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| 18892 | Third Annual Article Contest | <blockquote rel="Ruespieler"><b>Ruespieler wrote :</b><br><i> Whew! Scared me. I still have until 9 p.m. PST, and I'm going to need every second. I called in sick to work so I can finish! </i><b>-end quote</b></blockquote>That's dedication! haha | echidna64 | Mar 20, 2015 |  |
| 18891 | Childhood Crushes | Wow, interesting stuff Vapor! The newspaper clippings part was especially disturbing haha! I didn't get weird with my feelings until high school. There was this one girl named "Jessica" who consumed my soul from sophomore year until I was probably 20 (Even though I rarely saw her after graduation)<br><br>Here are some of the ways I expressed my feelings, and they are all absolutely true. <br><br><ul style="text-align: left;"><li> Broke into school records and obtained her online school password</li><li>Opened her locker just to see what was inside</li><li>Bicycled by her house on a weekly basis</li><li>Memorized her license plate number</li><li>Codenamed her</li></ul><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);">Looking back, I don't know what got into me. My closest friends knew about my feelings and were hardly a help, and actually assisted in some of the law breaking shown above. I remember one time she actually called my house and asked for my brother! The reason I knew it was her is I had her phone number (Don't ask how I got it) memorized and saw it on the caller ID. I think I still have a picture of it on my Game Boy Camera. I think (hope) she was doing something for student council though. We talked a few times but only in class related activities. It was bad though, just seeing her would cause me to feel dizzy. Those feelings lasted well after high school. But they did subside. I remember in 2010 I was going to garage sales with my dad. Jessica's next door neighbor was having a sale...and Jessica was helping out. Now this was about 5 years after graduation, I felt a slight queasiness but that was just a trained reflex and it went away. I got out and went to the sale, Jessica wasn't in the area I was but I felt totally calm. The feelings had died at last, it was very strange not being under her spell. Looking back I should have talked to her just to pay homage to my younger self. I don't find her attractive at all anymore and my wife knows about my crush even though my wife grew up in a different state. My wife actually ran across Jessica at the bank, and she said Jessica smiled at her which I found kinda hot haha. I have plenty of stories involving those times and may elaborate later on in this thread.</span></p><p><br></p>In all seriousness though I took it to some pretty bizarre extremes. I know the more outgoing, confident guys in high school had crushes on girls, but just talked to the girls whereas introverts like us had to blow off steam by resulting to daydreaming and what not.<br> | vkimo | Mar 20, 2015 | |
| 18890 | Third Annual Article Contest | Whew! Scared me. I still have until 9 p.m. PST, and I'm going to need every second. I called in sick to work so I can finish! | Ruespieler | Mar 20, 2015 | |
| 18889 | Nintendo To Make Smartphone Games | Yup. I've been through Morey Amsterdam, Rose Marie, and Mary Tyler Moore. This wraps up my Dick Van Dyke Show avatars. I've done The Munsters and The Honeymooners. These were planned for a long time, not sure what I'll do next.<br> | shakin steak | Mar 20, 2015 | |
| 18888 | How was your day? | <blockquote rel="Ajimbo"><b>Ajimbo wrote :</b><br><i> I got another squirrel. This one is named Suckitvkimo.<br> </i><b>-end quote</b></blockquote>That must be Russian. <br> | Vaporman87 | Mar 20, 2015 | |
| 18887 | 2015 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductees | Maybe someday, the original Smashing Pumpkins will get in. If they ever reunite.<br><br><img style="width: 236px; height: 223px;" src="/images/postImages/1426876267e02706bafb55ba3c6bf6ed33c3c38e3c.jpg"><br> | Mr Magic | Mar 20, 2015 | |
| 18886 | Third Annual Article Contest | <blockquote rel="vkimo"><b>vkimo wrote :</b><br><i> Haha, I think my streak might end this year, some serious talent has been bubbling up.<br><br>On a side note, glad I re read the rules. Deadline is tomorrow at NOON, I almost thought it was midnight.<br> </i><b>-end quote</b></blockquote>It actually was supposed to be midnight, but it ended up as AM and I didn't realize it. So, if something comes in before midnight tomorrow it will still count. <br> | Vaporman87 | Mar 20, 2015 | |
| 18884 | Last Movie You Watched | Little Giants<br><br>My favorite football flick as a kid. Still love it to this very day.<br><br>What the heck, I'll give it...<br><br><img style="width: 500px; height: 92px;" src="/images/postImages/142687594910_seriable_stars_small.jpg"><br> | Mr Magic | Mar 20, 2015 | |
| 18883 | How was your day? | I got another squirrel. This one is named Suckitvkimo.<br> | Ajimbo | Mar 20, 2015 | |
