Category Archives: School

Intentionally Cheesy Movie Night 2: Stick It

Posted on February 3, 2012 by judisunshine

So last week I wrote about “Graduation Day,” and this week had the opportunity to watch yet another cheesy movie and I must say that Intentionally Cheesy Movie Night is a very satisfying way to start the week. I think … Continue reading →

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Dates & Dickiegrams

Posted on January 19, 2012 by judisunshine

My first boyfriend was named Dick. We began our relationship in the fourth grade, when our mutual friend Jeffrey Paradise brought me a “Dickiegram” on the playground at lunch. I’d never received such a message, but was excited. Dick was … Continue reading →

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Catering To The Classes

Posted on January 14, 2012 by judisunshine

So back when I was a senior in high school, I decided that I wasn’t quite enough of a Sharon Cherske from “My So-Called Life,” maybe because that show didn’t exist then, more’s the pity, because man I could have … Continue reading →

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Cool Kids Eat Waxed Cheese

Posted on January 11, 2012 by judisunshine

Why, you see, the girls are always buying them, and unless you want to be thought mean, you must do it too. It’s nothing but limes now, for everyone is sucking them in their desks in schooltime, and trading them … Continue reading →

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Top 7 Current Shows I’m Watching PLUS One More…

Posted on October 22, 2011 by judisunshine

So I think I’m watching more current television than I ever have in my existence, i.e., where every show is my choice to watch and no one’s going to make me watch it but me. And shockingly, many of the … Continue reading →

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From ingenue to construction worker in one short year

Posted on September 18, 2011 by judisunshine

Can I just tell you about the BULLSHIT that was my fifth grade play? Okay, you know how it goes in elementary school as far as teacher selection goes. In case you don’t, or in case something has changed in … Continue reading →

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Runaway Twain

Posted on August 26, 2011 by judisunshine

I’ve had a knack from way back of breaking the rules once I learned the game. ~Mimi As many of you know, I’m not so much a fan of “authority,” or “structure,” or “rules.” I am a people pleaser, and … Continue reading →

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Junior Low :'(

Posted on August 24, 2011 by judisunshine

In eighth grade I loved a boy who, alas, loved another. His code name was Herbie, so that is what I shall call him here today. During this tumultuous time, I wrote a song about my sadness, called “Fading Shadows”: All … Continue reading →

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Magic Mirrors, Magic Mushroom Kids

Posted on August 20, 2011 by judisunshine

In August 1980, when I was almost five years old, I was on “Romper Room” for a week. Not the Miss Molly one, the Miss Mary Anne one. She was I think, the second host(ess) of the show? Either way, … Continue reading →

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