Wednesday, November 30, 1988

Dad took me to school.  Got senior shirts in home room in Rushing's.  Went over ch 15 in Con Ed.  Mercer read Beowulf aloud.  Dumb.  Stuff in Spanish.  Notes in Physics.  Hold on...  Darrin's gonna leave here soon!  Cheeseburger on "A".  Circused.
Okay, 9:22pm now.  Darrin's gone.  Jimmy and Juanita here.  Jimmy came here wrecking the place.  Jill might've read down to circused.  I hope not!  Anyway, helped Darrin design his house in study hall.  Played 6-ers (Aaron, Darrin, Jeremy, me, Harry and Nissa) in badminton.  Wore my jeans.  Didn't shower.  Darrin dropped Scott and me off.  Watched Gumby.  Jeremy came over.  Hooked computer to small TV.  Went to Harry's.  Got joystick.  Went to Jeremy's.  Saw new toy gun.  Came home around 6:30pm.  Mom shopping.  Darrin came over.  I built joystick, computer hold, TV hole in FS-2000.  Got speakers.  Darrin played Star Trek.  Ate Red Baron pizza.  Mom and Dad to Handee Mart.  Then Doolittles came down.  Harry got schocked at school.  Got 2 burn marks.  Tim's ITT interview was tonight.

Tuesday, November 29, 1988

Cool today.  Drove Jill.  No Scholar Bowl practice.  We lost last night vs Freeburg at Scholastic Hi-Q.  Mike and I talked in library.  No bells, intercom again.  Tim wore grey corduroy jacket.  Studied ch 14 in home room.  Ch 14 quiz in Con Ed.  Mombrum left around 8:30am (meeting), Mr Smith subbed.  Read ch 15.  Had Lit in health room.  Read aloud.  Talked, learned -ing's in Spanish.  Notes in Physics.  Did problems on board.  Did homework in class.  Tim and Jeremy demonstrated.  Had Johnny M for lunch.  Mr Prigge watched study hall.  Helped Darrin with accounting.  Cindy was there.  Played badminton with Harry, Jeremy, Darrin and Nissa for PE.  Aaron left.  Drove Joe and Scott home.  Darrin came by in truck around 2:50pm.  Went to Van's in Sparta.  Got box.  Got to my house around 3:25pm.  Darrin worked at 3:30pm.  Worked on FS-2000 from 3:30-8pm.  Had hamburger and fries for supper.  Grandma and Grandpa came down.  Jill had math homework.  Have FS-2000 box built.  Watching polio thing.  Dad's at doctor in Belleville.  Still deciding if I want to keep FS-2000.  It's too big!  Guess that's about all. 

Monday, November 28, 1988

Cold now!  Scholar Bowl.  Dad took Jill and me early.  We went to doctor, didn't work.  Home room was chilly.  No bells, announcements.  Finished ch 14 in Con Ed.  Had Lit in health room.  Jeremy, Harry, Darrin, Brad P and I ran there.  Had "Beowulf" quiz.  Took all hour.  Mike M gone.  Did worksheet in Spanish.  Notes in Physics.  Made the "fish."  Ate APP for lunch.  Keeping track of junk food for Con Ed.  Mark loaned me "The Iliad."  Talked with Darrin in study hall.  Study hall by special ed room for PE.  Had Brenda tracking station.  As she walked counter-clockwise from spec ed, through commons, through library circle, I timed her and announced ETA (Intelligence Officer).  Harry was satellite for Early Warning (got CMH for changing her direction).  Darrin was BES and GQ alert.  Jeremy made the raspberry to make her laugh. Barb and Michelle G there to support our childness.  Jeremy took Nissa and Kent (in back with ice) home, then me.  Saw half of Gumby.  Played "Stock Market" and "Star Trek."  Watched TV.  Didn't do Physics.  Helped Jill do math.  Went to garage.  Jill put tape recorder behind my mirror.  Ate fish, mac and cheese.  Darrin came over around 7:30pm.  Played "Stock Market", dumb games, and "Star Trek."  Juanita and Jimmy still here.  Gonna read "Red Storm Rising."  Oh, around 3:05pm, Harry and Joe came by in Vollert's car and took me for a fast ride.  It is a cool car!  Guess that's about all. 

Sunday, November 27, 1988

Up at 10am.  Showered.  Jill, Mom and I went to church.  Talked to Reverend Walters about ITT reference.  Sat in middle, I was mad!  Suzanne sat in front of us.  A girl sang at church.  After church, drove truck to Darrin's.  Got cardboard.  It's a BIG box.  Beauty.  Got home.  Looked at it.  Ate turkey dinner.  Watched "Iron Eagle."  Darrin and Lisa out.  Harry and Jeremy to gun/knife show.  Watched TV.  Mel S called.  Talked.  Cool!  Looked at box.  Dad taped tapes in my room.  He bolted pipe to board for FS-2000.  Jimmy came down.  Mom and Dad to Handee Mart.  Cooler out.  Jimmy and I watched "A Christmas Story."  Ate pizza.  Mom and Dad home, Jimmy left.  Mom, Dad and Brenda to shopping (K-Mart, Target).  Still gone.  Watched TV with Jill.  Did computer.  Made FS-2000 commercial.  Read "Red Storm Rising," ready for war.  Gonna watched "Silo 7" and read now till 10pm. 

