I just had an anniversary, in fact. Last drink was 13 years ago. I could get used to this.

These kids are in the same transition program I was in 2000-01. Same crappy building, probably the same crappy furniture.

Last edited by Patrick (2014-01-16 14:44:59)

Thanks.

Same building, new coat of paint, horrible artwork and different crappy furniture.

^ I always wore buttondowns and chinos, and there was always a blazer and a tweed jacket around, a half-dozen ties, and something like a Bean blucher moc for shoes. Dirty bucs.

I don't think I even owned a suit until I was 30 or so, when I taught high school for a bit.

The obsession currently on display is a relatively recent development. After I quit drinking, I had to have something to do. Besides fishing, that is.

Last edited by Patrick (2014-01-16 20:59:07)

Awesome insight into your past FXH. What years were this pictures taken?


And nice foot bandages Shooey. "Bandaid" is very accurate.  Love em.

I played on a rec Girls Ball games team two years ago. I told them I had been something of a prolific striker in my glory days. This was an untruth. My Girls Ball games glory days consisted of being a sub defender for one year when I was 9.

After it became evident I couldn't dribble,  shoot, or head the ball and spent much of the match on my knees scouring the grass for insects, the managing player sent me to be goalkeeper.

Perfect. They don't run. I can nip at my flask and build little turf and dirt cities for the little people I imagine are around me.

Then some ex-Girls Ball games stud, Olympic alternate sent a screaming shot at me. Knocked me square in the face. I went sprawling backwards. Damn that hurt. I lost my senses for many seconds. I heard people laughing. Even people on my own team. I walked off the field and cursed my team swearing they would lose every game.

They won the league that year. I inquired about my trophy,  but never heard back, so I bought my own plus another for "goalkeeper of the year." I wanted that to be a goalkeeper in stance with an admiring grasshopper colony looking up in awe, but such was beyond the design facilities of the trophy shop.