Back In The Day™, they used to not have MP3s. Yea, I know; I have no idea how the world lived before then either, but the fact still remains.
Also back In The Day™, I used to have a babysitter. I actually went though many babysitter…
I Remember Archives
A short blob about my past everyday.
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As I was driving into school this morning, NPR alerted me to fact that today is the 10th anniversary of Princess Diana’s death.
For whatever odd reason, I remember where I was. Our family was in Canon Beach, Oregon and we were heading to the Ra…
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I remember Freshman year: Ed Moats. 8:15 am Advanced Algebra. What a class. Ed was a retired lawyer who thought teaching was a good idea. Not so much.
Ed Moats to Austen Holman, "Are you From Austin, Texas?"
Ed Moats to Dori Scherer, "Everyt…
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I remember Crazy Wayne, my pre calc teacher Sophomore year. Wayne was from Jamaica and had a real thick accent. I sat in the back right corner of the class and read
out of the math book: teaching myself pre calc and doing the homework. But the be… -
I remember during the Canyonlands trip, we had stopped to eat at a BBQ restaurant just outside of Kernville, California. When we had come out, there was a big commotion by the bus. The emergency door was left unlocked and a couple had entered the …
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I remeber playing Goldeneye on the Nintendo 64. I think I first played during a lunch break at school in 6th grade. It was the game to play until Halo came out. I think it would be cool to make a version of the original Goldeneye for Xbox 360 with the original graphics, especially now…
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We played baseball in our backyard:
my brother, my neighbors (Eddie & Chris), and meHome was in front of the brick wall,
First was the rockwall, next to the garden,
Second was the crack that marked the pathway,
Third was planter, next to t… -
There was a cement turtle at Dahl Playfield. It was a dark green. I remember crawling under it.
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I remember in the fourth grade, at Perkins Elementary, if you didn’t turn everything in completely correct, you would get what was effectively detention for Friday afternoon while the other kids got to watch videos or play games. And you wouldn’t …
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I was in the 5th grade at Bryant Elementary. We had these large, tall, green lockers. I thought I might be able to fit in one. I was right.