High School Revisited: In [My] Life, [I'll] Do Things Greater Than Dating The Boy on the Football Team

Back to Dawson's Creek for a moment now. Remember that tortured "will-they-or-won't-they?" relationship between Joey and Dawson? Ladies - didn't you want that kind of thing more than anything? I certainly did. (Mostly because instead of drinking and partying, they stayed in and ate pizza and watched campy movies and danced around their feelings with the grace of Elaine Benes. Dreamy, huh.) Spoiler Alert - I didn't find that kind of love. I doubt most high schoolers do. Instead I settled for relationships that at best just hinted at the kind of friendlove exhibited in the soapy teen series. Friendlove - n. The overwhelming desire to have a tension and...

High School Revisited: Your Hairbrush Is Mine

But first.  You know that 98 Degrees song - I Do (Cherish You)? In this song, Nick Lachey recounts a moment with his lady - "your hand brushes mine, and a thousand sensations seduce me." Well, I always heard "your hairbrush is mine." Common mistake.  Now that that's out of the way, enjoy these photos of friends and associates from the years of 1997-2002. Thanks for sharing your finest moments.  Hair from the turn of the millenium, (excuse me, Willenium)! and the winner is. . . . . ...

High School Revisited: Wash Your Hair Once, Every Two Weeks

I am so excited to share the abundance of high-school hair photos I have received from you all in the last few weeks! There are so many embarrassing/good ones, it will be hard to narrow them down. I am now just waiting on a few gems before I post. In the meantime, I have a word or two to say about Dawson's Creek hair. 1. Mini butterfly clips 2. Mini ponies 3. Mini bangs 4. Straight cut hair 5. Bowl Cut v. 2 6. "Frosted tips" 7. Gail's fried-out coif 8. Large barrel curling-iron-bangs 9. Dawson's haircut, Season 1 10. Dawson's haircut, Season 2 11. Dawson's haircut, Season 3 12. Dawson's haircut, Season 4 Man, there was some BAD hair in the early 2000s,...

High School Revisited: Musica, pt. V

MEMORY: I am the only person I know who likes Kate Bush. I got really into her about junior year. Yes, she writes songs about classic literature and is complete dork, but what can I say, I found her dorkiness inspiring at that age. And nowadays it's fabulous for karaoke. MUSIC: (I have dreams of dancing to a shot by shot remake of this video. . . so fun) ...

High School Revisited: Musica, pt. IV

MEMORY: I owe a lot to my dad's record collection. In addition to The Who and The Beatles, he loved Elton John. He'd often sing along to songs from Madman Across the Water and Goodbye Yellow Brick Road  and I sat there watching him in awe, seeing this part of him come unlocked. It was a rare and wonderful sight to see a play-by-the-rules attorney dance around to this flamboyant singer-songwriter. Before long, I fell in love with Elton too. Only later, as an adult, did I realize how prolific and influential he really was as I rarely found a song of his I didn't find totally original and memorable. Honky Cat is the one I loved to dance around to in my room the most....

High School Revisited: Musica, pt. III

MEMORY:  I remember being 12 and on a schoolbus headed to the Dallas Temple for my first temple trip and having this CD in my Discman and playing it over and over and over again rather than socializing. This was around the age I started to actually get lost in music. I know that's a figure of speech, but I don't mean it figuratively. I think I listened to August and Everything after more than any other album in middle school probably, except for all The Beatles stuff. Man I loved that record. But every man I have ever dated has HATED Counting Crows. Guys seem to dislike them as much as they hate the movie Shopgirl. Sometimes when I'm driving alone,...