Base Camp Journal
(05/01/24)
It's a beautiful May Day in my particular corner of the city, and with all the problems in the world I'll take it...
I took a walk to the local Best Buy to see if the Gorillapod phone tripods were restocked, and they were. This is the particular model I wanted. I went with red because it's easier to see at a distance. This closes out the gear I needed for day long Bloom/Scouting rides...
Meanwhile, I recently did a search for my high school yearbook because this year is the 50th anniversary of my senior year. Pine Bluff High School, Class of 1974, Pine Bluff, Ark. To be honest, I had no plans of going to the reunion at all, partly because right now Arkansas is a flaming red state, but mainly because for many people the most important reunion is the 10th - that's the one where you go to show off to friends and enemies how successful you've become. The 50th reunion is mainly to see who's still alive, or who looks the most decrepit...
Anyway, I did find a few copies digitized and uploaded, so I searched and found a couple photos I remembered...
I was an Art major and a member of the Art Club...
I was also an Associate Editor of the school's annual literary magazine The Winged Zebra (the school's sports team mascot was the Zebras, I think because the high school had been integrated a few years previously). That year we produced two volumes of the magazine to accomodate all the poems, short stories and illustrations submitted by the different classes. In fact, I had a number of poems accepted the previous year, which I believe helped me land an Assoc. Ed. spot in the senior year. I especially remember the African cloak I wore around campus that Spring. The photos were touched up using a free AI web app...
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