I kept one for a little while in middle school. i just got bored. or i'd forget to write in it. nowadays i write a lot of key phrases down and story ideas. stories i hear from other people. unique word usages and stuff. i dig coincidences and irony. i love film and screen writing. i do a lot of that. my mind is extremely cinematic. i noticed i write a lot at work. like two legal pad pages a day. of just stuff i hear and story ideas. i better bring it all home before they get lost.