Pact @ MindSay

I am reposting this today because I realize I didn't know some of you back when I made this post.  Hopefully this will explain my excitement over my friend dollym 's showing up here yesterday.  For those who have read before .... bare with me   Dolly also reminded me that we have known each other since 7th grade.  Thats like 38 years (I think) .... here we go .... Original post date 11/8/06.

"i'm glad that we found you, or was it you who found us, as well.  it's odd becuase i remember thinking of you as a happy, settled, fun loving person who lived nearby, happily exploring this new communication tool called mindsay.  i think that this julie is somewhere in there underneath some of this emotional mess and i hope she starts taking more of a dominant role after your sabatical."

I hope that intrepid28  doesn't mind my taking this out of one of his replies to me.  It got me thinking .... thinking about me before .... before depression.

I'm thinking that if I share some stories of the old me it might be easier to fall back into that person ... remembering good times ....

When these stories come out they will be in no order .... some newer experiences .... some from long ago.  Kinda whatever comes to mind at any given moment.  And hopefully give you all some insight to who I am.  Really am.

THE YEAR 1973.  THE DATE .... MARCH 13.  THE PLACE .... MY BEDROOM.  THE TIME .... AROUND 12:00 P.M.

My friend Dolly and I are listening to James Taylor the Mud Slide Slim album.  The song playing is "You've Got a Friend".  We start talking about where we will be 20 years from now.  Will we still be friends?  Will we be married?  Will we have children?  Typical questions any sophomore girl may be asking.  We decide to make a pact .... and put it in writing.  It went like this:

In 20 years, I am to meet Dolly L. (hers said Julie S.) at the southwest corner of Crenshaw & Torrance Blvd.'s.  Time:  12:00 noon. 

Then we both signed it.  Of course we didn't have a copy machine so it was handwritten twice and each copy was signed.  Serious business.

We told some of our closer friends about this pact and of couse they laughed .... a few wrote down the date.  Just in case they happened to be around on that date 20 years from now.  School went on .... we graduated .... I went directly into the work force and Dolly went to UCLA.  Our lives drifted apart .... she met her true love in college and married.  I was not able to attend the wedding.  I moved away first to central California.  She moved away to Maryland.  I partied hearty .... she setttled down and had two children.  Phone calls ceased.  A christmas card every year.  No mention of our pact.  I still carried this original note.  As I changed wallets - it would find a new home - usually safe within a plastic picture holder.  Time went on ....

THE YEAR 1993.  THE DATE .... MARCH 13.  THE PLACE .... SOUTHWEST CORNER OF CRENSHAW & TORRANCE BLVD.'S.  THE TIME .... NOON.

Dave and I are driving down Crenshaw Blvd.  Dolly and I haven't spoken.  Nothing had been mentioned in that year's christmas card  - not in mine to her or her's to me.  My heart is pounding .... I'm gonna be a few minutes late.  Will she be there?  I can hardly stand it.  We get to the intersection - need to make a left the light is green for us .... I look over and there she is.  OMG .... she is really there.  With the car in mid turn and still moving I jump out into traffic screaming.  Dolly sees me and starts laughing.  Next to her is another friend and another.  My eyes are welling with tears.  I can't believe this.  As we hugged and laughed and cried .... more and more friends are showing up.  Some Dolly knew were coming .... others she didn't.  Me ..... I was surprised .... by all of it.  One friend who couldn't be there sent her dad.  She and I had been inseperable as kids.  I was amazed to see him there ... he had been like my second dad.  In the end there were about 10 of us.  Grown men & women making a scene in what was now a gas station parking lot.  We stayed and visited with each other for about 3 days (um.... not in the parking lot ... they might not of liked that much).  It was one of the best times in my life.

I wish I had a scanner .... I'd share pic's.  My digital is in Dave's truck and not so sure about pic's of  pic's but might try later when he comes home. 

I had been thinking alot about this reunion lately due to a post from another mindsayer.  And just thought I'd share.  Hope I didn't bore you to tears .... !

A link to pictures:

http://iliketiedye.mindsay.com/for_those_who_read_a_story_about_me_pictures.mws

Peace.  J.

whether you like it or not .....    The pictures will make more sense if you read previous post ... just in case you haven't.

Please keep in mind that these are photos of photos so the quality is poor.  Also keep in mind that I am seriously having a "what the hell was I thinking" moment regarding my hair.  Geez ....



Dolly is on the left.  That's me with the hair.  Our friend Russell is background.  I had just jumped out of car and ran across intersection.  Not really sure if I had even seen Russell at this point in time.



I think we were both excited to see each other.  And shocked that the other had shown up.




Dolly was pointing out the picture taker .... my friends father.  I couldn't believe he was there.  He sent the nicest note when he forwarded these photos on to me.  It was cool to see him.  Another of our friends Donna is in the background.  She is Russell's sister.



I think we both just saw another person showing up in this photo. 



The pact note.  I still have this.  Just don't carry it around any more.  Put safely away.



Some of the friends .... Bobby O. & Russell in the front.  Billy P., Dave, Me & Dolly in back.  Think Donna must have taken this photo.

Well .... there are actually many more photos.  Just not everyone made it into the pictures.  Russell took a video and thankfully everyone made it on there.

Peace.  J.

