Tag Archives: High school

This Day By the Lake Went Too Fast

Posted on August 1, 2013 by judisunshine

So as you may have read, I went to a Christian all-girls sleepaway camp in 1989, the summer I turned 14. And while there were good times to be had in the form of eating contests and songwriting, for the … Continue reading →

Posted in Childhood, Friends, Miscellaneous, Women | Tagged bonfires, Breakfast, buddy burners, Camp Tappawingo, camping, Christian sleepaway camp, coffee cans, comfort zone, guitars, High school, hiking, islands, New York, s'mores, seltzer water, Shannon, singalongs, sleeping bags, sleeping under stars, staying up all night, Sterno, tarps, tents, the lake, upstate | 3 Comments

Manitou Don’t Leave

Posted on June 25, 2012 by judisunshine

Dear Manitou Springs, With few exceptions, my major life downfall has been too many eggs, and not enough baskets. My grandmother recently wrote to my family that I have such a warm heart; if only I were more careful with … Continue reading →

Posted in Apartments & Other Domiciles, Books, Cats, Coffee, Driving & Other Transportation, Family, Food, Friends, Going Out, Manitou, Miscellaneous, Restaurants, Romance, School, TV, Vacations, Video Games, Women | Tagged 1991, 90 years old, artists, baby shower, Barker House, baskets, can I borrow four eggs, chills, Christmas ornaments, civilization, Colorado Avenue, Colorado Springs, comic books, don't put all your eggs in one basket, Don't you die on me bitch, Ed Harris, evacuations, fires, forest fires, ghosts, Gilmore Girls, grandmothers, High school, hugs, Jan-Pro Cleaning of Southern Colorado, Long Island, Manitou Avenue, Manitou penny arcade, Manitou Springs, mate, mush, myriad, national news, Old Colorado City, penny arcade, Pike's Peak marathon, pinball, restaurant jobs, Rockabye Baby, Ruxton, Smokey the Bear, South Shore Christian School, Stars Hollow, Stephen King, The Abyss, The Townhouse, Townhouse Lounge, trapped in a bubble, video games, waitressing, Waldo Canyon fire, wine | 4 Comments

Some Movie Remakes That I Think Are Cool

Posted on April 19, 2012 by judisunshine

So like five years ago at Boulder Creek, my friend Jay accused me of acting like a fuddy duddy because I was worried that kids on wheelies were going to fall and kill themselves on the sharp-edged fireplace in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Body Image, Buffy, Celebrities, Childhood, Entertainment, Family, Friends, Lists, Miscellaneous, Movies, Romance, TV | Tagged 000 Corpses, 1985, 1994, 21 Jump Street, 30 Rock, Angles, Anne of Green Gables, Anne Shirley, Boulder Creek, Brea Grant, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, butthourt, childhood, Christian Bale, Claire Danes, Colleen Dewhurst, Diane Keaton, early '90s, Elizabeth Taylor, Father of the Bride, fireplaces, Footloose, fuddy duddy, Funny Games, Gabriel Byrne, get off my lawn, getting older, Grease 2, Halloween, Halloween II, haterade, High school, hijinx, hold your horses, Hollywood, House of 1, Jaden Smith, Jimi Hendrix, Jonah Hill, Joss Whedon, Kevin Sullivan, Kimberly Williams, Kirsten Dunst, Larussu, Little Women, Megan Follows, movie remakes, Naomi Watts, Never Been Kissed, nostalgia, Passion perfume, period pieces, Poltergeist, Prince Edward Island, Ralph Macchio, restaurants, Richard Farnsworth, Rob Zombie, Robbie Williams, snow, Steve Martin, Sunrise Mall, Susan Sarandon, swans, tense expressions, terrible blender arguments, The Devil's Rejects, The Karate Kid, The Strangers, Them, Tina Fey, too soon, Trekkies, Trini Alvarado, uphill battles, Vampire Diaries, violent movies, wheelies, white lights, Winona Ryder, You're all right | 2 Comments

A New “90210,” 15 Years Later

Posted on March 23, 2012 by judisunshine

Last Saturday, the day after my reunion (woohoo, more on that another time though), I managed to finally, after 15 years, catch the episode of “90210” where Brandon uses Kelly as a decoy at some college government thing because Josh … Continue reading →

Posted in Body Image, Celebrities, Childhood, Entertainment, Friends, Miscellaneous, Romance, TV, Women | Tagged belly shirts, Beverly Hills 90210, Brandon Walsh, Brenda Walsh, Change Partners episode, cheating, Claire Arnold, college, dating, DEA, double standards with sex, Dylan McKay, Generation X, Generation Y, High school, Kelly Taylor, Muntz, Steve Sanders, unfriendly to ass years, Valerie Malone | 2 Comments

