Memory Lane

I have NO idea when this was written, but based on the handwriting, I'd have to say 8th or 9th grade:

General Appearance: Neat, masculine, tall, muscular
Character traits: good sense of humor, kind, smart, considerate, well mannered
Emotional Maturity: Doesn't act like a child, yet still acts young
Professional: I'd like to marry a doctor

::Older and wiser RisibleGirl::
Looks like I eventually got what I wanted. Well, as soon as the bearded eye-roller gets his medical degree. har!

Nov 1976
I think I get to go help make a Rose Bowl float. If I do, I'll get to meet Donny Osmond!! He's really neat in my opinion.

When he sings, "When I fall in Love" I just get goose bumps. That's my song. I was crying a little bit when he sang it last time.

I wish I could meet him because when he described the kind of girl he hopes to marry, he was practically describing me. That, I guess is an impossibility.

There are SO MANY girls that want him, I wouldn't stand a single chance. Oh well. Dream on forever....

::Older and wiser RisibleGirl::
Talk about angst.... sheesh!

These are the results of a confidential survey amongst class members. I think it happened in social studies- but I'm not sure. I vaguely remember this class exercise, and the thing I remember most is that I was really afraid to get the results. We had to give a 0-8 score to each category for each member in the class, and then write a little bit about them on a separate piece of paper (although not everyone did that). After everyone was done, the teacher gave us our ratings. It wasn't as bad as I'd anticipated.

Score-0	My Average Score	Score-8
Physical superman	4	Physical mouse
Extreme conservative	2.5	Extreme radical
Optimist	3	Pessimist
Dumbbell	6	Genius
Likes a large number of friends	3	Prefers a few close friends
Fantastically good looking	3	Extremely Ugly
Rational, intellectual, detached	6	Emotional, feeling subjective
Instant friendship with everyone	3	Impossible to get to know

Comments:

• The thing about you I like best your ability to be yourself
• You are fun to listen to in class. You have a lot of neat answers
• I like your carefree attitude and happy go lucky style
• I think that you feel good about yourself now. You’ve become more positive and confident in yourself.
• I think you have a cute nose
• You’re always so willing to add things to the group. You’re always so happy.
• I don’t know you very well, or too much about you, but you seem to be a nice person.
• Nice, sensitive, warm, loving, friendly
• You like yourself and are honest about it. I like you and also I think it is important for one to accept both faults and good points- and you do that.

Seems like I haven't changed much since the 9th grade (parents of 9th graders, keep that in mind!), especially the comment "you like yourself and are honest about it." heh. As an aside, I think the questions were a bit dicey. Really, should the teacher have used the words, "dumbell" and "extremely ugly". I doubt teachers in this era would be using those phrases!

Refining qualities I will cultivate:

• I will practice modesty by trying to dress by the dress code my parents set for me (even though I don't want to).
  ::older and wiser RG says:: always have to add my .02, eh?


• I will be an example of tolerance by trying to understand people's problems and put up with my brothers and sister.
  ::older and wiser RG says:: still working on the putting up with my brothers and sisters bit....

On 11/23/73 I gave a talk in church called "You get what you expect".
::older and wiser RG says:: wow- I wish I had a copy of that talk because it would be interesting to read right now. I *still* subscribe to that philosophy- and am surprised that I gave a talk about it when I was 13.

Qualities in my father I would like to emulate: I would like to have patience (sorry Dad, I didn't seem to get that lesson. I do have your great pruning skills though!)
Qualities in my mother I would like to emulate: I would like to have a good sense of humor (thanks Mom! I think I picked that one up!)

Answers to situations I might come across:

• If someone suggests, "oh, you don't have to call your mom. We won't be very late, " I will answer: Last time I did that, I got a one month restriction.


• If someone says to me, "Lie about it and you won't get into trouble, " I will say: I've tried it before and it didn't work.

::older and wiser RG says:: sounds like my parents were on to me.....

I haven't pulled out the contents from the envelopes in the book yet. More 13 year old angst to come.....

Last night, the bearded eye-roller and I were on the back porch talking about this and that, and the topic of high school years came up. He was talking about being in crew (that's rowing for those of you not 'in the know') and how it was really a good team sport for him, better than football even. He ended up going on to play college football, but his best memories are about crew.

Anyway, after it got dark, we came inside and looked at our yearbooks. In addition to my yearbooks, I pulled out a scrapbook of sorts, of mine. We didn't go through it because, well, it might have scared off my dear husband.

Why, you ask? Well, it's full of teen angst and crushes and whatnot. The content is so hilarious, that I thought I'd post bits and pieces of it over the weekend.

The book is called Treasures of Truth. It's something the girls in my church were given to record our thoughts and keep mementos from the time we're 12 through 18. Can you just imagine what is in there? Especially considering how weird I am now?

Yeah- you're right- SCARY stuff.

Enjoy going back in time to young angst-filled RisibleGirl over the next few posts.