Mel S was the ITT representative who recruited me to go there.

Saturday, November 26, 1988

Up at 9:15am.  Showered.  Mom and Dad ate out for breakfast.  Left for Granite around 10:10am.  Mom drove, Jill and I sat in back.  Stopped by New Athens (Salvation Army).  I slept halfway there.  Got to Grandma's.  All tired.  Went to Dairy Queen (Pontoon Beach).  Went to K-Mart.  I looked around in there.  Came to car early.  Read "Red Storm Rising."  Then to Payless (read), Fashion Gal (read), Dollar Store (read), to Grandma's.  Slept.  Left around 4:15pm.  Mom drove.  Got Church's chicken sandwiches.  Stopped by DQ (Madison) for Jill's sundae and my large fries.  Rained.  Got home.  Jimmy here.  Ate.  Called Jeremy.  His dad ordered a new Aerostar for them.  Talked.  Watched TV.  Couldn't find Darrin.  Mom and Dad to Wal-Mart.  Took Jill to Sarah's.  Heard song.  Read "Red Storm Rising."  Cleaned disk drive.  Big Harry brought wontons down.  Still tired.  Dull, dreary day!

Friday, November 25, 1988

Up at 9:15am.  I was invited to go eat breakfast with Barb, Brent and Michelle at Hardee's this morning, but I said gotta go to Granite.  Darrin came by around 10:40am.  Nice day.  Went to Jeremy's.  He was still in bed.  Darrin and I went to Sparta.  Went to pay scooter payment, then to open checking account... 
ALL RIGHT!  Gwen just called and said a big box is on their porch from Buchheits.  Yeh!  I'll get it manana!  Anyway...
Saw Shawn (DQ) sweeping sidewalks.  Talked to him and Jeff E.  Darrin, Shawn and I ate at Hardee's (I didn't eat).  Took Shawn to city place around 12pm.  Went by Whirlpool (just burned 'em), Lynn's (trash guy), Hils (trash guy), Bucheitts (none), Van's (he'll have two for us Tuesday).  I'm talking about box hunting.  So none that day.  But now!!!  Got home.  Ate.  Darrin got me.  Saw safe being lifted from old building by crane.  Went to Darrin's.  Read Farmer's Almanac.  Went to Jeremy's to watch Gumby.  Darrin took me home.  Watched TV. Designed the FS2000.  Aaron came by around 6:30pm.  Grandma and Grandpa over, eating pancakes!  Jill just got home from Sarah's!  Darrin came by for Aaron to go to basketball game.  They went to Sparta, then the game.  Jill went to game too.  I said come on over or called when gave over (you know, 9:30-10pm).  Well, I did dumb stuff all eve.  Then around 9:45pm, everyone was getting home from the game.  I called Darrin and Jeremy, not home.  10pm came.  I just laid on my bed.  Then Jill called.  I picked her up at Sarah's at 10:30pm.  When I got back, Jeremy and Aaron were here!  They asked if I want to go.  We three went to Darrin's (my curfew was 12:30-1am).  He was eating, couldn't go anywhere. So we drove around in Jeremy's Lancer.  Fred M and Glenn talked to us by trailer court.  We 5 went to hill outside of town, but cold & windy up there.  Followed Glenn to Heil Sound shed.  Ate a lemon.  Had 3 BIG speakers with Van Halen and Def Leppard.  Ate peanut butter with combs.  Threw Frisbee.  Glenn fell back into a box.  Finally around 1am, Fred brought me home.  Came in.  Dad in kitchen.  Dad went outside.  I went to bed.

Thursday, November 24, 1988

Thanksgiving.  No school.  Up at 9:15am.  Long shower.  Read "Red Storm Rising."  Mom cleaned house.  Got pipes, etc for flight sim in garage.  Nice day.  Sunny.  Rather cool.  Wore dumb Hawaiian shirt.  Doolittles down around 12:10pm.  Grandma and Grandpa came.  Explained flight sim to Harry.  Ate. Parents and Jimmy in dining room, Jill, Harry and me in the kitchen.  Had turkey, rolls, potatoes (mashed), Rice-a-Roni, 4 cupcakes.  Full.  Harry and I talked to Jeremy on phones.  Harry broke 4th string on guitar.  Juanita was in my room.  Harry left to be with DeAnn, Brent and Michelle.  Everyone sat in garage.  Jeremy came by with Joel.  He took Jimmy, me to his house in truck.  Jeremy's relatives there.  Jeremy and I watched Gumby.  Jeremy, Joel, Jim, Collin and I played football.  Darrin came over.  Played Jeremy's Atari.  Everyone left.  Jim, Jeremy, Darrin and I played a domino-pool game till 9pm.  Ate pie, turkey, Atari.  Darrin took Jimmy home.  Came back.  Went to Lisa's.  Came back.  Jeremy and I talked.  Looked through Jeremy's journal.  Darrin handcuffed me.  Brought me home around 10:30pm.  Left.  Dad was writing songs. They just went to bed.  Going to Sparta tomorrow for bank and boxes around 10am.  Jeremy's going too.  Well, I think I'm gonna read back in June (Calculus) and eat.

