Monday, August 20, 2007

The Dangers of Digging Through Old Boxes

I’ve been shuffling boxes and boxes of “stuff” from the garage to the POD. I haven’t really been looking through that many of them, because I inevitably stumble on someone’s baby book and end up standing in the garage, surrounded by boxes, flipping pages and breaking down in a small puddle of tears because my babies, they will never be babies like that anymore.

Anyway.

I did peek into one box of photos and just had to share a portion of its contents with you, because you of all people will be able to appreciate the degree to which these are truly memorable.

This is a shot from Christmas of 1980. That’s my paternal grandfather and though it may look like a 13 year old girl, it’s not. It’s me. And, is it just me, or do I not bear a striking resemblance to a blond version of a young Kristy McNichol?

Me and my Dad. You can’t read the tee-shirt very well, but it’s a “Snoopy” tee-shirt and it reads, “I’m allergic to mornings.” No wonder I got stuffed in lockers in junior high.

This is from my Junior year of High School, I think. I’m holding one of my much younger step sisters, Kate or Robin. Man, was that band hat awesome or what? (And yes, I was a “band fag,” though in my high school, the band was quite good and there wasn’t as much stigma about being in the band. Still, The Hat is truly stupendous.

Mad Skillz on the ten speed. Though it’s quite possible I fell over mere seconds after the pic was taken. I did that a lot, sadly. Oh, if only the scars from my numerous “face plants” could speak. You know what they’d say? “Ouch! Oh, man! Why didn’t someone ever take his bikes away? The boy was obviously not very coordinated. Jeez, how many near death experiences should it have taken to convince people the boy really had no business on a bike?”

And why didn’t someone tell me to get a frickin’ haircut? Though man, look at that. I used to have a metric ton of hair. *sigh*

1. The site design is very readable. 

   The pic of your dad doesn’t look very Mississippi, that looks like Puget Sound in the background.

   Man, I miss my hair.

   Posted by michael  on  08/20/07  at  09:27 AM

2. Thank you.

   It’s the SF Bay. Possibly taken on Angel Island.

   Posted by jon  on  08/20/07  at  09:32 AM

3. great idea for a post ... my mom recently made me an album… i may use your idea!  thanks for sharing!

   Posted by nerdgirl  on  08/20/07  at  05:20 PM

4. I think that should be the next great IntarWeb meme thing-y.

   Everybody post a picture form 7th or 8th grade.

   That special time. :-]

   Posted by jon  on  08/21/07  at  11:35 PM

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