1. When I was a little girl, I was too scared to sleep in my room so I often slept on the living room couch.
2. When I was a little girl, I wanted to be an actress/singer. I would often play act out whole scenes I made up in my head while I laid on the couch trying to fall asleep, silently mouthing all the words.
3. I loved taking baths with my mom.
4. The first boy I made out with later grew up to be a gay man. I was a Gracie in the making way back then…(think Will and Grace)
5. I remember exactly where I was when the Challenger blew up – I was in the school library.
6. I used to daydream while walking to high school that I would fall in love with an older man and he would rescue me from my life.
7. I wanted so badly to be in love my senior year that I had crushes on every male coworker who was nice to me. I went to school dances with two of those coworkers - the Sadie Hawkins dance and my Senior prom – and I didn’t even like school dances.
8. I daydreamed about everything and anything all through high school because it was a miserable experience and I just wanted to get away.
9. I hated my teeth so bad in high school that I never willingly smiled with open lips.
10. I used to work the student store at my high school.
12. I changed my name the first time I moved away from Colorado because I wanted to get away from everything and everyone.
13. I haven’t daydreamed for years and years and years. My life keeps me too busy to daydream anymore!
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Thanks to all who replied! If you have a list I will be visiting shortly.
Kiko – I think that’s what makes these lists so fun – because sharing these items allows folks to relate better to me because they probably share/shared my angst.
Is “emo” the new “loner?” I was a stone-cold loner in high school…
Wow, you seem to know yourself well. Thanks for sharing.
I still sleep on the couch when I am scared
I was so relieved when the guy who chased me around in Jr. High came out of the closet. Then I chased him back.
I think alot of high school kids felt the same way, despite having a “normal” household. You were “emo” before it was cool.
#4 is funny. I wonder what ever happened to the first boy I made out with?
Thanks to all who replied! If you have a list I will be visiting shortly.
Kiko – I think that’s what makes these lists so fun – because sharing these items allows folks to relate better to me because they probably share/shared my angst.
Is “emo” the new “loner?” I was a stone-cold loner in high school…
Neat idea for TT. Made me take my own trip down memory lane.
Thanks for sharing just a bit more of yourself with us!
I’m sorry your high school years weren’t too good, that’s sad!
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Well, of course, we didn’t know ANY of that. Thanks for sharing. That’s a very interesting list.