Now that I've got your attention I have a question for you.
How many of you keep journals or books of your thoughts, stories, poetry, lyrics, drawings etc?
This was brought on by the travelling journal thread and the fact that I've been the only male to post in the thread. Now, I know that there
havn't been too many replies to that thread yet but it got me thinking about how many males versus females keep journals.
I've known many girls who keep 'diaries' but the only guys I know who keep journals are my best friends (the guys in my band). If
it is true that more females keep journals than males, why do you people think that is?
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posted on 2004-5-1 at 04:07
I wish I had kept all the lyrics I wrote.. I counted all of the songs I wrote a few years back and had over 100! Sure most of em were crap, but
it'd still be nice to see how I matured as a writer
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posted on 2004-5-1 at 04:16
I keep a journal.
It's really not a diary..because that would involve the typical "Dear Diary...blah blah blah, I can trust YOU because you're almost
like a person..blah blah...goodbye for now" thing...and I don't do that.
On my journal, I'll write on it at whatever time of the day, sometimes in between classes, and I'll just vent out my feelings on certain
things..or if I'm in the mood for writing a song, I'll do that..or at least write some lines...sometimes when I'm in a
'creative' mood I'll create some type of artwork and add it onto it...then sometimes I'll glue/staple clean wrappers of
things..or receipts, or flyers..something meaningful..
My journal has so much stuff in it, it's turning into a mini-scrapbook, and I love that...we need to put a rubber band around it to keep it
closed.
I think some guys do have diaries/journals, they're just somehow afraid to admit it....though I personally don't consider it
'girly' at all. It should be an equivalent thing between males and females, and I find mine kinda therapeutic haha.
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posted on 2004-5-1 at 05:50
i dont keep a journal (though if i did i wouldn't be afraid to admit it) i do however have many many sketchbooks, and a couple of books full of
lyrics, and movie ideas/storyboards.
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posted on 2004-5-1 at 12:23
i'm too lazy to keep a wussy diary/journal.
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posted on 2004-5-1 at 14:23
Can't say i keep anything like that
How do you communicate those emotions that are so intense that no physical expression or series of words can even scratch the surface?
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posted on 2004-5-1 at 15:56
Sometimes I will write stuff down. Nothing I would call a journal, and nothing on a regular basis either.
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posted on 2004-5-1 at 17:36
i used to keep a journal but now i just write stuff down if there's something major going on. i can't do the every day diary thing. it
kind of bores me. but if i'm in a certain mood i'll write stuff down or draw or whatever. it's not a regular thing though. and i
definitely think girls do it more than guys.
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posted on 2004-5-1 at 17:50
Nope. I don't write anything down. Never have. I used to sometimes write about my day and how I was feelings when I didn't see my
girlfriend very often. But those were letters for her.
When I was younger, I drew alot. I tried to find some of my old drawings the other day, but I could only find one, plus some paintings I did when I
was in high school. I was really nuts about drawing and art, but it sort of deteriorated when I was a teenager. Most of my passion for art turned into
a passion for music...something I am better at, anyway.
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posted on 2004-5-1 at 17:56
quotation:Originally posted by Reivax
When I was younger, I drew alot. I tried to find some of my old drawings the other day, but I could only find one, plus some paintings I did when I
was in high school. I was really nuts about drawing and art, but it sort of deteriorated when I was a teenager. Most of my passion for art turned into
a passion for music...something I am better at, anyway.
same with me Chris. although before i really got into music that much i grew to love film, and film making, somthing that i am still very passionate
about today.
Some things take more than a lifetime.
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posted on 2004-5-1 at 18:28
Cool, man. I hope your love of film continues to grow. Maybe I'll see your name in the credits of a movie one day.
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posted on 2004-5-2 at 00:44
I write a journal for one of my units in Uni, that's about it though.
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posted on 2004-5-2 at 07:12
yeah, that or ill be in one of the best bands ever... or you'll see me on broadway... or breaking my neck trying to land a 100 ft gap jump on my
bike. LOL
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posted on 2004-5-3 at 23:43
I keep a journal that I used to write in everyday...now I just use it when I need to vent, but don't want to have to talk to someone else about
things...I think for the most part girls are just more outwardly emotional than guys are, and that's why we tend to keep journals more....just a
thought
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posted on 2004-5-4 at 02:40
I remember keeping one as a crazed child. I used to write the most wacked out stories in my favorite Martin Broduer (sp?) covered pad of paper. It was
hawt. I wrote this one story called 'The Crazy Cookiemonster'. I actually read it right before I came onto this site, surprisingly
enough.
Anywho, off to bed for me...
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posted on 2004-5-4 at 02:50
I misread it and thought you called it 'The Crazy Cockmonster.' That woulda been fucked.
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posted on 2004-5-4 at 03:07
Hmmm.. i used to keep a journal about 2 years ago.. but then something happened that i used my journal for class once (taking out all my original
entries of course..) and well seing i never got my journal back.. i never really started it up again.. I think i may invest in a new journal its
always a good thing to do at times!! thanks for this wicked thread Jeff
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posted on 2004-5-15 at 00:04
I keep a journal because it's the only way I can let it all out.
And It's around when Dezy isn't lol
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posted on 2004-5-15 at 00:07
I used to keep a journal, i did it for 2 or 3 years, but then my mom decided that she would read it, and ya thats when i stopped
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posted on 2004-5-15 at 00:22
I hadn't kept a journal for a loooooong time.
Now, it's more like a 'task' lol..I have to write every day or I go crazy lol.
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posted on 2004-5-15 at 04:28
hmm Jenny.. that rather sucks.. i would hate if that ever happened to me, and well i surely dont blame u for stoping!
and well yeah im starting up again slowly. but i know lately my songs that i write have been in a way a journal to me.. my songs often came of
something I felt where i would rather turn it to a story, or tell it as it is.. but i dunno i still find as kim said i beleive, its something thats
their when any of ur close friends aren't. U need to get something out its their.
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posted on 2004-5-15 at 13:21
yes yes it sucked a lot cuz there was shit in there i DID NOT want my mom to read...lol...ya i got a lot of questioning after that
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posted on 2004-5-15 at 13:25
I remember my FIRST diary I had, my brother went through it all and corrected my spelling.
Nerd.
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posted on 2004-5-16 at 00:20
hahahahaha, thats kinda funny, i found my old one, and the writing is SO messy i can hardly read it!
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posted on 2004-5-16 at 01:36
When I was in grade 1 my teacher made us keep a journal. I used to think that for spelling you only had to write the first letter of every word and
when people read it they would understand what you were talking about.....so if I wanted to say something like "I took my dog for a walk"
I would write down "I t m d f a w". I wasn't the brightest crayon in the box.
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