Dear Internet,

As promised, here is the forward for The Lisa Chronicles, Vol 1 1998. Enjoy.

In May 1997, I moved, for a boy, to San Francisco to gain riches and fame. In July of 1998, having ditched the boy and gained neither riches nor fame, I started to put my life online. I named it The Lisa Chronicles because it seemed everyone else was doing it so why not me? While I didn’t think I was extraordinary, I seemed to continually get into extraordinary circumstances. What I also wanted was the ability to connect online with others who were like me: the scared, the frightened, the unsure, the outsiders, and any other group who felt they were rejected by society. What better way to do it than through the internet?

What can you expect from the first volume? Love, conflict, obsessions with people, places, and things. Rotating cast of characters and adventures. Sprinkle of song lyrics here and there. Pop culture references galore. Sex. 1990s pre-internet boom and lots of profane words.

While this work has been edited for grammar, clarification, and the obvious typo, it remains largely unchanged from when it first appeared online two decades ago.

And lastly, every word here is true.

lisa x