High School Meme.......
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pafuts and folkmew.....
What year was it?
1977-81
What were your three favorite bands?
Styx, Supertramp, and Kansas.
What was your favorite outfit?
Winter: Corduroy pants, a turtleneck, and a flannel shirt.
Summer: Jeans and T-shirts.
Least favorite outfit: Hand-me-downs.
What was up with your hair?
I tried parting it down the middle in 10th grade. Didn't work out. Some of the hockey players had nice hair, and wanted their hairstyles.
Who were your best friends?
I had friends? Most of the folks I were with were merely acquaintances. Let's see....
From the extended neighborhood: Mike Polino, Vic Considine, Charlie Dickson, Alan & Kevin Payne, Karl Chonka, Ed Ruslander, Jeff Wells, Kirk Komosara. We lived in the same plat and went to elementary school together. Haven't heard much from them after graduating from high school.
Then there were the guys I knew from my Boy Scout troop: Mike Yorke, Chuck Thomas, Tom Dow.
And a few from the bands and/or advanced-level classes: Joe Muhitch, Steve Longo, Mark White, Chuck Schmidt, Dave Limina, Paul Iorio, Matt Trotter, Mike Reen, Jim Pancook.
About the only one I've stayed in contact with from those days is Howard Trachtman.
What did you do after school?
Marching band, gaming club, the math team, the school musicals (10th thru 12th grade).
Where did you work?
I had a paper route in my neighborhood.
Did you take the bus?
Yep. It was an hour's walk to the high school, including crossing a very busy street.
Who did you have a crush on?
Oh, God. Can I skip this? No? Carolyn Stoiber, Karen Kensek, Cathy Backes, Christine Gotthelf, Lisa Guck. Naturally, none of the crushes were mutual.
Did you fight with your parents?
Yeah, I did. I forgot what we fought about. One of the things was the way I rearranged my room.
Who did you have a CELEBRITY crush on?
Who was the girl in the Nancy Drew Mysteries? Pamela Sue Martin? Yeah, her. And Lynda Carter. Wonder Woman! Yow!
Did you smoke cigarettes?
Nope. Nor did I do drugs then. But some of us drank, and shot off firecrackers.
Did you lug all of your books around in your backpack all day because you were too nervous to find your locker?
I had a locker, but it was in an inconvenient place.
Did you have a 'clique'?
Not really. I mostly hung out with the band folks and the advanced-placement class students. But I was on the fringe of those crowds.
Admit it, were you popular?
Hell no!
Who did you want to be just like?
Nobody in particular. Just me.
What did you want to be when you grew up?
An engineer, but not after I toured the Calspan plant. They got to crash cars there!
Where did you think you'd be at the age you are now?
I didn't think I'd make it this far. The farthest out I thought I'd be was the year 2000.
pafuts and folkmew.....What year was it?
1977-81
What were your three favorite bands?
Styx, Supertramp, and Kansas.
What was your favorite outfit?
Winter: Corduroy pants, a turtleneck, and a flannel shirt.
Summer: Jeans and T-shirts.
Least favorite outfit: Hand-me-downs.
What was up with your hair?
I tried parting it down the middle in 10th grade. Didn't work out. Some of the hockey players had nice hair, and wanted their hairstyles.
Who were your best friends?
I had friends? Most of the folks I were with were merely acquaintances. Let's see....
From the extended neighborhood: Mike Polino, Vic Considine, Charlie Dickson, Alan & Kevin Payne, Karl Chonka, Ed Ruslander, Jeff Wells, Kirk Komosara. We lived in the same plat and went to elementary school together. Haven't heard much from them after graduating from high school.
Then there were the guys I knew from my Boy Scout troop: Mike Yorke, Chuck Thomas, Tom Dow.
And a few from the bands and/or advanced-level classes: Joe Muhitch, Steve Longo, Mark White, Chuck Schmidt, Dave Limina, Paul Iorio, Matt Trotter, Mike Reen, Jim Pancook.
About the only one I've stayed in contact with from those days is Howard Trachtman.
What did you do after school?
Marching band, gaming club, the math team, the school musicals (10th thru 12th grade).
Where did you work?
I had a paper route in my neighborhood.
Did you take the bus?
Yep. It was an hour's walk to the high school, including crossing a very busy street.
Who did you have a crush on?
Oh, God. Can I skip this? No? Carolyn Stoiber, Karen Kensek, Cathy Backes, Christine Gotthelf, Lisa Guck. Naturally, none of the crushes were mutual.
Did you fight with your parents?
Yeah, I did. I forgot what we fought about. One of the things was the way I rearranged my room.
Who did you have a CELEBRITY crush on?
Who was the girl in the Nancy Drew Mysteries? Pamela Sue Martin? Yeah, her. And Lynda Carter. Wonder Woman! Yow!
Did you smoke cigarettes?
Nope. Nor did I do drugs then. But some of us drank, and shot off firecrackers.
Did you lug all of your books around in your backpack all day because you were too nervous to find your locker?
I had a locker, but it was in an inconvenient place.
Did you have a 'clique'?
Not really. I mostly hung out with the band folks and the advanced-placement class students. But I was on the fringe of those crowds.
Admit it, were you popular?
Hell no!
Who did you want to be just like?
Nobody in particular. Just me.
What did you want to be when you grew up?
An engineer, but not after I toured the Calspan plant. They got to crash cars there!
Where did you think you'd be at the age you are now?
I didn't think I'd make it this far. The farthest out I thought I'd be was the year 2000.
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High School redux
Date: 2005-01-28 12:52 am (UTC)From [[info]] pafuts and [[info]] folkmew.....
What year was it?
1969 to 1970
What were your three favorite bands?
Carly Simon, Bob Dylan, James Taylor
What was your favorite outfit?
Winter: Blue jeans and sweater
Summer:Blue jeans and dress t-shirt
Least favorite outfit: Dressing up in any kind of clothes
What was up with your hair?
Shoulder lenght, parted down the middle
Who were your best friends?
Becky and Vicky
What did you do after school?
Marching band, pep band, science club and working in the science lab
Where did you work?
Babysitter
Did you take the bus?
We walked a mile to school
Who did you have a crush on?
No one stands out any more.
Did you fight with your parents?
All the time. My father could be a drama kid if his kids didn't do what he wanted them to. He was hardest on my brother Mike. I was mostly ignore by parents.
Who did you have a CELEBRITY crush on?
Don't think I ever did. I was never boy crazy the way some girls were.
Did you smoke cigarettes?
NO.
Did you lug all of your books around in your backpack all day because you were too nervous to find your locker?
Nobody carried their books to school in a back pack. I did, but I was just weird.
Did you have a 'clique'?
Sort of in the science lab.
Who did you want to be just like?
Jane Goodall, the chimp researcher
What did you want to be when you grew up?
Marine biologist
Where did you think you'd be at the age you are now?
I didn't think I'd make it this far. The farthest out I thought I'd be was the year 2000.
I really don't know. I wanted to be a researcher, raise my kids in the wilderness and photodocument animals in the wild. I really wanted to work with dolphins.
Once I was into my mid 20's, I saw myself as a partner in a local or regional CPA firm. A far cry from my days of being an animal researcher of some kind.
KG
Re: High School redux
Date: 2005-01-28 01:46 am (UTC)