when I was in high school, my friend and I grew up catholic but we were always the ones wrecking havoc and causing mayhem. One day we got the bright idea to convince all these sheltered catholic kids that my real name was Breast and my name (Bailey) was a nickname for it. I told them that I had talked to the school about changing my name on any official reports to Bailey instead of Breast- due to excessive bullying. None of them were comfortable calling me my “correct name” and I would go into long speeches about how vulnerable it was for me to come forth with my real name and it was disrespectful for them to not acknowledge me as such, etc. Anyways, this lasted a few months before we finally confessed our scheme and everyone’s minds were blown. The end
Aug 8, 2024
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so at my middle school library, you simply had to write your name on a slip of paper to check out a book. each week our homeroom teacher would read out the titles of overdue books and the names of kids who’d checked them out. in advance of April fools in 6th grade, I checked out what I considered the weirdest books in the library (stuff like “your changing body”) under the names of all the boys in my class. my teacher read out the list on April 1 and all the kids were like “what!!! I swear I didn’t check that out!!” In retrospect I have no idea how this unhinged yet clever idea entered my developing brain
Apr 6, 2024
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my freshman year of high school i went to a new school and i didnt know how to do school well bc i have learning disabilities. it was an academically rigorous traditional school and i forgot to do my homework bc i was bad at planning ahead and like generally keeping track of things. anyway like the first week of this new school i get to class and got called on about the homework and i had to say in front of the class that i forgot. this teacher was known to be an odd ball/old school and he yelled at me and sent me out of class and asked me and told me only to return when i was prepared and ready to learn. needless to say i was stunned and packed up my stuff and ran out crying. i mean i was literally like 14.
this then became the folklore everyone told new students about this teacher and it got passed down but no one realized it was me and when i became like a senior i would tell freshman and they were like that was you?!?!
anyway this teacher years later got clocked for sexual misconduct and buying kids alcohol lol
Apr 27, 2024
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After growing up in the LBC (would have attended a 4000-person / 3 grade high school)
I ended up going to high school in a little rural/farming community in Oregon that didn't even have 4000 people living in it. It's a long story re: how I got there.
It was a little bit like "Footloose" in this town. Kids made their own fun, there wasn't a helluva lot going on there. A lot of students took Shop class and hung out in that (grimy) building.
Senior year, someone had their little import car (Honda, I think?) partially disassembled and then reassembled INSIDE the building. I think it happened over a weekend and we showed up on Monday and.... there was a Honda parked in senior hall. Our graduating class had maybe 150 kids so everyone knew whose it was.
I think they ended up having to tear the doors off the hinges in a few different hallways to get it back out again. We all got a lecture at some senior night thing or another about respecting school and each other's property, with the idea being that if someone would just come forward and admit it, there would be less trouble. I don't remember anyone snitching or actually getting in trouble. The car belonged to someone on rally and I have no idea how they didn't figure out it was missing or if they were in on it somehow.
There were some great photos floating around, all pre-smartphone era.
Pure small-town dumbassery. Someone there has probably dined out on this story for decades now.
Apr 27, 2024
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It is my belief that so many people would be less lonely if they invited their friends to do their mundane errands and chores together. Dont have time to see your friends, cant afford to go out to socialize? Invite your friends to things you already will be doing and it ease some of the pain of the responsibilities. Or call someone to come over if you made a little too much for dinner. here is what I shared tonight: chicken thighs, fairy tale eggplant, fennel salad, and a nice groleau red wine
Jul 25, 2024
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With a little honey and ginger in the morning. Wow ! 🤩
Dec 1, 2024
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In any and all forms. Really into cabbage slaw w equal parts kewpie mayo and chili crisp.
If you have any good cabbage recipe recs, send them my way pls 🙏🏻
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