tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6296662047559453906.post3343435505567278221..comments2023-05-30T02:01:42.633-07:00Comments on Who Doesn't Love Books?: High School - ACK!Erikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11274611403618136870noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6296662047559453906.post-15839874924616619592010-03-23T18:47:30.471-07:002010-03-23T18:47:30.471-07:00Silver, I like your poem too. I didn't need a ...Silver, I like your poem too. I didn't need a barf bag at all. Thank you for sharing. :)Erikahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11274611403618136870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6296662047559453906.post-80722533687735195122010-03-23T18:47:01.236-07:002010-03-23T18:47:01.236-07:00Ban, I'm sorry it took me as long as it did to...Ban, I'm sorry it took me as long as it did to be comfortable with who I am too. I wasted so much time worrying about what everyone else thought of me.Erikahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11274611403618136870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6296662047559453906.post-12205116321778903142010-03-23T10:33:46.762-07:002010-03-23T10:33:46.762-07:00That poem's not bad at all! My college friends...That poem's not bad at all! My college friends used to call me the Poet Laureate of Cheek House. I still have a couple of spiral notebooks and folders with all the prose I wrote back then. One of my angty-ist was called "Who Mourns A Daisy." Another was, "I Am a Papercup." Rod McKuen was my muse. From Daisy:<br /><br />I wrote words in the sand,<br />I tried at love and lost,<br />but they were soon washed away by waves.<br />Just like my tears.<br />No one knew.<br />No one cared.<br />Just daisies and my teddy bear.<br />Who mourns a daisy?<br />I do.<br />Because I care.<br /><br />Anybody need a barf bag?Silver Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15606837105470988646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6296662047559453906.post-22741520590640809452010-03-23T07:30:54.078-07:002010-03-23T07:30:54.078-07:00Oh - I think that's a great poem, you think it...Oh - I think that's a great poem, you think it's all depressing and then you get to the last verse. I SUCK at poetry and thus never even tried it. Didn't write fiction when I was in school either - hated book reports, essays etc. so that meant I did NOT like to write. Too bad I never tried creative writing 'till college, I might have finished a book by now :/<br />I wasn't a looser in high school but I wasn't popular either - I was an artsy fartsy type - oh and I was on the swim team. I had friends from all sides sides. I don't deny, I've thought about the whole 'revisiting high school knowing what I know now' concept but in the end, I didn't like high school enough to want to go back - I just regret the fact that it took me so long to be comfortable with who I am.Banhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15450115293974960761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6296662047559453906.post-10125821594541168212010-03-23T07:11:42.897-07:002010-03-23T07:11:42.897-07:00Hey Cecile, thanks for the compliment. If I could ...Hey Cecile, thanks for the compliment. If I could go back knowing what I know now.....I might do it. Then I could tell all of them to kiss my a$$ and not care what they thought of me. I'd definitely get better grades and go to college, but alas, I'm grateful to be done with it. :)<br /><br />Thanks for stopping by today.Erikahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11274611403618136870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6296662047559453906.post-7444814126909111652010-03-23T07:09:38.965-07:002010-03-23T07:09:38.965-07:00Janet, thanks. I found a slightly dirty poem I wro...Janet, thanks. I found a slightly dirty poem I wrote a couple years later about this guy I used to work with. Yeah, maybe I'll post that one on another day. ;)<br /><br />I love Glee. I think Rachael is a geek in all the ways that count, with the exception of her beauty. Plus the music is wonderful.<br /><br />I was a loser in high school. All I wanted was to fit in and I just didn't. Everyone made sure I knew it too. Ugh, thank God it's over.Erikahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11274611403618136870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6296662047559453906.post-12844366863324084272010-03-23T06:35:18.479-07:002010-03-23T06:35:18.479-07:00Erika the poem is really good. I have my own stash...Erika the poem is really good. I have my own stash (thank goodness daughter never found it) of high school poems and stories that I wrote. Apparently I was a hussy back then too, just did not know it!<br />And as far as high school... Would love to go with the knowledge that I have now... Oh would I be dangerous!!!!!<br />Have a great day hon!Cecile Smutty Hussyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12396832012591524937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6296662047559453906.post-55322356253177542842010-03-23T04:08:43.920-07:002010-03-23T04:08:43.920-07:00Great poem, Erika! Says a whole bunch about the re...Great poem, Erika! Says a whole bunch about the relationship AND the promise of a better future.<br /><br />High School - hated it! Your pic of GLEE - have a hard time watching that show because the lead girl is supposed to be a loser. Um, long beautiful hair, clear complexion, great body - NO! If you're going to cast a geeky girl, let's remember the out of style hair do, braces, glasses, no boobs or hips for that matter, no trendy clothes because my mom wouldn't/couldn't afford them...shall I continue.<br /><br />Yep, you guessed it, I was a loser in high school. And I wrote poems and stories, always had my nose in a book, experienced the dreaded "Invisable", and got excellent marks marking me as a brain! And I wrote a poem, only this was to a guy I really liked and who pretty well didn't know I exsisted - "I want to hold your hand/Before the Lilacs go/"/ Hmm, can't remember the rest, I'll have to find it one of these days.<br /><br />You sparked something this morning, Erika :)Janethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13297537075103893956noreply@blogger.com