Wipe Off That Angel Face, and Go Back to High School

IN HIGH SCHOOL DID YOU...

1. DID YOU DATE SOMEONE FROM YOUR SCHOOL?
I wouldn't call it 'dating'.

2. DID YOU MARRY SOMEONE FROM YOUR HIGH SCHOOL?
He went to my high school, but not while I was there. He's 6 years younger than me.

3. DID YOU CARPOOL TO SCHOOL?
No, I rode the bus. I couldn't drive until after I was 22.

4. WHAT KIND OF CAR DID YOU HAVE?
See above.

5. WHAT KIND OF CAR DO YOU HAVE NOW?
2006 Pontiac Vibe. I love it.

6. IT'S SATURDAY NIGHT... WHERE WERE YOU THEN?
Usually reading or drawing. I was pretty withdrawn.

7. IT'S SATURDAY NIGHT... WHERE ARE YOU NOW?
Singing in my band, sewing, crafting, hanging out with my wonderful husband and lovely son, or my super fantastic friends.

8. WHERE DID YOU WORK?
At 15 I worked in the concession stand at Manchester Pool. Very nearly the worst job ever.

9. WHAT KIND OF JOB DO YOU DO NOW?
I own my own successful clothing and jewelry business.

10. WERE YOU A PARTY ANIMAL?
No, those days came later.

11. WERE YOU CONSIDERED A FLIRT?
Good god, no. I couldn't stand 99% of the guys in my high school.

12. WHAT EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES WERE YOU IN?
I was a true dork in high school, LOL. All extracurricular activities were off-campus.

13. WHERE YOU A NERD?
Yes, but I'm thankful for that now.

14. DID YOU GET SUSPENDED OR EXPELLED?
No, but I did drop out of my own volition in Junior year. I hated high school, and just wanted that part of my life over.

15. FAVORITE HIGH SCHOOL MEMORY?
Leaving.

16. WHAT WERE YOUR FAVORITE SUBJECTS?
Art was my favourite subject normally, but I didn't like my art teacher's style--he was a tad militaristic for such a creative subject. Again, I would say my favourite subject was anything I studied on my own away from school.

17. WHO WERE YOUR BEST FRIENDS?
Mostly people I saw outside of school. My high school was mostly preppy and stoner, with a helping of bussed-in city kids. I didn't click with any of them, so I found a few outside of school. One I am still very good friends with to this day.

18. WHAT WAS YOUR SCHOOL'S FULL NAME & MASCOT?
Parkway West Senior High was the name. I couldn't tell you who the mascot was.

19. WHAT YEAR DID YOU GRADUATE?
I *graduated* in 1987. I dropped out and took the GED within 2 months. I wish I had done it sooner.

20. WORST HIGH SCHOOL MEMORY?
Pretty much all of them. It was a very bad period in my life, although school wasn't the only culprit. My mother and I did not get along (still don't, really.) and I had no escape from her. Until I was out on my own, my life sucked. Of course, every year after that has been the best year of my life, so I'm not complaining. I have a wonderful devoted husband, a whip-smart adorable little boy, a successful business, very good friends, and am routinely assumed to be 5 or 10 years younger than I am. I'd say I turned out okay. ;)

21. IF YOU COULD GO BACK AND DO IT AGAIN, WOULD YOU?
Yes, only because it made me the person I am today.

22. DID YOU HAVE FUN AT PROM?
Didn't go.

23. DO YOU STILL TALK TO THE PERSON YOU WENT TO PROM WITH?
n/a

24. ARE YOU PLANNING ON GOING TO YOUR NEXT REUNION?
Eh, probably not. I went to the 10th, looked around, and that's enough for me.

25. DO YOU STILL TALK TO PEOPLE FROM SCHOOL?
One or two.

26. FAVORITE BAND?
Social Distortion, Amy Winehouse, Etta James, the Misfits, Concrete Blonde, Elvis

27. ANYONE FROM YOUR SCHOOL BECOME FAMOUS?
I wouldn't know.

28. DO YOU STILL LIVE IN THE TOWN YOU DID IN HIGH SCHOOL?
Yes, though not the same part.

29. DID YOU FOLLOW THE CAREER PATH YOU HAD PLANNED IN HIGH SCHOOL?
If you mean the one where I survived high school and got the hell out of my mothers' house, then yes. But I didn't go to New York, become a famous artist/writer/singer/sculptor/actress, and I didn't marry Johnny Rotten and live in loft in the Village, so no.

30. HAS YOUR LIFE TURNED OUT THE WAY YOU THOUGHT IT WOULD BE BACK WHEN YOU WERE PLANNING YOUR 'FUTURE'?
My life is so much better than I ever could have imagined at that age. Really, the two are worlds apart.