Here! Hop In My Time Machine. Let’s Go!

by Leslie

Veronica, one of my newest blogging pals, has tagged me for a meme. The Crazy 8 Meme! Yeah, yeah, yeah. I did it before. But this time, I’m doing it with a twist! It’s the The Crazy 8 Meme - High School Version. Specifically, my senior year of high school.

Awesome idea, isn’t it? I know! It wasn’t mine. Michelle at Scribbit did it first after being tagged for the same Random Things meme a few times. She did a high school or teenage version, which was just brilliant. So, I ~~copied~~ ~~stole~~ was inspired by her idea and decided to apply it here.

Now, here we go! Back to 1994.

Things I’m Passionate About:
1. My boyfriend
2. My hair
3. Becoming a neurologist
4. Beverly Hills 90210
5. Well-defined calf muscles & a bikini-worthy tummy
6. Pepsi
7. My clothes
8. My hair (I know I said it once, but really, it was very important to me.)

Things I Want To Do Before I Die:
I consulted my Senior Book for accuracy on this one. Here’s what I found listed as my “Dreams and Goals.”
1. Get married
2. Have children (Specifically a boy and a girl, in that order. Yeah, I actually wrote that down.)
3. Visit Ilka in Germany
4. Visit Australia
5. See The Phantom of the Opera on Broadway
6. Own a BMW
7. Design & build my own home
8. Stay married to the same person my whole life. (I went on, at length, about how I never, never, never wanted to be divorced. Oh, how disappointed 17-year old Leslie would be in me. But it’s okay. She doesn’t know what I know.)

Things That I Say Often:
1. I’m sorry. (My nickname could have been ‘Door mat.’ I apologized for everything. I don’t do that anymore.)
2. You go girl!
3. Schwing!!!
4. Does burping count? I did that a lot. I could burp words…so, yeah. I just decided. It counts.
5. Excuse me. (Okay, I burped a lot, but I had manners.)
6. Later. (This was how I said good-bye. I know. I oozed cool. In college it grew into “Check ya later.”)
7. Chica. (I called all my girls Chica. Because I’m hip with a Spanish flair. Or something.)
8. The double pistol finger raspberry (Okay, technically this isn’t something I said, but it was a gesture that included sound from my mouth. And it communicated a specific message. I’m including it.)

Books I’ve Read Recently (Or Am Reading):
1. Pet Sematary by Stephen King
2. The Bible (This is actually the most read book in my life. I’ve read it cover to cover four times and read it daily when I was a high-schooler. You know, preacher’s daughter and all.)
3. The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty
4. The Entity by Frank De Felitta
5. Christy by Catherine Marshall
6. The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
7. The Tiger Lily by Shirlee Busbee - This book inspired many a night of self-love. It’s very sexy. And I’ll even let you in on a very naughty secret. But first, Mom, Dad & Grandma - close your eyes and hit scroll. Okay. Here’s the secret: I used to read the sexy parts of this book to a guy - a guy that was not my boyfriend, but oh, I wish he had been - over the phone. In a seductive voice. It was really out of character for me as I was, truly, a pretty good girl. It was the effect of that book. Damn, it was steamy. And that guy. He was steamy, too.
8. Story of O by Pauline Reage - If you thought the last book was scandalous, I’ll give you a moment to pick your jaw up off the floor. You’re probably wondering how this book could be on the same list as The Bible. But, if you really think about when you were a teenager, you may understand. Teenagers are curious and searching and discovering who they are. This was all part of that. And part of dating an older guy.

Songs I Can Listen To Over And Over :
(And I’ve linked ‘em up to YouTube so you can listen to them over and over, too!)
1. The Sign by Ace of Base
2. I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles) by The Proclaimers
3. Can’t Help Falling In Love by UB40
4. Mr. Jones by Counting Crows
5. I’d Do Anything For Love by Meatloaf
6. No Rain by Blind Melon
7. Two Princes by The Spin Doctors
8. What’s Up by Four Non Blondes

What Attracts Me To My Friends:
1. Sense of humor
2. Fun-loving spirit
3. Shared experiences
4. Openmindedness
5. Fashion sense
6. Good hair
7. Loyalty
8. Trust

Things That I Learned That Year:
1. A great tan can make you look thinner. And hotter. I mean, freakin’ hot.
2. A girl can only live so long on a diet of plain baked potatoes and Diet Pepsi.
3. A true friend will let you puke in the back of her car and never say a word.
4. You’re never too old for a slumber party.
5. Being kind is always worth it.
6. Gullibility can be a real character flaw.
7. The church can often have very little to do with God or righteousness.
8. Never assume you’ll have time to fix something later. You never know when you’ll say good-bye to someone for the last time.

This time, I’m tagging my husband, so he can quit whining that I never tag him. Or link to him. And he can see how challenging this meme really is.

Have fun, Grimm. *insert maniacal laughter here*

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Comments

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Jen in MI on November 20, 2007 4:04 pm
LOL, Leslie - I may have to try this one just to find new nablopomo material! Fun answers to read!
Pam on November 20, 2007 4:42 pm
Thank God no one tagged me because high school? Yeah, that one room school house up by walnut creek isn’t such a vivid memory.
mackeydoodle on November 20, 2007 5:05 pm
OMG!!! What a cool idea!
You rawk Leslie!
I may just have to try this!
How’s the boob doing?
Laurie on November 20, 2007 5:33 pm
Just catching up over here! Cute idea. Happy Thanksgiving to you guys!!!
susiej on November 20, 2007 8:56 pm
You’re so creative. What a great twist. I remember that great tan belief!
Jerseygirl89 on November 20, 2007 11:07 pm
What a great idea! I love it. And I may have to steal it. Uh, I mean be inspired by it.
Daddy Forever on November 21, 2007 12:19 am
I use to want to design my own house too, but I’ve since concluded that I would go crazy with all the options.
Veronica on November 21, 2007 5:45 am
I love it! I knew I did the right thing when I tagged you!
Michelle at Scribbit on November 21, 2007 1:24 pm
Too funny–and I thought a lot about my hair too. It was the 80s.
Fourier.analyst on January 23, 2008 9:07 am
Okay, I have to apologize here. I decided instead of going backward I would go to your archive and pick up where I had left off on commenting. I know it has been a while but Sheesh, I really am a bad blog friend. My only excuse is that I was reading so many of the NaBlowPorNo thingies and leaving a few lines where I could, and when I got to yours I would laugh out loud and decide you deserved more than my usual cheery comments and so I would come back later. Little did I realize how late later would be. I am a Dork. Lesson learned. In future I will wipe the tears from my eyes, pick myself off the floor, and tell you immediately how you tickled my funny bone.

As long a you promise never to ask me to do this high-school meme. I am really not up for the embarassment of answering these questions honestly and the guilt from lying about it would cost me way too many precious hours of sleep.

You must have really been fun to play with in high school. I just know your crowd was one of the ones I admired from afar and wished I knew what you were all laughing about! I was not cool. I was smart. My nickname was “Computer” and this was before computers were cool, when they took up an entire room just to calculate your income tax.

I think I have overcome that. Either that, or I have not only you guys, but myself fooled about this as well!!