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Aug 2, 2011

Cellphone Mad Lib

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With the help of my friends, Mark and Kristin Hoke, Deanna Maruski, Aaron Laird, Sue Crider, Zeth Bonawitz, Sam Coeyman, Arden Haines, Dawn Wolf and Scott Zirkle, I created this blog.  These are the word choices they texted me.  See if you can tell what many of them had on their minds…..

It was a wild vagina in Nashville.

The engorged penis blows hot baby oil.

A capricious enchilada is slowly running.

A big truck on Ski Round Top is quickly bleeding.

Rutter’s wistfully has fast driving cock.

My motorcycle is sluggishly exfoliated and sleeping.

The car and house were attacked by Godzilla with sex and a bong.

 

Weirdo’s,

~P.

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Aug 2, 2011

Poem by a Psycho

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Wrote during Psychology Class

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Aug 2, 2011

My journals

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Dusting off the adorned cover

Leafing through the faded pages

Fond memories return to me

So many things I had forgotten

Come rushing back

Some offering smiles

Some offering tears.

 

I wrote this in May 1988

It’s still true,

~P.

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Aug 2, 2011

Inside Me

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This poem “Inside Me” was written in May 1988

Mrs. Ney’s creative communications class

 

 

Deep inside me,

I feel an oncoming scream of frustration.

Bottled inside me,

Deep feelings for one who doesn’t know I care.

Sighing inside me,

Every time I pass him in the hall.

Crying inside me,

Knowing I could never tell him I care.

Dying inside me,

Knowing I’ll never have him.

-Pattie Crider

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Jul 31, 2011

Yearbook to Facebook visits 1989: Bailey, Harlacker and Hitt

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This edition didn't exist in 1989

There are so many friends I want to blog about!  I’m doing this randomly through the pages of 1986-1989 Dover Highschool yearbooks!

First on the list is Lori Bailey.  Her married name is Lori Mitzel.

Those big hair days

Lori (or as I called her, Lolla) wrote this:

Easy to scan then retype 🙂

Lori also wrote and drew in my journals from Creative Writing class with Mrs. Ney.  Here is some of Lori’s adorable sketches:

Lori doodles in my journalDoodles more...

Dear Lori,

We had some awesome times in highschool.  We laughed more than we cried and shared secrets daily.  Typing class was fun with you there!  Those typewriters were such dinosaurs!  I’ll never forget our canoeing trip with Mike King.  I wish I could find the picture of you canoeing, but it’s still packed up somewhere.  I bet if I look there is a picture of you attending my wedding to Gary Bonawitz.  It would be awesome to get together with our journals and stories!

Laptop only.. no typewriter,

Pattie

 

Second on the list is Tracy Harlacker.  She doesn’t seem to have a Facebook page, or is hiding.  Haha!

Shout it girl!

Tracy writes in my 1988 yearbook:

Pattie,

   Hey, only one more crazy year!  Yea!  How did we make it this far?  Lunch was great, you never failed to make it interesting, gross, thrilling, fun, etc. and sometimes all at once!  I’m so glad we had some good long talks.  We’ve got to have more of them.  You’ve helped me through some depressing times; Thanks!  You know you can talk to me whenever and believe it or not I’ll understand!!! 

Keep your bright smile and humor and they’ll take you places.  Remember the musicals and the cast parties (or should I remember them?!?)  Anyway, Best Wishes for a bright successful future and a fun Senior year.  May God hold you in the palm of His Hand!

Love,

Tracy 🙂

Ever so helpful during the musicals

Tracy,

We DID have some great times in highschool!!  The musicals were the bomb!  The after play parties where so harmless (well, for the most part) and you were so uptight!  You always had one eye on me to make sure I wasn’t too flirty with someone.  LOL  Not terribly long ago I talked to your mom.  I think I have your e-mail and if not, I can get it.  I know your Momma!  Makes it easy!  Your family was so much more civilized than mine.  Hanging out at your house made life simple.  We talked about what we wanted to do with our lives.  I don’t recall what my heart was set on, but you wanted to be a truck driver.  You know what I thought?

This chick is nuts…..a truck driver?  Ok, maybe I didn’t think you were nuts, but I DID think you could be doing something other than driving a truck for a living.  You were smart and funny, pretty and outgoing.  You believed in God and followed the Ten Commandments much better than I.  🙂  I am thinking you probably are not driving trucks these days.  What are you doing Tracy?!

Still picking my frizz,

Pattie

Wrapping up this blog is Laura Hitt. http://www.facebook.com/Laura.E.Hitt  She writes many memories in my yearbook:

She took a whole page!