| 18882 | Childhood Crushes | And now, finally, my last major crush... and it was a doozie. <br><br>"Back in my day", our school district had no "Middle School". You went from 6th grade Elementary School to sharing the halls of the High School with Seniors. Yeah, it was a bit jarring to be so small, walking under these tree-like students as they passed from one class to the next.<br><br>Anyhow, after finally reaching the coveted title of Freshman after two years, a young lady entering the 7th grade caught my eye. And she never relinquished it. From the time I first saw her, until I graduated High School, I had a thing for Penny.<br><br>There were three problems with this:<br><br>1. She was well beyond my league. Like, WELL beyond my league.<br>2. I was probably the shyest kid of all time when it came to girls.<br>3. She didn't know I existed.<br><br>These three things made my entire High School career more miserable than it should have been. But it could not be helped... I was completely dumbstruck by her. Just to see her walk by me in the hallways made my heart skip a beat.<br><br>It was a lot of things... her long blonde hair, magical smile, and... well... you get the idea. But the thing about Penny that I couldn't get enough of, was her eyes. They had this cherubic, inviting look. Like you just wanted to dive right into them and swim forever. Of course, this is highly exaggerated, as are many things we recall about those special, childhood times. But for teenage me, she was the only woman on Earth.<br><br>When pep rallies occurred, my eyes were only on her (she was a cheerleader). When the Fair week came around each year, I spent my days there subconsciously hoping to just see her there, like a preview for the coming school year. The song "Penny Lover" by Lionel Ritchie became my theme song, and I played it often in my bedroom. <br><br>Days turned to months, months to years, and I never once spoke to her. Never. Not even a "hi". I knew in my mind it would be pointless to do so. I would only be making things worse for myself.<br><br>At some point in time, as I approached my final year or so of High School, I think she found out. My irrational exuberance for her caught up with me. I had collected newspaper clippings, drawn pictures, and who knows what else in my crazed fascination with her. And somebody whom I didn't want to know had found out and made it public.<br><br>Things changed... I felt like perhaps she might find me a bit odd and worrisome. Like maybe she would be actively avoiding being near me or even making eye contact. Of course, I don't know this to be true. But I wouldn't have blamed her.<br><br>Once, while goofing off in study hall, one of her classmates (a girl who I really didn't care much for, but occasionally made conversation with because she was at our table) asked if I wanted her to say something to Penny about it. I was very apprehensive about it, but also EXTREMELY curious as to what she might say about me. So I sheepishly made it known that I did want her to say something. The message back was just a simple, "She said she is seeing Shawn (Last Name)." I already knew this, but hey... at least isn't wasn't something like "Ewwww!!!!"<br><br>Another time, I recall being in the student counselor's office finishing some kind of exam, and realizing part way through that the voice I had been hearing speaking with the counselor in the adjacent room was, in fact, Penny. I was in a room with her and only one other person. That began freaking me out, and I had a hard time concentrating on finishing my work. Instead, I just listened in on the conversation. She was speaking with the counselor about her hopes for a career in law - as in an attorney. That's all I can remember of that (to my limited knowledge, she actually ended up as a speech pathologist).<br><br>Later on, toward the end of my High School days, she began dating my cousin (Sheesh!!! This again!). This cousin was from my mother's side, and they were all athletes, armed forces people, and generally way more popular than I would ever be. I had more of my dad's side in me. <br><br>Needless to say, this was my most intense crush. And one I never acted on. I'm glad I didn't, now. Not because I think it would have went anywhere (yeah... sure) but because I learned how to let go of some dreams when they are just not within reach. Sometimes as kids, we think we are going to capture the stars and nobody is going to stop us. But the quicker we learn that life is hard, and things don't always go our way, the easier it is to let go and follow the path we are actually on.<br><br>My path lead me to my actual soul mate, my wife. And it lead me to 3 beautiful children, and another on his way. Magical as Penny may have seemed to me, the real magic is having the life I have now. It's far more than I deserve. I love it.<br> | Vaporman87 | Mar 20, 2015 | |