Used to Be

Posted on March 17, 2012 by judisunshine

I used to be a cheerleader. I’d dreamed of being one for as long as I could remember, but definitely no later than at 10 when I started reading Sweet Valley High. It was everything I loved in the world … Continue reading →

Posted in AcTING!, Childhood, Friends, Miscellaneous, TV, Women, Work | Tagged Benjamin Bratt, cartwheels, characters, cheerleader, chicken fingers, college, community theater, costumes, depression, exercise in embarrassment, existential crisis, fat lip, fundraisers, glamour, going through the motions, High school, Josh-U-AH!, junior high, junior year, laps, M&M sales, middle school, Modern Family, moving in unisonsquad, Nassau Community College, NCC, NCC theater, no sadder phrase, Rachel Greene, reahearsals, slow learner, stagnation, stationery, student, supherheroes, Sweet Valley High, Tate Donovan, tedium, theater, theatrical highs, uniforms, used to be, waitress, yelling | 3 Comments

3 Awesome Memories from My High School Senior Lounge

Posted on March 13, 2012 by judisunshine

When I was in 12th grade, we were given a senior lounge. Whose idea it was to give a bunch of 17-18 year olds their own unsupervised classroom I don’t know, but let me extend a slow clap. Because it … Continue reading →

Posted in Apartments & Other Domiciles, Childhood, Entertainment, Friends, Lists, Miscellaneous, School | Tagged 12th grade, Dazed and Confused, entertainment of the chaste, fires, High school, Matthew McConaughey, senior lounge, senior year, South Shore Christian School, spinning, Spot the Looney, SSCS, washing machine | 5 Comments

Intentionally Cheesy Movie Night 21: Like Father, Like Son

Posted on March 12, 2012 by judisunshine

“ICMN is just a front to watch all your favorite movies under the veil of irony,” my brother Eric texted me before when I told him of my illustrious viewing choice for this evening. And he’s not wrong, at least … Continue reading →

Posted in AcTING!, Apartments & Other Domiciles, Cats, Celebrities, Childhood, Entertainment, Family, Intentionally Cheesy Movie Night, Miscellaneous, Movies, School | Tagged '80s movies, 7th Heaven, Autograph band, blondes, Bloody Mary, brain transference serum, Cap'n Crunch, Carol Seaver, Catherine Hicks, celebrities, cheerleaders, chief of staff, Chris Hammond, Cocoa Puffs, curly hair, doctors, Don Johnson, Dr. von Rockenstein, Dudley Moore, freeze frame, frog dissection, Funny Games, getting a C, giving birth at truck stops, Grey's Anatomy, Heather Locklear, High school, high-speed car chases, hospitals, ICMN, Intentionally Cheesy Movie Night, Jack Hammond, Jaguars, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Kids Incorporated, Kirk Cameron, lettermen jackets, Like Father Like Son, Linda Ronstadt, Margaret Colin, martinis, Merrick New York, Michael J. Fox, montages, Motley Crue Wild Side, mumbo jumbo, Northwestern University, Ozzy Luth, panthers, Pegasus, Peggy Sue Got Married, Principal Snyder, red Jeep, red jeeps, Rick, Sean Astin, shoulder pads, speeches, surgery, Sylvester Stallone, Tabasco, Teen Wolf, The Baby-Sitters Club, tinkly piano music, Tri-Star, Uncle Earl, wiseasses, yuppies, zombie video games | Leave a comment

Intentionally Cheesy Movie Night 4: She Fought Alone

Posted on February 9, 2012 by judisunshine

First things first. This is not Wentworth Miller: See, I was so confused re-watching “She Fought Alone,” because this whole time I was thinking that the dude who plays Jace was from a “Buffy” episode. I just couldn’t figure out … Continue reading →

Posted in Celebrities, Intentionally Cheesy Movie Night, Movies, School, Women | Tagged best montage ever, Blues Traveler, Brian-Austin Green, Buffy Go Fish, button-down tank tops of sadness, Cassidy Rae, David Lipper, don't go to barns with kids who hate you, High school, horrible teenagers, Intentionally Cheesy Movie Night, Lifetime movies, Lord of the Flies, Meredith Baxter-Birney, Navy NCIs, She Fought Alone, sundresses with cowboy boots, Tiffani Amber-Thiessen, Wentworth Miller | 4 Comments

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 →

Posted in Childhood, Food, Friends, Miscellaneous, School, Women | Tagged Baby Boom, Ben and Jerry's Heath Bar Crunch, catering, cheerleading, elegance, High school, make your own sundae. Valentine's Day, My So-Called Life, pièce de résistance, pizza, Sharon Cherske, streamers, student council | 1 Comment

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 →

Posted in Books, Childhood, School, Uncategorized | Tagged English class, High school, Huckleberry Finn, interpretive dance, Mark Twain | 2 Comments

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