Happy Happy Birthday, Carmen (in 4 days)
austin-ghetto-list@pairlist.net
austin-ghetto-list@pairlist.net
Sat Mar 6 00:04:26 2004
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Gerry: Good to hear from you! I kind of remember the name Donna Storm. Jog
the old memory more please.
Well our Beatnik days and nights consisted more of time spent in dark, dank
coffee houses listening to Jazz and poetry and talking about things we then
considered "heavy" - we kinda got bum-rapped by the general population around our
age as we were very different from them...obvious since even looking at us
detected that something was weird (he 6'4" - me 4' 10"). We weren't hittin'
prayer meetin' and I regarded most things those other Waco females thought as
potentially deadly to me. Bowling and meatloaf recipes would have sent me over
the edge at that time. I still don't bowl but am not currently put off by a
good meatloaf recipe! Not your average bears for sure back then.
We came to Austin so Jim could take some courses at UT. I will elaborate
later on our lives if you wish, but the bottom line is that Jim (as fine a
non-judgemental fellow as ever lived) turned out to be what they now call bi-polar
and he put an ill-placed 22caliber bullet in his temple. I say ill-placed as
he lived in a diminished state that would have horrified the James you knew.
He lives in Waco with his brother Alan (and Alan's extended family) who is a
judge and some kind of high mucky muck in the Mormon church. Sometimes paybacks
are more than hell though I do not mean to diss the Mormons. much. Anyway
the kids and I were left without a schekel (did I spell that right, Mike?) but
somehow we lived and had mostly good lives. Gina is now 43 and Mike is 39.
Funny, bright kids if a little out of the ordinary - neither has produced
grandlarvae, however.
I like to think of myself as evergreen, young that is, but I bear no
resemblance to the person I used to be. I often complain that there is no place for
older people to go and be regarded as "cool" - mostly they don't look cool and
they nodd off and they use outdated slang and some of them are even
Republicans...yoicks!! I have a couple of friends who go dancing at Don's Depot but I
can't even imagine hanging out in the smog of the smoke filled room attempting
to strut my elderly stuff.
More abvout you, please.
As Frances says, I am a lurker in the list shadows. I hesitate to hang my
thoughts out to dry as many of the list don't know me and wouldn't be
interested. I will certainly share if anything earth-shaking ever happens tho. I get
so much pleasure from reading the thoughts of the others, particularly Wayne's
and Mike's. And the quality of Frances' offerings is often really appealing.
I like lots of the others too and look forward to more lurking. Ah, maybe the
shadows are where old people can go to be cool. Carmen, not exectly
Electra
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<DIV>Gerry: Good to hear from you! I kind of remember the name D=
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<DIV>Well our Beatnik days and nights consisted more of time spent in dark,=20=
dank coffee houses listening to Jazz and poetry and talking about things we=20=
then considered "heavy" - we kinda got bum-rapped by the general population=20=
around our age as we were very different from them...obvious since even look=
ing at us detected that something was weird (he 6'4" - me 4' 10"). We=20=
weren't hittin' prayer meetin' and I regarded most things those other Waco f=
emales thought as potentially deadly to me. Bowling and meatloaf=20=
recipes would have sent me over the edge at that time. I still don't b=
owl but am not currently put off by a good meatloaf recipe! Not your average=
bears for sure back then.</DIV>
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<DIV>We came to Austin so Jim could take some courses at UT. I will el=
aborate later on our lives if you wish, but the bottom line is that Jim (as=20=
fine a non-judgemental fellow as ever lived) turned out to be what they now=20=
call bi-polar and he put an ill-placed 22caliber bullet in his temple. =
I say ill-placed as he lived in a diminished state that would have horrifie=
d the James you knew. He lives in Waco with his brother Alan (and Alan=
's extended family) who is a judge and some kind of high mucky muck in=20=
the Mormon church. Sometimes paybacks are more than hell though I do n=
ot mean to diss the Mormons. much. Anyway the kids and I were le=
ft without a schekel (did I spell that right, Mike?) but somehow we lived an=
d had mostly good lives. Gina is now 43 and Mike is 39. Funny, b=
right kids if a little out of the ordinary - neither has produced grandlarva=
e, however.</DIV>
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<DIV>I like to think of myself as evergreen, young that is, but I bear no re=
semblance to the person I used to be. I often complain that there is n=
o place for older people to go and be regarded as "cool" - mostly they=20=
don't look cool and they nodd off and they use outdated slang and some=20=
of them are even Republicans...yoicks!! I have a couple of friends who=
go dancing at Don's Depot but I can't even imagine hanging out in the smog=20=
of the smoke filled room attempting to strut my elderly stuff. </=
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<DIV>More abvout you, please.</DIV>
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<DIV>As Frances says, I am a lurker in the list shadows. I hesitate to=
hang my thoughts out to dry as many of the list don't know me and wouldn't=20=
be interested. I will certainly share if anything earth-shaking ever h=
appens tho. I get so much pleasure from reading the thoughts of the ot=
hers, particularly Wayne's and Mike's. And the quality of Frances' off=
erings is often really appealing. I like lots of the others too and loo=
k forward to more lurking. Ah, maybe the shadows are where old people c=
an go to be cool. Carmen, not exectly Electra <=
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