The Bad Old Days

Monday, July 18, 2016

It's time for another Facebook meme, this time courtesy of longtime reader Anissa. This one's about my Senior year of High School. The year was 1983...

1. Did you know your spouse? No. We didn't meet until I was in my early thirties. Worth the wait!

2. Did you car pool to school? No. I was anti-social even then.

3. What kind of car did you drve? A Volkswagon Rabbit. I loved that car.

4. What kind of car do you have now? A Fiat 500 Abarth and a Jeep Patriot. 


5. It's Friday night... where were you? Working. I had to work every Friday night.


6. What kind of job did you have in high school?
I was a soda jerk at a local ice cream parlor. 

7. What kind of job do you have now? I'm a systems engineer. I design contact centers for Fortune 500 companies.

8. Were you a party animal? Sort of. As much as a party animal as you can be when you tend towards the anti-social.


9. Were you a cheerleader? You're kidding, right? Although I was good friends with a couple.


10. Were you considered a jock? Not even a little. 


11. Were you in band, orchestra, or choir? Yes. I was in the chorale.


12. Were you a nerd? A closet nerd. I loved Star Trek, and read incessantly, so ended up being a nerd almost in spite of myself. 


13. Did you get suspended or expelled? No, but I barely graduated. Apparently I had better things to do than to "attend class" or "do my work."


14. Can you sing the fight song? Was there a fight song?


15. Who was/were your favorite high school teacher? Probably Mr. Weatherbee, whom I've written about before.


16. Where did you sit for lunch? Out at the gate where we could smoke. 


17. What was your school's full name? Wheat Ridge High School. 


18. What was your school mascot? The Farmers. No, I'm not making that up. 


19. If you could go back and do it again, would you? Shit, no. Mostly what I remember from my senior year is that I couldn't wait for it to be OVER.


20. Did you have fun at prom? Not really. Another one of those events where I was "expected" to go, but can't remember why I did so. 


21. Do you still talk to the person you went to Prom with? No. 


22. Are you planning on going to your next reunion? I've never been to a HS reunion. I usually to attend the annual get together for the equestrian group I was in, though. I spent more time with those kids than I did with my school-mates.


23. Are you still in contact with people from high school? Not really. But I do still have contact with the kids from my equestrian group. 


24. What are/were your school's colors? Blue and gold?

2 comments:

Stacey said...

Fun! I love to hear stuff about the Janiece before the current version. We should do more of this type of sharing.

Janiece said...

I wasn't as interesting then. Mostly I was hot mess.