November 29, 2006

No. You. Didn’t.

“Mortified” the Book

What’s the big deal? So you smooched Drew Palmer back in sixth grade? And his best friend Mike in seventh. And Mike’s older brother Tommy in eighth.

No wonder you scrawled “Keep out” and “Read and die” all over your journal.

David Nadelberg can relate — and he found other people who can, too. The man behind Mortified, the show-and-tell-all night dedicated to tortured teen memorabilia, has compiled his first book.

A collection of personal writings, letters, locker notes, poetry, and the like — submitted by the brave people who penned them — Mortified: Real Words Real People Real Pathetic recounts angst-ridden moments of adolescence.

It’s way more fun than rereading and reliving Mom’s mission to find your first training bra or the Spin the Bottle game that went terribly, terribly wrong.

So lock up your diary and join in spreading the new gospel of awkward all over the land.

Assuming you can find the key.

Available online at getmortified.com.