Saturday, April 1, 1989

APRIL FOOLS!!!  Gosh.  Up around 11:30am.  Showered.  Mom at Granite with Grandma.  Wrote in my journal.  Ate.  Jeremy mowed grass.  Darrin called.  Asked me to go to Belleville tonight (he said he’d get Nicole and a friend).  Said “Maybe.”  Grandma and Grandpa over.  Jeremy got me.  Looked at ’78 T-Bird.  Liked it.  Came home.  To Sparta.  Saw Nissa going home.  Saw ’51 Pontiac.  Came home.  To my house.  Jill, Lisa, ? here.  Jeremy called Nissa.  I called Darrin at work.  Jeremy left.  Nissa came by.  Gave me a note.  Left.  Watched TV.  Grandma and Grandpa over.  Ate.  Darrin got me.  Got Joe.  To McDonald’s across from fairgrounds (Belleville).  Met Mr Salanik.  He was sick.  Got Deengelburys tape.  By Nicole’s.  Not home.  To the Mall.  Met Jeremy, Nissa at Sbarro’s.  Talked.  To Tape World.  To poster shop, then to parking lot.  Darrin went on to Nicole’s (or somewhere).  Joe, Jeremy, Nissa and I to Collinsville.  Jeremy drove, me middle, Joe passenger, Nissa on Joe’s lap.  To his house.  Then by my house.  Dodged cops.  To McDonald’s in Fairview.  Saw Mr Rushing, Scott S.  Home.  Dropped Joe off, then me.  Aaron came up.  We talked for a while.  Bert in back.  Glenn and a girl up front.  As they left, Aaron jokingly asked me for a kiss, then the girl asked.  I gave her one, not Aaron.  Came in.  Dad asleep on couch.  Didn’t see Mom all day.  Goodnight.  Oh, set clocks up an hour tonight.  Mine already is.

Friday, March 31, 1989

BIG DAY!  Okay… woke up around 6:30am.  Mom to work early.  Wore Def Leppard shirt.  Tired, good mood.  Ate.  Darrin got me around 7:25am.  Got Jay S.  To Darrin’s.  Mr Salanik and Harry there.  Soon Jeremy and Glenn came.  Then Brad P and Mark.  We watched video of rehearsal.  Mr S left around 7:45am to school.  Harry went home and for DeAnn.  Jeremy to get Nissa.  Brad took Glenn (I guess).  Darrin took Mark home.  Jay rolled a smoke on mi libro de espanol.  Got to school.  Jay smoked in lot.  Darrin and I went in.  To Mr S’s room.  To home room.  Announced the Traveling Deengelburys.  To Government.  People dressed up summerly.  Took notes in Government.  To English.  Went to library.  We took Deengelbury shirt orders.  To Spanish.  Took test.  To stage around 10:35am.  Got instruments ready.  Goofed ‘round.  Then 1st lunch hour.  Mr D introduced us.  Played “Twist-n-Shout.”  Had guitar case for donations.  They loved us.  Sat around.  Got ready for 2^nd lunch hour.  Tried to eat in between hours.  Danford MAD at Mr D for letting Harry, Jeremy, Tim and me stay out there.  Stayed out anyway.  Nissa by us too.  Then played 2^nd hour.  Played “Money.”  I was looser then.  Jeremy taped every performance!  Then to lunch.  Took orders, donations, etc.  To Prob & Stats.  Drew name for contest.  Took notes.  Got worksheet.  To 6^th hour study hall.  Tried on Darrin’s white suit.  Fit good!  Got Mr Z orders straightened out.  Sat by Nissa and 10 others at table.  Darrin took me home.  Put Mr Z in freezers.  Came in room.  Heard REM.  Fell asleep.  Nissa knocked, woke me up.  Jeremy in truck outside.  To Nissa’s.  Took her Mr Z in.  Saw her clean room.  Went home with Jeremy.  Put his Mr Z away.  Nissa came over.  She got mad, he took so long.  Then in her car to Gas-n-Grab.  Jeremy pumped gas.  Nissa paid.  Jeremy got me and him free cones.  To Sparta.  Got to Pizza Hut.  Nissa got check.  To Wal-Mart.  Looked at shoes, swimwear.  Nissa got something(?).  To bank.  She cashed her check.  To McDonald’s.  Ate hamburger, fries.  Came home.  Aaron and Wade brought hat by.  Got ready.  Jeremy supposed to get me around 5:30pm, got me around 5:50pm.  To high school.  Everyone there getting’ ready.  We practiced.  Couple people there.  Darrin came.  Harry left.  Dance started.  We goofed ‘round.  Breakdanced, etc.  Nissa had to work.  We goofed around in special ed room.  Jeremy danced with Carmelita.  Darrin and I got Jay S around 8:40pm.  He had smoked a couple.  Got back.  Got dressed.  We looked great.  Glenn tuned my guitar at the last second.  We went on stage around 9pm.  Mr D introduced us, curtains opened, we were cool!  Played 6 songs, left.  Played “Louie, Louie” encore.  Left for good.  6 songs were:  Bye, Bye Love – Summertime Blues – Heartbreak Hotel – Twist & Shout – Money – Sweet Little 16.  I got so hot.   My glasses fogged.  Had pictures and several VCR cameras.  One guy was up on stage, etc filming.  Girls fell to the stage, etc.  Really fun.  Nissa got off around 8:30pm (unexpectedly).  After concert, went backstage and saw Nissa.  Went back to special ed room and celebrated.  She bought us Cokes.  Jeremy told her he danced with Carmelita, she got made and left him.  He came to special ed room with me.  We talked.  He was upset.  Mr S came in.  We 3 talked.  Nissa came in.  We 4 talked.  Then Nissa and I to library to talk.  We talked on couches for an hour or so.  Jeremy and Joe came back there.  Nissa mad at Jeremy.  Jeremy left.  Jeremy came back.  I left.  Mingled with the crowd.  Got in trouble by Norman.  Took stuff to library.  Took stuff to Jeremy’s truck.  Nissa, Jeremy making up.  Got Darrin.  Helped Mr S.  Took guitar to Darrin’s car.  Got everything situated.  Jay, Joe, Harry, DeAnn, Barb, Jeremy and I talked in lot.  Jeremy and Nissa left.  Harry, DeAnn and Joe left.  Darrin took Jay, Barb and me.  Came by home.  To Pizza Hut.  Ate pizza.  Jeremy and Nissa came in.  Guess they’re ok.  Went home around 12am with same people.  Dropped Jay off, Barb, then me.  Dad was sick.  Got things put away.  Went to sleep!

Thursday, March 30, 1989

Tryin’ to watch “Sky People,” so this may take a while to write…

Plenty of sleep (too much).  I was tired hoy.   Rained all day, even now.  Cool out.  Darrin got me.  Took guitar.  Left in Darrin’s car.  To Darrin’s to get Government test.  To school.  Traded notes with Nissa.  Tim just called, hold on…

Okay, to home room, tardy, but Darrin said Mr Rushing didn’t put us down.  Got free baseball tickets.  To Government.  Took test in minutes flat.  To English.  To library.  Looked at art book, ate suckers, etc.  To Spanish.  Reviewed verbs, etc.  To Physics, took notes.  To lunch.  Ate Johnny Marzetti.  To Prob & Stats.  Took notes.  Polish kickball in PE.  Gang vs others.  Won 35-7 or so.  Didn’t take shower.  Brought guitar and sax in.  Harry took me home.  Put on REM shirt and camo hat.  To Harry’s.  Jay S, Darrin with us.  Got banner.  Took Darrin to get haircut.  Went to school.  Sat up.  Mark came with new white $750 5-string bass.  Fred came.  Had a small crowd.  Got Darrin.  To school.  Brad came around 3:30pm.  Sat up.  Played.  Bad at first.  Nissa came in.  Jeremy video taped us.  Mr Salanik left.  Then it broke up.  Norman yelled at David J, Jeremy.  Jay S mad at Harry, Norm.  Harry mad at Joe.  I was in a tired/sick mood.  Then Joe, Harry set lights to position.  Nissa took me home.  VFW guys here.  Ate.  Joe called.  To room.  Heard REM, slept for 30-45 minutes.  Grandma Hancock in hospital.  Not too good.  Darrin called.  Gotta be at his house at 7:30am.  Juanita, Jimmy, Brenda over.  Talked to Nissa.  Darrin got me.  To Glenn’s.  To Jeremy’s.  Nissa almost left.  Mad, I guess.  Talked with Jeremy.  Got Glenn.  Dropped me off.  Got Jay S, to school.  I have to study Spanish.

