alias<\/a>,<\/p>\nAnd checked out to see if anyone who I recognized from the elementary schools, middle school and high school I attended when I lived in Tennessee were listed (I actually didn’t attend high school there, but checked out the graduating class for my year).<\/p>\n
What a really weird feeling for me … to see so many names I remembered and the assortment of memories associated with them.<\/p>\n
As we know, I love feeling a part of my world,<\/p>\n
And lately I’m not feeling too much a part of my world.<\/p>\n
So as I went through the lists of names,<\/p>\n
I felt familiar again,<\/p>\n
As I recognized so many names.<\/p>\n
Gawd it felt good.<\/p>\n
Anyways, here’s a bunch of one liner Amy-trivia from my youth …
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\nTamara<\/i> … The first girl I’ve ever kissed. We kissed in a tool shed.<\/p>\n
Barry<\/i> … My first friend to smoke and the first person in my life to whom I said, no thanks, I don’t smoke. Wow, just like it would be in so many ways during the rest of my life, even though I’d hang out with people that smoked, it was never a big deal to anyone that I didn’t.<\/p>\n
Jeff<\/i> … He was always the team captain, and always picked me early in the draft.<\/p>\n
Rick<\/i> … He was one of my best friends, I really missed him and his brother when I moved away. I hope things are good for you.<\/p>\n
Melanie<\/i> … Ah yes, boy did I ever have a crush on you in 5th grade.<\/p>\n
The Other Melanie<\/i> … A totally kewl chick, taught me that girls could be good and fun friends. And you always wanted her on your kickball team.<\/p>\n
The Other Other Melanie<\/i> … I used to talk to God about her a lot (when God and I were still talking.)<\/p>\n
Editor’s Note:<\/b> Now you know why, even though I really like the name Melanie, I just didn’t feel right going with it. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
Mike<\/i> … My first best friend. We used to build the kewlest toy boats and float them in the creek.<\/p>\n
Beth<\/i> … Gawd, the first girl I “went with”.<\/p>\n
Kevin<\/i> … Everyone was in love with his sister.<\/p>\n
Mark<\/i> and Mark<\/i> … The first wasn’t that good of a baseball player, but made the all star team because his dad knew people, pissed me off because I wasted him and didn’t get picked that year. That was the last time that happened, the next year … we advanced to the league outside of local “politics”, I started, made the all-star team and we advanced to state … he quit. On the other hand, he was one of my better friends in elementary school, go figure. The second Mark was a really good pitcher … for a 7th grader. And if he looks anything like he used to look, he’s a total hunk.<\/p>\n
Teri Lynn<\/i> … She was my buddy’s girlfriend. Tall, blonde and beautiful. She taught me that beautiful girls could also be nice people.<\/p>\n
Sharyl<\/i> … We knew each other in Tennessee, and then we both ended up in my home state, where years later I found out that at one point she actually dated one of my good friends here …it’s a small freaky world. Sharyl looked like Olivia Newton-John and was the first girl whose dress I looked up … though it really wasn’t just me. Mark noticed it first, Jeff and I joined, actually pretty much every guy in the class did eventually … we were in English class at the time. Made a mental note … when I’m made right, keep my knees together when I’m wearing a short dress !<\/p>\n
Liz<\/i> … She was quiet, and really smart. I always feared her in the spelling bee.<\/p>\n
Donald<\/i> … Over all the years, my best friend from those days of youth.<\/p>\n
Jan<\/i> … The first girl to laugh at me to my face.<\/p>\n
Ronald<\/i> … You always wanted him on your side if you were in a fight.<\/p>\n
Steve<\/i> … He moved to town one year. He stuttered. I didn’t want him to feel alone, so I started talking with him. We ended up becoming really good friends. We spent a lot of time watching television or playing baseball. The first would become a continuing theme in my life !! His dad was the best little league umpire ever.<\/p>\n
All these people and many more were important players in my life at one time … and I haven’t thought or spoken to any of them (except Sharyl), in probably like … 25 years.<\/p>\n
And I probably will never talk or e-mail with any of them again.<\/p>\n
I wonder if I’ll be saying something similar in 25 years after going to LongLostMates.com.<\/p>\n
Epilogue:<\/b> You know what really makes me laugh me ass off … the thought that if any of my friends of yore are doing such a post someplace … when then come to my name … some of the really funny krap they could say if they only knew me now ! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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