Birthday sleep over

Dear Laura,

We have so many memories!  Just glancing through my journals I came across quotes by you or about you.  All of them are pretty funny!

“I dreamed Mr. Wynegar’s girlfriend tried to kill me.”  ~Laura

Geez Laura….you think that might be due to all our lusting back in the day?  ~Pattie

“I told Neal how you told Laura off yesterday and he said I wanna meet this girl.” ~Jodie Fisher

Guess I was mad at you that day…~Pattie

“So why is everyone being a bitch to me today?” ~Laura  “I don’t know, Laura” ~Pattie

And I still don’t…or don’t remember.

Remember my birthday and running down to my Aunt Jane and Uncle Ken’s house in the middle of the night?  Ken came out and yelled I think, and we laughed.  I have pictures of us hanging out in the basement with Megan McIlvaine.  I see you’re living in NC, guess you won’t be stopping by my new place!

Hitt me with your best shot,

Pattie

This concludes my ongoing obsession with writing about highschool.  Coming up:

Jodie Fisher  Megan McIlvaine and Phil Grim

She is SOOO looking forward to my blog

Love the 80's outfits Kym and Meg

The pussies like him

 

Subscribe to get email notices of new blogs!

~P.

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Jul 26, 2011

Yearbook to Facebook visits 1989: Fidler, Hoke, Zirkle and Maruski

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Reading Dover Highschool’s yearbook and remembering my awesome friends that stood by me, even if I was weird….

Finally, I have a little time to write about highschool days and the people who signed my yearbook in 1986 or .  This summer math course I’m taking at York College covers 15 weeks of material in 5 weeks.  My sister Suz says I’m crazy for taking summer courses, but I have a 98% so far!

Dawn and Goofy

So my first victim from school is Dawn Fidler who is married to Scott Wolf.   Dawn had this to say in my yearbook:

Pattie,

To a really nice gal I met in 6th grade.  Never forget the great times we had, epecially at the shore.  Keep a smile on your face and your head high.  Keep reaching for the stars!  I hope you get Greg soon!  Good luck in the future with and with that special someone!

K.I.T.

Love,

Dawn (Fool) ’89

My Bestest Friend!!

Dear Dawn,

How’s that booboo you got sledding in my grandparents driveway many years ago?  No scar I hope!

How could I ever forget all the fun times we had from 6th grade until the present?  Even after we graduated, we remained close and we are just as close today.  Isn’t that amazing?  Now about that fool you are married to…lol

We were in band together and I’m so thankful we were friends.  There were many people in band I didn’t like and tried to avoid, such as Kelly Myers, Julie Rohrbaugh and Sue Eisenhour.  They were just bitches to me back then.   Now my brother Joe is married to Kelly’s sister, Kathy.   Kelly doesn’t remember picking on me, not that I’m surprised.  Now I get to pick on her at family get togethers.

Your parents were awesome back in the 80’s.  They treated me like their own daughter, just like my parents did with you.  All those vacations we took together, sleep-overs, parties, etc.  I am blessed to have you as a friend then, and now.  Of course now, when I visit you I have to put up with your goofy husband!

Back to the yearbook, I guess I really had a thing for Greg, even if he was yanking my tanktop down.  I haven’t had much “good luck” with that special someone.  Maybe I should have held out for Greg….

Love you Dawn and Scott!

~P.

The Hokester

Next up is Mark Hoke http://www.facebook.com/mhoke1.  Mark wrote:

Pat,

To a very nice girl I met this year.  Good luck in all your future ventures.

Mark Hoke

Dear Mark,

Thank you for the good luck wishes!  Though we only met in  1986, we have become life long friends.  I can’t say I have lots of highschool memories because you were graduating while I was just starting.  The memories I have now are much better than any from school anyway.  That wacky wife of yours, Kristin Hoke http://www.facebook.com/kristin.hoke I just adore her.  When she hugs me I get lost in her ta-ta’s, you know what I’m talking about!  Sorry about crashing your live poker chat the other night.  Kristin and I didn’t mean to distract you serious poker players, but it was so damn easy!

You and Kristin are awesome friends and I adore your daughter Amanda, also known as Amanta, according to my daughter, Tesla.

Love and whipped with chocolate,

Pattie

Third on the list of friends from highschool is Floyd Scott Zirkle.

Where were the keys?

Scott wrote:

PATTIE,

To a really nice girl that I got to know this year.  Good luck in the future.

Love,

Scott

Dear Scott,

That was such a simple note in my yearbook.  I don’t know which happened first, you signed my yearbook or the day you took me back to your parents after wrestling practice and handcuffed me to a chair.  Either way, life was interesting!  You still have those handcuffs?

