summer times
Jul. 14th, 2003 01:20 amthis is so random and is going to take ages, but I'm ssort of bored and it'll make me thing.
Gacked from my own brain.
Summer of 68: I was born. A wee babe with blonde hair. That turned brown. new London, CT.
Summer of 69: Moved to a naval base in Virginia somewhere's. My mother is preggers with my brother.
Summer of 70: This was the hellish trip across country to see my Dad's parents. There are videos of me throwing a fit in the car, my chest goes CONCAVE I'm screaming so hard. funny.
Summer of 71: I'm pretty sure my parents weren't considering moving but the Navy would transfer my Dad this fall. I crack my skull open and require 75 stitches.
Summer of 72: I teach myself to read. using those "Read About Me" books. I loved those they were all about ME. And at that age, that's an important thing.
Summer of 73: I go to Kindergarten this fall. A little nervous, I don't want my hair cut.
Summer of 74: Spend much of the summer at my Dad's parents with my older half-sister. She's bossy, I remember that. From what I've been told that is the summer my brother and she both get molested/abused by my Dad's dad. We don't find out for years.
Summer of 75: We move, I get an IQ test and am told I'm a genius. Life is good. I become teacher's pet for the next three years and don't learn a dman thing.
Summer of 76: July Fourth parade. We're on a boat throwing candy (we're the Boston Tea Party) we get told bythe cops to stop so we eat it all ourselves. I see The Yellow Submarine on TV that night. It makes a big impression.
Summer of 77: I get stepped on by a horse. I get pulled out of school this year when it's discovered I'm manipulating my teachers and am bussed across San Diego to a mostly black school. I have to start learning now. I actuall yliek this school the best.
Summer of 78: I become a cub scout. Whoop de doo. I stop going. Istart martial arts. I stop going. I start piano lessons. I continue intermittently for a few years. I take an art class and fall in love with painting.
Summer of 79: we move to the suburbs of Chicago. Palatine. We missed a bad winter. I join the Boy Scouts and fall into a camp fire. My boots melt. I'm fine. I dislocate my knee in a snow shoe race. I break my wrist in Dodgeball. I discover the cartoon Starblazers and proceed to run home from school erveryday to catch it. I discover an adult magazine and realize naked adults are cool.
Summer 0f 80: My sister gets a spotlight dance on Amercian Babdstand. She does the Octopus. We still have it on Beta> I get her in trouble on a regular basis. We move back to California and mizz another badwinter.
Summer of 81: Masturbation is discovered. I spend a lot of time in the bathroom this year. I love Junior High, except PE. Although the teacher is a doll.
Summer of 82: entering High Schol I'm nervous. I already know I'm gay. Noticing guys. become a drama geek and come put of my shell with bang. My parents adopt a girl.
Summer of 83: Get cast in a play. Have sex with a girl. mess around with boys. another girl adopted.
Summer of 84: Another play, try to get the new drama teacher fired. Fail. Drop his class along with 22 other students. More girls. No boys. try adopting a boy, too many problems.
Summer of 85: Senior year. One last girl. No boys, dammit. It's a gang school. The SWAT team is at school one day to prevent agang war thatwas planed. it doesn't happen. Three close friends are killed by a runaway train in front of a large group of students. Frst time I hear about AIDS and it connects with my brain.
Summer of 86: Colllege looms. Decide that's it for girls. Concentrate on boys. Join the college GSU. Visit other schoolas for the Speaker's bureau. Come out to my brother. Life guard certification.
Summer of 87: Finally boys! oral sex is discovered and mastered. Change colleges. Come out to the parents in the middle of an argument. it's cool. they tell the entire family. It's still cool. Life guarding.
Summer of 88: I end up dropping collegethis year as I'mannoyed with the California University sytem and concentrate on work full time. Life guarding. Start my retial career.
Summer of 89: My cousin gets a heart transplant and survives with flying colors. Lose my viriginity to a guy. FINALLY! Join the gay community in Orange County. Start clubbing and being a genral tramp.\
Summer of 90: My cousin is murdered. I move out of my parentsthen move bak after six months. Work at Disneyland. Fun. Still a tramp. I look damn good.
