100 things

In keeping with today's high school theme:

9. My high school vice-principal got arrested for drunk driving less than a week before I graduated. This was just after she gave the senior class a speech about how we shouldn't do anything stupid to endanger our chances of graduating. One of my friends really disliked her and stood at the front door announcing it the next morning. I can't remember if she showed for the graduation ceremony or not, but she apparently gave an apology speech to the rest of the school on the last day. She's now the principal. (really)

10. I had the world's best high school job. My best friend and I worked at the front desk of our local downtown YMCA after school a few days a week. We were eventually banned from working together, but there were a lot of fun people who worked there. We also got to know the neighborhood crazies, like Jimmy, who called everyone "the money lady" and wouldn't let up until you acknowledged that, yes, you were the money lady and you got the money. Good times.

High School

I found a couple high school mementos a while back that I wanted to post. This will likely be amusing to no one but me, but whateva, I do what I want!

One of my best friends in high school would make me upside-down drawings when we had free time in class. One of the most memorable characters was Brenold, an illiterate clown.

Here is a note from Herney, a farmer who had a dog named Stretch Armstrong. I don't have any pictures of Herney, but he looked suspiciously like Brenold.

In our freshman year German class we had to create and perform a talk show as part of a class project. We made up some story about a woman who sold her children to the Velveeta factory in exchange for cheese. I was the Velveeta representative - here is my (very) little hat.

This is definitely my all-time favorite award certificate. Every semester our high school would have a ceremony for the students who had good grades. I hated these because they lasted forever and you had to sit in alphabetical order rather than with your friends. Obviously, the school cared for them about as much as I did.

This particular ceremony was a mere month before graduation. I guess I understand that they didn't know who I was - it's not like I graduated at the top of my class or anything. Oh, wait....

Early morning letters

Dear Woodpecker Outside my Window,
I always thought woodpeckers were neat birds - you drill holes in wood to get your food! You have a representative cartoon character! I have now changed my opinion of you. At first I couldn't figure out why it sounded like someone was hammering outside my window early every morning. Turns out you are drilling holes in my roof and wood paneling! I'm not so concerned with the structural damage as I rent, but you are very loud and I like to sleep past six. Please adjust your schedule accordingly.
Sincerely,
Laurel

Dear Kitty,
It is cute when you knead your paws on my lap while we watch tv. It is not cute when you knead my ribs while I am trying to sleep in. Please go down to the kitchen and put your skills to use by making me some biscuits instead.
Thanks,
Laurel

Dear Hair,
Please stop trying to strangle me in my sleep. That is all.
Laurel

Bracket, bracket

After the first weekend I have a score of 55 (with one point for the first round and two for the second) in my family pool. My parents generally provide the funding so there isn't really an entry fee. The only downside to this is that my dad can cancel it (like last year, when none of us picked a single final four team).

For those who care, I missed 5 in the first round (Butler, Kentucky, Indiana, Winthrop, and Nevada) and 2 in the second (Butler and USC). My family also has a prize for largest upset, so I'm in the running for that by picking both VCU and UNLV (both a 5 seed difference). I've still got all my elite 8 teams so I could do pretty well this year. I'll check back in after next weekend.

How does yours look?

End of week goodness

Yesterday I slept in, did a little work, cried over the Davidson-Maryland game, and drove out to western NC. My sister and her boyfriend have been at his family's mountain house for the week so I met up with them to hang out and watch some basketball. We had hoped to go skiing today but it's been raining all morning so it looks like we'll just be lounging around and watching more basketball. Tonight: Villanova-Kentucky. I'm ready to cry some more. Tubby might end up crying, too.

Look who else has a blog!

Ben was recently giving me a hard time for not linking to his blog. I hadn't done it yet because I didn't want to inundate his site with traffic and cause it to shut down, preventing others from seeing his genius. I have reconsidered and am opening the floodgates today - go check out Ben's blog.

I have tried not to blog about work, but Ben and I met through a series of work related trips. He wrote about one of the small towns here and does a great job describing the overall desperation of Rockingham. I was not on that specific trip, but we went back to the Seafood Shack on every other Rockingham trip. Ian will still tell stories about the crab cakes if prompted. Good times.

Please explain

Why am I so upset about Rob and Amber getting kicked off the Amazing Race? I have never been in the Rob and Amber hating group – I kind of find them cute (in a he’s annoying and she’s trying to keep him in line kind of way – says something about my ex-boyfriends). I just hate that they lost to Mirna and Charla, although Mirna almost redeemed herself at the end by shouting, "Charla, level 5, take it to level 5!" (Allan, have you told the level 5 story on your website? You totally should.)

Also, is it just me, or did the Spiderman 3 movie come out last summer? I never saw the second so maybe I’m confused. Was his uniform black in the second one too? Maybe it’s just me and my dysfunction with movie sequels. I can’t think of a pair of original and sequel movies I have ever seen. Shrek? Honestly, people, that’s all I can think of.

What can I say? It's been a slow week.