Wednesday, November 23, 1988

Drove Jill.  Took tape off car.  Scholar Bowl.  Paper sold.  Did worksheet in Con Ed.  Mercer came in at 10:10am.  We had soda, goofed around, etc.  Mr Smith came in and we were good.  Test in Spanish.  Reviewed tests in Physics (got A).  Had fudge.  Hotdog for dinner.  Darrin and I discussed the flight simulator in study hall.  Drove home (Jill, Amy).  Nicole M hit Becky's bumper.  Darrin came by.  Dad at work.  Jill sick with couch.  Went to Sparta.  Went to Hardee's, saw Mike.  Wal-Mart (no boxes), Krogers (no boxes), Wrights (no boxes) (saw Lisa L).  Went to Marissa bank.  Closed.  Home.  Darrin to work at 3:30pm.  Launched.  Did TAYE.  Ate pizza.  Juanita came down around 5:50pm.  Mom got home around 6:20pm.  Juanita left at 7pm, went and got rolls at IGA.  Cool out.  Clear.  Full moon!  Star Wars was on Ch 4.  Ate baked potato.  Darrin came by.  Went to Jeremy's.  Talked about Star Wars, Gumby, etc till 10pm.  Dropped books at library.  Came home.  Tired.

Tuesday, November 22, 1988

Dad went to work.  Came home.  Mom drove.  Dad drove me.  Talked to Danny.  Went to Scholar Bowl.  Sad.  Silly home room.  Talked about ch 14 in Con Ed.  Had Beowulf quiz in English, I got 100%.  Read some.  Reviewed in Spanish.  Test in Physics.  Turkey, etc for lunch.  Good.  Gary N back.  Did Con Ed worksheet in study hall.  Finished Beowulf.  Played badminton in PE.  Shawn won 15-1 in tournament.  I got tired.  Dumb.  Jr high PE had a study hall.  Scott and I rode home with Lisa C (driving) and Jenny P.  Lisa got pulled over by cop on street by Peggy G's.  She got a warning.  Dropped Scott off, then me.  Launched Beta, Delta.  Did TAYE.  Watched Gumby.  Watched TV.  Mom got home.  Cooked BIG pizza.  She and Brenda went to South County.  Still gone.  Grandma and Grandpa came over.  Juanita and Jimmy did too on way to basketball game.  Jill and I did answering machine thing to Darrin.  He came over.  We played Destroyer.  Makin' plans for the jet simulator.  He left around 9pm.  Gotta study Spanish vocab and read "Red Storm Rising."  Jill kinda sick with cough.  Can't wait for jet simulator!

Monday, November 21, 1988

Cold.  Dad drove me and Jill.  Jeremy at court till mid-3rd hour.  Talked about ch 14 in Con Ed.  Beowulf in Lit.  Ir in Spanish.  Problems in Physics.  Brent B back.  Talked at lunch (pizza).  Table full.  Harry and Barbie H got in big fight at lunch!  Had study hall.  Looked at mags.  6th hour study hall in library by Special Ed room.  Harry, Darrin and Jeremy talked while Nissa, Barb and I laughed.  Rode home with Darrin.  Did college stuff.  Watched TV.  Got tired.  Slept.  Hamburger and fries.  Not hungry.  Cold!  Called Danny D about mixing board.  Not home.  Darrin came over around 7:30pm.  Played FSII and Jet till 9pm.  Mom shopped.  Tim came over.  Talked/froze outside.  Darrin and Tim left.  Gotta do Lit (Beowulf, line 1116), study Physics and read more "Red Storm Rising."  Oh, 3 more things:
1.  Eric M was at school today
2.  Paint warehouse at Chrysler Plant #1 had a fire
3.  Dad went to doctor, works tomorrow

Sunday, November 20, 1988

Up at 8am.  Got ready.  Darrin drove us to Old High School.  Rain turned to snow.  Had a lot but didn't stick.  Jody, George, Darrin and I sat around from 9-11am.  Dead.  Swine, Hog and Whale were there.  Suzy R was there.  Colder out.  At 11am, Nissa, Becky, Kendra and her mom showed up.  George left.  I rode home with Jody.  Ate.  Watched TV.  Mom and Dad with Brenda and Dennis driving.  Snowed more.  Jeremy came over.  Talked.  Played tape.  Power went off over an hour.  Darrin came by.  Played piano.  Jeremy and I went to Jeremy's.  His grandma there.  Shot at birds.  Bored.  Went by Harry's.  He is Sparta.  Got "Red Storm Rising" and jet book.  Went by Old High School.  My fudge was the only thing left.  Went to Jeremy's.  Darrin came over.  Talked in Jeremy's room.  Darrin took me home.  Ate McDonald's.  Taped songs for Dad.  Watched "Inc Sunday."  Now watching "mind" thing.  Kinda started "Red Storm Rising."  Might do some Physics.  Tired last few days.  Oh, well.

Saturday, November 19, 1988

Up at 7am.  Dad, Mom and I went to ITT in truck.  Got tour, took test.  Came home around 1pm.  Tired.  Jeremy and Harry went to medieval thing at school.  Worked at Xmas Walk.  Rained.  Darrin went to hockey game.  I watched TV.  Really tired.  Aaron came over.  Drove truck to Jeremy's.  Aaron and Rachel C came over.  Played pool.  Drove us 4 around in truck.  Aaron and Rachel went with Brad.  Jeremy and I went to Jeremy's.  Talked to 11pm.  That's all.

