Monday, February 6, 2012
Friday, January 16, 2009
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
note on time jumping
I'm moving from a strict chronological order for the diaries. Instead, I'm putting in some photos I got when we were getting Mom's stuff last year when Joe was dying. Especially the polaroids need to be digitized before they fall apart. I also have photos from my childhood, in black and white from the 60s. It's a more expansive form of "Lost Diaries."
late 70s or early 80s
78-81 or so. I remember the digital watch, the shirt, the hat, the glasses, all of it. But not the cat's name. Cleveland, OH. Me, mom, and a cat.
Saturday, November 22, 2008
March 28, 1980 Friday
I"m 16.
First, here's a list of my space exploration ships. For some reason, I like to think of different names for ships. Certain words and names sound as if they are the names of ships
- Ethereum
- Dred Scott
- Armageddon
- Carthage
- Parthia
- Ragnorak
- Twilight
- Gotterdammerung
- Da Vinci
- Rubicon
No, really, I want to be serious. Tonight I went to Dairy Queen with Tim D. In the booth in the back I saw Renee B. With Lisa M. I thought Renee was with Bill F., so I told Tim to pick a booth away from them. Luckily he did, and she didn't see me. Until she left, and then she said "hi" and I said "hi" back, etc. As it turned out, Renee wasn't with Bill, and in fact it seemed is was just her and Lisa. Of course you don't know who I'm talking about, so I'll fill you in. Renee B. is in my BSCS (a biology class) and English classes. I've grown quite fond of her. Quite fond. I don't know why, though. Usually, when I think of the type of girl I would like to be with, I always want one who's smart. Renee is not smart. She just doesn't know a lot, and is rather average in intelligence. She can also be quite silly and girlish at times, which annoys me. When I try to explain black holes to her in detail (Kerr black holes) she sits there, blank. And yet I'm attracted to her. She does have her pluses. She's pretty, though rather large-boned. She has a friendly, warm personality. And I feel quite comfortable around her, more comfortable and at ease around her then with any other girl that I've been fond of. Around Renee I feel at ease enough that I might just ask her if she wants to be as close to me as I do with her. I know she likes me. She's always writing something on my locker at school, like "hi, sweetie," and "how's it going, babe?" I might ask her out, but logistics are a problem. She lives out in the country and I don't have my driver's license yet, and I haven't driven much. Where there's a will, there's a way.
She hangs around Bill F. Bill F. is a 100% jock wrestling team idiot.
March 26, 1980
I'm 16.
How strange are people? I ask this because a lot of friends and acquaintences can be characterized as weird. Either people are weirder than I thought, or I attract oddballs. Here is a list of my friends, and description:
- CR: He's constantly harassed by people and is quite anti-social.
- TN: An academically smart kid, but also a goody-two-shoes spazz infantile. When he's not acting like a 5 year old, he acts like a teen-age jerk. A real pain sometimes. Doesn't believe in evolution.
- Tim D.: A throwback to the sixties. Will end up as a hippie astrophysicist going to symposiums in tattered blue jeans. Non-conformist, love to shock the suburbanites. Pretty smart.
- Don M.: Describing all the past phases of Don would be too lengthy. Saw a psychiatrist when he was a little kid. Was once a perverted Larry Flynt disciple. Until he found God. Now he's in the Church of Christ, and is trying to convert Tim D. and I to his church. He's such a pickly little strait-laced christian he's hard to tolerate. Has a file box of biblical quotes. He even gave me a copy of the new testament for my birthday. God help us.
- Satish R. : Refer to my word list.
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