July 28, 1986... part 1
I started my journal on July 28, 1987. Here are excerpts... a few selected sentences from the first entry:
"This is my first entry into the journal I hope to keep for the rest of my life. I can imagine having tens of books, maybe over 100, when I'm old."
"In this journal I'd like to write down the main news stories of the various days as well as the main events of my personal life, so I think I'll try to write in it everyday while watching the news on T.V."
"I'm a 21 year old male caucasian born on January 21, 1965 in McMinnville, Oregon. Today I live in Natick, Massachusetts and have since 1970."
"My girlfriend of six months is F. A. R. (1966- ) who I met at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst (UMass) where I go to school. In the fall, I'll be in my fourth year there but I'll have one more to go before I can graduate. My major is Electrical Engineering."
"This summer I'm working at Hewlett-Packard in Waltham where my father works. It's my third summer working there (I make $6.40/hr.). I assemble front panels for a medical monitor called Clover..."
"This is my first entry into the journal I hope to keep for the rest of my life. I can imagine having tens of books, maybe over 100, when I'm old."
"In this journal I'd like to write down the main news stories of the various days as well as the main events of my personal life, so I think I'll try to write in it everyday while watching the news on T.V."
"I'm a 21 year old male caucasian born on January 21, 1965 in McMinnville, Oregon. Today I live in Natick, Massachusetts and have since 1970."
"My girlfriend of six months is F. A. R. (1966- ) who I met at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst (UMass) where I go to school. In the fall, I'll be in my fourth year there but I'll have one more to go before I can graduate. My major is Electrical Engineering."
"This summer I'm working at Hewlett-Packard in Waltham where my father works. It's my third summer working there (I make $6.40/hr.). I assemble front panels for a medical monitor called Clover..."