Friday, November 18, 1988

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Thursday, November 17, 1988

[no entry for today]

Wednesday, November 16, 1988

Last night was a storm.  Wind almost blew in windows, hail, lightning.  Kept me up a while.  I was rather nervous.  Anyway, Dad took me and Jill to school.  Had French toast for breakfast.  Jeremy back at school.  Went to Scholar Bowl.  Got schedule.  Slow home room.  Went over worksheets in Con Ed.  Quiz tomorrow.  Read Beowulf in English.  Silly.  Got coloring sheets.  Ded exercises in Spanish.  Went over problems in Physics.  Had chuckwagon sandwich for lunch.  Talked with Nissa.  Did extra credit Con Ed in study hall.  Mark sat with us.  Then goofed.  Coleman gone (sick).  Had study hall in commons.  Harry, Jeremy, Darrin and I goofed.  Aaron, Shelly M and Prigge talked to us at the end.  Washington DC meeting.  Waited for Darrin.  Took Scott and Jeremy home.  Finished Gumby at Jeremy's.  Had Rice Krispie squares.  Mr Slagley got ITT reference thing.  Darrin brought me home.  Launched Maelstrom.  Lisa over.  Did TAYE.  Jill got my Guns-n-Roses tape.  Watched TV.  Car home.  Had bacon/lettuce/toast with supper.  Mom's shopping.  Watching "Growing Pains."  Watchin' "War & Remembrance" now.  Did college stuff.  Might draw or something.  Got stuff to do, so bye.

Tuesday, November 15, 1988

Dad took Jill, then me to school.  Missed Scholar Bowl.  Jeremy gone again.  Cloudy all day.  Brad had Government sheets in home room.  Discussed ch 13 in Con Ed (finished it).  Got worksheets.  Talked to Glenn.  Saw film about Beowulf and read aloud.  I drew castle scene (bored)!  Read like a robot (difficult) in Spanish.  Freshmen/sophomores went to Beck.  Took notes in Physics.  Had grilled cheese for lunch.  Put a green bean in Tim's milk.  Silly "CA"-alerts.  Did Con Ed in study hall.  Talked with Mark.  Drew on castle scene.  Coleman gone.  Had study hall 6th hour in commons with Prigge.  Harry, Darrin, Glenn and I goofed around with Tim.  We were rollin' on the floor.  Rode home with Darrin (dropped Scott, Joe, Harry and other kid off at Joe's).  Came home.  Watched TV.  TAYE.  Guitar.  Had spaghetti supper.  Have Lit to read.  Watched ALF and Police Academy 3.  Darrin came over around 8:30pm (did carpets).  Talked outside.  Rode around.  He talked to Chief Ed.  Made up sucker game.  Went to Handee Mart.  Talked to Harry at Gas-n-Grab.  Came home around 9:15pm.  Mom filling out ITT financial aid paperwork.  Have Lit to read (again).  It's windy!  Hace viento mucho.  It's sprinklin'.  It's warm, too.  Tornado alert out!  Car still at Riess (since yesterday).  Leakin' transmission fluid or something.  Guess that's a wrap!

Monday, November 14, 1988

Got to sleep around 11:20pm last night.  Tired mood today.  Joe called.  Drove Jill, Joe and Scott.  Heard "Sweet Child O' Mine."  Went to Scholar Bowl.  Jeremy absent.  Copied Harry's vocab.  Home room in commons.  Voted for Homecoming King/Queen.  Went over ch 13 in Con Ed.  Got Lit books in English, I mean Lit.  Read some.  Learned verbs and "a" in Spanish.  Learned Newton's 5 Laws in Physics (notes).  Had steak (chicken nuggets) for lunch.  Voted to break tie.  Did Physics in study hall.  Then drew stuff.  Aaron and Harry had something to do 7th hour.  So it was me and Darrin.  Jr high played badminton while we sat in study hall commons with Prigge.  Got badminton worksheets.  Glenn has my ch 13 Con Ed.  Barb made paper airplane.  Asked me to Homecoming.  Said sure... if I go.  Did college stuff.  Told Tim about ITT.  Nissa came over and talked.  Bell rang.  Drove Scott home.  Heard "Sweet Child O' Mine."  Watched Gumby.  Called Jeremy.  He's better.  Went to doctor again.  Played guitar.  Did TAYE.  Watched TV mostly.  Jill and Lisa had Goldie over (and a puppy).  Mom got home.  Cooked pancakes.  They all went to Wal-Mart.  Darrin came over.  We played with Fiero in garage.  They came home.  We felt silly.  Came in (Darrin left).  Wilma had a wreck in their new Crown Vic.  She's shaken up.  I hope they're all right.  Lazy.  Guess I'll go.

