she's even got her very own ringtone

this weekend i spent some time with my good friend diane. diane and i went to high school together and have both managed to wind up here in good ol' virginia. when we get together we generally spend a lot of time telling 'remember that time when...' stories that usually involve us doing something absurd.

for example diane's side view mirror was missing and it reminded me of this fieldtrip we took our freshman year of high school. a group of us were in the drama teacher's mini van, being driven by our english teacher. we get in the van and the first thing we notice is that the rear view mirror is missing. since i was riding shotgun i was enlisted to hold it up whenever we needed to change lanes. quickly after discovering the rear view mirror the kids assigned to the back of the van began shouting b/c instead of seats there were milk crates. the english teacher made them walk to the corner so we could get by without the school security guard seeing that a few of the kids were sitting on plastic crates. i have no recollection of what play we saw that day. the main thing i remain is kids sliding around, screaming in the back of this van.

the other day i was thinking about this time we had to write stories and jeff used the phrase "ghetto spaghetti." at the time that was comedic gold... and now, i really don't know why. but for whatever reason, when you're 15 that's the most brilliant thing you've ever heard.

i think i must be getting old b/c it seems like high school was a magical time. things were fun and silly and i didn't have to pay any bills. ha. actually, i guess not much has changed besides paying bills.

if you've never seen it check out getmortified.com. it's one of the funniest websites i've ever seen. watch the mortified shoebox show. i love it. as a person who as teenager was *obsessed* with everything elijah wood and lord of the rings (example: 1. the time line i have drawn out detailing my life from age 18 to 70... which has me married to elwood and even names all our future children 2. i sat on the sidewalk all day in la for the chance to meet elwood at the return of the king premiere... he ran by, didn't even stop to get married to me! 3. the time i told my friends 'i don't care if i never meet... i just hope he's happy.' *creeper*) it hits home. i like to think that i'm not nearly as dorky as i was... or least i cover it better and don't have large hoards of stalkerazzi newspaper clippings of strangers / hobbits (at least not that i'm going to admit to). but it's funny to look back at the people we were and how much of that person is still around.