Dear Diary

"Mom, if you're reading this, we will HAVE WORDS LATER!"

For those of you whom I do not know in person and/or who do not live in the area and thus have not dragged into Brooklyn to bear witness, one of the greatest things to do in New York City is called Cringe. Cringe, hosted by the lovely Sarah Brown of Que Sera Sera, is a monthly series featuring fearless people reading aloud from their HIGH SCHOOL DIARIES. The experience is strangely cathartic, often embarrassing (even if you're not doing the reading), and always hilarious (as evidenced by this podcast in which Marc Balgavy pleads for the death of Brandon Walsh on TV's Beverly Hills, 90210).

Anyway, if you're not lucky enough to live within commuting distance of Cringe, you should probably take a good, long look in the mirror. Is this the kind of life you thought you would be living? Fortunately for you, Cringe: Teenage Diaries, Journals, Notes, Letters, Poems, and Abandoned Rock Operas comes out today, and you can experience all the Schadenfreudean fun in the comfort of your own living room.

Buy it. Read it. Or I'll get all bershon on you, and you certainly don't want that. Trust me.