The first class I had in seventh grade was English with Mrs. Mc Leavy. Mrs. Mc Leavy was great because she was from Boston and still had the accent. James and I still laugh about how she pronounced a fellow classmate's name "Mishaler" instead of Mishila and how she was always telling someone to get something out of her "caa". With much ( Read more... )

A few years ago,as I pumped gas at a station near my house,I noticed a middle aged woman standing on the sidewalk outside of a chinese take out resturant that had closed down for good.As she stood there,facing the street,she began to shake-violently-all over and then she would stop and begin to shake again.She went through this for about a minute. ( Read more... )

The thought came to me today of the jog-a-thon and how I cheated at it.I'm not sure if all schools did this but Hawes Elementary had a Jog-a-thon to raise money for something or other,or was it a presidential fitness program?The deal was you got your parents and relatives to sponsor you for every lap you run in the jog-a-thon.I believe I was ( Read more... )

There are a few Halloweens that stick out in my memory ( Read more... )

Here it is,my comprehensive list of THEE rollerskating jams.Lace up yer skates suckas ( Read more... )

Remember making KROQ mixtapes in jr high?Yeah,I do.

The pilot episode of the twilight zone featured a story about a man who finds himself alone in a small town that shows no sign of life whatsoever.It turns out he is a astronaut in some kind of simulation to measure the effect of desolation on men they would send to the moon.For some reason,these and other twilight zones with similar plots always ( Read more... )

My love for the smell of plywood dates back to when I was 9 or 10.That summer we were remodeling our house.In order to run an additional sewer line my dad and I dug a gigantic tunnel under the house.For the whole summer this was my favorite place to be.I could go from the front yard to the back simply by walking under the house,it was sheer genius. ( Read more... )

Sometimes when sleep offers no interest to me I ride my bike late at night, the best hours being 2 to 3 in the morning.What I like best about doing this is the fact the the streets are completely empty giving a feeling of total aloneness.If you have seen the pilot episode of the twilight zone entitled "where is everybody?" you know what I mean.The ( Read more... )

The only reason I would join the marines would to be the ice cream man.This is why.Once upon a time I took somewhat of a field trip with the high school band to a marine base in san diego to check out thier marching band and the base in general.We watched as they did morning colors and witnessed the marine graduation ceremony and then to end our ( Read more... )