List #755: 5 Thoughts on peacocks

List #755: 5 Thoughts on peacocks

1. I liked going to the zoo because they would roam around freely

2. "The Flaming Green Peacocks" was the recommended name of a Middle School IM soccer team I was on. It got censored to "The Flaming Green Machine" by our illustrious principal.

3. The same name was used on a classic mixtape of 9th grade

4. NBC has the best shows on thursday nights

5. I like that shade of blue

List #709: 5 Thoughts on Duluth Public Schools

List #709: 5 Thoughts on Duluth Public Schools

1. You should support taxes that help them, because they produced me

2. One of my great desires as an elementary school student was to explore the then unused portions of Lincoln Middle School

3. Nettleton Magnet School was doing STEM before stem was the new sexy edu-trend

4. A surprising number of teachers/administrators 'followed me' from Middle School to High School.

5. I liked it when they had a Gifted and Talented program.

List #351: Intramural sports teams I was involved with

List #351: Intramural sports teams I was involved with

1. 8-Balls (3-Line Football, Middle School)
2. ? (Shallow Waterpolo, Middle School)
3. Flaming Green Peacocks (changed to "Green Machine" by the principal, sport unknown, Middle School)
4. Charging Bunch O' Idiots (changed to "Charging Bunch", Indoor Soccer, Middle School)
5. ? (9-base kickball, Kaiserball, others. Middle School)
6. Go Nads! (Floor Hockey, College)
7. U!S!A! (Floor Hockey, College)
8. ? (Broomball, College)
9. ? (Soccer, College)

List #338: Excerpts from pages in my Journal circa 1992-1993

List #338: Excerpts from pages in my Journal circa 1992-1993 {I left out a lot of the Juicy bits}

1. Jan 7, 1992: Pretty boring day not much happened {first entry}

2. May 23, 1992: I saw Marisa today and Beth anher [sic] weird friends too... I Freaked nat about the Punisher today. It was funny. T.F.T.D. Smile :)

3. August 1, 1992: ...I want to be in the olympics but I know I won't but I'm going to try any way. {during the Barcelona summer games. This also talked about Basketball, Swimming and Gymnastics...weird}

4. Jan 28, 1993: ...Today I missed algebra and homeroom to go swimming w/Paul and dave. It was really fun. We played deep water water polo... Monday is my Birthday.

5. June 26, 1993: ... Campfire was sad. "Flicker" is a good song. Jeremy is funny. He's writing My letter. I'll always remember this week and everything in it. I wish I could stay another week -Get'm in the Mind... {this was the end of my last week as a camper. I do remember quite a bit about that week}

6. Aug 5, 1993: Nat sang last night. It was great. Saw Chad from camp. {not that Chad, though. I didn't know him yet}

7. Oct 8, 1993: Debate will be neat. Spam named Ed. Hans is cool. I like school. Drawing is fun. {"drawing" was an Art elective. Hans is still cool}

8. Oct 31, 1993: Halloween. Tami came over. It was nice to see her. Trick or treating was good. I still have Chicken Pox but I might have a mild case thats almost gone. its weird.

9. Nov 20, 1993: ... I'm 23-18 (24-17?). Whole team did well. Dave lettered. Dave and Jeremy are sick people. {this was about Debate}

10. Dec 18, 1993: Moundsview was the Best Tourney yet [.] Stayed at the Hyatt with fountains and credit card keys... Alison and Sarah V. killed Melanie's fish...
{this was a rather epic length entry... a lot of stuff happened that weekend}