Third & probably final post of the day. For...

Looking at my last two posts, I am feeling a bit straddled about who I was in 1993. I came across those two 'whateveryouwanttocallthem' pieces as I was looking for my official college transcript. Kind of a weird thing to search for on a Wednesday night, I know, but I just had to look at it and remember why I earned a "D" in Criminal Justice - Victimology in the Spring of 1995. I suppose these kinds of things may or may not keep people up at night. I slept in peace.

Staying on a course of going back in time, I am really going to go back in time to a real journal entry I made on May 1st, 1989, during my second year of a 4 year high school tour. One day after my birthday. Exactly as it was written. Somehow, I am not embarrassed...

5-1-89

Dear Journal,

I really don't have a favorite T.V. show. Let's see, I like Tom and Jerry cartoons. They rule! They make me find the way of life and why we live. Cartoons relax me. "Tom and Jerry." That's my ticket and I love it. Tom helps me think of why we are always worrying about tiny issues and Jerry makes me think of my younger years and how good it is to be young. Together, as a team, they make me feel good and secure. My outlook on life depends mostly on T and J cartoons. That's it!

b.

Hardly profound verbiage if you know me. I suppose I could have done a better job of describing why I loved Tom & Jerry then... They still hold up today. Just before the holiday season, I shared my affection for that cat and mouse with someone. Sadly, I wasn't sipping something special to mark the occasion. Do me a favor: Look for and study the lovely "The Night Before Christmas." My case and or point will be made. Hopefully. What they did with cartoons in the 40's should be taught at the college level.

So... I have to take a quick sip of water and figure out what I am going to do with the rest of my day.

Stay tuned. Or toon'd... Whatever.

bsm*