Sunday, November 13, 1988

Amy woke me up (phone) at 9:30am.  Woke Jill up.  Jill was needed at church, she went 10am-12pm.  I laid in bed till 10:30am.  Mom and Brenda went to Belleville.  Dad had to run Dennis' extra keys up to them (they locked keys in car)...  I'm listening to last night's tape while doing this.  I was ready around 11am.  Built Vega.  Hair silly.  Called Darrin.  Joe called.  Dad got home.  Jill did, too.  I ate.  Mom got home (cleaned house).  Darrin and Joe finally came over around 2:30pm.  We goofed around.  Played instruments.  Mom gave me $20 to get Xmas gift (didn't get it).  Went to Darrin's.  Got suckers.  Went by my house.  To Handee Mart.  Then to Joe's.  Joe had to stay home.  Darrin and I went to Belleville.  Have $1 check for Darrin (gas money).  Taped un poco.  Ate tons o' suckers.  Went to the Mall.  Book stores, toy stores, arcade (saw Mark and Dan), sticks-n-wicks (lady flirted with us), Babbages, left around 6pm (closing).  Jeremy has mono.  Went to Rally's.  Ate in Hardee's lot.  Went by Nicole's.  Not home.  Came home around 7:30pm.  Darrin went home.  Ran Jill to drop Tom Watt at Darrin's.  Came home.  Watched Def Leppard Sunday on MTV till 8:30pm.  We dedicated the pickle jar to penny jar.  Silly.  Came in room, did TAYE.  Ready for bed.  Gonna listen to "Best of Darrin and Jason," then sleep.

Saturday, November 12, 1988

Mom went to doctor with Dad at 9am.  I woke up at 9:30am.  Raining.  Showered.  Got ready.  Drove Mom and Jill to Granite (with Dad's keys).  He got deer sausage today.  We got to Grandma's.  Went to McDonald's.  Then to K-Mart.  Got black sweater for Xmas.  Okay day.  Went to Fashion Gal.  To Randy's.  Left ITT disk home.  Played "Elite" and other games.  Mom took Grandma to Virgie's, Jill to Glik's.  Came back.  Went to Chinese food.  To Church's Chicken.  Home.  Juanita and Jimmy here.  Ate Chinese.  Grandma and Grandpa came over.  Watched "This Old House."  Ate cake.  Darrin came over.  Jimmy bugged us.  Aaron came over.  Talked.  Played Beatles Name That Tune.  Aaron left.  Mom and Dad left.  Darrin and I went singing everywhere.  Pretty dumb.  Came home around 10:30pm.  Aaron talked to Darrin in cars.  Pretty nippy out.  Launched Exxus.  Bad launch!  Was going to church in the morning, but Mom's going with Brenda somewhere.  Gonna do TAYE now.

Friday, November 11, 1988

Veterans Day, no school!  Mom went Xmas shopping at Mall with Brenda till around 5:30pm.  Dad worked at Dennis'.  I woke up around 9am, laid in bed till 9:30am.  Showered.  Still like the ITT idea!  Launched Phobos at 10:05am.  Darrin called.  Did TAYE.  Watched Geraldo get beat up.  Darrin came by around 11:45am.  We went to Hardees (Sparta).  Darrin put engine stuff in.  Better.  Hardees was crowded.  Darrin got food.  I was too tired and semi-sick.  Sat in corner.  Saw Mrs Price.  Left.  Went to Wal-Mart.  Looked in toys.  Saw Brad C.  Got plastic Fiero for $1.05 (I paid $.50).  Went to McDonald's.  Saw Jeff E taking pictures.  Saw Mr Slagley with Jeremy (probably from doctor) (Jeremy didn't come with us because he was sick!)  I got 2 hamburgers, large fries and water.  Darrin hamburger and soda.  Went back road (by church road).  Played with Fiero.  Nippy out.  Got headache.  Got home.  Played with car in garage.  Darrin left around 2:30pm (had to work at 3:30pm).  I had big headache.  Came in.  Laid down.  Watched TV.  Slept for around 10-15 minutes.  Mom came home.  Had roast beef and fries.  Did TAYE.  Taped Geraldo getting beat up.  The Admiral is closed again.  Watched NASA Peanuts.  Took Jill to Sarah's.  Brenda and Dennis came in.  Mom, Dad and they went for pie.  They came back.  I made "Best of Darrin and Jason" tape.  Got Jill.  Speedometer's out.  Saw Joe and David.  Tired!  Headache gone (took 2 Nuprins).  Darrin supposed to call me to see if I could go to the Mall with him and George.  Didn't call.  Guess he went anyway.  Almost had TAYE Officers Meeting 02.  Played guitar.  Cloudy out (couldn't star-watch).  Today was DeAnn's birthday.  Going to Granite tomorrow.  Oh, neighbors' van wouldn't start this morning.  They tried and tried. 

