Senior Year

Captain's Log, Stardate 03.16.2009

I got tagged by inspirational romance author Debby Mayne!

Fill this out about your SENIOR year of high school! The longer ago it was, the more fun the answers will be!!

IN YOUR SENIOR YEAR DID YOU...

1. Did you date someone from your school? no

2. Did you marry someone from your high school? no

3. Did you car pool to school? I walked to school because both my parents had to go to work early.

4. What kind of car did you drive? My mom’s ~~Buick Skylark~~ As Mom commented below, it was an Audi Fox. They got the Skylark when ~~I killed the car~~ the Audi died. Now she drives a BMW and I'm asking myself, "Where was your BMW love when I was in high school????"

5. What kind of car do you have now? 1997 Toyota Camry

6. It's Friday night...where are you now? Home, relaxing with Captain Caffeine

7. It is Friday night...where were you then? Calculus study group. Yeah, yeah, I know, I know.

8. What kind of job did you have in high school? A page for the public library

9. What kind of job do you do now? Full time author, and I also run the Story Sensei critique service

10. Were you a party animal? Not even close

11. Were you considered a flirt? I didn’t even know how to flirt.

12. Were you in band, orchestra, or choir? No

13. Were you a nerd? Big time

14. Did you get suspended or expelled? No

15. Can you sing the fight song? Nope. No school spirit, mostly because I didn’t like watching sports, much less playing them.

16. Who was/were your favorite teacher(s)? Mrs. Sagon, although she wasn’t my teacher, she was the Spanish teacher and the head of the language department, but she was my friend’s mother and she was COOL. I also had two speech coaches who were fun although I have a brain fart and can’t remember their names.

17. Where did you sit during lunch? In Mrs. Sagon’s room or the speech room.

18. What was your school's full name? Leilehua High School

19. When did you graduate? 1990

20. What was your school mascot? Mules. Yes, our mascot is a sterile animal.

21. If you could go back and do it again, would you? I’d still join speech, that was fun. But I think I’d also try choir. And I’d take more Japanese classes.

22. Did you have fun at prom? Yes.

23. Do you still talk to the person you went to prom with? Yes, although rarely.

24. Are you planning on going to your next reunion? No

25. Do you still talk to people from school? Some

26. School Colors? Green and gold

27. What celebrities came from your high school? I don’t know.

Comments

Anonymous said…

I don't remember having a Buick Skylark but I did give you my Audi Fox when you graduated. And don't forget to tell your readers that we lived only two minutes from the high school so walking to school was not a problem.

Tue Mar 17, 12:10:00 PM 2009

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