Entries tagged with "middle school"

Dream

posted by srah on April 27, 2008 9:03 AM

Tags: dream, middle school, rats

I dreamt last night that I was in middle school. I had tried out for the lead in a musical, but the same girl got the part who ALWAYS got the lead in musicals (not in real life, where we didn't put on any musicals in middle school - just in the dream). I was upset because the drama teacher never showed any indication he'd even considered anyone else. Robin and I were talking about this as we left school to walk home, but I realized I'd left my jacket in my locker. So I went back to the school...

Twinkies and ding-dongs won't do

posted by srah on October 6, 2006 10:35 PM

Tags: middle school, music, new kids on the block, video, weird al yankovic

Last week I followed a link in Dooce's links blog to a YouTubed video by New Kids on the Block. I mostly missed the New Kids train back in the late 80s. I was busy, as is my wont, listening to oldies and musicals instead of The Hip Trendy New Music The Kids Are Listening to. I did not have New Kids dolls or a New Kids sleeping bag or a New Kids Trapper Keeper. I was aware of them, and knew the tunes of their songs and all, but I didn't have <old man voice>the cable teevee</old man voice>...