Richard Grayson
A 22-Year-Old’s Diary Entries From Mid-April, 1974
I’m beginning to wonder if I shouldn’t finally try a homosexual experience just to test things out. Maybe it would be more satisfying than being with a woman.
A 22-Year-Old’s Diary Entries From Early April, 1974
There’s so much to do in life, and I don’t want to regret anything.
A 22-Year Old’s Diary Entries From Late March, 1974
Finally, I went over to her house and she came downstairs wearing a pretty dress. She had spent the whole afternoon trying to look nice, and there I was, selfishly spoiling her evening.
A 22-Year Old’s Diary Entries From Mid-March, 1974
Girls are judged by their looks and they’re treated as oddballs if they don’t marry and go for a career instead. Being a girl certainly isn’t as good as I thought. And I definitely am happy having a penis rather than a vagina.
A 22-Year-Old’s Diary Entries From Early March, 1974
Everyone’s talking about the latest fad, called “streaking”: male college students running around the campus wearing nothing but shoes. Ronna said the first streaker appeared on the BC quadrangle Monday.
A 22-Year-Old’s Diary Entries From Late February, 1974
Certain people, like Renee or Teresa, send out nonverbal radar signals to others, saying “I’m shit – step all over me,” and then they get a series of guys who are bastards. Then there are girls, like Alice or Ronna, who wouldn’t stand for that type of treatment.
A 22-Year-Old’s Diary Entries From Mid-February, 1974
In bed, Ronna was at once warm and gentle, furiously passionate, protective and yet a bit vulnerable herself. Her shyness seems to have melted away.
A 22-Year-Old’s Diary Entries From Early February, 1974
While I want to be free to explore relationships, sexual or otherwise, with other girls, it doesn’t take away anything from my basic, enduring attachment to Ronna.
A 22-Year-Old’s Diary Entries From Late January, 1974
Both Kenny and Barbara seem utterly without pretensions and totally free to say whatever pops into their minds. Although I don’t know them that well, I just feel happy when I see them.
A 22-Year-Old’s Diary Entries From Mid-January, 1974
Avis admits that she’s never gotten herself into such a mess, being sexually involved with twin brothers.
A 22-Year-Old’s Diary Entries From Early January, 1974
Called “Annie” and based on the Little Orphan Annie comic strip, the play sounds like it will be a resounding flop on Broadway. Too bad Dad says he may have to invest something in it because of his friendships with Lennie and George.
A 22-Year-Old’s Diary Entries From Late December, 1973
We were so open, the sex just had to be good, because there was such real feeling behind it. After our orgasms, we lay close to each other, touching and talking, until 4 AM.