Wednesday, March 29, 1989

Up.  Tired.  Slow morning.  Fog, turned to rain.  Poured all day (even now).  Wore REM shirt.  Darrin got me.  To school.  People dressed up as Greasers and Nerds.  Harry as greaser, Joe a nerd (brown).  Got to home room.  Mr D announced.  To Government.  Reviewed for test manana.  To Lit.  Didn’t turn in notecards and thesis.  Got more homework.  To Spanish.  Learned verbs and preterite.  To Physics.  Goofed all hour!  To lunch.  Ate pizza.  Nissa gave me copy of Government test.  To Prob & Stats.  Took notes.  Mr D scraggled lookin’.  To study hall.  Jeremy, Joe, Darrin off (made Deengelbury poster).  Nissa, I filled in Government test.  Michelle, Harry there over us.  Rode home with Darrin.  Printed thing with WW.  Ate.  Jeremy got me around 4pm.  To Harry’s.  He gone.  Rode bikes in rain, etc.  Big Harry got home.  We got in garage.  Patched up banner, painted land on world.  Looks kinda bad.  Juanita got home.  Gave me disco shirt.  Jeremy brought me home around 6:45pm.  Ate hamburger, fries.  Grandma Hancock in hospital.  Mom, Dad to eat pie.  Tim, Darrin came over.  Learned Government test.  Juanita over . Took hypnotist VCR tape.  They left.  Darrin to Sparta con Mark.  I got ready for bed.  Gonna do homework.  Nissa worked 4-9pm.  Guess that’s all. 

Tuesday, March 28, 1989

Up & tired.  Rained.  Darrin got me.  Sore stomach.  To school.  To home room.  Mr Derwort announced.  Had 50’s & 60’s stuff and pledge.  To Government.  Had psychiatrist.  Interesting, but I was tired.  Mombrum’s class came in second half.  To Lit.  “Watched” Excalibur.  Jeremy worked on satire.  Nissa, I talked.  Talked about Alton.  To Spanish.  Made Doubletree signature.  Learned new verbs.  To Physics.  Did problems, notes.  To lunch.  Ate APP.  To Prob & Stats.  Nissa, Harry and Mr D to hula-hoop contest.  We didn’t win.  Got grades.  Got tests.  Didn’t do anything all hour.  Talked to Harry.  Had PE, but Jeremy, Nissa and I worked on satire on computer with Fatguy.  Jay S came in.  He, Nissa got mad at each other.  Jeremy talked with Mr Prigge.  Darrin took me home.  Nissa had meeting.  Jeremy worked on satire.  I got home.  Opened window.  Ate.  Worked with word processor.  Nissa called.  John L came by (in house).  Put sign (election) in back yard.  Jimmy came down.  Nissa got me around 4:15pm.  To Jeremy’s.  To high school.  Jeremy just got done.   To Jeremy’s.  Got him.  Mailed shirt-pattern to Aaron.  To Belleville.  Did slug-bugs, etc.  To House of Sharon.  Jeremy slept.  Went in.  Nissa tried on red dress.  Jeremy, I looked at tux books, etc.  She put the $240 dress in lay-a-way.  On way out, saw Michelle G goin’ in there.  Jeremy drove to the Mall.  Saw 2 rainbows.  Went to the Mall.  To all shoe stores.  I checked REM tapes and Babbages.  Left.  Nissa got $3 ring.  To Long John Silvers.  Ate.  Good.  Came home.  Sang on way.  Dropped Jeremy off.  Tim went by.  Nissa dropped me off, Tim pulled up.  Talked to him.  Came in.  Everyone in bed.  Mom said, “Keep the $6 for food money.”  Got ready for bed.  Love REM. 

Monday, March 27, 1989

No school.  Up around 9:15am.  Got mad at Darrin for laying on me, moved to living room.  I was tired.  Washed hair, face.  Looked for key to his grandma and grandpa’s room.  It got lost last night.  Finally left.  Went to Hardees.  All ate but me.  Went to Mr Donut.  Heard REM all the way home.  Borrowed Aaron’s “Murmur.”  Nissa bought us donuts.  I ate one.  To Belleville.  By House of Sharons.  Darrin called Riess, said he wouldn’t be in.  To the Mall.  Looked in a few stores.  Really tired.  Made fun of people.  Jeremy, Nissa got in a fight at Rave.  We left.  To Wal-Mart.  Nissa got potato chips.  Darrin got black shirt for 50’s & 60’s dance.  Came home.  To Nissa’s.  Darrin, Jeremy to Jeremy’s house.  Nissa, I looked at stuff on bed.  They came back.  Took Darrin home.  To bank.  Brought me home.  Played with word processor.  Ate spaghetti.  Nissa called.  Mom, Dad to Belleville (Dad to doctor).  70 degrees today.  Rained a little.  Darrin got me.  To his house.  Taped “Murmur”, Wilburys, and “Chronic House”, “Honestly.”  Got Jason plate hoy.  Darrin called Mark.  Darrin brought me home.  Saw Dad’s new high-tops.  Ready for bed.  Wearin’ Huey because I’m hot.  I’m too tired to write more.

Sunday, March 26, 1989

Up at 10am.  Showered.  Got ready for church.  Mom, Dad, Jill, Grandma and I to church.  Ok.  Long.  Tons o’ singin’ at the end.  Left.  Got in car.  To Spartan House.  Big Harry there with table.  Soon, Doolittles arrived.  Ate buffet.  Good.  Harry, DeAnn to Baldwin Lake.  Got home.  Played computer.  Talked to Nissa on phone all afternoon.  Then Jeremy came by for me to go to Alton.  Nissa hid behind seat in van while my parents looked at it.  Snuck her along.  Just Aaron in Alton.  Got there.  Aaron asleep.  Talked.  Aaron’s friends arrived.  We went to Panteras.  Fat girls flirted with us.  Ate Ultimeat.  Jeremy showed us his old neighborhood, etc.  Back to Aaron’s.  We 4 stayed upstairs.  Wild party downstairs.  Went downstairs.  Aaron’s friends left.  I played the guitar.  Cut my finger.  Went to the attic.  Aaron went to bed.  On couch bed was Jeremy, Nissa, Darrin, me. 

Saturday, March 25, 1989

Warm out.  Up around 1pm.  I was in shower, Mom said “Nissa’s downstairs.”  Came down.  Talked, then left.  She went to work.  We (Jeremy, Harry, Darrin, I) got together in Harry’s garage and started Deengelburys banner.  Wore 70’s clothes.  To Pizza Hut around midnight.  Got home.  Tired!

Friday, March 24, 1989

Up at 8am.  Mom, Dad out eating with Juanita, Harry.  Jimmy over.  Showered.  Ate.  Heard REM.  Nice day.  No jacket or anything.  Called Darrin.  He got in at 5am last night.  He, Jodi broke up.  250 people at Eastermania.  Mom, Dad got home.  Nissa got me around 9am.  To Jeremy’s.  Darrin came over.  We went to Belleville.  Taped “Brown Cars, etc.”  Fun!  Went by cop shop.  Darrin looked around.  To army surplus.  Darrin got a night stick.  Saw cute black cat with white tip of tail.  To Central Hardware.  Returned something for Jeremy’s dad.  To the Mall.  Started Slug-Bug-thing game.  Mainly to T-Shirts Plus.  Asked about Traveling Deengelbury shirts.  Nissa got a $25 “Nissa” shirt (airbrushed).  Ate at Sbarro’s.  Spent my $3.  Picked up Nissa’s shirt.  Jeremy, Nissa went in clothes store to get black/white dress (put in lay-a-way).  Darrin, I sat on bench watching people.  We cracked up mucho!!!  To Radio Shack.  To Spencers.  To Weisnoski Bros piano place.  Looked at strapsm organs.  On to Grandpa’s.  Saw guitars.  Nissa got jean shorts.  Darrin got sunglasses.  Jeremy, I looked at T-shirts.  To car.  To McDonald’s.  Got cone.  Taped trip home.  Darrin dropped Jeremy, Nissa off at Jeremy’s, me off at home.  He was late for work (3:40pm or so).  Ate chicken.  Heard REM.  Played piano.  Mom, Brenda, Jill in Granite.  Dave Wasson called.  Called Jeremy, not home.  Straightened tapes up.  Jeremy called from Nissa’s.  Nissa got me.  To Kerri’s.  To Nissa’s.  Her house empty ahora.  Jeremy on bed.  Jeremy, I designed Deengelbury T-shirt while Nissa readied for work.  She called in at 6pm, but didn’t have to work.  Ended up throwing stuffed animals in corner.  Harry came by, had haircut (trim).  Left.  Darrin worked till 7:30pm or so.  We 3 played Trivial Pursuit.  Darrin came by.  Jamie (Nissa’s sister(?)) was “sleeping” on bed (watching us).  He left around 9:15pm with us laughing.  I played with a quarter, baton and horses.  She was wearing her new “Nissa” shirt.  Nissa stopped by my house around 10:10pm.  Brenda here.  Checked in.  Then to Jeremy’s.  To his room.  Harry there.  We went upstairs.  Harry, Jeremy, I cooked eggs and toast.  Nissa went to Jeremy’s room.  Jeremy, Harry, I cracked up.  Played with and ate apples.  Went downstairs.  Harry, I put clothes on kitten (cut my finger with my nail).  Harry and I busted up!!!  Harry left and Nissa brought me home.  Watching Dave L.

