Diaries, Journals and Essays


Sunday, Mother's Day, May 10, 1998. 9:30 am

I did wind up writing an essay last night, but I wasn't really happy with it. The one I wrote this morning was much more what I had intended to write, biographical, but exploring a facet of myself you might not have read about in a typical journal entry.

Yesterday, I spent a bit of time catching up on the Open Pages list mail, and came across a group of messages discussing the differences between diaries and journals. To be honest, I hadn't really given it much thought, but apparently, a diary is considered to be a recounting of what the writer did each day, whereas a journal delves more into the writer's thoughts and feelings.

I've called this endeavour a journal, but I think in truth it has often leaned more toward being a diary. I think, as I embark on this inward journey toward finding myself, this will indeed become more of a journal. At least, that is my hope for it.


10:50 a.m.

I called Mom to wish her a happy Mother's Day, but she was mad at me for not having called earlier in the week, since I'd said Connie would bring me back Wednesday or so, when she had a day off. I was going to call her when I knew I'd be coming back, and that was late Friday. I guess I was putting it off, and I know I shouldn't have. Anyway, I told her we'd be up around noon or one on Monday, and she said okay and goodbye, practically in the same breath, then hung up. Yes, I should have called earlier, especially since I know she doesn't have Connie's new number, and I kind of doubt she has the number for Connie's parents, either. I admit, I'm not the best of children.

Connie and I watched the Babylon 5 episode I taped for her while she was at work Friday, then a bit about Stonehenge on Nova; then she started channel-surfing again, so here I am. I suppose I could turn on the computer and type all this in, but I would really like to finish up the new layout, and I have yet to decide how I want to do certain things.

Do I want to keep my essays seperate, or should I treat them like any other entry. Or -- the thought has crossed my mind -- should I not put them online at all? I do want them online, as they give a different sort of glimpse into my life, and how I think.

I think I'll go ahead and post them as regular entries, then also include a link to them elsewhere, like on my bio page. That way, they don't just get buried and forgotten in the midst of my normal entries.

I'd also like to make a listing of what I feel are the more important and insightful entries I've made, if there are such things. Sounds like a lot of work to me. I think I'll just get up and type this all in...

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