1. Did you date anyone from your high school? Yes, three that I can think of, for three or four months each. All good guys.
2. What kind of car did you drive? I didn't drive until right around my 18th birthday. Then I drove a 1987 Honda Civic for a few months, until I wrecked it. This was sad. It was a very cute little car, white with a burgundy interior.
3. Were you a party animal? Not really. The parties were usually really alcoholic, and I was basically a really good Mormon kid. What I went wild for were dances, usually held by friends in a rented hall in town. I am sure people were drinking/using there, too, but I didn't really see it and there was something to do there besides sit around and get hammered.
4. Were you considered a flirt? I really tried to be! I loooooooooooved boys and had a lot of fun with guy friends, usually pretty flirtatious. In high school this was pretty harmless. Immediately afterward I tried it on a guy friend at a summer job and was accused of being a tease. I sobered up pretty fast.
5. Were you in band, orchestra or choir? Yep, total choir nerd. Concert Choir president my senior year.
6. Were you a nerd? Pretty much yes. Choir, drama, AP classes.
7. Were you on any varsity teams? I did letter in drama and choir. But I don't think most people would consider those to be teams.
8. Did you ever get suspended or expelled? Nope. Reference the really good Mormon kid answer above.
9. Can you still sing the fight song? Did we have one? I wanted it to be "Purple Toupee" by They Might Be Giants, because our school colors were purple and gold.
10. Who were your favorite teachers? Choir and drama teachers. AP English teacher.
11. Where did you sit for lunch? Outside the art room with my alterna-friends!
12. What was your school’s full name? Austin E. Lathrop High School
13. What was your mascot? Malemute. And until I moved there, I didn't know what that was. (It's a sled dog.)
14. If you could go back and do it again, would you? Nope. I would change some things about the first experience if I could, but I wouldn't repeat it.
15. What do you remember most about graduation? Listening to "Right Here, Right Now" by Jesus Jones in the car on the way there. Regretting not joining NHS because I wanted that cord. Partying with the exchange students at the Fairbanks Athletic Club all night and realizing that I just wasn't that close to most people in my graduating class, which was kind of melancholy.
16. Where did you go on Senior Skip Day? I don't recall having one day for it. I kind of just skipped sporadically when I felt like it, but by my senior year I had so many responsibilities at school it was kind of hard to do.
17. Were you in any clubs? Drama club, Forensics. That's all I can think of.
18. Have you gained weight since then? If I say I don't want to talk about it, that probably gives away the answer.
19. Who was your prom date? Sophomore year, 2 days after my 16th birthday: A German exchange student who was a good friend. We went in a group of 5 people. Junior year: the boy from my ward who had played Sid to my Babe in The Pajama Game. We'd kissed so much in the show (7 kisses for each performance, plus rehearsals!) it was only decent to date for a while. Nice kid, broke my heart a little a couple months later. Senior year: I don't think I went to prom. My Senior Ball date was a kind of withdrawn, quiet but very good looking guy who I asked to go with me because I thought he would look good in the photos. Bad move. Bad date. But the photos are great.
20. Are you planning on going to your 10 year reunion? Too late! I graduated 16 years ago. I'll consider the 20, maybe. But Alaska is pretty far to travel for that.
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