Thursday, March 23, 1989

Warm day.  Carried gun in coat.  Darrin got me.  To school.  Nissa had a note in her locked, “Make up your mind, go out with 1 or the other.”  Somethin’ like that.  Pretty sure Michelle G put it there.  To home room.  To Government.  Goofed off.  Country music in Mr K’s office.  Glenn’s birthday.  Had bill puzzle-quiz.  Easy.  Had free-time galore.  To English.  Went to library.  Got extension on satire-thing.  Darrin demonstrated frisking and body checks on Harry.  Nissa had Spanish test.  Took Spanish test.  Got 100%.  Did worksheet.  Had fun.  Discussed Deengelburys.  To Physics.  In chemistry room.  Did couple of spring waves.  Studied Prob & Stats.  To lunch.  Ate hotdog, chicken noodle soup, milk.  To Prob & Stats.  Took test.  Easy.  Nissa borrowed the calculator I borrowed from DeAnn.  To PE.  Played polish kickball.  Slid into home.  Got raw spot on left hip.  Hurts!  Waited in library with Nissa and Kent for Jeremy.  Looked for Nissa’s calculator.  She found it in her purse.  He took me home.  Then Nissa, Kent.  Watched TV.  Jill cooked hamburgers.  Ate chicken sandwich.  Jeremy got me around 3:30pm.  To his house.  Took 2 Beatles, REM tapes.  Got sodas.  Got Nissa.  Diesel loading furniture to leave.  Had snacks.  Dropped Kent off at Shawn McC’s.  Brenda out on steps.  Rode on Criminal Road to Baldwin Lake.  Jeremy, I out to tower-thing.  Then Nissa.  Ate brownies.  Took Nissa home around 4:30pm.  She worked 5-10pm.  Came home.  Got “Supermax” and 2 journals.  To Jeremy’s.  Heard “Supermax” and my tapes.  Jeremy’s dad did miscellaneous cleaning around us.  They’re painting tomorrow.  I caught Jeremy up on journal from 5-10pm.  Joe had friends from Mt Vernon at his house.  Darrin out with Jodi.  Harry to cemetery for DeAnn’s grandpa, came home.  Hakes’ Eastermania beer party busted by cops.  Tim called.  Jeremy brought me home around 10pm.  Nissa called.  Said she can go to Belleville with us tomorrow.  Well, I’m going to eat (I’m starving).

Wednesday, March 22, 1989

Dad home.  Tellin’ us about truckin’.  Tired.  Sunny, cool day.  Darrin got me around 8am.  Heard REM (new tapes).  To school.  To home room.  Jeremy, Nissa late.  Gave Jeremy note for Nissa.  To Government.  We had our Jim plates, flashing them.  In Government, took notes.  KLOU on real loud behind me.  I just sat there all hour.  Super boring.  To English.  Nissa, Jeremy spiffy.  Went to library for research.  Designed Traveling Deengelburys’ banner.  Harry sat on table, broke it.  Then to Spanish.  Didn’t pay attention.  He called on me.  I was lost.  To Physics.  Ate cherry sours.  Did problems all hour.  Mrs Danford left around 11:30am.  Mr Lowen subbed.  Harry, I talked.  To lunch.  Ate turkey, mashed potatoes.  To Prob & Stats.  Wrote Nissa, tore it up it was so boring.  Did problems.  Reviewed for test.  To study hall.  Darrin belchin’ and fartin’ on Jeff.  Cracked us up.  Funny hour.  Darrin took me to his house.  Looked at door alarm.

GOSH.  Glenn M just came by to see my Government notes.  In my bell-bottoms and all.  GOSH.

Anyway, listened to Wilburys. Harry came by.  Goofed around.  Harry, I to Jeremy’s to get him to go to library to do satire-thing for English.  Nissa called.  Nissa came by.  Harry took me home.  Changed into REM shirt, green jacket.  Got ready.  Nissa, Jeremy came by.  Got me.  Rode in back.  To Pizza Hut.  Looked at “Cosmo.”  Nissa got schedule.  To Wal-Mart.  Looked at books, candles, toys, Easter stuff, food, etc.  Nissa got food.  To Pizza Hut.  Got 2 mediums.  One to go (for Nissa), one half Italian sausage/cheese, half pepperoni/pork.  Drank water.  Made bears.  Heard music.  Gave Nissa $2.20.  Came home.  Juanita, Harry here.  Went to Nissa’s.  Tif and them getting ready to leave at 4:30am tomorrow.  Nissa got ready.  To Jeremy’s.  Played with plane thing.  Had gun.  Joe came over (with CB).  “Excalibur” on TV.  Harry, Barb, Brad P came over.  We did English satire thing.  Everyone in the pool room “studying.”  Supposed to study Prob & Stats.  I fell asleep around 9:30-9:45pm.  Nissa woke me at 9:45pm.  She brought me home.  I came in.  Talked to Mom, Dad.  Have KFC for supper tomorrow.  Mom copied “Honestly” and other one for me and Harry.  Got $16 check fo yearbook tomorrow.  Hearing REM “Reckoning.”  Glenn came by.  Got Barb’s senior picture hoy.  Have to study Government, Spanish, Prob & Stats, then sleep.  10:37pm now, so I’ll see ya.  Oh, got town meeting report to write for satire, too.  Oh, got Child of the Week by Salanik.  Jeremy by Dodson.  We held up Jim plates.

Tuesday, March 21, 1989

Sunny day, little cool.  Nissa got me around 7:50am.  Got to school.  Exchanged notes.  To home room.  Everyone laughin’.  To Government.  Goforth (and mayor of New Athens) in.  Broken back 5 times, bad English, etc.  To English.  Wrote paper about our term paper topic.  To Spanish.  Didn’t pay attention.  Reviewed, like.  Got worksheet.  To Physics.  She in bad mood.  Did problems, notes.  To chemistry room.  Did 3 experiments with tuning fork.  Did problems.  To lunch.  Ate burrito.  Talked to Tim.  Had fun.  To Prob & Stats.  Got 91 on my notebook.  Took notes.  Did problems most of hour.  To study hall.  Prigge taught.  Did Spanish.  All laughed a lot.  Nissa bought me a soda.  Played games.  Darrin took me home.  Played piano.  Amy came over.  Shot ‘em.  Ate pizza, chicken sandwich, fries.  Mom worked extra hour.  Jeremy got me around 4:55pm.  To library.  They were closing.  Book sale.  To Harry’s.  He didn’t go to Belleville with us.  He in bad mood.  Jeremy dropped me off.  Got ready.  Waited for Darrin outside around 6pm.  Got me around 6:20pm.  Aaron in front.  Got Jeremy, Joe.  To Belleville.  To the Mall.  Went in Sears.  To Radio Shack.  Joe set off a wall of lights, turned knob, and set off alarm.  Darrin got motion alarm (and free 9V if we left).  To BDalton.  Jeremy looking at books.  To Kay Bee.  Darrin got $2 Lazer Tag Star cap.  Jeremy got Harry caps.  Joe got gun and caps.  Joe, Jeremy, Darrin and I got “Jim” name plates ($.50).  To other places.  To Camelot.  Got REM “Reckoning” and “Chronic Town.”  Also “Supermax.”  Yeh!  To card shop.  Jeremy got Nissa something.  Saw Dan at Glik’s for Guys.  Saw Kelly C, Kendra, Val M, ?.  REM tapes (x = I have):

x  Chronic Town

x  Reckoning

x  Dead Letter Office

x  Fables of the Reconstruction

x  Green

x  Document

    Murmur

    Eponymous

    ???

Left the Mall, by White Castle (too crowded).  By Rally’s.  Got ice water.  Ate in front of Bubba & Coy’s.  Heard new Ton Loc song.  Darrin dropped Joe, Jeremy off at Jeremy’s, then me off.  Darrin got “Wilburys.”  Gotta call Tim.  Mom’s gotta get Dad around 12:30am tonight (or so), no one’s up.  Hearin’ “Supermax” and new REM. 

