I love it when readers send me more substative stuff than links and lols. Ben C made a really good share today by sending it his childhood diary, replete with adorable scrawls of Donkey Kong and Moon Patrol. More people should send me stuff like this.

You won't believe me, but I stumbled across this a day or two before Ashcraft's 10-year-old-Wii-drawing-how-old-are-you-love-in post. It's terribly apropos. I was digging through a stash of old papers and drawings from when I was a kid and found my 2nd grade class journal. The first entry reads:

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Today is Wednesday. We are in San Rafael, California. My birthday is in January. Does bob want to play today. I am very happy. I am good at swimming.

It's probably worth noting that my birthday is in June and I didn't know anyone named Bob, but the reason I sent this along was because of some of the drawings I discovered in the journal. Much to my mother's despair, I've had games on the brain for a long time. I was 7 years old when I drew this stuff. Now I'm 30.

Please note images of Moon Patrol and Donkey Kong, which I drew on the back cover with markers. I'm pretty sure I first saw these games at the local Chuck E. Cheese, back when Chuck knew from an arcade. There's also a shot of the front cover of the journal, a shot of that first entry, and Super Pickle, which isn't all that relevant, but it is Super Pickle.

It is indeed, Ben. Thank you.

My favorite parts are the princess saying "help" on the Kong image, and the mysterious Super Pickle caption that reads, "I'm going to make a pickle puncher." Eliza Gauger

Ben's Diary [Flickr]