Going back in time....
To begin my story, I learned today that Walt Disney is a thief, stealing Mickey from his partner (yes, that's the bastardization of the story but it sounds more entertaining that way). The creator of Mickey Mouse was Ub Iwerks. I have a friend on Facebook who uses a famous picture of Iwerks (at his desk with a drawing of Mickey) for his Profile image. I did not realize this until today when I saw the famous Picture in context for the first time. Today, my friend was online and I clicked his profile and began clicking through his photos. I found
It's a picture from my first grade class. The girl in the dog dress is blocking me, which is ironic since she kind of cock blocked me in a way.
There are many people I don't recognize -> The girl in the front in the stripes who was identified as me, a bunch of the girls and a few of the guys. But there are many I do recognize.
That year my class was quite small (it was a mix of first and second graders and I was in first grade). I believe we had eight kids, of who I can name about six or seven. There was Chris, Betsy, Erika, Kimmy, Bree, Aaron, Alex and me. Oh I guess that's eight. Maybe there were ten
They say that popularity doesn't matter. That is complete and utter bullshit. Unless you're really good with names and faces you will forget the people who weren't popular. Out of a class of 24 I can barely remember everyone. You know who I do remember, other than my friends? The popular kids.
It also made me wonder what happened to everyone in that class.
A good chunk of them are friends with me on facebook. Most of them aren't. I heard that one of the boys - Aaron - had some sort of mental breakdown in sixth and seventh grade and dropped out. Shame too, he was pretty smart. Chris became a major douchebag (at least according to his pics on facebook). But we had many very intelligent kids as well. Betsy's an engineer while Erika's a doctor. Alex scored nearly perfect on his SATs. Kimmy ended up jumping forward a grade and fell off the face of the earth (EDIT: She is still alive and appears to be married, possibly with a kid).
But what does it matter when you're that old. No one knows that they aren't going to grow up to be a palentologist or that we're going to be marrying some random guy from college. No one can tell that someone's parents are going to split or that someone will develop ADD. In the end we all grew up. I was short with glasses and very short, light brown hair. Now I have darker, long hair and I prefer my contacts to my glasses. My best friend gained weight due to a medical condition while I just ate too much. The tallest girl in elementary school is now my height.
It's a picture from my first grade class. The girl in the dog dress is blocking me, which is ironic since she kind of cock blocked me in a way.
There are many people I don't recognize -> The girl in the front in the stripes who was identified as me, a bunch of the girls and a few of the guys. But there are many I do recognize.
That year my class was quite small (it was a mix of first and second graders and I was in first grade). I believe we had eight kids, of who I can name about six or seven. There was Chris, Betsy, Erika, Kimmy, Bree, Aaron, Alex and me. Oh I guess that's eight. Maybe there were ten
They say that popularity doesn't matter. That is complete and utter bullshit. Unless you're really good with names and faces you will forget the people who weren't popular. Out of a class of 24 I can barely remember everyone. You know who I do remember, other than my friends? The popular kids.
It also made me wonder what happened to everyone in that class.
A good chunk of them are friends with me on facebook. Most of them aren't. I heard that one of the boys - Aaron - had some sort of mental breakdown in sixth and seventh grade and dropped out. Shame too, he was pretty smart. Chris became a major douchebag (at least according to his pics on facebook). But we had many very intelligent kids as well. Betsy's an engineer while Erika's a doctor. Alex scored nearly perfect on his SATs. Kimmy ended up jumping forward a grade and fell off the face of the earth (EDIT: She is still alive and appears to be married, possibly with a kid).
But what does it matter when you're that old. No one knows that they aren't going to grow up to be a palentologist or that we're going to be marrying some random guy from college. No one can tell that someone's parents are going to split or that someone will develop ADD. In the end we all grew up. I was short with glasses and very short, light brown hair. Now I have darker, long hair and I prefer my contacts to my glasses. My best friend gained weight due to a medical condition while I just ate too much. The tallest girl in elementary school is now my height.