I didn't work in high school, but in the summers I was usually taking summer school or going to camp (or working at camp) or what have you--not just sitting around all day for weeks on end, usually.

Summer before college, I was a cashier at the grocery store. That was plenty of "glad I'm going to college" right there, believe me.

....clearly the work ethic is but so strong, given that I am typing on here, eh?

I used to write angry notes on tiny scraps of paper and throw them down the stairs at my mother: "I hate you" "You're so mean" "It's totally unfair and you are too" and the like. My mother seems to have valued it as a commitment to literacy and kept them.

Summer before college, I was a cashier at the grocery store. That was plenty of "glad I'm going to college" right there, believe me.

One summer I worked a second shift job at a pickle factory. Got paid a little more than minimum wage, but got some overtime. There was a guy there who was in his 40s or so, and he was just so bitter at the fact that he had this crappy factory job. (Oh, and he had the worst work ethic of any of us there.) He took a strong disliking to me when he found out I was a college student.

was trying to see if there were any pics online but it looks like no dice.

lisah, are they on the honfest site? where my brain goes when I hear "beehive"

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Oh yeah--a lot of the customers were completely obnoxious to us as cashiers (most of them were fine, but given the number you'd see in a full day shift...) acting like we were morons, assuming we couldn't add or subtract, etc etc. Which may have been the case for some, but I was like "HI. I'm going to Georgetown in the fall. Libby over there is going to be a sophomore at Northwestern. [Someone else I think was going to a big name school too]. We are probably smarter than you. Go ass yourself in the ear, ma'am."

GC! I thought of you when my friend posted this video (which has music, btw) to flickr the other day. This is part one:

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Thanks, everyone! Ellie is generally, but not always, nice to Frisco so to see such total sweetness made me want to share.

I am writing thank you notes and I'm certain I've forgotten someone.

Totally cute with bangs, Sox!

love the bangs, Sox!

lisah, are they on the honfest site?

nah, it wasn't done as part of Honfest. It was for an entry in Baltimore Magazine's Best Of issue that year.

It was for an entry in Baltimore Magazine's Best Of issue that year.

and when I read that, I immediately brained it into Baltimore Magazine's Hottest Singles issue. what? I cut my hair & get stupider?