Whoa. In the mail today I got a letter I sent myself in 7th grade. I remember we wrote these in our language arts class with Ms Lyons. Very, very, very cool.
Oddly, my handwriting hasn’t improved. Thankfully my spelling has.
(here it is – exactly as it is written)
6-8-00
Dear 12th grade John
Hidy-Ho! Do you remember your sloppy hand writing that no one could read? And how you were such a bad speller? And how you anoyed the crap out of Matt Augeri asking him how to spell almost every word in the world? Do you remember listening to the radio at night, trying to go to sleep? How you liked Action and Funny movies? How you always watched cartoons whenever you came home from school? And how you dwelled on Roller Coaster Tycoon and 3D Home Archetict on the computer? By the way, I hope you have a laptop or at least a Palm Piolet. Do you remember Eric N. or Michael D. or Ryan Santi? What about Nate Simmons? How Ryan always acted like a tard? The musical minute? 7th grade lunch? The never ending destruction and mutalation of gummy bears, apple sauce, and other assoreted foods? Do you remember L.A. class with Ms. Lyons who is making you write this letter at this very moment? What do you remember about Math (ack!) with Mrs. Sones? Or science with Mr. Greenlaw or geography with Ms. Lepo? I’m hoping that you have made at least Honors every year. You should be at Xavier if all goes well! I hope you remember 7th grade and have a girlfriend. Once you gradiuate, don’t forget, you are aiming for M.I.T. In this letter you will find signatures on a piece of paper in this envelope. Good luck at collage!
With support always,
John
And sure enough, in the letter on a piece of paper in the envelope, there was a paper with signatures from 7th grade.
Man, I totally let my 7th grade self down. I was supposed to have honors every year, and be on my way to MIT with a laptop and a girlfriend.
What happened?
Well, the internet happened. In fact, only three months and three days after I wrote this letter, I sealed my fate. On September 11th, 2000, I registered on my first online message boards. MOTL. That is the day from where I start counting my time on the internet.
Thankfully, I remember almost everything from that letter. The one thing I don’t completely remember is the musical minute. I’m sure I’ll get it eventually.
If nothing else, I’m happy I don’t say ‘Hidy-Ho!’ anymore. (at least not as much)
A big Thank You to Ms Lyons (or whoever sent this out) !
Aloha,
Hahaha. That’s amazing! I think my third grade teacher’s doing one of those for when I’m a senior as well. I think that is the singlemost thing I’m looking forward to. Oh yeah! I totally had Mrs. Sones and Ms. Lepo!!!!
Waaaait… You’re a 12th grader? As in, you’re graduation this year? I though you were a junior… Yep, there goes my masterful persecption again.