About the Tragediaries

I started keeping a diary when I was eight. My grandfather had died, and I was very sad. My parents were crying and then they were away at the funeral, so I stole a notebook from my elementary school and started writing in it. When I was thirteen, I threw out all my old diaries, thinking that my infinitely cooler self would be *totally* embarassed by my kiddie diaries.

Well, thirteen-year-old me, your thirty-something self is mortified by you. The tragediaries are real, excerpted entries written by yours truly during the heady, hormonal days of the 90s, when I was young and influenced by The Notorious BIG, Reality Bites, Empire Records, My So-Called Life, Nirvana, and La Bouche. (Don't worry, I'm judging myself.)

Sit back and laugh with me as I laugh at myself. I am, so I know you must be.