Ninth Grade Revisited

On the eve on Little Harry’s first day of high school I started feeling a bit nostalgic. I rummaged through the attic this afternoon in hopes of finding my freshman year annual. I kind of wanted to see some of the people that I went to school with and see how much they have changed from what I remember them to look like. I also wanted to compare how I looked versus how the boy looks these days. First of all take a look at these styles and hairdos of the people that share this page with me.

Could you pick me out? I am the goofy looking kid with the “butt-cut” hair and spaced out look in his eyes. I spy with my little eye: mullets, big hair and Def Leppard. Man, do I miss the 80s.

Well, if you can’t tell which one I am here is a close-up with a side-by-side of Little Harry’s most recent school photo:

I think every year he starts to look less and less like me and develop his own characteristics. Odd how that worked out. I figured he would look more like me.

Anyway, I found a couple of interesting items in the annual that I forgot about. There were a few people who signed this book that left amazing highlights:

The highlight of this nice message is where he says, “Whatever you do don’t beat Kevin off for him.“. Thanks for the sage advice Dave, I’ll be sure NOT to do that.

Then there was this classic from my female neighbor that I completely forgot about:

The post script reads, “P.S. Don’t talk about me, it puts a real strain on our our friendship!“. How so very sweet.

Here is my all-time favorite entry from this yearbook from a girl that moved away but has recently become a MySpace friend:

This, of course, is extra funny if you know that earlier in the school year she indeed gave me a hickey in English class. The previous girl, the one who didn’t want me to talk about her, well she had to cover it up with make-up for several weeks so I wouldn’t have this ginormous black and blue mark on my neck.

Well, before I close this it just wouldn’t seem right to not embarrass my best bud, the G-Man. So here he is in all his 9th grade glory. Sorry, man. I had to do it.

It appears that I got way off the subject yet again. I just want to wish my big man, Little Harry, good luck on his first day of high school.

A Selection From My Blogroll

In an effort to help “spread the love” to other blogs and bloggers I have decided to start profiling random blogs that I have listed over here in my blogroll. My blogroll has been built by several different methods. Initially before I blogged myself there were several blogs that I visited on a daily basis…those are on the list. After I began blogging I kept up with the sites of those people who were nice enough to comment, whether it was positive or negative…those are on the list. Blogs that I have found by either lucking upon them or randomly searching blogs or thinking that a site on another’s blog sounded interested are also listed.

Some of these blogs are veteran, some of them are nubies, some of them have been inactive for an inordinate amount of time, some are my favorites and some are ones that, interestingly enough, annoy the crap out of me when I go there but they make me think. Even though I may not agree with what all of these people say or write doesn’t mean that they shouldn’t be recognized.

So for my first foray into this new little gig I will employ a bit of nepotism. The first blog that I will bestow some love will be to the woman in which I bestow my love. Those of you who actually read this stuff will know her as The School Girl but as of late she has been referring to herself as Cluttered Brain over at her newly formed site called, Escaping Thoughts Of My Cluttered Brain.

From reading her site and from having conversations in regards to future endeavors I see a future in her blog with her fun writing style. She has started to, and plans on becoming a regular participant in the Nashville Blogging Community’s “Feel Good Friday”. A new post which figures on becoming a regular feature is her foray into musical chart history that I found quite entertaining.

You should eventually become privy to her eclectic wit that is quite similar to my own and her loving and thoughtful reminices of days past from her childhood in (way!) southern middle Tennessee to times spent in the beautiful state of Montana. You should also get a good story on yours truly!

Anyway, go give some blogger love to my new favorite blogger and my wife at her site and be sure to drop a line in the comments. Remember that even though most of us won’t admit it, we get a real kick out of hearing your feedback, whether you agree or not.

I haven’t decided how frequently I plan on doing this little feature but please check out my blogroll over to the right and if you aren’t listed please drop me a line (or a comment) and I will be glad to add you to the list as well as my feed reader to keep up with you as well. Keep up the great writing and you may very well be next to be featured on my little corner of the inter-web!