Summer of 91: Still tramping, back at home. My friends all love my family. I'm annoyed with liferight now.
Summer of 92: Start with the video store. First longterm boyfriend. We braeak up due to distance problems. Tramping is lessening but fun is stil lto be had. My parents move to NH I stay in CA.
Summer of 93: I decide to hit as many Pride celebrations as possible. I make it to seven.
Summer of 94: Start drinking heavily. Start using drugs. Stop having sex as much, strangely.
Summer of 95: managing two video stores. Stressed. Using. Problems. have a very good boyfriend. Understanding. My best friend sleeps with him.
Summer of 96: find out that all my friends knew about the above situation and I implode. it's bad. Lose my job. my apartment. My car. Dump my best friend and mopst of my friends.
Sumemr of 97: I've started cleaning up. Am currently homeless. Start at Borders. new friends are cool. Still cleaning up after the last year. Find an apartment in the fall.
Summer of 98: Things seem to be back on track. Love my job. New boyfriend. Find out he's trying to replace his ex. Dump him. Enter management. Stop dating.
Summer of 99: A few bumps along the road. Over the past few years I move, on the average, every six months. Stop driving at this point as depth perception is completely gone.
Summer of 00: Am living with the same roommate since last fall, will stay with her for the next year. get burnt on CA. leave Borders. Tramp for a few weeks. Leave for NH, in retrospect, a mistake. Manage a pizza joint.
Summer of 01: Get out of my parents. Start at Borders in NH, on the graveyard shift. Small apartment under construction. It will be under construction as of this typing. Don't have a floor or ceiling in the bthroom until the winter. Discover Popslash.
Summer of 02: Come to days in the Music dept. Love it. No love life. still.
Summer of 03: Want to get out of NH. Management implodes at the store. Financial wibbles come to the fore.
I was right it took a while.
Gacked from my own brain.
Summer of 68: I was born. A wee babe with blonde hair. That turned brown. new London, CT.
Summer of 69: Moved to a naval base in Virginia somewhere's. My mother is preggers with my brother.
Summer of 70: This was the hellish trip across country to see my Dad's parents. There are videos of me throwing a fit in the car, my chest goes CONCAVE I'm screaming so hard. funny.
Summer of 71: I'm pretty sure my parents weren't considering moving but the Navy would transfer my Dad this fall. I crack my skull open and require 75 stitches.
Summer of 72: I teach myself to read. using those "Read About Me" books. I loved those they were all about ME. And at that age, that's an important thing.
Summer of 73: I go to Kindergarten this fall. A little nervous, I don't want my hair cut.
Summer of 74: Spend much of the summer at my Dad's parents with my older half-sister. She's bossy, I remember that. From what I've been told that is the summer my brother and she both get molested/abused by my Dad's dad. We don't find out for years.
Summer of 75: We move, I get an IQ test and am told I'm a genius. Life is good. I become teacher's pet for the next three years and don't learn a dman thing.
Summer of 76: July Fourth parade. We're on a boat throwing candy (we're the Boston Tea Party) we get told bythe cops to stop so we eat it all ourselves. I see The Yellow Submarine on TV that night. It makes a big impression.
Summer of 77: I get stepped on by a horse. I get pulled out of school this year when it's discovered I'm manipulating my teachers and am bussed across San Diego to a mostly black school. I have to start learning now. I actuall yliek this school the best.
Summer of 78: I become a cub scout. Whoop de doo. I stop going. Istart martial arts. I stop going. I start piano lessons. I continue intermittently for a few years. I take an art class and fall in love with painting.
Summer of 79: we move to the suburbs of Chicago. Palatine. We missed a bad winter. I join the Boy Scouts and fall into a camp fire. My boots melt. I'm fine. I dislocate my knee in a snow shoe race. I break my wrist in Dodgeball. I discover the cartoon Starblazers and proceed to run home from school erveryday to catch it. I discover an adult magazine and realize naked adults are cool.
Summer 0f 80: My sister gets a spotlight dance on Amercian Babdstand. She does the Octopus. We still have it on Beta> I get her in trouble on a regular basis. We move back to California and mizz another badwinter.
