Why you should never keep a journal:

1. What is the point? Who is going to read it afterwards? I kept journals/diaries for most of my high school, college, and after college years for times when I needed to vent and think things out and...I TOTALLY regret it! Last year, I found one diary at Richard's place in LA! It must have gotten from my mom's place to his place accidentally. I can't imagine Rich caring enough to read through it but people who visited his place might have. How embarrassing. When I found it at his place, I started to look through it and I was so appalled and embarrassed by my own words, I had to throw it out immediately. It almost made me want to puke. So, my point being, why keep your downright craziness on paper where other people might get a hold of it? Just keep it in your own heads, people!

2. There might be incidences you just might forget if it wasn't written on paper, and sometimes, truly, some memories are best forgotten! Case in point, I was at my mom's house going through a box of my old stuff and found an old diary. I opened it to one page and this is what I read:

"So, today at school Mr. Brent passed out our report cards in homeroom. Accidentally, he gave me Susan's and gave Susan mine. I guess cause we have the same last name. I looked it and was so happy with all my A's! Then, I looked at the name on the report card and realized that it wasn't even mine! So I told Susan that I got hers by accident. And guess what her reply was? 'Whew! I was scared for a second.'"

HAHAHA!!! I totally forgot about this incident and it was probably best that I had forgotten how bad some of my past report cards were but just because I had recorded this incident on paper, now I got to relive this moment and be embarrassed for my eighth grade ass all over again! hahahaha.... I told Susan about this and she said she had forgotten as well.