On a serious note, I’m glad we are still friends.  You are a sweet guy with a good heart and handsome face.  Come visit me and bring your girlfriend, who I hear reads my blog everyday!

No longer cuffed,

Pattie

Wrapping this blog up is Deanna Maruski.

Dee 1989

Deanna http://www.facebook.com/Deanna.Maruski wrote:

Patty

To a great girl I met a while back.  Remember chorus and anything else we did together.

Stay Gold,

Deanna

Dear Deanna,

Hey girl, we had lots of fun in chorus and attending those, silly formal dances in the pastel colored dresses.  Concerning the “anything else we did together” did you have a specific moment in mind when you wrote that?  LOL  Just kidding…I think I already freaked out a former classmate with this blog.  http://girlboxer1970.com/2011/03/01/bisexual-in-middle-school/  Whoops!

I miss my highschool friends!  Come visit me soon!

~P.

Thanks for reading my school blog….

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Jul 22, 2011

Yearbook to Facebook finds 1989: McNew, Laird and Fieldhouse

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Still having fun looking through my yearbook at Dover Highschool.  I currently have the 1986 year opened.  My friend Mike McNew stood out among the photos.  His 1986 photo is showing his respect for following the rules on the school bus.  He used this as the background for where he wrote to me:

Rule breaker

Pat,

To a real cute girl I met a while back.  Best of luck in the future with whatever you do and who you do it with.

Mike “89”

Go Team! Mike McNew

Mike,

That was so damn sweet of you back in 1986!  Calling me cute and everything!  It’s no wonder, because you are a nice guy.  We had a blast in highschool!  I’m kind of reliving it through college with kids 20 years younger than me.  Sadly I haven’t seen you recently and even sadder is the last time I did, it was at your sweetheart brother’s funeral.  Kelly was a cool guy and I’m sorry you lost your brother. Good memories from shop classes and Vo-Ag.  One that sticks in my head that’s weird….Gary Lightner sneaking up to the wood storage area, alone….

~P.

 

Aaron Laird http://www.facebook.com/aaron17315 who was a grade ahead of me, wrote this:

Pattie,

To a very sweet girl I’ve known all my life.  Keep up the good personality and don’t change for anyone.

Love ya,

Aaron

 

Dear Aaron,

First let me say, you knew all the way back in 1986 how to spell my name correctly.  Bonus points for that kind of shit!  What you wrote is perfect, sweet and now my rule of thumb.  It’s great we are still close friends.  I enjoy talking with you and riding our cycles.  We really do go back as friends.  All our lives is really true and it’s nice to have friends that didn’t want me to change.  Thank you for the dance at school and come visit me now that I’ve moved again!  No, I’m not going to kiss you under the hangers in my closet or clean your house in a duck costume.  LMAO

~P.

 

Winding up this round of blogs is http://www.facebook.com/madeline.m.brubaker or as people called her in highschool and at church, “Mich or Chelle” Do you still hate your first name so much?  I remember you just not liking it.  You always dotted the i with a little bubble or heart.  Patricia has grown on me, but I prefer Pattie.  If I remember correctly, I called you “Mad.”  LOL  Here’s what Michelle wrote:

Michelle still looking like a doll on her wedding day.

Pattie,  (bonus points!)

To a really strange chic.  Hope we’re friends forever darling.  Good Luck with Greg.  Wouldn’t you like to alfalfa him w/ him? OF COURSE!!  Silly question!

L/Y/D/N/Q,

Mich

(-n-

Mark.)

Dear Michelle,

Ok, who is Greg?  I’m thinking Greg Shaffer.  Or was his name Craig?  He was my neighbor off of Rohler’s Church Road and I really had a thing for him.  Other than him trying to yank my tank top down, he had no interest in “seeing” me.  (I scratched his arms up real bad once.  When he mom called and asked me why, suddently he was in trouble.)  Yes, I wanted to “alfalfa him!”  Do you remember what that was?  I do! LOL

You called me strange.  Thanks, I knew that back then too.  I grow on people….sometimes as a fungus.  You were a little out there too though.  You, Pam Schrum and I were tight friends.  I remember your mom and dad, especially your mom being our preacher.  How funny is that?  Do you still go to McDonald’s on Thanksgiving for chicken nuggets?   I thought that was so damn funny.  So much less work too!

Who was Mark?  I’m thinking Eckenrode?

Talk to you later Darling,

~P.

Coming up in my Yearbook to Facebook finds 1989.  Will be writing to you soon!