Thursday, November 10, 1988

Drove Joe and Scott to school.  Jeremy almost didn't come (sore throat).  Got to school early.  Went to Scholar Bowl with Jeremy.  Good, goofed in home room.  Had Con Ed ch 12 test.  Borrowed Bri's calculator.  Did ch 13 questions/vocab.  Studied spelling words.  Had spelling test.  Harry came in 2nd hour, overslept.  Van Halen last night.  Mike M didn't like it.  Went over vocab.  Darrin got moved to front of room.  When Mercer turned to write on board, everyone switched seats.  She got mad!  Seating chart Monday.  Have paragraph due.  Spanish test, then read.  Physics test.  Read "Stars."  Had spaghetti a la carte.  Read disco books.  Filled out Darrin's ACT with Mark.  Silly.  Played kickball in PE.  Aaron didn't dress.  Nissa showed us her shoulder sore.  Big Jim kicked ball, hit light, light fell almost on Bodey D.  Made indention in floor.  Glass everywhere.  Jim beat up Shawn H.  Dressed, sang.  Drove Scott, DeAnn and Harry home.  Went home.  Aaron came by.  Replaced left headlight, got Jill at Lisa's.  Watched TV.  Did TAYE.  Mom came home.  Had pizzas.  Guy came around 6pm.  Sat in car.  Left.  Played guitar.  Came back around 6:30pm.  Talked for 2 hours about ITT.  Might go there.  Looked at Jupiter.  Juanita, Mom and Dad saw it, too.  Came in.  Did TAYE on computer.  Gonna go out with Darrin driving for 30 minutes around 11pm.  Gotta make Christmas list.  Exxus landed.  Oh, got Jill at Amy's around 8:45pm.  Harry took DeAnn out.  Jeremy at judo.  Darrin worked, then carpets, now Lisa.  Mr Slagley talked to Mercer & Dodson today with a sad face.  Don't know.  Listened to Guns-n-Roses to and from school.  "Night Train" in mind.  Everyone in bed.  I'll watch Morton Downy later.  Gonna learn disco.  Tired!  Angie wore boats.  Dumb.  Roy wore dumb 70's shirt.  Wayne wore brown shirt with purple corduroy pants.  Darrin got haircut last night.  DeAnn's birthday tomorrow.  Now I'm just wastin' space in my journal.  Peel marks on school sidewalk.  My ball was caught out in kickball.  I was mad!  Guess I'll go wait for Darrin.

Wednesday, November 9, 1988

Jeremy picked me up.  Gave him Friday towels & "Swiftly... Planet."  Cloudy.  Went to Scholar Bowl.  Aaron, Harry and DeAnn didn't.  Regular home room.  Went over worksheets with overhead in Con Ed. Quiz manana.  Aaron came into English halfway through (overslept?)  Turned in English books.  Had spelling review.  Aaron had my homework.  Scott S brought senior memory books, etc in.  I got mine!  Oh, Bush is President!  Saved paper.  Reviewed in Spanish.  Did worksheet.  Okay.  Quiz tomorrow.  Derik O is out of Spanish.  Did problems in Physics.  Test manana. Had pizza for lunch.  Talked to Derik O in line.  Harry and DeAnn mad.  Got a senior picture.  Nothing in study hall.  Darrin and I got an astronomy book and "looked" at it at the round table.  Jeremy talked to us.  Jay S talked to us.  Darrin signed George's name for Christmas Walk and DeAnn was out of Spanish.  Harry bad mood in PE.  Played polish kickball with kids.  Harry skinned knees and out at home first bat.  I came home twice and got out by hit.  Aaron on other team.  Talked to Rhonda, Nissa, etc.  We beat on lockers.  Harry kicked shoe off.  Jumped up and got hit.  He was in a good mood then.  Stuck around after school.  Harry had to get copies of Jeremy's Government notes in lounge.  Jeremy and I sat and talked.  Cheerleading practice.  Helped Berny with soda cans.  Smelled.  Washed hands.  Learned the Travolta Point.  Got books.  Jeremy took us to his house in truck (Harry stayed at school).  We goofed around.  Went to library.  I got 2 astronomy books, Jeremy got "Hunt for Red October."  We got 2 disco books.  Rained all day.  Jeremy dropped me off.  Came in.  Read books.  Watched TV.  Grandma came over.  Mom came home with Hardees food (Grand Opening!)  Roast beef, MMM!   She went shopping, I read.  Did TAYE.  Watched TV, etc.  Darrin washed carpets.  Needs $400-500 done on his engine.  Jeremy sick.  Harry, DeAnn and Mike to Van Halen concert.  Mom's still gone.  Got a call about our love birds.  Gonna sell all but Oscar and Fritz for $120.  Cloudy tonight. 