Summer of 81: Masturbation is discovered. I spend a lot of time in the bathroom this year. I love Junior High, except PE. Although the teacher is a doll.
Summer of 82: entering High Schol I'm nervous. I already know I'm gay. Noticing guys. become a drama geek and come put of my shell with bang. My parents adopt a girl.
Summer of 83: Get cast in a play. Have sex with a girl. mess around with boys. another girl adopted.
Summer of 84: Another play, try to get the new drama teacher fired. Fail. Drop his class along with 22 other students. More girls. No boys. try adopting a boy, too many problems.
Summer of 85: Senior year. One last girl. No boys, dammit. It's a gang school. The SWAT team is at school one day to prevent agang war thatwas planed. it doesn't happen. Three close friends are killed by a runaway train in front of a large group of students. Frst time I hear about AIDS and it connects with my brain.
Summer of 86: Colllege looms. Decide that's it for girls. Concentrate on boys. Join the college GSU. Visit other schoolas for the Speaker's bureau. Come out to my brother. Life guard certification.
Summer of 87: Finally boys! oral sex is discovered and mastered. Change colleges. Come out to the parents in the middle of an argument. it's cool. they tell the entire family. It's still cool. Life guarding.
Summer of 88: I end up dropping collegethis year as I'mannoyed with the California University sytem and concentrate on work full time. Life guarding. Start my retial career.
Summer of 89: My cousin gets a heart transplant and survives with flying colors. Lose my viriginity to a guy. FINALLY! Join the gay community in Orange County. Start clubbing and being a genral tramp.\
Summer of 90: My cousin is murdered. I move out of my parentsthen move bak after six months. Work at Disneyland. Fun. Still a tramp. I look damn good.
Summer of 91: Still tramping, back at home. My friends all love my family. I'm annoyed with liferight now.
Summer of 92: Start with the video store. First longterm boyfriend. We braeak up due to distance problems. Tramping is lessening but fun is stil lto be had. My parents move to NH I stay in CA.
Summer of 93: I decide to hit as many Pride celebrations as possible. I make it to seven.
Summer of 94: Start drinking heavily. Start using drugs. Stop having sex as much, strangely.
Summer of 95: managing two video stores. Stressed. Using. Problems. have a very good boyfriend. Understanding. My best friend sleeps with him.
Summer of 96: find out that all my friends knew about the above situation and I implode. it's bad. Lose my job. my apartment. My car. Dump my best friend and mopst of my friends.
Sumemr of 97: I've started cleaning up. Am currently homeless. Start at Borders. new friends are cool. Still cleaning up after the last year. Find an apartment in the fall.
Summer of 98: Things seem to be back on track. Love my job. New boyfriend. Find out he's trying to replace his ex. Dump him. Enter management. Stop dating.
Summer of 99: A few bumps along the road. Over the past few years I move, on the average, every six months. Stop driving at this point as depth perception is completely gone.
Summer of 00: Am living with the same roommate since last fall, will stay with her for the next year. get burnt on CA. leave Borders. Tramp for a few weeks. Leave for NH, in retrospect, a mistake. Manage a pizza joint.
Summer of 01: Get out of my parents. Start at Borders in NH, on the graveyard shift. Small apartment under construction. It will be under construction as of this typing. Don't have a floor or ceiling in the bthroom until the winter. Discover Popslash.
Summer of 02: Come to days in the Music dept. Love it. No love life. still.
Summer of 03: Want to get out of NH. Management implodes at the store. Financial wibbles come to the fore.
I was right it took a while.
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Date: 2003-07-14 05:45 am (UTC)::claps hands excitedly::
Summer of 78: I become a cub scout. Whoop de doo. I stop going. Istart martial arts. I stop going. I start piano lessons. I continue intermittently for a few years. I take an art class and fall in love with painting.
Dude. That's so my life. Except, you know, Brownies (instead of scouts), stuck with karate for a few years, I sure did give right up on piano, fell in love with flute playing.
I took art. I loved it. I was hideously terrible. I stopped. :-)
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Date: 2003-07-14 10:57 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-07-14 05:17 pm (UTC)Strange, that.