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kybearfuzz ([personal profile] kybearfuzz) wrote2005-04-28 05:32 pm

Setting the Way Back Machine to 1988

Heather and Me, Juniors, Circa 1988I was looking for something in my photo albums and came across this picture of [livejournal.com profile] bleuvalentines and me from high school. The year was 1988, she and I were on the high school newspaper and yearbook staff. This pic was taken in our staff room. Camera flashes were common in this room as random photographers ran amok in our school hallways.

Back then I used to comb my hair straight back, creating this Baptist preacher mound of hair. It was the 80's when big hair was the norm. I also wore these horrible glasses that were huge and tinted. Strangely enough, this was the year I jogged every day and was in the best shape of my life likely.

I absolutely hated high school for the most part, but working with Heather in the Journalism class was one of the bright points. I had purpose and responsibility as the newspaper editor.

I decided to post this picture after reading [livejournal.com profile] shortstackbear's post about how he used to look so different than the woofy bearish appearance he has today. Therefore, I issue this challenge to any and all friends on my list to post a pic of yourself from "back in the day."

[identity profile] scifibear99.livejournal.com 2005-04-28 09:57 pm (UTC)(link)
I will have to raid my mom's stash of photos. I don't think I have any at home. I guess I can post one. Only because you asked

[identity profile] kybearfuzz.livejournal.com 2005-04-29 11:29 am (UTC)(link)
Mwahahaha! I can't wait to see it! :)

[identity profile] mat-t.livejournal.com 2005-04-28 10:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Darnit! I saw your yearbooks on your shelf and totally meant to peruse them to find pictures of you. I totally forgot though. *g*

It's scary that I already had this posted, but here's what I looked like in high school:

[identity profile] cincycub.livejournal.com 2005-04-29 02:15 am (UTC)(link)
Wow. I thought *I* had big glasses back then!

[identity profile] kybearfuzz.livejournal.com 2005-04-29 11:29 am (UTC)(link)
Apparently we all had big hair back in high school! :)

[identity profile] grande.livejournal.com 2005-04-28 11:03 pm (UTC)(link)
pft. i've been cute forever! no such pictures of me exist!

[identity profile] kybearfuzz.livejournal.com 2005-04-29 11:30 am (UTC)(link)
LOL! I guess we'll just have to take your word for it that you've been as cute as you are now since time began. Are you an immortal??? :)

[identity profile] grande.livejournal.com 2005-04-29 01:39 pm (UTC)(link)
there can be only one!

[identity profile] kybearfuzz.livejournal.com 2005-04-29 01:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Sigh.. and he lives in Chicago...

[identity profile] grande.livejournal.com 2005-04-29 01:47 pm (UTC)(link)
he lives in kentucky!

[identity profile] kybearfuzz.livejournal.com 2005-04-29 01:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Can there be two of us? Shall we duel with swords?

[identity profile] grande.livejournal.com 2005-04-29 03:34 pm (UTC)(link)
somehow i feel as if i'm being baited towards a dirty metaphor!

but yes, i think a sword fight would be apropos.

[identity profile] kybearfuzz.livejournal.com 2005-04-29 04:17 pm (UTC)(link)
LOL.. a smart man you are ...

[identity profile] grande.livejournal.com 2005-04-29 04:20 pm (UTC)(link)
you see i wasn't complaining though.

[identity profile] kybearfuzz.livejournal.com 2005-04-29 04:29 pm (UTC)(link)
LOL.. of course and I'm sure we'd both enjoy a good swordfight!

[identity profile] grande.livejournal.com 2005-04-29 04:31 pm (UTC)(link)
"You have the ring. And I see your schwartz is as big as mine"

[identity profile] kybearfuzz.livejournal.com 2005-04-29 04:40 pm (UTC)(link)
LOL.. a Spaceballs quote! I love it!

[identity profile] grande.livejournal.com 2005-04-29 04:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Who can resist the perfect melding of geek humor and innuendo? Especially in this conversation.

[identity profile] cincycub.livejournal.com 2005-04-29 02:16 am (UTC)(link)
I totally vote for today's Mark! :)

[identity profile] kybearfuzz.livejournal.com 2005-04-29 11:30 am (UTC)(link)
LOL.. thanks! I really like me more today too...

