Thanks for all yr lovely comments. <3 I've made the header graphic an image map, so clicking anywhere near the person [including her or his letter in "shaman gangsters"] should take you to his or her website.

Eh. Elementary school had its ups and downs. Clothing-wise, I didn't discover jeans until fourth or fifth grade. Whoever invented leggings needs to kill him/herself. So gross. But so omnipresent in my childhood.

I only remember vague things about particular grades. Third grade was fun; I was best friends with Sarah Rookwood, Faith Amanze, and Amanda Maguire. We called ourselves the "four musketeers." A bit silly, but hey, we were eight.

Fourth grade I remember doing a lot of out-of-class stuff with the APEX kids in my class. Kim Reynolds, Alysia Starkey, Alex Dutton . . . I'm sure there were more but I can't remember. Possibly Becky Kauffman? I know Matt Uhrich was in my class. He wrote "SUDY" in his homework book instead of "STUDY" and Kim Reynolds and I never let him forget it. We teased him about his girlfriend Sudy. Probably were more unrelentlessly than necessary. Little kids can be mean.

Fifth grade I was in environmental science club because my teacher was the faculty sponsor. That was pretty fun. We took an overnight trip to some estuary or something. Sarah Albert and Lauren Zito were my close friends that year, I think.

Sixth grade was kind of eh. I don't have many positive memories about it. Although I think I did become friends with Allison Berry again that year [we hadn't had any classes since second grade].
posted by kate at 12:21 PM though the day is young, as are we.

More about my insane childhood.
In "preschool" (I went to this montessori thingie in Bensalem back when I didn't live here) i was being bullied by some kids on a bus. Apparently (i'm hearing this from my parents) i brought in a plastic knife to protect myself. I colored on it in red magic marker to quote "make it look scary". Yup. That was me.
Also, I learned how to flip the bird before I could even read full sentences. There are pictures.
I was kicked out of no less than three preschools before going to montessori for destructive behavior like staying in time out for the entire day. Voluntarily. And reading instead of gluing macaroni to paper. Which is bad for some reason. And following Walter around.
I took recorder classes. I played really well. Not sure what happened to that.
I was obsessed with country music. Mary Chapin Carpenter was my goddess. I still have an autographed picture of her on my wall from my 5th birthday.
I wrote a letter to Al Gore about the rainforest. Why? who knows. The response is also framed, but i put the hubcap on my wall where it used to be.
I was obsessed with catwoman. I had catwoman pajamas.
I could fully recite yellow submarine by age 8.
I ran away from my house for 20 minutes at age 4. I returned safely home without my mom noticing. Until she read my diary. i still read that entry if I want to laugh.
I was interviewed on a dance recital video at age 4 saying quote "I like Mc Hammer because he's brown and has a girlfriend that screams".
O yes. I went there.
I'm sad nobody knew me when I was real little. I was funny. But I was also either living in Bensalem or Trenton. By the time I got here, I was 7 and practically already me minus boobs and any form of sanity. Or good judgement.
posted by Hannah at 8:29 PM though the day is young, as are we.

Oh K8, I'm so glad we have the same name and I can take partial credit for all the woderful things you do. Wonderful layout, although I would not be afraid of my own teeth. I would eat people. :-)
Elementary school never happened.
posted by ALF at 1:34 PM though the day is young, as are we.

The link would be nice to have back
elementary school? oh were those dark times!!! I was different every year never new who i was. i 4th grade i wrote a lot! i had this whole story about toilet man. This otherguy had a nick name toilet man or T.M for short that my teacher gave him so i decide to write in the journel that she gave us a story about T.M. I finished the first book 32 pages in my jornel!! By the end of the year there were 3 stories of T.M written. I typed up a new story and still haven't finished it but i do work on it every now and then. Friends in forth grade weren't to great. There was one person who was like "You have to be my friend, since your my friend i forbid you to play kickball or basketball." So i was like screw that and haven't talked to him much since. the first half of the year i had a broken shoulder so i was in for recess. Once the sling came off at recess i would stand around and talk about things i had no intrest in- this was somewhat of an improvment because up till that year i would dread recess and stand by my room number to become first in line to go in. Then i got involed in the kickball games. That was the peak of the recess fun. Kickball was my favorite game I found out i was pretty good at it, this surprised me along with the entire student body. I felt like i was obligated to play whatever that group chose so at times there would be a basketball game or a football game but that was only when we roofed the kickballs.
5th grade this was a hard year of work! I don't think i've had as hard a year since 5th grade until now (9th grade). we had to do a million dollar project i rember doing pretty good on that. Friends were drew van dorick this year i got props for having the knowledge from seeing rated R movies. The friends i had this year liked me it wasn't like they were pretending.
6th grade i was a big loser not because of how others saw me but because i would do anything i thought i was needed in order to be accepted by the peers. I was friends with preppy people- people who judge others on split decisions who don't give anyone a chance, who like to speak even though they have nothing today, their minds are so closed but the mouths are always open, people that get so much pleasure out of others misfortunes... that's what i would consider the group of friends i was with. At the time i was like "yea i'm hanging out with the coolest people ever"... i only had to do everything i thought was expected of me. I didn't develope like hannah did. I didn't know who i was. I didn't start letting my feelings out about everything until 7th grade.
other elementary school facts: i was in apex since 3rd grade. Styles were basically anything i had- that hasn't really changed except now i try and wear things that fit. I wore a lot of mesh, mesh shorts. I would always shave my head. micah would shave my hair a lot of the time. 3rd great i was ?hypochondia-tic? but they did think i had lymes disease for most of the year. I missed a lot of school then. But since then i try not to fake sick ever i try and realize most things aren't too bad. But i'll take a day off from school every now and then if it is needed. Elementary school i attended was glenside weldon.
posted by Nate at 4:07 AM though the day is young, as are we.

I agree wif aaron bout the links *bats eyes kawaii-ly at kate*
Aaand shOUld we want to include Sanchy in this, theres an S at the end..course someone would have to send her an invite..
Sorry Meliss. I'm not gonna bust your chops about the christmas thing, cuz i'm sure theres other people already doing that. We might need a place to stop for cocoa though *looks hopeful* . I promise we'd leave our christmas spirits at the door.
Hmm...a topic...
What were you like in elementary school? (you don't have to answer if its traumatic and you don't want to talk about it).
I was a much more introverted psycho version of what you see today. The dress pattern was almost like this, except not coordinated, skin tight leggings, large sweaters, and weird tie die shirts and headbands. I was some kind of 80's vomit. I played the violin (pretty darn well i might add) alongside a younger Ru. Back then I did not know him quite so well. I spent most of my time sitting on the swings muttering to myself, walking around the playground in loops singing, helping teachers inside, writing in a diary under a tree behind the school, and hiding from the rest of society. I basically saw my options to be sitting on the swing, turn a jumprope (i couldn't jump) or play sports (HATED SPORTS). I failed gym every time. I was fat. I had a few very good friends, and was well-liked by a lot of girls sometimes. There were my slouch points. In third grade there was actually an I hate Hannah club. Heh. I read Jules Verne books. I collected erasers. I had large glasses and braces. I "developed" in third grade. I was addicted to Limited Too, Monty Python, and The Beatles.
But I was happy. And I got good grades. And I made adults laugh.
Ahhh youth ^_^.
posted by Hannah at 6:05 PM though the day is young, as are we.

Kate, you're beautiful and amazing. Phew!!!!! You're the most amazing person ever!
posted by Ryan at 8:24 PM though the day is young, as are we.