Backdated: The weekend of my first week at UCSC

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This entry covers the first "party" I attended at UCSC. It was troubling going back through this, because it describes the beginning of what could have been a very fine relationship, which I then botched in my naïvete shortly afterwards.

Also troubling because I clearly took it very seriously on the inside, but was totally unable to communicate this seriousness to the people that mattered. In fact, since reading back over it and putting it in order requires that I partially relive it ... it's got me kind of depressed. :/

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I've started! A bit earlier than these actually; after perusing my various journals, I decided a better place to start would be the day T and I signed our first lease, July 10th, 1997, and include interesting emails and letters along with the dated notebook entries (along with commentary when I wrote something really dumb). I've got some hilarious stuff about the battle between you and my sister ... right now I don't intend to post these in my journal like you have (too much work for too little reward), but for sure I'll send the individual months on to you as I finish them. I'm going to try to catch up to where you're at, and from that point on stay at a distance of about ten years, and just incorporate this activity into my life ... that feels like the perfect distance to have on autobiographical stuff. It's close enough to remember everything, but far enough away to recognize what matters and what's interesting in each entry. Thanks for prompting me to do this in my free time!

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Aww shucks! :)
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