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Jul 21, 2011

Yearbook to Facebook finds 1989: Charles, Marwine & Murray

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This edition didn't exsist in 1989

Plan Time: 2:47 PM

Get the yearbooks from highschool and see who all I can find that signed my yearbooks.  Contact or friend anyone I find.  See who responds.  Sounds fun, much better than math.

3:21 PM

Wow….I was a social butterfly.

Starting with the first name I know and recognize, even without her last name signed is http://www.facebook.com/beth.c.kachel  or Beth Charles.  She writes:

Pat,

To a good friend a got to know way back in 6th grade.  Good luck in all you do, you’ll go far.  But don’t remember all the boring times in science.

Love,

Beth

Beth….you have such beautiful handwriting.  You also played the piano and lived on a farm.  I don’t remember much about science class but I do remember running to the stream to catch tadpoles behind your house.  I even remember catching them for a “scavengers list” game at your birthday party…..nice memories.  Your parents were so kind made me feel welcome when I visited.

Love,

Pattie

http://www.facebook.com/traci.a.tilson  Traci Murray wrote:

Pat,

To a really good friend I met in band.  Never forget all the good times with the band and in Ag.  You better remember Todd Marwine and all his crazy doings.  Good luck with that special someone (even if it is Mike!)  Catch ya next year.

Love ya (DNQ)

“Spunky” aka Traci

Dear Traci,

Yes, that Todd Marwine http://www.facebook.com/Todd.marwine was a crazy one.  What I remember most is hanging out at your house.  Especially after homecoming and watching The Texas Chainsaw Massacre followed by a dip in the pool.  I’m glad that we still talk often.  You were a great person in highschool and you still are!  Will you ever get another rat and name it Critter after me?

Here’s a little note you wrote about Todd in my yearbook.  Did he really have to look up at me during the FFA picture?

Todd...take a picture already!

TTYL,

Pattie

This was fun.  I will keep picking people out of my yearbook and writing to them!

I miss high school,

~P.

4:23 PM

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Jul 19, 2011

When life is good

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How often do you give a quick reply of “good” when asked how your life is?  “Good” is probably the most often response used.  When we respond is it automatic?  It’s certainly the easiest answer.  People really don’t want to hear about your problems do they?

My friend from highschool, Kym Guss Buchanan wrote in her status update:

Oh Happy Day! Tests came
back…still cancer free! So ready for my fabulous future! Bring it on…so
ready to rumble! Working on making some career goals a reality! Planning more
into the future now. Sharing special times with my hubby and daughter…spending
time with my terrific friends and family…
so much to enjoy!!!! I feel
fabulous and Life is SO good!!!!

That was SO good to read because I get how short life can be.  The wonderful news that Kym is cancer free renews my faith in God and reminds me that good things do happen.

While I struggle daily with not a physical illness, but a mental illness, I love and appreciate all the support I get from my family and friends.  It’s good to know, especially in dealing with depression for the past 3 years, that I have my peeps out there backing me.  Everyday I feel stronger and excited for the future.  I couldn’t do that without my family and friends and that is exactly what I was missing out on in life during my 5 year marriage.

Still unpacking the damn boxes,

~P.

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Mar 1, 2011

Bisexual in middle school

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I’ve know for a long time now.  I’m bisexual.  No one gets worked up anymore when I talk about women just like I talk about men.  My family and friends all know.  It’s been forever since acting on my bisexuality, but that’s neither here nor there.

Around 8th grade I made the shocking discovery.  I was walking down the hall and JR was infront of me.  I was checking out her ass without even realizing it and thinking “Damn, her ass looks great in those Jordache jeans.”  We’re talking about the 80’s now.  I adored her from a distance I guess you could say.  Always had a “thing” for JR even though I NEVER would have told anyone.

She was so pretty and just an all around nice person.  Even with being beautiful she was never the “stuck up bitch” that high school girls can be.  We would say hi in the halls and if I dared I would sit at a lunch table, just near her.  She had no idea I was fascinated with her and I have no idea why I was.  It didn’t matter of course.  At that age, hormones are out of control.  Mine were obviously confusing but I think I figured it all out since my schools days.

JR was my first girl crush but not my last.  I had a relationship with a woman for 2 and a half years.  Other than having children with my husbands, my most meaningful relationship was with a woman.  I’m not ashamed of that fact, nor do I ever hide it.  I am a diverse person and hope to be accepted in my diversity.  If not, tough shit.  I really don’t care what you think.  HAHAHA!

(Wonder if this person, JR, will ever read this blog…)

~P.

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