When You Were Young: The Kids Are Alright

March 5th, 2011 No Comments

Baby now the party’s over
For us, so I’ll be on my way
Now that the things which moved me
Are stand­ing still

- I Don’t Wanna Dance, Eddy Grant

In December of 1982, I was foiled by love once again, and de­cided to skip a school field trip to watch The Who’s Farewell Tour (the first of many, it later turned out.)

Dec. 1/82

Hi! Oh, it’s such a bor­ing day to­day and I’m so hun­gry (ain’t I al­ways?) Anyway, I got a Mr. Big choco­late bar in my purse wait­ing for me to eat him! Me and Boogie were ar­gu­ing about Vince this morn­ing. I said he was stuck up, and she said that he wasn’t and that he was cute. I agreed that he was cute, be­cause he’s stuck-up, he doesn’t say hi to me. Hmph! Anyway (no­tice how I al­ways say that word) I have to go. Bye!

Dec. 9/82

YAHOO! Just to get into the Christmas spirit! Tomorrow’s the big Christmas dance. Sure, I bought some­thing, but it looks aw­ful on me and my mother con­vinced me not to take it. I can ex­change it, but I can’t re­turn it. What a fool I was. Oh, I’m sorry I didn’t write in you last day, but I wasn’t feel­ing good and I had to go to the doctor’s. Anyway, I have a skirt, but I need a top. I’m go­ing to the Sheridan [Mall] af­ter school with my mom. Oh, bye!

Dec. 13/82

What about the party, you ask me, well in three words, it sucked the bag! Daniela had fun with Lino, but I didn’t. Why? Well, there was this cute guy and he had these big eyes that glare right at you, but any­ways, he was a hunk. So any­ways, I danced with him be­fore and he dances good from what I saw. So I went to ask him, but then this girl, I think she went to this school, asked him. Well he was do­ing these things to her that I wanted him to do to me, and then they had a spot dance. While he was there with his arm her and she was play­ing with his hair. And then I went to get a drink, so I could ask him. The he goes and asks that girl again. I was so mad, be­cause it was the last dance. Well, I don’t want to talk about it any­more. It’s too painful. Bye!

Dec. 17/82

Yipee! I’m not go­ing to Boyd af­ter all! I’m not go­ing to have a good time, and plus, the Basil’s party is go­ing to…Oh! We got a spe­cial sched­ule to­day, and we get off early, and then we’re go­ing to our old school, maybe even to the mall. The Who simul­cast is gonna be on tv. tonight and I’m gonna turn up the stereo loud! I just found out, (I don’t know if it’s true or not) that Slutty, Daniela and I were the most pop­u­lar girls last year, or this year, I think, I dunno. We have half an hour left and I’m happy to­day, cause we’re havin’ a bake sale. Bye!

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When You Were Young: Living on a Prayer

February 25th, 2011 4 Comments

A smile re­lieves a heart that grieves
Remember what I said
I’m not wait­ing on a lady
I’m just wait­ing on a friend

- Waiting on a Friend, The Rolling Stones

My lat­est in­stall­ment of my grade nine jour­nals cen­tres on a class­mate who nearly died and a much-anticipated school ex­cur­sion. Also, the “sex mat­tress” is just a mis­nomer. Trust me.

Nov. 15/82

Hi! I just cam back from a glo­rius week­end af­ter exam week. I know I failed English! Oh, wll, Boogie’s sit­ting next to me and I keep look­ing at her jour­nal every now and then. I know I’m writ­ing messy, and I have to do it over. We’re hav­ing English in the lunch room and I should’ve brought my lunch, ’cause I’m hun­gry. (I thought you were from Canada.) Ha! Sad. Bye!

Nov. 17/82

Hi! It’s me, re­mem­ber? I’m sorry that I’m al­ways chang­ing pens, but they’re al­ways run­ning out on me. I don’t know why I’m so happy to­day. I guess it’s just that I got no home­work tonight. Isn’t that amaz­ing? Well we got our mug shots back to­day, and do I ever look so gross! Yesterday, Nikki was show­ing me her grad­u­a­tion pric­tures. She looks so good! But Vince looks like a freak, be­cause he had a perm. And Peter, from Basil’s, looked so good, I was freak­ing out! Anyway, we have to do an act­ing English Project, and we’re go­ing on a trip next moth to Boyd. Oh, I have to split. Bye!