Tuesday, November 8, 1988

Tired this morning.  Drove.  Darrin gave me comic strip (funny).  Drove Jill.  Went to Scholar Bowl.  Mr Rushing gone (Mrs Heyl here).  Silly.  Fixed Con Ed room (Tom Watt gone).  Finished ch 12.  Did worksheets for homework. Went over vocab in English.  Told Harry about Def Leppard Sunday (MTV).  Did ex 1-4 in class.  Wrote/talked in Spanish.  Did problems in Physics.  Harry wanted test tomorrow, but it's Thursday.  Had APP for lunch.  Good.  Did Cone Ed worksheets in study hall with her adding machine.  Darrin and I talked at round table.  Little kids at ours.  Whatever we wanted outside in PE.  Aaron sat there with Shelly M.  Anyway, people played tennis.  Glenn golfed.  Harry, Jeremy, Darrin and I played racquetball against the school.  Harry broke his first racket.  Jeremy had a metal one.  I hit ball on roof.  Darrin hit 2nd ball up.  Got Norman.  Harry and Darrin got balls down.  Darrin hit 3rd ball up.  I hit 4th, 5th.  Then bell rang.  Threw rackets up.  Showered.  Scott gave us push-pin things.  Jeremy went home.  I dropped Scott off.  Listened to KLOU.  Came home.  Lisa here with their Tom Watt.  I launched (supposed to call Jeremy).  Did TAYE stuff till Mom got home.  Oh, took Jill and Lisa to Lisa's.  Mom got home.  Had turkey for supper.  Jill came home.  Township building's been full o' cars all day (voters).  Watched TV.  Called Darrin.  Took telescope outside around 7pm.  Looked at Saturn/Jupiter.  Darrin came over.  He drove us to RP01.  We looked at stuff there.  Saw BIG falling star.  Cold!  Drove around.  Went to Gas-n-Grab.  Got gas.  Saw Dawn S.  Came home. He helped carry stuff in.  Juanita over.  Darrin looked at TAYE stuff.  He and Juanita left.  Mom baked chocolate chip cookies.  I guess Bush will win.  I don't know.  But before I here today's results, I know Bush'll win.  1st time to say this: President Bush.  Gosh!  In telescope, we saw:  Jupiter's moons moved, but one disappeared.  We'll (I'll) look tomorrow night.  Have Con Ed quiz tomorrow.  Dad's taping "Blues Brothers."  Sat in back in Con Ed.  Gonna start to develop a mission to the Moon now.  I'll probably take over the Lunar Division 'cause Jeremy's not doing anything with it. 

Ok, so we were a little more into the space-thing than I thought.

Monday, November 7, 1988

Parent-teacher conferences... NO SCHOOL!  Up around 8:30am.  Showered.  Wore sleeping sweatshirt all day.  Watched TV.  Looked for Moon, couldn't find it.  Built Venusian Vehicles.  Played guitar.  Talked to Jeremy and Joe.  Slept 2:30-3pm.  Jimmy woke me up to fix his bike chain.  Ate tons o' spice fries.  Jimmy came down.  Played 2-square with volleyball in garage.  Cloudy.  Mom got home.  Had fish.  Went to Sparta with Darrin to Wal-Mart.  Darrin got 2 hamsters.  Went by Hardees (not open).  Went to McDonald's drive-thru.  Got cone.  Listened to KLOU 103 (formerly KHTR).  Fixed Darrin's hamster cage up.  Came home around 8:30pm.  Looked at Jupiter/Saturn and Mars/Saturn.  Clouds moved in.  Darrin left around 9:10pm.  Came in.  Did this.  Mom's in Belleville with Brenda.  Can't wait to view planets tomorrow night to see if the moons change again.  Oh, made moon-on-vacation joke. 

Sunday, November 6, 1988

Woke up around 10:15am.  Watched cartoons, Sesame Street, Newton's Apple.  Made Tombstone and school pizza, watched "Animal House."  George and Gwen in Belleville.  Darrin and I played with General Lee (tore it up).  Took showers.  George and Gwen got home.  Watched president thing on Ch 9.  Darrin took me home.  Grandma and Grandpa here.  Watched TV.  Mom and Dad went somewhere.  I ran Jill to Coleman's.  Got home.  Started "drawing" when Aaron came by (brought my Beatles book back).  Watched "Inc Sund."  Aaron went to play Monopoly with Rachel C and Jenny E.  I could've gone.  Didn't call Joe like I was supposed to.  Ate porkchops and corn.  Launched Exxus.  Jimmy and Juanita came down.  I looked at Mars and Saturn (or Jupiter).  Cool.  Used gloves, cool out.  They left.  Did TAYE computer.  That's about it for tonight.

"Inc Sund" ???

Saturday, November 5, 1988

Barb called (about Annual Staff to Sparta) around 10am.  I got up.  Showered.  Launched.  Did TAYE computer.  Can't remember what I did all day.  Mom worked some.  Jeremy went to Alton and called around 5:30pm.  Darrin called then.  Mom and Dad went to Schaffer's party.  Lisa came over.  Darrin and Jeremy came by.  Got Joe.  Took Jill and Lisa to Coleman's.  Went to David A's.  They were all out of town.  So we partied.  Joe had to feed their cats.  I told Jill I was spending the night at Darrin's.  We watched Garfield cartoons, ate a pizza each.  Had Fruity Pebbles, chocolate Teddy Grahams, graham crackers, Rice Krispies, etc.  Played with wheel chair.  Took Joe home.  Then Jeremy.  Aaron showed up.  I spent the night at Darrin's.  We were all SO tired.  It rained most of the day.  Snow flurries at night.  We watched Saturday Night Live and videos.  Fell asleep. 