Monday, March 20, 1989

Stormed last night and all day.  Freezing rain now.  Mom drove.  Dark out.  First day of spring.  Poured outside.  Wore camo hat.  Put art pin on it after school.  Darrin got me around 8:06am.  Got to school.  Jeremy stayed up till 6:45am on Prob & Stats note book.  Jeremy, Nissa late too.  My Rushing said he wouldn’t give us tardies.  Thanx.  Sitting Bull got a haircut.  To Government.  Took notes on ch 12.  Prepared questions for Goforth tomorrow.  To Lit.  Nissa brought a book of names.  We all went to library to research.  Nissa, Darrin, Aaron and I looked at names.  Talked to Tim.  Jeremy disappeared.  To Spanish.  Harry, Jeremy, Darrin, Aaron, Kendra and I took Spanish test in library.  Cheated (talked).  Went back.  Learned new verbs.  Got homework.  To Physics.  Reviewed tests.  Talked.  Did ch 15.  To lunch.  Ate pizza.  Darrin talked about Art.  To Prob & Stats.  Took notes.  Turned in notebooks.  To 6^th hour study hall.  Michelle sat at our table.  Felt tired.  After school, I was gonna get a back door friends mat, but took Spanish test with Jeremy and Nissa.  Jeremy brought me home in Dave’s car (he has it for the week).  Jill at Lisa’s.  I started playing “Honestly” and Jeremy at front door.  Nissa at back door.  Harry, Joe came in.  Played “For Eloise.”  Jeremy wanted to know if I wanted to go to Belleville with him and Nissa to get his mom (she locked keys in car).  Nissa didn’t work.  Jeremy went home for something.  Harry, Joe played piano/guitar.  I gave Nissa a tour of the house.  Jeremy got back.  His dad left.  He’s in trouble.  He was gonna get me “Supermax”, too.  Oh well.  Harry, Jeremy did an opera with guns, etc.  Harry left.  Jeremy, Joe left.  Nissa brought “Honsetly” record.  Played it.  Practiced song on keyboard.  She borrowed the keyboard.  Played piano.  Mom got home.  Harry got me, Nissa.  Took Nissa home.  Got Jill and Lisa’s.  Dropped Jill off here.  To Darrin’s around 5:40pm.  Sat up.  Mark, Greg W came.  Brad came.  Then Darrin.  Played all the songs good.  Jay S not there.  Everyone left.  Mike & Billy there.  Taped REM and stuff in Darrin’s room.  Came home.  Ate PH pizza.  Mom home from VFW(?).  Hearing REM.  Really tired.

Sunday, March 19, 1989

Mom came in around 10:05am.  Told me to get ready for church.  Asked if I could sleep in.  Said ok.  They left around 10:45am.  Showered.  Ate.  Played piano.  Jill, Mom got home.  Mom drove us to Pizza Hut.  Jill drove on back roads.  Nissa not working.  Drove to Wal-Mart.  Read GI Joe.  Came on home.  Got pizza for supper tomorrow.  Checked oil.  Ok. Played piano.  Mom read.  Cool day.  Bored.  Watched TV.  Heard “Reconstruction.”  Love “Wendell Gee.”  Jeremy, Nissa came by around 4:30pm.  Brought the sheet music.  They left.  Grandma, Grandpa came over.  Played piano.  They left.  Brenda came in.  Mom, Brenda, Jill, Amy to movies (still gone).  Watched TV.  “Wizard of Oz” and “Return of the Jedi” on.  Called Tim around 7pm.  Asked him to come over.  He came over around 7:30pm.  Oh, did Prob & Stats notebook earlier.  He and I talked.  Darrin came by.  Tim left.  Darrin, I ate.  Talked.  He left around 9:30pm.  Got ready for bed.  Gonna call Tim.

Saturday, March 18, 1989

Up at 7am.  Hailed last night.  Tired.  Told Mom bye.  Waited for Harry.  He got me around 8:10am.  To high school.  Little bus there.  Got on.  Then Jeremy, Nissa came up (in Nissa’s car).  On bus: Shirley, Mrs Dodson, Tasha, me, Harry, Aaron, Mrs Treifenbach, Susan, Jeremy, Nissa and Jeanette.  To Belleville East.  Snowed a little.  Big place.  Found right building.  Hung around locker area.  To “Scholar Bowl Hall” (where 4 games played at once).  Aaron, Harry, Nissa and I waited out in glass hall.  Everyone else watched games.  Jeremy came out.  We went in.  Played Centralia first.  Harry, Tasha, Jeremy, Nissa, Aaron 1^st half, Harry, Susan, Jeremy, Jeanette, me 2^nd half.  We lost.  To next room.  Vs Alton.  Harry, Tasha, Jeremy, Nissa, Aaron 1^st half.  Fat guy with bear read questions.  Aaron, I busted up!  I replaced Aaron.  We lost.  Oh, Mrs Misselhorn did first game.  Cool.  Then to bus.  Came home.  Harry took Aaron to Wade’s, me home.  Ate pizza. Mom, Jill in Granite.  Played piano.  Gonna relearn “Norwegian Concerto” (memorize).  Jeremy called.  Got all spiffy.  Jeremy got me around 1:10pm.  To Harry’s.  He not ready.  Jimmy got in van.  Got Nissa.  To Harry’s.  Jimmy got out.  Jeremy, Nissa in front, me in middle, Harry in back.  Used fuzz-buster.  Went by Barb’s.  Said she’d meet us at the Mall around 8pm.  Harry in bad mood, but got better.  We twirled our guns.  Heard “Good Morning Vietnam” tape.  Went to Grandpa’s.  looked at acoustic guitars.  Saw 12-string.  To electric guitars.  To Jeremy, Nissa in ladies’ clothes.  Harry, I to toys, then music.  Nissa got a pair of rolled up jean shorts.  Then to Granny’s.  Got there.  DeAnn came out.  She got new glasses.  Had headache.  Went by the Mall.  They dropped me and Nissa off.  They went to see “Fletch Lives”, but late so they saw “Police Academy 6.”  We looked at rabbits at Pass Pets.  I went to Kay-Bee.  Nissa went to Rave.  We met and went to Music Vision.  Saw 4 REM tapes.  Nissa got “Lion Sleeps Tonight” 45 for Jeremy.  To 5-7-9.  To Glik’s (she tried on pants).  To the waterbed store.  To Weiznoski’s (piano place).  She got sheet music.  To other piano place.  Lady helped us with sheet music.  Told her about my piano lessons, etc.  Left.  To Radio Shack.  She tried to show me her, Kerry’s “engagement” ring.  Thirsty!  Met Jeremy at Pass Pets around 4:55pm.  To Caravan.  Jeremy crabby.  He, Nissa got in fight.  Oh, got REM “Fables of the Reconstruction.”  To movies.  Walked on in.  Long line.  Pretty chilly out hoy.  Harry, DeAnn in movie.  Moved closer.  From left to right:  DeAnn, Harry, Jeremy, Nissa, me.  Saw “Leviathan.”  It was pretty cool.  Left movies, to Target.  DeAnn got Harry something.  Back to the Mall.  Went in front of Sears.  We talked at several places.  Jeremy, Harry, DeAnn went to Pass Pets to see animals, Nissa took me to show me their ring.  Saw it.  $900!  Went to meet other 3 at Sbarro’s.  Looked at sunglasses.  The fun began.  Lori N, Michelle G, Barb saw us.  Waved.  Sat down by Sbarro’s.  Talked.  Mark and 2 friends came up.  Said everyone was down by poster shop.  They left (gonna get Mark’s 2 REM tapes tomorrow).  Harry, DeAnn came up.  Saw Terri R.  Tim, Shawn McS upstairs lookin’ down at us.  Jeremy came over.  Jeremy, Nissa and I ordered pizzas, sodas.  Brent, Michelle came over.  We all ate/sat/talked around a table.  Harry, DeAnn, Brent, Michelle went to 5-7-9 to find dresses.  Nissa, Jeremy and I ate.  Lori, Barb came up.  Left.  So did Tim.  Nissa, Jeremy to Rave (for Nissa’s pants).  I went up with the 4.  To Susie’s.  DeAnn tried on prom dress.  I found Jeremy, Nissa.  Went upstairs.  To Camelot.  Brent, Michelle left.  We looked at disco records.  Nissa, I looked at sheet music.  Finally left.  So tired.  Harry carried me little ways.  Got to van.  Went to Granny’s.  Then came home.  Dropped Harry, DeAnn off at Harry’s.  They dropped me off.  Talked to Mom.  Heard 1^st two songs on new REM.  Doin’ this.  Mom says we’re going to church tomorrow.  It’s 11:38pm now.  Guess I’ll go.  Oh, Darrin’s at National Guard.