Nov. 19/82

I’m so de­pressed to­day! Cynthia is in the hos­pi­tal to­day be­caue her fa­ther left the car run­ning and the gas fumes went into the house and he found them on the floor. I started cry­ing, be­cause she’s a good friend, and she was al­ways nice to me. I hope she’ll make it. Well, I got to go, and wish and pray for her.

Nov. 23/82

Hi! Have you heard? Cynthia’s much bet­ter, and she’s com­ing out of the hos­pi­tal soon. I think all our pray­ing paid off. Anyways, we got back grom the philo­soph­i­cal typ­ing class where we’re learn­ing ver­ti­cal typ­ing and cen­ter­ing, which is such a bore, be­cause we learn things that prob­a­bly won’t be do­ing in our fu­ture years. I re­mem­ber when Daniela and Lino were get­ting it on the sex mat­tress, and the lady worker there told them to get off. Oh! It was such a laugh! Ah well, we got an English sup­ply teacher, and she looks nice. Well, bye!

Nov. 25/82

Hi! Sorry I’m late. I had to pick up some pa­pers for O’Toole. Hey, guess what! I’m go­ing to Boyd! Aong with Ana, Elena, Ciara, Lina, Nicki and Elena C.! We’re gonna have fun! I think Rocky and Frank are com­ing, I don’t know. Dig this ra­tio: 24 girls to 16 guys! We are go­ing to par-ty, man! Gabe wants to read Daniela’s jour­nal, which I read, and I think it’s too per­sonal, and the stu­pid girl rewrote al­most all the pages over. What a dumb­ell! I think that Gabe should stick his nose in his own busi­ness. I al­ways have to stick up for that girl. She doesn’t know how to take care of her­self! Well, bye!

Nov. 29/82

Well, here I am to­day, again. It’s gonna be a pretty good day to­day. Why? How do I know? Because once I get through typ­ing feel­ing happy, I know it’s gong to be a good day. And plus, the boy’s bas­ket­ball team is play­ing Queen of Piss to­day at Frances De Salles, and Eli and Steve might be there, along with some other peo­ple from Queen of Piss. Anyway, I came in late to­day, be­cause I was wait­ing for Boogie, the lazy chick. That’s the last time I wait for her. I was so tired this morn­ing. Hey, did you hear? The Argos lost 32 to 15, I think. I guess all that screamin, “Arg-gos, Arg-os” went to waste. Oh, Daniela’s let­ting me read her jour­nal to­day. Oh, have to split! Bye!


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When You Were Young: Let’s Dance

February 8th, 2011 1 Comment

Oh Mickey
what a pity you don’t un­der­stand.
You take me by the heart when you take me by the hand.

- Hey Mickey, Toni Basil 

In late October/early November of 1982, I set­tled nicely into high-school life. I tried out for the cheer­lead­ing squad (spoiler: I don’t make it), had my first dance (and heart­break) and be­came quite ad­dicted to Ms. Pacman. God, I was a such an eight­ies cliché.

Oct. 25/82

Well, today’s the day of the big test! Yes, I stud­ied. I watched the New Music last night. Anna Curci’s brother was on it be­cause he’s the lead singer of the group Sherriff. Oh, he’s such a babe! He has blond, curly hair, and he looks like Anna a lit­tle. Well, I gotta study, bye!

Oct. 27/82

Hi! We just took our pic­tures for the year­book. Oh! Today’s the big, and I mean big, sci­ence test, and am I scared! After school to­day, the mu­sic teacher has to help me with play­ing my flute, and to­mor­row we get off at 2:00, and I’m go­ing swim­ming, no mat­ter what my par­ents say. Gosh, am I tired! I must have stayed up late last night. Oh, Ximena, Liz, Dora, Angie and Tiz’s brother, Domenic are com­ing af­ter school to­day. I can’t wait till this school day is over. Bye!

This re­ally is me in grade nine.

