My Real Life

Real Man and I have been reminiscing about high school, lately.

It’s caused us to pull out our yearbooks and give them a good look-through.

We’re having a blast reading what people wrote to us.  I keep thinking about writing the quotes on Facebook and see if people recognize what they wrote.

I’m sure I wouldn’t recognize what I wrote in someone else’s yearbook 22 years ago, but it would be fun to guess!

Anyway, the things that I enjoyed looking at (and shaking my head over) were the senior favorites.

Some, I’m sure, are par for the course.

Favorite Food – Pizza

Seniors could go off campus for lunch, and most of us headed up to the local pizza place, so this one is a no-brainer.

I would have imagined this would have also been our favorite hangout.

But, no.  It was the atrium.  The wide-open space, in front of the main office, where seniors would sit on benches and talk and watch people walk by, when we should have all been in class.

Favorite TV Show – 21 Jump Street

Really?

Okay, I guess.  90210 wouldn’t start until the fall when we were all in college, so I’ll go with 21 Jump Street.

Favorite Movie – Lethal Weapon II

It had been the movie of the summer, before our senior year, and Joe Pesci was hysterical, so I can go with this one, as well.

Favorite Album – American Beauty

Grateful Dead

This does not surprise me, when I think of my class.

I, on the other hand, had to just look it up on Wikipedia.  I was NOT one of the cool crowd.

Favorite Song – Hotel California

I love that song, so I’m okay with it.

Favorite Participating Sport – Twister

Ah, to be a snarky senior again.  To think you are so ironic and be so sure of yourself.  Twister.  Ay-yay-yay.

Favorite Spectator Sport – Hockey

We loved hockey.  Our hockey team was great and drew large crowds.  We were proud of those boys.  (Ahem…and Real Man was one of them)

Favorite Actor – Mel Gibson

Remember, this was Lethal Weapon 2 Mel Gibson…not racist, crazy Mel Gibson.

Favorite Actress – Kim Basinger

I’m guessing it was because she was fresh off of her stint as Vicky Vale in the original Batman movie, because I know Kim and I were singing the Batdance song in my car on a regular basis.

“Ever dance with the devil in the pale moonlight?  Vicky Vale…Vick, Vick, Vick…Vicky Vale.”

Favorite Teacher – Mr. Gordon

Never had him, but think it’s interesting that our senior yearbook was dedicated to a different teacher, Mrs. Tribus, who was, in fact, MY favorite teacher.

Favorite Subject – Free

No surprise.  Seniors could have a free period if they fulfilled all of their graduation requirements and there were no electives they wanted to take.

Erin had her free period during first block, while I had Business Law.

Guess how often I went to Business Law?

Still got an A.

Favorite Car – Miata

Yeah, it was.  Hot car.

Favorite Game Show Host – Ken Ober

I’m completely down with that.  Remote Control was the first game show MTV produced (back in the day when MTV was actually awesome and showed videos 24-7).  Ken Ober was the host, and he was good.

So, you’d think that our favorite game show would be Remote Control, right?

You’d be wrong.

Favorite Game Show – The Price is Right

Oh, we were a class of contradictions.

And, our favorite munchies, probably enjoyed by half of the class while they listened to American Beauty – Doritos

So, there you have it.  Our senior favorites.

Get out your own yearbook.  See what your classmates loved.  It’s definitely been a trip looking at these yearbooks.  Think I might have to send an email to a guy who wrote in Real Man’s yearbook that they had both dated the stupidest woman in the world.

That would be me.

Nice.