apologees

**i lack the energy to write a real journal entry, so i'll do this thingie that was in marlowe's journal...


YOUR FRESHMAN YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL

[What year was it?]
1991-92

[What were your three favorite bands?]
primus, matthew sweet, too much joy

[What was your favorite outfit?]
whatever was on my floor when i woke up

[What was up with your hair?]
short in back with bangs to cover my eyes. never showered or combed it, so i looked really weird

[Who was/were your best friend(s)?]
my friend holden (who shot himself at 19) and my friend holden's brother's college friend bill who took us to shows at clubs in atlanta cuz we couldnt drive

[What did you do after school?]
basketball at holden's, street fighter 2 at the arcade, band practice during football season, tennis practice during tennis season

[Where did you work?]
nowhere

[Did you take the bus?]
hell no, i had an older sister who could drive, and i also rode with her hot friends

[Who did you have a crush on?]
freshman year i think it was a girl at my church that i only saw 5 or 6 times a month named laura. i got to know her well as a senior and freshman in college, and crushed on her more, then she got married to some dick baseball player at like 21. that was dumb.

[Did you fight with your parents?]
almost daily

[Who did you have a CELEBRITY crush on?]
winona ryder?

[Did you smoke cigarettes?]
nope

[Did you lug all of your books around in your backpack all day because you were too nervous to find your locker?]
nope. my books never left my locker. not once during high school. seriously.

[Did you have a 'clique'?]
i was in EVERY clique in high school. football players, marching band, stoners, metalheads, etc etc. and because i went to a church where the kids from the other 2 high schools in my county went, i knew them, too. i was popular, even if only in name.

[Did you have a "Max" like Zach Kelly and Slater?]
holden's basement

[Admit it, were you popular?]
very, but in a weird way where everyone knew me, but some people didnt like me at all. others liked me alot cuz they said i was funny and shit. idunno. im a friendly guy, and i can talk to people. ...and also piss people off. go figure.

[Who did you want to be just like?]
holden's brother's friend from college bill, because he took me to see dinosaur jr. play at the roxy (kyuss opened). i was cooler than everyone else.

[What did you want to be when you grew up?]
philosopher or monk

[Where did you think you'd be at the age you are now?]
dead or teaching college