Funny - three out of the four ladies pictured here were also in the prom photo I uploaded just as the blog was getting started. Now, Mike captioned this "Would-be Homecoming Queens," when he e-mailed them to me - but we all know he's just trying to get back at Maggie for squelching his political ambitions and/or not caving to his romantic advances (crest or no crest) in the 6th grade! It doesn't matter how many years go by - we all still look good. Of course, this WAS fifteen years ago... And since this was my favorite of the photos he sent, I get to choose which ones to post first. Andrea sent some, too. Perhaps tomorrow (or the next day). Stay tuned.Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Smiles all around...
Funny - three out of the four ladies pictured here were also in the prom photo I uploaded just as the blog was getting started. Now, Mike captioned this "Would-be Homecoming Queens," when he e-mailed them to me - but we all know he's just trying to get back at Maggie for squelching his political ambitions and/or not caving to his romantic advances (crest or no crest) in the 6th grade! It doesn't matter how many years go by - we all still look good. Of course, this WAS fifteen years ago... And since this was my favorite of the photos he sent, I get to choose which ones to post first. Andrea sent some, too. Perhaps tomorrow (or the next day). Stay tuned.
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The "I Remember Diane Kemnitzer Challenge"
ReplyDelete(Don't worry, Diane doesn't use a computer much, so she probably won't see this -- though I bet others tell her about it.)
No prize for this quiz: Who was Diane's male escort when she was nominated for homecoming queen our senior year? (Hee-Hee, I said "male escort.") Hint: It wasn't the boy in Navy training she was dating, and eventually married.
And who was the person with the big ears, when Diane first entered the classroom as the new girl in school in first grade, that caused her to say, "Who's the boy who looks like Mickey Mouse?"
And finally, who was the person who got hit in the face by a Diane boot in a playground mishap at the Merriam Avenue School? He was eventually treated for injuries by Diane's mother. (For bonus points -- but again, Ellen, no prizes -- name her mother's job.)
One more "Diane Kemnitzer" quiz question, because I'm on a roll, and it's somewhat interesting how it all worked out later in life. Name the boy who was playing Newton Little League baseball (the year was 1963 or '64 or '65), who was swinging a wooden bat on the sidelines at Memory Park, and name the boy he hit smack in the forehead with that bat in a freakish accident, causing a hospital emergency room trip and stitches.
ReplyDeleteWhy Mike, weren't you the escort? I can see the black and white Aurora pic in my mind, with Diane sitting on the back seat but not who's in the front seat.
ReplyDeletePS Her mother was the in charge of the grill/food court at the Big N.
Mike, I wasn't going to tell Diane about the picture & the quiz, but you gave me the go ahead so I did! Maggie, yes indeed, Mike was the escort! Diane & I were just talking about that a few weeks ago! I do know the answers to the other questions also, but I am going to give other classmates a chance to answer them...
ReplyDeleteAfter a lengthy conversation w/Diane earlier (and much laughter) she asked me to post this question Mike....Looking closely at the 2nd grade class picture, who caused the footprint on Mike's pants? And also Mike-Have you ever milked a cardboard cow? Diane also wants to know Mike if you got her mom's permission to post this quiz about her on the internet?
And lastly Mike, Diane said you always have and always will hold a special place in her heart!
I almost forgot Maggie...the answer about Diane's mom is not the correct one at the time that Mike is speaking of. Diane's mom had the same job that both she & I have now! It was after that time that she worked at the Big N.
You're the teacher, Maggie, or you once were a teacher, right?. So, what would you do if one of your students only answered one question in a quiz that required 5-6 responses? Your grade is a failing 20%, and that's even lower than the 32 I got on my eighth-grade sex-ed exam. Damn you, Dom D'Amato!
ReplyDeleteAs for Diane's mother's job, you may be right (I may be crazy! ... as Billy Joel might say). But, I was thinking specifically of some other job for Mrs. Kemnitzer at the time of the playground/boot mishap.
Hey, check the times on mine and Ellen's blog posts. We were ON at the same time, writing at the same time, and just now had a simultaneous computer-combustible experience. Was it good for you?
ReplyDeleteDiane will always hold a special place in my heart, too. But she knows that.
I honestly cannot remember the footprint-on-my-pants episode in the second-grade picture. Diane will have to remind me at the reunion. Unless, was it HER?
ReplyDeleteBut the milking of the cardboard cow? That, I remember well. I should have won an Oscar for that performance. And, in some of my best writing ever, I penned the opening line of that theatrical production: "Dum-de-dum-de-dum-de-dum!" Priceless!
I love that we can remember these things, but not where I left my glasses this a.m.!
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