Friday, November 4, 1988

Taped last night.  It started storming around 5am.  Dad took me and Jill.  Got to school.  Went to Scholar Bowl with Harry, DeAnn and Jeremy.  Sad.  Home room.  Talked about ch 12 in Con Ed.  Around 9am, we saw how dark (almost black) out it was.  It poured, windy, put out half the school's lights.  Had spelling test, ch test, gonna see birth control movie but the TV blew out.  Had Spanish test.  Started next week's stuff.  Had reading hour 4th hour.  Read "Planets."  Harry, Aaron, Jeremy, Matt, etc were gone 2nd half to set up mock election.  Ate with Darrin, Joe and Mike.  We voted.  Dukakis barely won.  Looked at "Space" book with Darrin in study hall.  Played polish kickball in PE with junior high.  Got homerun and a double.  Did a slide.  Fun.  Darrin took Jeremy and me to my house.  Looked at stuff.  Jeremy drank blue Kool-Aid.  Went up to Family Flair (around 3pm).  Jeremy was done quickly, I waited.  Finally done.  Jeremy had walked home.  Saw Sharon and Sarah G.  Got home.  Lisa here.  Launched Phobos, no lift.  Watched TV.  Stormed ALL day.  Mom came in around 6:30pm (party).  I already ate.  Juanita and Jimmy over.  Darrin came over.  Went to Jeremy's in Darrin's truck.  Jeremy, Harry and DeAnn supposed to go to the movies, didn't.  Joe came over.  Harry drove over.  Got in Harry's car (oh, Joe shot Darrin in the arm with BB gun) and saw tons of kids.  Got Darrin's truck.  Got water guns.  Rode around in Darrin's truck.  Shot kids.  Saw Lori and Barb.  Got out, Joe, Harry and I shot kids by Eola's.  I hit a kid with my gun.  We were mad (they were soaping).  We rode out around city block.  Harry got in front.  Found Danny D.  Joe and I sprayed him in his car and his cousin.  She gave us the finger and said, "**** you!"  Joe went with Scott H.  Dropped Harry off.  Went to Jeremy's.  Jeremy, Darrin and I talked on truck.  Went in.  Talked about Dairy Queen, ghosts, parents, etc.  Darrin brought me home around 11:30pm.  I'm tired. 

Thursday, November 3, 1988

Jeremy came by.  I drove Jill though.  Went to Scholar Bowl.  I was in a bad mood today.  Jeremy had Nissa's Tangoes in home room.  Had ch 11 Con Ed test.  I got 100%.  Read ch 12, did vocab and questions.  Did crap in English.  Reviewed in Spanish.  Did problems in Physics.  She acted childish!  Had chicken noodles for dinner.  Scums invaded, but we shooed them off.  Did English in study hall.  Read mags.  Looked for books for Eola.  M-Club meeting 6th hour.  Junior high dressed/played kickball outside.  We didn't dress.  Darrin umped 1st.  I sat by building watching.  Drove Nissa, Kent, then Jeremy home.  Came home, watched "Gumby."  Aaron came by.  Jill made cheddar popcorn.  Aaron left.  Took Jill to Shaw's to refill Dad's medicine.  Got back.  Launched Maelstrom into orbit.  Did TAYE.  Made Phobos.  Watched TV.  Mom came home.  Dad shot a deer.  Had hamburger and fries.  I picked up Darrin.  Went to Criminal Road and sang.  Throat sore.  Dropped Darrin off around 9:15pm.  Got home.  Gonna sleep!  Study Spanish.  Get reading hr book.  Guess I'll go for now.

Wednesday, November 2, 1988

Rode with Jeremy and Todd.  Saw shed on fire.  Fire alarm went off when we got to school.  Mom drove.  New girl in senior class yesterday.  Went to Scholar Bowl.  Had class meeting in Dodson's home room (about Christmas Walk).  Went over worksheets in Con Ed.  Tom Watt stuff in.  Mrs Heyl for English.  Did writing.  Wrote in Spanish.  Fun!  Did problems in Physics.  She was mad.  Got out d-stix.  Burrito for lunch.  Sat at Mark's table (scums at ours).  Did Physics in study hall.  Looked at magazines.  Played junior high polish kickball in PE.  Showers are warmer.  Rode home with Jeremy.  Dropped Scott off.  Saw burned shed.  Came home.  Lisa over.  Did TAYE!  Jill babysat 5-10pm.  Watched TV.  Had egg/bacon sandwiches.  Darrin came over.  Saw "Geraldo."  Darrin and I talked all eve about old houses, 5-Star Ranch, space, memories, pictures, etc.  He left around 9:05pm.  I had left shoulder, right knee and now stomach pains all day (on and off).  I'm very tired.

Tuesday, November 1, 1988

Jeremy picked me up around 7:45am (supposed to be 7:35am).  I put Busch signs in bushes . Got to school.  Went to Scholar Bowl.  Mrs Treifenbach gave questions.  I did some Con Ed worksheets.  Wayne there.  Finished ch 11 in Con Ed.  Finished "War of the Worlds" in English.  Had suckers (Jeremy) and sodas (Harry).  Did exercises in Spanish.  I was pretty tired.  In Physics took notes, did problems.  Hamburger and fries for lunch.  Did Spanish and Con Ed in study hall.  Darrin used Mombrum's adding machine.  I designed Adonis.  Played polish kickball in PE with junior high.  I got good hit, then a home run (burned leg and ankle).  Harry basketball manager.  Rode home with Darrin.  Oh, Tim got haircut, crew cut.  Dropped Scott off.  Annual meeting, I didn't go.  Launched Exxus (orbit).  Lisa over.  They went to Lisa's.  I did computer TAYE.  Detailed Adonis.  Took car to get Mom.  Left around 4:30pm.  Got Mom.  Took her to beauty parlor (shorter hair).  Cat crawled on car.  Got home.  Ate spaghetti.  Darrin came over.  Rode around singing.  Lisa and Cheryl over now.  Gonna wake up and tape tonight.