Some Spo-fans suggest I reprint some of my writings from the journals I mentioned last week.
Here is the journal entry date January 3rd, 1978. I was 15 years old.
“School is lousy. (I) Had a lot of homework, especially (from) Mr. Montle. [he taught geometry] Lifesaving class is awful since we have to do the breast and side stroke, both I can’t do. It is hell. “Soap” was fair and I’m watching Johnny Carson the lousiest comedian in the world. Tomorrow the librarians are striking but I think I won’t. They were wrong. I may regret it. Johnny Carson is awful. He sucks. Good night and good luck tomorrow.”
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January 3, 2008 at 9:30 am
tigeryogiji
So…you didn’t care much for Johnny Carson, huh?
January 3, 2008 at 9:41 am
Cameron
Thanks for posting that “blast from the past”!
You were a good writer even at 15. My writing at the time was more terse and painfully factual. I’ll have to dig through my old trunk to find my first journals!
It’s easy to get overwhelmed with the “post-holidaze” catch-up routine. One ornament at a time, back in the box!
Urspo - at least my handwriting was better then!
January 3, 2008 at 12:22 pm
Doug
Were you a fan of Edward R. Murrow?
January 3, 2008 at 1:06 pm
Kalvin
so bitter for such a young boy!
Urspo - i think it was more like ‘drama queen in the making’ !
January 3, 2008 at 4:06 pm
deveil
You know I’ve got all my old journals too, I should do this too. I remeber Soap, my mom wouldn’t let me watch it because it had a gay character on it. I have a cold doc, do you make house calls, i need my belly rubbed.
January 3, 2008 at 6:28 pm
Maggie
I LUV your old journal. If I had one, I would definitely talk about my 11th grade english home room teacher, Mr. Murphy.
I was new to this high school and didn’t have any friends so far.
He was explaining or describing the continents of the world to us at one lesson.
When he got to Asia, he pointed me out (in front of the whole class) and said they had moon faces like “Maggie”.
This followed me everywhere in my life, that is why I loved the 80’s so much!! The high hair which slimmed down my “round” face.
It took me to the 90’s when my daughter said, “mom, the eighties are over”, to actually change my hair style.
It was VERY hard!!!
Keep up the old journals Spo. We’ll all have something to say, about how serious we took other people’s opinion as children, even to adulthood. You as a psychiarist should really relate to this.
Hugs To A Saucy Man!!
January 3, 2008 at 6:47 pm
abnitude
omg, that was a great blog today. i never journaled but what an insight you can get from looking back at your 15 yr old mind. thank you fro the look back.
January 3, 2008 at 10:25 pm
Tony
SPO….Johnny Carson lousy! No way. I miss his humor.
January 4, 2008 at 1:11 am
Maddog
What a great post. I hope you share more them with us. I may have to steal this idea and dig out some of my old journals.
January 4, 2008 at 2:07 am
Zeph
Soap! One of the earlier shows with a sympathetic gay character. And it was totally demented, and who could object to that?
Huh. Has it been that long? How time flies.
Well, Johnny does look a lot better after you’ve seen Leno and Letterman…
January 4, 2008 at 8:13 am
BentonQuest
Neat! I should look back at my old journals. I am just afraid they will be too painful.
January 4, 2008 at 8:42 am
Merri
That was brave to post that, but you were a good writer even then!
Yikes 15 years old?
You also have the Hemingway terseness…
I was ranting about my mother at that age and NOT as eloquently..lol
I remember Soap!!! It was hilarious!