Oct. 29/82

YAHOO! Tonight’s the big dance and Dom is com­ing! So is Angie, and the stu­dent coun­cil is go­ing to be an­nounced. I hope Daniela wins! We’re hav­ing Funky Joe as the D.J. and it’s go­ing to be a smash! I got to wear R — – ‘s gold shoes, even if I have to stick tis­sues in them. Bye! I’ll tell you about it!

Nov. 2/82

Hello! Oh, I wish I stayed home to­day. We have a mu­sic test to­day, and I didn’t even study! I stayed up till 10:30 last night. Oh, I can’t go swim­ming, and I can’t par­tic­i­pate in cheer­lead­ing prac­tice. (semi-finals are on Thursday, I think) be­cause, well, oh you know why. I won­der what Daniela is scrib­bling in her di­ary. I am go­ing to ask her if I could read it. Oh, bye!

Nov. 4/82

Hi! We just got out of typ­ing, and I’m that glad! She was al­ways pick­ing on me! Well, it looks like the teacher is com­ing to in­spect you, like what kind of shape you’re in, and if I’m keep­ing you up to date. Oh, I for­got to tell you about the dance. It was out of sight! Domenic C — — — – came and he looked and danced just heav­enly! And speak­ing of heaven, you should’ve seen Daniela and Lino, man. It looked like they were hav­ing a good time. And as for me, hmph! I gave up on Vince, af­ter all, he has to keep up his stu­pid rep! Anyway, I lost my re­li­gion text­book, and I’m shit­ting bricks try­ing to find it. Notice how I make my t’s now — t. Freaks you right out, eh!

Oh well, I have the cheer­lead­ing semi-finals tonight, and af­ter I’m chang­ing into my jeans and split­ting to the mall. I’ll prob­a­bly be play­ing some more pac-gal, which I am be­com­ing ad­dicted to. Oh, ex­ams next week! I’m gonna be up to my ears in books, study­ing. And I got in­vited to a party! Jeff, who was in my grad­u­at­ing class, is, well, his sis­ter is hav­ing a sur­prise party for him.

[At this point, my teacher marked my journal — 10/10.]

Well, how did it feel, hav­ing his mark on you. Not that good, hey? Oh well, I gotta go now. Bye!

p.s. It stank! (the party)

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When You Were Young: Bus Stop

February 1st, 2011 1 Comment

Well I’ve missed my bus I know I’m late
I’ve gotta do some­thing I know I hate

- Double Dutch Bus, Frankie Smith

Judging by the next few en­tries in my jour­nal, was the TTC ever “The Better Way”? I also apol­o­gize for my mis­spelling of “ciao” and my ap­par­ent xenophobia.

Oct. 18/82

Hi! We just got our TTC stu­dent passes to­day, and I look bad. Why am I writ­ing in green? Because that’s the colour of the card. Yup! Oh, to­day we play Queen of Piss in soft­ball. I’m go­ing to have, oops, sorry, I’m gonna have goose­bumps! Not be­cause I’m scared, it’s be­cause it’s go­ing to be so damn cold! I stayed up till 11:00 last night to do my *!@?% sci­ence project. Hmmm, I guess we’re gonna (I got it right) see a movie now since the pro­jec­tor is out, so tootleloo (means chow)! (It means bye!)

p.s. We won! 12 – 10

Oct. 21/82

Hi! I just found out that we’re get­ting an­other text book! Wow man, like, I’m so thrilled! Anyway, Daniela, R — – and I were just late this morn, be­cause the stu­pid bus dri­ver dropped us of at Keele. I felt like swear­ing at him, but I promised my­self I would stop swear­ing. We were at the bus stop at 8:15, and we thought we would be there at 8:30, but when our bus came, it was like a can of sar­dines — crowded. 3 buses, count ‘em 3, passed us by. Then fi­nally that bus dri­ver, I think he’s from an­other coun­try, let us in. Oh yeah, we were crowded, but when he stopped at the Jeffrey’s stop, half of the bus went off. Then that’s when our predica­ment started. Thank God, we have a free morn­ing late! Oh, bye!

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Dating in the 80s

January 28th, 2011 1 Comment

They re­ally liked to have a lot of fun back then.

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