Inconceivable

Date August 17, 2005

A lethal combination for nostalgia: in a few hours my daughter starts her freshman year of high school at my old high school. At this moment, still unable to sleep, I’m listening to the Say Anything soundtrack circa 1989. I was Lloyd Dobler, and how well I remember my Diane Cort. This after a dose of the “Oh my God, it’s the 80’s” compilation. What would the freshman me– trying to decide between being Eddie Van Halen or a member of Quiet Riot, getting high in shop class– have thought of the person I’ve become?

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