"i'm glad that we found you, or was it you who found us, as well.  it's odd becuase i remember thinking of you as a happy, settled, funloving person who lived nearby, happily exploring this new communication tool called mindsay.  i think that this julie is somewhere in there underneath some of this emotional mess and i hope she starts taking more of a dominant role after your sabatical."

I hope that intrepid28  doesn't mind my taking this out of one of his replies to me.  It got me thinking .... thinking about me before .... before depression.

I'm thinking that if I share some stories of the old me it might be easier to fall back into that person ... remembering good times ....

When these stories come out they will be in no order .... some newer experiences .... some from long ago.  Kinda whatever comes to mind at any given moment.  And hopefully give you all some insight to who I am.  Really am.

THE YEAR 1973.  THE DATE .... MARCH 13.  THE PLACE .... MY BEDROOM.  THE TIME .... AROUND 12:00 P.M.

My friend Dolly and I are listening to James Taylor the Mud Slide Slim album.  The song playing is "You've Got a Friend".  We start talking about where we will be 20 years from now.  Will we still be friends?  Will we be married?  Will we have children?  Typical questions any sophomore girl may be asking.  We decide to make a pact .... and put it in writing.  It went like this:

In 20 years, I am to meet Dolly L. (hers said Julie S.) at the southwest corner of Crenshaw & Torrance Blvd.'s.  Time:  12:00 noon. 

Then we both signed it.  Of course we didn't have a copy machine so it was handwritten twice and each copy was signed.  Serious business.

We told some of our closer friends about this pact and of couse they laughed .... a few wrote down the date.  Just in case they happened to be around on that date 20 years from now.  School went on .... we graduated .... I went directly into the work force and Dolly went to UCLA.  Our lives drifted apart .... she met her true love in college and married.  I was not able to attend the wedding.  I moved away first to central California.  She moved away to Maryland.  I partied hearty .... she setttled down and had two children.  Phone calls ceased.  A christmas card every year.  No mention of our pact.  I still carried this original note.  As I changed wallets - it would find a new home - usually safe within a plastic picture holder.  Time went on ....

THE YEAR 1993.  THE DATE .... MARCH 13.  THE PLACE .... SOUTHWEST CORNER OF CRENSHAW & TORRANCE BLVD.'S.  THE TIME .... NOON.

Dave and I are driving down Crenshaw Blvd.  Dolly and I haven't spoken.  Nothing had been mentioned in that year's christmas card  - not in mine to her or her's to me.  My heart is pounding .... I'm gonna be a few minutes late.  Will she be there?  I can hardly stand it.  We get to the intersection - need to make a left the light is green for us .... I look over and there she is.  OMG .... she is really there.  With the car in mid turn and still moving I jump out into traffic screaming.  Dolly sees me and starts laughing.  Next to her is another friend and another.  My eyes are welling with tears.  I can't believe this.  As we hugged and laughed and cried .... more and more friends are showing up.  Some Dolly knew were coming .... others she didn't.  Me ..... I was surprised .... by all of it.  One friend who couldn't be there sent her dad.  She and I had been inseperable as kids.  I was amazed to see him there ... he had been like my second dad.  In the end there were about 10 of us.  Grown men & women making a scene in what was now a gas station parking lot.  We stayed and visited with each other for about 3 days (um.... not in the parking lot ... they might not of liked that much).  It was one of the best times in my life.

I wish I had a scanner .... I'd share pic's.  My digital is in Dave's truck and not so sure about pic's of  pic's but might try later when he comes home. 

I had been thinking alot about this reunion lately due to a post from another mindsayer.  And just thought I'd share.  Hope I didn't bore you to tears .... !

Peace.  J.

Movies I've seen recently...
REVIEWS - possible spoilers but I've tried not to spoil anything.

The Chronicals of Narnia

(I saw this one at the drive in with my family).

Awesome sound, very cool plot tension. Quite realistic, the animation is great.
It's about a girl named Lucy who goes into the wardrobe as a place to hide during a game of hide and seek. What she finds in the wardrobe, Narnia and how her brothers and sister come to believe her. They get mixed up in a battle between the Lion and the Witch.

Been a while since I've read the book, but it is a very good movie.

The Island

Futuristic story about well, if I tell you what it's about it'll spoil the whole thing. Because what it is about isn't really revealed until about a third of the way through the story. Basically it's about human survival, 'people will do anything to survive' kind of thing. Quite a good action Sci Fi film, with a bit of romance, so I guess both girls and guys can like this film.

The Island is what these people are driven towards, an Island lottery, which is the last habitable place on Earth after contamination. You'll see when the movie unfolds truths from lies.


The Pact

Train jumping hippies I guess, turns out to be a murder mystery. Fifteen year olds make a pact as to how they will make the world a better place. If they don't do that within a certain time, they'll sacrafice themselves to let others have a chance.

This film has more broken links than I could ever write. Not the best film. Very slow and with unresolved questions which you have to wait until the unfulfilling end to find out what's going on. If you like a loooooong mystery which takes forever to answer your questions, you'd like this film. But I certainly didn't like it.

Gad Guard

Anime series. About a Gad, which is a technode box that turns into a robot which can only be controlled by the person who touched the Gad. Very short episodes, lots of fighting, younger characters.

Reminds me of Angelic Layer, only much more mucho and on a bigger scale; a bit more dangerous. Because they have the whole world as a play ground, rather than just the Layer.