Dear Diary:

Konnichiwa! To yukai na kurisumasu! Let me introduce myself to you. My name is Tomoe Hotaru and I'm 11 years old. Hagimemashite! *bows politely* Heehee... I feel a little silly bowing to a diary... but its only polite.

You are such a beautiful diary... In case you don't know, it's Christmas day here at my dad's house... you were a Christmas present from papa which makes you so very special. He thought I should excercise my creativity. Also, I don't have many friends and since papa's always working (he's a very important scientest by the way), I need to express myself in some way. Yeah, its sad sometimes, but it is life. I know its not really my fault that I have these "fits" (papa tells me its not my fault anyway) that scare people... I even scare myself sometimes.

But anyways, on a lighter note, another little thing I got for Christmas was this beautiful red lamp. I love lamps... I have so many in my room, but I never grow tired of collecting them. They remind me of big stars and that I'm floating through space sleeping among them... its very comforting and peaceful. Its my favorite place to be besides at the beautiful bright park on a nice day reading a book.

Well, I guess that's all for today... writing in a diary still seems a bit odd to me. Oh, and I want to set up my new lamp! It'll be on the wall above my nightstand next to my bed... it'll look really nice over there and I want to keep it close to me while I sleep.

So, until next time... sayonara!

~Hotaru-chan