Friday, March 17, 1989

Up.  Cloudy, warm!  Wore REM shirt (Green, St Patrick’s Day).  Darrin got me.  To school.  Missed Scholar Bowl.  To home room with just a note for Nissa.  To band room.  Took ASSET for BAC.  Lady was late.  Jeremy in suit, Nissa in $50 dress.  At our table was Harry, Aaron, Tim, Brad P, Jeremy, Nissa and me.  Took 1^st test.  Then 2^nd.  Had break.  Grading machine broke.  So long break.  People threw paper airplanes, etc.  Nissa, Jeremy left for a few moments at 11am for NHS.  Came back.  Took 3^rd test (high math).  Brenda laughed.  Distracted us.  Goofed around.  Missed Spanish test.  To Physics.  Took page 1 of test.  To lunch.  Ate hotdog, chicken noodle soup.  Brad took his calculator back.  Not in good mood.  To Prob & Stats.  She was nervous about speech.  I got nervous wondering if I’d be in NHS.  Took Physics test.  Then Prob & Stats notes.  Then played “Name That Tune.”  To gym for assembly.  Saw Mom, Grandma, Juanita, Jim there.  Knew I was in.  Assembly came.  Nissa did good job, Jeremy too.  I was 4^th inducted.  Nissa inducted me.  A little underdressed though.  My candle went out during Mr Prigge’s speech.  Got light from Chris Smith.  Got picture taken afterwards.  Gave stuff (candle, flowers) to Mom.  She went home, to work.  We got out early (10 minutes or so).  Got congratulations, etc.  Supposed to take Spanish test, didn’t.  Barb H talked to Jeremy, Nissa, Joe and me.  Mark came in.  We left.  Joe, I rode in the back of Jeremy’s truck.  Hot!  To Jeremy’s.  Jeremy got changed.  To Joe’s.  Dropped him off.  Jeremy dropped me off.  Dropped Nissa off.  Went home.  I got spiffy.  Nissa got me in her Firebird.  It’s cool.  Got Jeremy.  To Sparta.  I rode up front.  Took my gun.  To Pizza Hut (we followed her mom).  Jeremy, I looked at jukebox while Nissa got schedule.  Then Jeremy up front.  To Wal-Mart.  Played “For Eloise” for them, then her family.  Then to toys.  Got caps for my gun.  Jeremy got new gun.  To purses, etc.  Then to food.  Nissa got junk food.   Checked out.  To car.  To McDonald’s.  Saw Kendra working!  Got cones.  Nissa paid, nice!  Came home.  Dropped me off.  Mom, Brenda to Belleville.  Ate roast beef, fries.  Nissa called Pizza Hut at 6pm to see if she had to work.  She didn’t.  Joe went to dumb dance.  Harry got me, to Nissa’s.  Cooler, windier!  Went in Nissa’s.  Saw fat lady on “Geraldo.”  Came out.  Harry, I to Harry’s.  Nissa, Jeremy to Jeremy’s.  Harry got gun.  To Jeremy’s.  Sat on back porch, watched lightning.  Wild!  Got cool out.  Then went in.  I laid on floor at top of stairs.  Nissa on living room floor.  Harry played pool.  Don’t know where Jeremy was.  Harry, I went to Harry’s to get “our VCR” tapes.  Nissa wanted me to get my keyboard, but I didn’t.  Got back.  Jeremy set 8 light bulbs up in back yard.  We shot ‘em with a BB gun.  We came in.  Watched our videos, etc.  Jeremy got sick.  Went downstairs.  Jeremy, Nissa both asleep.  Jeremy’s parents not home.  Harry, I watched tapes.  Cracked up at our hide-n-seek game.  Man!  Woke Jeremy up around 10:30pm.  Said we were leaving.  Then Joe showed up.  Then Tim came down the road.  We shut off all lights.  He came to door.  We answered it.  Tim left.  Harry took me home.  Joe stayed at Jeremy’s.  They were all awake then.  I got home.  Washed up.  Mom did laundry.   I watched Johnny Carson for about 2 minutes, fell asleep. 

Thursday, March 16, 1989

Cool today.  Mom drove.  Darrin got me (I played piano around 7:40am).  Fun!  To school.  Got books.  Met Jeremy and Nissa in commons.  Switched notes.  To home room.  Turned in senior trip permission slip.  Gave Nissa my Gold Cougar Card application yesterday.  To Government.  Took ch 11 notes.  Turned in homework.  Glenn gave me more paper.  To Lit.  Had quiz.  Sure I flunked.  To Spanish.  Did worksheets.  Reviewed.  To Physics.  Did Prob & Stats.  Reviewed.  Did problems.  Drew space gas station, turned it in.  To lunch.  Ate pizza.  To Prob & Stats.  Turned in worksheet #2.  Took questions on worksheet #3.  Barb doesn’t like me any more.  She’s going (Joe, Shea not) Saturday.  Should be fun.  To gym around 1pm.  Had hypnotist assembly.  Darrin, Jeremy, Joe volunteered for “victims” up front.  Jeremy came back (didn’t work).  Darrin, Joe hypnotized.  Others, too.  After, there was a Pep Club group and hypnotist group in gym (around 2:10pm).  Nissa, I went to lockers, then stage.  Finally school over.  Darrin took Joe, me home.  Street tore up at 4-way.  By Jeremy’s, Joe’s, Jim Heil’s, etc.  Tuned VCR channels.  Jill came home.  I did Prob & Stats worksheet #3, Government.  Studied Spanish un poco.  Harry called.  Started playing organ.  Jill left for Belleville with Amy, Freddie and Lisa.  Played piano.  Fun!  Made up song.  Nissa, Jeremy came in.  Talked.  Played “For Eloise.”  Nissa went to work.  Jeremy, I talked.  Taught Jeremy “For Eloise.”  Harry came by.  Left around 5:30pm.  Mom got home.  Called Grandma Watson.  Jeremy, I went to Jeremy’s in truck (Jeremy’s) around 6pm.  Harry, DeAnn came.  Called Tim, Barb, Joe.  They came.  “Studied” Physics.  Joe played pool (sank 4 at the same time).  Wound Jeremy’s alarm clock up.  Harry, DeAnn left (DeAnn hurt ankle at practice) around 7:15pm.  We 4 watched “The Natural.”  Did Prob & Stats.  Jeremy took Joe, me, Barb home around 8pm.  Saw Dave S.  Mom, Jill at Cheryl’s.  Ate hamburger, fries.  Talked to Mom.  Got ready for bed.  Grandpa called me about cable.  Did this.  Maybe draw until 10pm.  Guess that’s all.

Wednesday, March 15, 1989

Cooler day.  Tired, un poco tardy.  Darrin got me.  Went by Handee Mart.  Got to school early.  To Scholar Bowl.  Nissa gave Harry "Friends, back door" thing.  To home room.  Turned in Mr Z and NHS application.  To Government.  Had Carl Holland speak.  He's funny.  To English.  Nissa sat in front of me.  We wrote notes.  Michelle, Barb really gave us bad looks.  Went over body parts in Spanish.  Did problems all hour in Physics.  Got caught up.  To lunch.  At hamburger, curly fries.  Crowded table.  Everyone's going to the movies Saturday.  Nissa seemed angry.  To Prob & Stats.  Took notes.  Mr Derwort had funny hair.  Got worksheet #3.  6th hour study hall.  Nissa, Jeremy, Harry and I talked all hour.  Darrin took Joe, me home.  Took Jill to Lisa's in truck.  Grandma here.  Harry came over.  Talked.  They left.  Grandma and Grandpa came over.  Left.  Finished UPL (total 6-page letter (with nice cover)).  Harry called all evening.  Did Prob & Stats worksheet #2 and some of worksheet #3.  Darrin came over around 7pm.  Talked.  Tim came over around 7:40pm.  Did Government.  Darrin left (with bug).  Did Tim's Physics, Prob & Stats.  He left.  Ate.  Ready for bed.  Watching "Moving."  It's taken me a long time to write this, 9:24pm now.  Oh, tuned my TV to good channels.  Got new toothbrush yesterday.  And tore Jeremy's puzzle apart.

