I remember we were made to watch Reagan being sworn in, and while I never remember my parents talking politics EVER, I remembre not liking him and being mad that my teacher was all "this is an historic day". 4th grade, 9 or 10 yrs old. I hated my 4th grade teacher for that and many other things.
Sorry, Captain. I'm real sorry. I shoulda kept better care of her. Usually she lets me know when something's wrong. Maybe she did, I just wasn't paying attention...
Kaylee ,'Out Of Gas'
Natter 56: ...we need the writers.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
msbelle - Jan 31, 2008 2:18:48 pm PST #6632 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
tommyrot - Jan 31, 2008 2:25:17 pm PST #6633 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Let me tell you about my commute.
Today I took the CTA home. At the Loyola stop a whole bunch of collage-age kids got on, and two women sat behind me. A few minutes later I feel something brush the side of my head. It felt just like someone running their fingers though my hair. Out of the corner of my eye I saw a woman behind me putting on her coat, so I figured her coat sleeve brushed against my head. That woman got off the train. Then when it was time for me to get off, I looked at the other woman who was sitting behind me. She smiled at me and kept staring at me. Then when I had reached the door and was waiting for it to open, I looked again and she was still smiling and staring at me.
Maybe she did actually run her fingers through my hair. But who does that to strangers on a train?
aurelia - Jan 31, 2008 2:28:00 pm PST #6634 of 10001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
I remember being aware of some of Reagan's policies because I was writing a report on alternative power sources when he took office. He pulled all the funding for the projects I was researching while I was working on the report.
Then Reagan and James Brady were shot. John Lennon was killed. 6th grade was very sobering for me.
tommyrot - Jan 31, 2008 2:30:00 pm PST #6635 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
John Lennon getting shot had a big effect on me. I cried myself to sleep.
Reagan, NSM. I was pretty apolitical in high school. (But I did think it sucked what happened to Carter, with the hostages being released hours after Reagan's inauguration....)
megan walker - Jan 31, 2008 2:32:55 pm PST #6636 of 10001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Reagan, NSM.
Although it did produce one of the best running sketches ever (Buckwheat was shot!) on SNL.
sarameg - Jan 31, 2008 2:50:18 pm PST #6637 of 10001
I was raised political & outraged (now I'm just weary.) That's what happens when your parents are active in the local hippy-dippy (I never really understood there was any other flavor of it until ...college?) Quaker meeting and LWV. I got an ERA receiving blanket and onesie when I was born.
That said, I don't know when I engaged to where it wasn't just a mimicry of my parents' views.
Kat - Jan 31, 2008 2:53:58 pm PST #6638 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
For the record, I t heart sara's family.
The Kidspace museum is having a snow day tomorrow! I wish Noah were well enough to go. But alas.
sarameg - Jan 31, 2008 2:57:36 pm PST #6639 of 10001
Hee. It's mutual.
Reminds me, I need to ask my mom about who I'm (middle) named after. I know only the sketchy basics, but I think she was someone mom met in LWV, but that's a very vague memory.
Theodosia - Jan 31, 2008 3:06:07 pm PST #6640 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
I need a "Don't Blame Me, I Voted for McGovern" bumpersticker.
Granted, it was in my 3rd grade class, but my liberal bent started early and strong.
meara, I'm so very sorry -- that's a blow indeed. However, I'm hoping that in the end, a new job will make you even happier than you were.
Gadget_Girl - Jan 31, 2008 3:42:33 pm PST #6641 of 10001
Just call me "Siouxsie Shunshine".
In a semi-selfish plea for positive thoughts/prayers/etc. District Drama festival for my students is this weekend. Tomorrow we perform our one act at 10:30 am (EST) and our individual events are all day on Saturday (from 9 am-3:20 pm).
The kids have worked so hard. We have a record 20 individual events performing in addition to the one act that has 15 on stage and a crew of 6. I hope we do well!