Inspiration

  This is what made me want to write.  All of my writing experience culminates from this editors note.

    I am on a mission to be a great writer.  A good friend once told me that all great writers try to see everything.  Okay, here goes:
    I knew this guy once.  He used to be a bajillionaire.  Now he rides a bike.  Want to know the freaky part?  He says the bike's better.  Please write in if you think he's lying.
    There's a difference between looking at stuff and really seeing it.  To really see, you've got to get a closer look.  
    I've noticed that, sometimes, stuff you think is broken forever is actually totally fixable.  But some stuff is supposed to fall apart.  Speaking of which, certain "high ranking officials" of a certain "secret club" had better de-dorkify themselves in a hurry...  Or else everybody's going back to where they were in the first place.  This reporter believes that de-dorkification is a difficult, but not impossible, process.  Mostly, you've got to want to be cured.  But I'm pretty sure it's a two steps forward, one step back kind of deal.
    In theater news, Miss Elson's sixth grade holiday pageant was the theatrical controversy of the season. Some were happy to see it, and who am I to argue?  Others say...it stunk.  This reporter has no comment.  And hey, stupid school board, give Miss Elson a raise, would you?  She's not so bad as teachers go.  And she puts up with a lot.
    There's evidence to suggest that Janie Gibbs will grow up to be the world's greatest scientist.  So far, she has shown amazing progress in the areas of mold manipulation and chemical combustibles.  
    We have also learned that Sport's father is rolling in dough from his latest book, which just goes to show, if you stick to what you love...and work like a dog...you will succeed.
    For those of you who don't know, a retraction is when a newspaper takes something back.  This newspaper would like to retract certain statements in a certain notebook which may have hurt certain people's feelings.  They were lies, and those that weren't lies...were mean.  Like, just because a person's father is far away does not mean he doesn't love you.  Anyway, don't think about it.
    The truth is important, but so are your friends.  And if you can have them both, then it's a good life.  Until next time, I remain your faithful correspondent, Harriet M. Welsch.

-Harriet the Spy, 1996