Tuesday, March 14, 1989

LONG day!  Darrin got me.  Warm day.  Got to school.  Tried to get to Scholar Bowl.  Not fast enough.  Home room doors locked.  He opened it.  Fair mood until English.  To Government.  Made questions for Carl Holland tomorrow.  Took ch 11 notes.  Glenn gave me tons 'o paper.  Then off to English (yawn).  ...Space Shuttle may have to return a day early...  Heard "Used to Love Her" and half of "You're Crazy" from Aaron's GNR Lies.  Read from books.  Darrin sat in front of me, Nissa in front of Jeremy (beside Darrin).  She wrote me a note: said she got me 2 posters, she got title to car today, stuff like that.  She asked me to go out with her and Jeremy this weekend on their anniversary.  Went to Spanish.  Learned body parts.  He was silly.  Had several free minutes and no homework.  Dad problems in Physics.  Tons o' work.  Ate spaghetti at lunch.  To Prob & Stats.  Took notes.  Wrote Nissa a big note.  We were all ready for the tornado drill at 1pm.  Got to the lockers under a minute.  Played bowling in PE.  Harry, me, Joe and Darrin on lane #6.  Jeremy, Nissa and Shannon in lane #5.  We had the dumb hard ball. Didn't dress.  Jeremy wore boots to school.  Darrin took Tim home, me by my house, me to Jeremy's.  Harry, Jeremy and Joe there already.  We went outside and spat on each other.  I wore Jeremy's dumb camo shirt and blue tank top.  Nissa came over.  He went in to talk with her.  We came in to watch TV.  Nissa left.  Jeremy's parents came home, then to Alton.  We played football, threw rocks at birds.  Talking to Tim, hold on...  about Government...  and Physics...  it's 10pm now...  hm, hm, hm...  yawn...   ramble on...  this is fun...   homework, homework...  Physics, Government, now PE...   now it's Prob & Stats...  back to Government and History...  oh, no, not English...  well...  back to Physics...  [this went on for several minutes]

It's 10:14pm now and I'm tired!  Where was I?  Oh, yes, Harry took me home around 5:45pm.  Jeremy, Joe rode around in MG.  Mom said some pizzas and stuff came for me at work.  Filled out senior trip waiver.  Brenda came in, they ate.  I did Physics, Government.  Harry got my Physics around 6:50pm.  He drove stick shift Escort (white car's getting fixed).  He's feeling sick.  Jeremy, Joe came by for me around 7:15pm.  To Criminal Road.  Darrin not there.  Started for town, met Darrin.  Got out to Criminal Road.  Parked Darrin's car as far boundary, mine entrance sign was near boundary.  Drop off at middle and go either way.  Games:
1.  Jeremy, me criminals.  Darrin drove truck, Joe used flashlight.  Jeremy, I crawled in cattails (saw mongoose or something).  Got to car.  Flashed lights, etc.
2.  Joe, me criminals.  Jeremy drove, Darrin with light.  We walked easily to sign.  Waited.  Put Joe's hat there for proof.  Walked to other end.  Shot 'em.  Got Joe's hat.
3.  Jeremy, Joe criminals.  They went to sign.  I laid on road and cattails throwing rocks to catch them.  Nope.
4.  Joe criminal.  Dropped me off at sign end.  Joe got to car real fast.  They got Joe. Darrin got in his car.  Got me.  To bank.

Talked.  Joe, Jeremy went home.  Darrin brought me home.  Came in.  Got ready for bed.  Tim called around 9:50pm.  Talked to him, as you know.  Mom's driving tomorrow.  It's real windy out there.  Got cable TV channels posted in mi cuarto.  Well, I'm gonna go to sleep. 

Monday, March 13, 1989

Mom decided to ride.  Called Darrin.  Drove Jill to school.  Like "Pale Blue Eyes."  Had radar detector on.  Nothing.  Didn't wear coat.  Nice out.  STS-29 supposed to be today, guess it wasn't.  Went to Scholar Bowl.  Jeremy, Nissa showed up.  To Mrs D's home room.  Talked about senior trip, selling, etc.  To Government.  Took all hour to do questions.  Glenn farted loud.  To Lit.  Looked at Beverly Hill Motor Assemblies, expensive car magazine.  Got 2 new books.  To Spanish.  Started going over tests, Nissa came for me, Jeremy and Kendra.  Wrote an essay for MEA Scholarship.  Nissa, I sat at a table.  At Rollo's.  Did mine over space race, etc.  Worked 10:30am-12pm.  Aaron showed up mid-3rd hour.  Don't know where he was.  Jeremy, I got Spanish homework and Physics homework (tons of it).  To lunch.  Nothing I liked, so I didn't eat.  To Prob & Stats.  Wrote notes to Jeremy about Operation: SOB.  He, Nissa fought about Saturday.  Took notes to study hall.  Mr Slagley subbed a little.  Did Spanish.  Nissa asked me to go to Sparta with her and Jeremy.  I said "Sure."  Drove Joe home (windows down) and Amy, Jill here.  Have new thing: OGIVE!  Ate pizza, hamburger, fries.  Got stuffed!  Cable changed.  Used to be:
2 - ABC          13 - PBS
3 - ESPN         17 - USA
4 - CBS          18 - ?
5 - NBC          19 - NICK
6 - WTBS       20 - MTV
7 - HSC          21 - CNN
8 - NASH       22 - CBN
9 - WGN         23 - HBO
10 - KDNL      24 - SHO
11 - KPLR       25 - TMC
12 - KFVS       26 - LIFE
Now, different.  Messed with it.  Got guitar ready.  Heard REM.  Took Jill and Amy to Amy's.  Came home.  Jeremy came by around 4:40pm, then got Nissa.  To Sparta.  To Wal-Mart.  Nissa got medicine.  Looked at shoes.  To Pizza Hut.  Told Nissa bye.  Back to Wal-Mart.  Jeremy looked at boots.  To Pizza Hut.  Got ice water.  Looked at poster book.  Played "When Children Cry."  Left.  Came home.  To my house.  Got guitar.  Drove to Darrin's around 6pm.  Jay, Mr Salanik, Brad there.  Darrin came in, then Harry and Mark.  Played through.  Sounds good!  Only playing 6 songs.  Cops came after we broke up.  Everyone left.  I drove around with Darrin in car.  Heard "Green."  Had radar detector on.  Took him home around 8:30pm.  Got home.  Ate pizza.  Cable fixed now on new way.  Gonna call Tim, watch TV, so bye.  Got "Countdown" hoy.  Didn't do Physics homework.


"OGIVE" was a new hand sign that we gave each other.  Hold your fist in front of you with your thumb pointing to the sky and your pinky pointing to the ground and rock your fist back and forth, twisting at the wrist (making half-circles in the air with your thumb). 

"Countdown" was a magazine about the Space Shuttle program.

Sunday, March 12, 1989

Up around 11:15am (had dream I was already read).  Showered.  Brenda came by.  Mom, Brenda took Dad to Wentzville around 11:45am.  Told Dad bye.  Dad in good mood.  Ate Lucky Charms.  Hooked computer to gray TV.  Started typing Tom's interplanar dreams.  Jeremy called.  Wanted to go to Collinsville.  Called Joe.  He got ready.  I ate chicken sandwich, fries.  Jeremy came over.  Got his chocolate rabbit.  To Gas-n-Grab.  Dumb guys peelin' out everywhere.  To Joe's.  His relatives over.  Waited for him.  To Jeremy's.  Got tape recorder.  On our way in Jeremy's truck.  Stopped by Jodi T's.  Darrin there.  Got 2 Friday movies.  To Huck's in Freeburg.  Got Coke bottles, batteries for tape recorder.  To Collinsville.  All ran-down.  Went by our old house, school.  Sad.  Asked for the street.  Went up on bluff.  Tape recorded.  Stopped at store.  Nice lady helped us, she got manager.  Got directions.  Got there.  No one home.  Jeremy, I knocked.  Started to leave.  Chased car, thought it was him.  Nope.  Almost slid into ditch.  Decided to come home.  ALmost hit car at 4-way stop (sign out of the way).  Got to Marissa.  To Harry's.  He, DeAnn hooking cable up in Harry's room.  He's got it.  Jeremy dropped me, Joe off to eat.  Grandma and Grandpa just leaving.  Ate chicken, watched end of "Inner Space."  Jeremy got me.  To Joe's.  Joe gave me a TV guide.  Nissa at Jeremy's.  Nissa, Jeremy talked (fought) in his room while Joe and I played pool, airplanes, tanks, etc.  Darrin came over.  Jeremy took VCR to his room.  Joe left around 9pm.  Darrin around 9:20pm.  Watched "Disorderlies."  Sad!  I laid on bed, tired.  Finally, Nissa took me home around 10pm.  Mom watched TV.  Came to bed.  Exhausted.  Space Shuttle launch tonight.  Last night, after I left Jeremy's, Nissa, Joe and Harry went to Jeremy's.  Nissa left to talk to Jim R.  She talked to Jeremy on phone 12:45-3:15am.  They got in a big fight, almost ended their relationship, but didn't.  I'm so confused.  Oh, well.  Zzzzzzz

Saturday, March 11, 1989

Woke up around 11:15am.  Joe, Tim watching TV.  Jeremy in Dave's room.  Good dreams.  70 degrees out.  Warm, nice.  Jeremy wore shorts.  Took Joe, Tim, me home.  Dad took my picture.  I hooked up cable in my room.  It works!  Dad showed me $200 radar detector in car.  It's awesome.  I guess he got it yesterday.  Showered.  Ate spaghetti.  Wore REM shirt.  Goofed around.  Watched TV in my room from 2-5pm.  Slept 3:30-4:07pm.  Mom, Dad went to Sparta.  Juanita and Grandpa down eating DQ cake.  Talked to them.  Dad, Grandpa to garage.  Sold some pizzas, sandwiches and soups.  Harry, DeAnn came down.  Showed them my cable and radar detector. Harry took DeAnn home.  Big Harry came down.  Everyone went for walk.  Got home.  Dad has to be in Wentzville by 3 manana.  Went to Jeremy's around 7:10pm.  Watched "Reporters", "Cops" (cool new show), misc stuff.  Came home around 10pm.  Everyone's in bed.  Gonna watch TV.

