- Drinking all night by the bonfire, Hank Jr and
- Jumping over the bonfire
- Waking up in the ditch, with scorched shoes
- Cruising McDonalds parking lot... in third gear
- Seeing just how deep into the woods we could get that truck by making our own trail
- Riding in the Chevelle, with the soundtrack to Christine blasting
- Beer can be used as brake fluid, in a pinch
- Finding someone with cable, or a NASA sized satellite dish
- Hitting every graduation party we could find...and staying all night
- Sleeping til noon
- Taking bets on who would be next to lose their job
- The biggest fear of getting pulled over was that the cops would take our beer
- Getting shot at, twice in one night
- Hiding the cars from the cops, and doing a good job of it
- Signing the contract, and then asking for someone to buy for us right afterwards
- Camping at the fair, with the strobe light tent
- Hot tents filled with beer soaked moving blankets mixed with Hai Karate... enough said
- Having more people at our tent than were out on the midway
- Getting kicked out of the fair
- Fishing and drinking all day...then playing ball that night
- Free pizza after the games
- Watching Strange Brew over and over, and thinking that it’s not just for Canadians
- Full contact tackle football, with no pads
- Full contact tackle hacky sack, with no pads
- Redneck Croquet
- John Cougar, Night Ranger, Huey Lewis, Van Halen...
- Not realizing that The Boss' "Glory Days" would be so prophetic
- Casey Kasem's sappy long distance dedications
- Aloha, Mr. Hand.... Spicoli rules
"Wish I didn't know now what I didn't know then" - Bob Seger
Those were great times... a different world... so far away. I wouldn't have missed it, but I wish I had known the ending before it began...
Life happens... and it can follow a strange course... Make the best of it. Cherish the memories, old and new. Hopefully someday it will all make sense.
Someday this will be the great American novel that I write... or at least a really good "B" movie
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