[identity profile] artsycub.livejournal.com 2005-04-29 03:43 am (UTC)(link)
I swear I heard Duran Duran as I was reading this post.

[identity profile] kybearfuzz.livejournal.com 2005-04-29 11:31 am (UTC)(link)
Duran Duran was likely playing at the time, we did have a radio in the staff room...

And what were you like back in 1988? :D

[identity profile] artsycub.livejournal.com 2005-04-29 08:26 pm (UTC)(link)
I was a huge dork in '88...........so I guess not much has changed. But I was only 11.

[identity profile] kybearfuzz.livejournal.com 2005-04-29 09:30 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, I was only 15! ;)

You don't strike me as a dork.. at least not now :)

[identity profile] artsycub.livejournal.com 2005-04-30 12:41 am (UTC)(link)
It can take time to see the true dorkdom of someone, grasshopper. ;)

[identity profile] bleuvalentines.livejournal.com 2005-04-29 07:57 am (UTC)(link)
OMG, Mark!!! What a way to scare me first thing in the morning!!! Good grief!!! Ack! *lol* I can't imagine the amount of ozone I killed spraying my hair that day. *rolls eyes*

I loved Duran Duran ... *insert wistful sigh here*

*lol*

[identity profile] kybearfuzz.livejournal.com 2005-04-29 11:33 am (UTC)(link)
Hee hee hee! Oh c'mon! My hair was bigger than yours that day, although I do think that our generation was the one to really cause some ozone hole damage. Actually, this was the only pic of me from high school that I could stomach posting.

Think how much wiser we are today... :)

[identity profile] bleuvalentines.livejournal.com 2005-04-29 11:52 am (UTC)(link)
You do realize now that I'm going to have to go through MY old photos and see what I can drag out! ;) However, I do have a a great one of you drawing on the board in 6th period Algebra!

You're safe for now (Dave needs to fix our scanner)! *lol* ;)

[identity profile] kybearfuzz.livejournal.com 2005-04-29 11:55 am (UTC)(link)
Oh geez, that is one of my worst pictures! It made the yearbook of course. What can I say? My Algebra toons were fabuluous ;)

[identity profile] bleuvalentines.livejournal.com 2005-04-29 01:24 pm (UTC)(link)
That one's in the yearbook? I don't even remember that! *lol* I think it's a great picture! You really don't like it?

And yeah, your afternoon blackboard sketches were well looked-forward-to. *smile* You know, I still have the couple of drawings you gave me in my high school scrapbook. I ran across them not long ago! Now THERE'S something I should post! Earlier works of the talented Mark! =)

[identity profile] kybearfuzz.livejournal.com 2005-04-29 01:26 pm (UTC)(link)
OMG! I shudder at what they must have been.....

No, I never liked having my picture taken in high school. I don't mind it so much now. ;)

[identity profile] bleuvalentines.livejournal.com 2005-04-29 02:27 pm (UTC)(link)
No reason to shudder! Just your "typical" Redhound-with-guitar variety sketches. *lol*

[identity profile] kybearfuzz.livejournal.com 2005-04-29 02:33 pm (UTC)(link)
LOL.. I didn't think I had given you anything of an "adult" nature. In study hall my freshman year, I used to draw some really dirty pictures for Jeanna and Regina. Regina swears that she still has them and is waiting for me to become a famous cartoonist so she can either blackmail me or sell them on eBay.

[identity profile] bleuvalentines.livejournal.com 2005-04-29 03:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Nope, apparently I only warranted the squeaky-clean stuff! *lol*

Do you still hear from Regina? She's got the right idea holding on to those! She'll make a fortune!! ;)

[identity profile] kybearfuzz.livejournal.com 2005-04-29 04:19 pm (UTC)(link)
I haven't seen her since our 10-year reunion, she got me a beer from her secret stash cooler. Such a good friend :)

[identity profile] bleuvalentines.livejournal.com 2005-04-29 04:33 pm (UTC)(link)
Her secret stash cooler ... that's too much. Some things never change! *lol*

[identity profile] kybearfuzz.livejournal.com 2005-04-29 04:41 pm (UTC)(link)
LOL.. thankfully they don't, as I really needed a beer that night!

[identity profile] bleuvalentines.livejournal.com 2005-04-29 05:42 pm (UTC)(link)
I can't imagine why! ;)