Friday, March 10, 1989

Warmer. Last night, Mom, Grandma drove to Wentzville around 10:30pm to get Dad.  Got home around 3am.  Mom, Dad slept in.  Mom didn't go to work.  Darrin got me.  His car muddy.  To school. To home room.  Government test on ch 6.  Barely wrote stuff.  Helped Glenn.  Had "library day" in Lit.  But Nissa, Harry, Brad, Aaron and I didn't go.  Talked to Nissa (looked at mag) all hour.  Studied Spanish.  To Spanish.  Took test.  Translated Cultural Note. Had tons o' time left.  Looked at Vogue with Kendy.  To Physics.  She yelled at us to shut up.  Talked about black holes, etc.  Chicken and dumps for lunch.  Stood in line with Nissa, Harry, DeAnn, Barb, Michelle, etc.  To Prob & Stats.  Reading hour.  Read NASA book.  To PE.  Prison-ball.  Gang vs Jocks.  Mr Coleman got knocked off his chair.  Nissa watched.  Darrin took Tim, me home (Joe too).  Mom, Dad to Belleville.  Watched TV.  Ate.  Slept. Mom, Dad came home.  Talked.  Tim came over around 6pm.  Oh, Jeremy came by.  Went to Jeremy's.  Read him some journal stuff.  He brought me home around 5:45pm.  THEN Tim came over.  Waited for Darrin.  Came around 6:30pm.  Got Jeremy.  To bank in Sparta.  Darrin, Tim cashed checks.  To Wal-Mart.  Got $10.31 worth of cable TV junk for my room.  Tim got food.  To Kroger, got 2 Pepsi's, Jeremy got yogurt on a cone, we rented "Disorderlies" and "Highlander."  To Pizza Hut.  Not too crowded.  Sat in middle booth.  Got medium hand-tossed Italian sausage, large deep hamburger, 2 pitchers sody, 2 bread sticks, all for $13.05.  I paid $2.  Tim flipped tie over shoulder and had finger mustache.  We cracked up all night.  Stacey (?) waited on us.  Kid next to us talked to Darrin about Darrin being his uncle.  Finally left.  Tim ate the most and kept the left-overs.  I ate 2 Italian sausage.  To Harry's.  Said we couldn't borrow his VCR for Jeremy's room.  To my house.  Juanita here.  To Jeremy's.  Darrin left.  We watched TV.  Joe came down.  Watched "Robocop" at 10pm on HBO. Cool.  Nissa came in around 10:30pm.  Harry came over around 11:30pm.  Jeremy yelled because Nissa, Tim and Harry kept giving the movie away.  Nissa got mad, left room.  Jeremy went and talked to her.  Nissa left around 12am.  Aaron came by around 12:15am.  Listened to him for a while.  He left, so did Harry around 1:30am.  Came back to Jeremy's room.  Watched Showtime 1:30-3am.  I kept falling asleep near the end.  Joe fell asleep around 2:30am.  Then watched TMC.  I'd seen that movie before.  Jeremy slept on chair till 5am, then to Dave's room.  I, Tim slept on floor.  Joe on bed.  Fell asleep around 3:30am.  Had dumb afghan. 

Thursday, March 9, 1989

Sunny.  Rather chilly.  Throat better.  Drove Jill.  Heard REM.  Got to school.  Talked to Mr Salanik in bathroom.  To locker.  To home room.  Notes in Government.  To library in English.  Came back to room early.  Brad P, Harry, Aaron, Darrin, Nissa and I talked.  Reviewed in Spanish.  Did notes in Physics.  Got phone taping idea.  Ate APP.  Notes in Prob & Stats.  Easy stuff.  6^th hr PE.  Nissa had headache, didn’t dress.  Played prison-ball (Gang vs Jocks).  Aaron nailed Shawn McS’s face.  I got Shawn H in face.  Shannon a dork.  Had Scholar Bowl meeting after school.  Drove Tim home.  Did phone tape, didn’t work.  Got blood card.  Did Prob & Stats.  Made “him” poem.  Typed first 2 pages of book.  Harry called, etc.  Grandma and Grandpa came down.  Ate bass fish, mac & cheese for supper.  Tim came over around 6:25pm.  Darrin around 6:42pm.  Studied Government.  Talked.  Darrin left around 8pm.  Tim around 8:40pm.  Talked to him about things.  Darrin called around 9pm.  Jodi T came to his house.  Talked to Mom, Jill.  Mom, Jill to Brenda’s 7-8:30pm.  Don’t need cable box any more.  Get all channels free.  Got $20 for Easter.  Might get cable tomorrow.  Gonna study Government more and do book.

Wednesday, March 8, 1989

Left side of throat killing me.  Thinking about writing D&D book.  Got to sleep around 12:30am last night.  Dead tired.  Sunny, getting warmer.  Most snow is slush now.  Mo drove.  Darrin got me.  Took “Clash of the Titans.”  Got to school.  To home room early.  No National Anthem, pledge though.  Had 3-choice lunch.  Ate #2 (hamburger, tater tots).  Got tests back in Government.  Talked, took ch 6 notes.  To Lit.  Mercer gone this week, Mrs. Gegel subbing.  Got 2 easy worksheets.  Watched “Clash.”  Part of tape got eaten.  Did worksheet in Spanish.  And homework.  Learned hundreds and reflexive verbs.  Mr Salanik said “Lots of Italians in Collinsville,” we busted up!  Discussed Science Center trip and problems in Physics.  Oh, and notes.  Ate lunch.  Commons brighter!  Discussed tests and took stat notes in Prob & Stats.  Nissa, I wrote notes discussing Barb angry at us.  6^th hr study hall.  Jeremy, Nissa, Joe and I sat away from Harry, Barb and Michelle.  Jeremy and Nissa got in a couple of fights.  Darrin almost hit truck coming home from school.  Took Tim, me home.  Called Family Flair.  Did puzzle.  Harry came by and got Pheonix tapes to tape.  Walked to Flair around 4pm.  Got haircut.  Sides cut short.  Came home.  Watched TV.  Ate.  Harry brought tapes back around 5:30pm.  Looked at Jill’s magazine.  Played computer.  Fell asleep 6-6:30pm.  Woke up, Juanita here.  Watched “Night Court.”  She left.  Mom got home around 7:30pm.  She brought in groceries.  Called Dad.  Getting Jill at Lisa’s now.  I ate bologna, fries.  Gargled with saltwater.  Gonna get some sleep, fer shur!

Tuesday, March 7, 1989

No school.  Sunny day.  Some streets cleared.  Positive we’ll have school manana.  Up around 9:15am.  Showered.  Played guitar.  Harry called.  Walked with guitar/amp to Harry’s.  Bright out.  Slick.  Played. Jeremy came.  Got Joe.  Recorded “Tim Is Tuff.”  Cool song!  Darrin came by.  Took me, Joe home.  Showed him room.  He left around 3pm.  I started puzzle.  Worked on it (listening to TV (in living room)) from 3-10pm.  Lisa came over.  Left.  Mom got home.  Ate mac, cheese, fish sandwich.  Mom, Brenda to Belleville.  Darrin called.  Nissa sick.  Tim came over.  Got radio, tapes, mics, etc.  Left around 8pm.  Harry called.  Gotta take “Clash of the Titans” for English this week.  Mom got home around 10pm.  Gotta write Government letter.  Tired.  Guess I’ll get some sleep.

