introductions are always painfully awkward. lets skip it, shall we? on second thought, i think a little awkwardness is necessary for me to be able to dive in like this. this is to be a public journal that is more about private things. i am relatively new to this, so forgive me if it is a little boring and self-absorbed, but it is, after all, about yours truly. i am: 16 years old female atheist liberal in love quiet an avid bukowski reader a former cutter a music fanatic self-conscious introspective a bookworm i suppose that is really all i have to say about myself. it is odd to be writing about myself like this, in a way that is not meant for my friends or family to see. i can write about anything here... i'm not used to that. i used to keep a journal similar to this one, until it was found by my boyfriend. anyone who reads this is welcome to visit my public page, but i dearly hope that none of you betray my identity to those i know; this journal is to be kept in the strictest confidence. not that i've written anything worth gossiping about yet anyways...