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Mostly you will find, here, transcribed entries from the secret diary that I used to keep as a teenager between 1970 and 1975. I try to be honest with my transcriptions, but, just occasionally I do edit, to protect myself or others from embarrassment or some other emotion.
Also, though, I like to do a brief review of the books I have been reading, so these are interspersed throughout. I reserve the right to write blog entries, also, about other random things.
Why do I keep this blog? I don't know. I am an academic and one of my research interests is around how people construct their own identities. The diary transcriptions, and what I write about my books, are very much about revealing something of my identity.

Thursday, 29 December 2011

My secret diary 1972 December (ii) parties and presents

Dec 20 (Wed)
Hell's Bell's and barleycorn! Just before I came to bed Rob phoned and hinted that he is getting me a record for Xmas. Single or L.P.? He's offered to lend me his record player until October! What am I going to do?! Finished school today. I hate Miss Crabtree. Went Christmas shopping with Ju.

Dec 21
Done hardly anything today because I'm a lazy so and so. I finished making the stuffed turtle for Carol's Xmas present. What can I do about Rob? Ju phoned. I'm going to Ju's for dinner tomorrow. Dentist appt in Manchester and so going Xmas shopping too. But I'm flat broke!! What'll I do? MPFC*

Dec 22
Horrid day. Went to Julie's after a nagging session from my mum and me getting annoyed. Had dinner, went to Manchester with Ju, did some Christmas shopping. I went to dentist. He did nowt. We were dead depressed. Loads have people drunk in Manchester.

Dec 23 (Sat)
Seemed to be Christmas shopping and snogging all night and day. (Read those the other way round, I'm a little tipsy) Been to Ollie's Xmas party and it was really embarrassing 'cos me and Ju were the only girls there. There were 6 lads, all friends of Dave and Rob. My Xmas pressy for ju wasn't very exciting. Handbag mirror, mascara and a notebook. Als a Mars Bar and a bit of eyeshadow. Got Rob '1066 and all that'

Dec 24
While I am writing this I'm a little drunk. Honestly. It's 11.45 and I've just come back from Rob's party. He's given me pressies and they look expensive. Me and Ju were doing Hava Nakila on the front at Rob's and I had no shoes on! We've just been sat up in the dark, singing.

Dec 25 (Mon)
Xmas Day would have been perfect had we not had 20 dozen people round for dinner. (Not funny) It happens every time. Everybody drinks and organises and confuses and panics.  Apart from that quite nice. Maggie Wood came, and Allan and Audrey etc. Beautiful pressies!! Everything I wanted and now I'm going to bed. I'm tired.

*Commentary
Dec 21 MPFC = Monty Python's Flying Circus

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