Monday, March 6, 1989

No school.  Cashmier Polaski Day.  Up around 10am.  Mom didn’t drive.  Snowed most of day.  We’re talking St Louis’ 3^rd highest record of snow (12”).  Cold hoy!  Around 2-3” here.  Played guitar.  Called Joe, Jeremy.  Drove to Harry’s around 11am with guitar.  Set up.  Started playing.  Jeremy came in around 11:45am.  Then Joe (walked).  Recorded “Fat Girl”, “Tres Gringos (Again)”.  That was sad.  Pretty fun.  Juanita, Harry home too.  They ate chili.  Jeremy left to take Nissa to work.  Harry got DeAnn.  Took Joe home.  Came home.  Played computer.  Heard REM all day.  Put gray TV in my room.  Straightened up.  Ate.  Drove to Jeremy’s (got Joe).  We wrote down all of our “good” songs.  Preparing an album.  People called all eve about school.  It was canceled.  Ya-hoo.  Nissa came in from work.  Heard some songs.  Nissa played pool.  We crawled under steps (in closet).  Played with toys.  Got puzzles out.  Put a 1000 piece together (mostly done).  Joe worked on a 1200 piece one on the pool table.  Nissa, Jeremy worked on a 1000 piece on table.  Had to leave around 9pm.  Got home.  Talked to Mom.  Ate fish, fries.  Did this.  Gonna time songs and store on computer.  Oh, Pierpont got out for several hours.  I got him back in.  Dad passed his tests.  Well, guess that’s ‘bout all. 

Sunday, March 5, 1989

Up around 11:30am.  Went out to say “Bye” to Dad (before shower).  Dennis and Brenda came in.  Translated 8^th grade notebook codes. Got late start.  Showered around 12:30pm.  Iced all day.  Supposed to get 4-6” of snow tonight.  Ground’s white with ice.  Anyway, Mom, Dad, Dennis and Brenda left around noon.  Joe called.  Supposed to call him back.  Heard “REM” all day.  Took FS-2000 hull to garage.  Hooked computer up to green TV.  Now I sit in a u-shaped corner.  Cleaned, straightened my room for hours.  Mom got home.  Jill and Amy rented “Monkey Shines.”  Made up sad senior song.  Gonna play at Harry’s manana.  Ate cheeseburger Hamburger Helper for dinner.  Gonna get new cable outfit in April.  Darrin came by.  Supposed to get Jodi and go to Sparta.  Mom and them back.  Nissa called.  Wanted me to come over the Jeremy’s.  Harry and DeAnn got me.  To DeAnn’s.  Slid around corners for fun.  Heard “Hog”, “DQ”, etc.  Got to Jeremy’s.  Joe and Nissa there.  Joe, Harry, Jeremy and I played pool.  Heard good music.  Harry, DeAnn left around 9pm.  Then Joe, Jeremy, Nissa and I talked about funny experiences.  Gray kitten cute.  Jeremy, Joe brought me home around 10pm.  Told Mom.  She’s sleeping (waiting for Dad to call).  Gonna try to fix VCR (to tape off cable).  Maybe eat.  Like my song.

Saturday, March 4, 1989

Up around 11:30am.  Mom to Belleville with Carol, Sandy.  Joe called.  Ate pizza.  Dad showed me stuff on truck.  Read D&D ’88.  Long, dull day.  Harry to Belleville.  Nissa worked 5pm-3am.  Jeremy came by (with gray kitten), talked in my room.  Mom got home.  Jeremy took me to his house.  Joe came over.  Darrin went out with Jodi T.  We played with Stompers in Jeremy’s room.  Then took kitten back to Nissa’s.  Cold, rainy out.  Came home.  Jeremy’s mom working, dad shopping.  I got my Zipp burgers.  Ate.  Watched “Fish Called Wanda.”  Supposed to go to Sparta to take movie back to Kroger, to Wal-Mart (cable for my room), and see Nissa at Pizza Hut, but it iced up.  Oh, she got me a brass “J” key ring last night.  Anyway, went downstairs to play pool.  Ended up getting kitten back.  Kitten upstairs.  Daisy and Wellington downstairs.  I watched TV, got tired.  Joe, Jeremy baked a pizza.  Supposed to be home around 11:30pm, not till 11:50pm.  Jeremy brought me home in Dave’s car.  Icing pretty bad even as I speak.  Gonna eat now.  Supposed to do Operation: SOB tomorrow.  Doubt it!  Mom, Dad supposed to leave early in the morning to get Dad to Greyhound station in St Louis to leave for a while.  Guess that’s all, bye.

Friday, March 3, 1989

Big day!  Up, tired.  Mom took camera to take picture of DQ, didn’t.  Darrin got me.  He got OJ at Handee Mart.  To school.  To home room.  Mr Rushing had no voice.  To Government.  Took ch 8-9 test.  Did well.  To Lit.  Had soda break.  Talked about REM.  Quiz over words.  Learned about new 3-lunch program.  Spanish test and translated cultural note.  Reading hour in Physics, read “Spinoff ‘88”.  To lunch.  Fish.  Spilled white milk.  Bad mood.  To Prob & Stats.  Took last page of test.  Scott S, Mike, Matt and Aaron were looking off my paper.  Went over problems on board.  Played prison-ball in PE.  Darrin and I vs the Gang.  Sad.  Rode home with Jeremy and Nissa.  Rained.  To bank to cash Nissa’s check.  Home.  Jeremy, Nissa went out tonight.  I heard REM.  Got ready for concert.  Watched TV.  Watched 1930’s “Flash Gordon.”  Tim came over with tape player.  Taped “Green” for him.  He left.  Still have player to tape others.  Mom got home.  Ate roast beef, fries.  Took camo jacket.  Mom gave me $25.  She, Dad to Red Bud to eat.  Juanita brought down DQ cake to eat tomorrow for Dad.  Sat outside, kinda warm.  Darrin got me around 6:15pm.  Got Jody, then Barb.  Headed out.  Got there.  Got stub.  Found our seats.  Jody, Barb, me, Darrin (on aisle, 2^nd row).  Good seats.  Watched people.  Someone & the Egyptians played 8-8:45pm or so.  Pretty good.  Darrin, I got $18 shirts, then Jody and Barb did.  Ate hotdog gum.  Darrin got nachos.  Intermission.  Then REM.  I knew around half of their songs (lots of old ones).  Played around an hour.  Left.  Then came back with “Stand” as encore.  Jody, Barb to bathroom.  After REM left stage the 2^nd time, Darrin and I found Jody and Barb.  Left.  Out easily.  By McDonald’s in Belleville.  At hamburger, fries, soda.  Came home through Smithton.  By Jodi T’s.  Herschel Lee left.  Jody and Darrin came out.  Came to town, back of Coleman’s video.  I slept in car.  Took Jody home, then Barb.  Darrin brought me home.  Mom talked to me.  Now this.  I L O V E D the concert.

Thursday, March 2, 1989

Again!  New volume.  Howdy all you Jason fans.  Thanks for buying Volume II.  And this is original.  Ok, woke up, super-tired!  Studied Prob & Stats definitions.  Drove Jill, heard REM.  Darrin came by.  Then left.  Got to school.  Cool day.  Studied Prob & Stats in home room.  Notes, review in Government.  Had half a free-day.  Studied Prob & Stats.  Read aloud, saw filmstrip in English.  Jeremy sat in back.  Reviewed in Spanish.  Juniors tested hours 1-3 again.  To chemistry room.  Harry, Jeremy, Aaron and I were in a group.  Did experiment.  Worksheet.  Chicken for dinner.  Jeremy and Brad P in computer room studying.  To Prob & Stats.  Had 4 of 5 pages of test.  Kind of easy.  Mr Derwort walked around and checked my pages for cheat notes.  None!  I’m straight!  Disaster drill mid-test.  Went to senior-high lockers.  Asked Nissa about discreet simple space.  Talked to half the class.  Cool.  To study hall.  Barb, Michelle sat away.  Joe, Darrin left me.  Sat alone.  Jeremy, Harry and Nissa came out then.  Harry mad about test.  Drove Jill home.  To Darrin’s.  Taped other songs on REM tapes.  Watched “Bugs.”  Came home.  Completely straightened room.  Did TAYE.  Watched TV.  Might get cable TV in room.  Mom got home.  Ate pizza.  Darrin over around 6:45pm.  Finished Volume I of my journal.  Been listening to REM.  Called Nissa and asked Lit words.  Did them.  Studied Spanish.  Juanita, Jimmy over.  Started Government.  Grandma and Grandpa over.  Mom to stress class.  Finished Government.  Tim came over around 7:50pm.  Briefed him.  Gave him test.  Darrin left.  Tim and I talked.  Jay S called.  Tim left around 8:30pm.  I put car up (drove by Handee Mart (Morgan H crashed through it)).  Everyone was calling and worried about Dad because he went arrowhead hunting this afternoon and got home around 9pm.  Guess that’s about all.  Oh, supposed to snow manana.  Since I won’t write again until after concert (maybe).