetish! I'd love to hear more abou...ooohhh, an ink fetish! I'd love to hear more about that! :)<BR/><BR/>ohmygosh... I'm embarrassed, in my post I said that the date of that page was aug of 2008!!! opps.. I meant 2006! <BR/>changing it nowgalen dara https://www.blogger.com/profile/02987352194018060353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4319139334819650146.post-20175796485936619982008-11-11T15:41:00.000-08:002008-11-11T15:41:00.000-08:00I still keep a handwritten journal as well. But it...I still keep a handwritten journal as well. But it doesn't look nearly as cool as yours :) As irritating as hand written things are to type out (I type out lots of hw stuff at work), I still love writing with a pen. I'm also an ink snob, but that's a different story.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for sharing with us. And I'm so glad I found you guys too :)Lessiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10741982738892350097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4319139334819650146.post-70620453060800091732008-11-11T12:06:00.000-08:002008-11-11T12:06:00.000-08:00mfranti- yes, I was a bit nervous about that. I ...mfranti- yes, I was a bit nervous about that. I am (mostly) okay with people seeing what is on this page. But it does still does feel a tiny bit like being caught undressed.<BR/>(does that make you feel like you've just been flashed? haha!)galen dara https://www.blogger.com/profile/02987352194018060353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4319139334819650146.post-67824470222081167992008-11-11T09:54:00.000-08:002008-11-11T09:54:00.000-08:00...and yet you leave a page of your thoughts up on......and yet you leave a page of your thoughts up on the internet for the world to see.<BR/><BR/>i hope there's nothing top secret in those pages.mfrantihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08335465736030278659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4319139334819650146.post-68191954837023946842008-11-11T09:13:00.000-08:002008-11-11T09:13:00.000-08:00BIV- aacckk! my worst fear: that someone will t...BIV- aacckk! my worst fear: that someone will thumb through them!<BR/><BR/>:)galen dara https://www.blogger.com/profile/02987352194018060353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4319139334819650146.post-65970675321036665182008-11-11T09:07:00.000-08:002008-11-11T09:07:00.000-08:00numistmatist facts- ah! thanks for filling me in....numistmatist facts- ah! thanks for filling me in. cool! <BR/><BR/>AYW- thanks! Yes, I tend to go in cycles too, but am pretty regular in my need to go back to it.galen dara https://www.blogger.com/profile/02987352194018060353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4319139334819650146.post-586494895531570772008-11-11T08:46:00.000-08:002008-11-11T08:46:00.000-08:00I love your journal, too. I have secret fantasies...I love your journal, too. I have secret fantasies of being able to page through it. mwah ha ha.Bored in Vernalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14016611721544251941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4319139334819650146.post-43808993257600685072008-11-10T22:43:00.000-08:002008-11-10T22:43:00.000-08:00I love the look of your journal! Wow. I also lik...I love the look of your journal! Wow. I also like to journal, but I tend to do it obsessively for a while, then back off.angryyoungwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07003381856900634195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4319139334819650146.post-49535817436383988952008-11-10T19:38:00.000-08:002008-11-10T19:38:00.000-08:00Like Chandelle, I greatly admire those who keep jo...Like Chandelle, I greatly admire those who keep journals, especially creative and artistic ones like yours. Handwriting is not one of my strenghths, which is why I stick to the computer or my camera. My scrapbooks are the photographic journal of my life and my daughters and grandchildren love to pour over them for hours on end. My blog has provided an opportunity to share some of my thoughts The Numismatisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15087097629745984272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4319139334819650146.post-5152708613777980532008-11-10T18:12:00.000-08:002008-11-10T18:12:00.000-08:00thanks chandelle :)I wondered, when I started thi...thanks chandelle :)<BR/><BR/>I wondered, when I started this blog, if it would take the place of my journal. But I have found that I need a place to be privately chaotic, to just spill it all out in a jumble that only I can really follow. <BR/><BR/>Then when I write a blog post I rewrite rewrite rewrite (heh... only to still find that it is just a jumble!)<BR/><BR/>so, you love my chaotic galen dara https://www.blogger.com/profile/02987352194018060353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4319139334819650146.post-68981094586791870032008-11-10T17:48:00.000-08:002008-11-10T17:48:00.000-08:00G...I am so so so envious that you can maintain a ...G...I am so so so envious that you can maintain a journal. I cannot. Blogging serves as the closest thing to a journal I have ever managed. The reason I cannot maintain a physical journal is because I'm so obsessive-compulsive about neatness. I'm the sort of person who rewrites and rewrites and rewrites notes taken in class, letters, even shopping lists, because I want it to look perfect. C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06278966723822635150noreply@blogger.com