Baptismal Efficacy and the Reformed Tradition: Past, Present, and Future by Rich Lusk (whom I met tonight.)

While I am reminiscing…this was my junior and senior schedules:

Junior year:
1. AP(Advanced Placement) World History
2. AP Physics
3. AP English
4. AP Calculus
5. AP Ancient Roman History
6. Football

Senior Year
1. Off hour
2. Oasis Aide (Oasis is in house suspension)
3. Military World History (should have been called “Class for peopel that can’t pass anything else.”)
4. AP English
5. Newspaper (I was editor; all I did was edit once every two weeks and give assignments.)
6. Football/Off hour

heh…my senior year was great.

When kris10k said she was going to stop blogging, she got a barrage of little goodbye messages. Presbytermark made the comment, “Ugh. This reminds me of looking at the messages written in a high school year book.”

That prompted me to go back and look at the signatures in my high school yearbook. There are several different types of yearbook messages that I found:

The odd message:
“Mr. Editor, Oh my love flows like a river through fertile green lushness of your…oh wait, I’m writing to Rick. Ummm….well Ramparts has been good this year–thanks for being so supportive through all the “controversy” of this year. Don’t disappear into the Internet and I wish you the best in everything.” –Jennie Dorris.

Jennie has made something out of herself. She’s quite a liberal, but her webzine has won many awards.

The message from people that you can’t remember the orignal meaning:
“Try not to lift any big trees.”–D.J.

Ummm…okay buddy, I’ll be sure not to.

The ones that make me laugh:
“Rick, I’ll never forget you and your sexist comments in History/Poli Sci. Everytime I look at your picture, you know what will happen. Good luck in your search for a submissive woman.”–T.S.

“Hey there good lookin! You are such a sweetheart. Thanks for being such a wonderful friend. You mean a lot to me. Hopefully, we’ll see each other some next year. I hope you find your “perfect” wife–the one that obeys your every command.”–D.M.

The guy you’re supposed to have all these memories with,but you can’t remember him:
“It’s been great. We’ve had some really good times, from football our sophomore and junior years to working at Papa Joe’s.”-J.M.C.

The guy you never really knew, but he got ahold of your yearbook:
Rick, We got a lot of good memories together…nevermind, we don’t have any!!”-S.D.

The jock messages:
“Rick, it’s been great having you as my lineman all of these years. We kicked some *ahem.*–A.S.

The cheerleading captain:
“Rick, my aol buddy! You better keep in touch; write or email or something. And we’ll have to go see a movie together again, but this time, I’ll drive. –Danielle “P.S. I want your sexy body.”

The sexy body thing must have been some sort of inside joke that I’ve forgotten. The movie thing was that I got a ticket on the way home from a movie, and she was 17 and it was past midnight, so she could have gotten a curfew violation.

Then there are those notes that I just saved.

From a teacher to another teacher:
“Rick may take his semester exam this hour if you’d like to get rid of him. Heidi”

From one of those times when you would buy a note and a piece of candy for a friend for a quarter:
“Oh man, you are finer than Leonardo!”-J.K.

My lines in the school assembly (I was wearing daisy dukes and a halter top. Don’t ask.).
Lucinda: “I tried everything! Nothing seened to work. I mean, just look at these rolls. No man wants to touch this! I go to all the clubs but none of the guys will get the groove on with me. And look at this great ghetto bootie! (and then Owasso High cheered the loudest it ever cheered as I bent over to touch my toes…my back facing them….remember what I was wearing…some things you just can’t believe you did.) Finally, I decided to try the slinky dink 5000!”

And ya know what? Someone, somewhere, has that on videotape.

From the school:
“Dear Phil Joseph Capezza, This letter is to inform you that Rick Anthony Capezza has been absent fifteen times in one or more of his classes this semester. According to the Owasso Public School Attendance Policy, a student is allowed a maximum of 15 absences per semester before receiving a failing grade.”

Hehehe

The girl who I had a crush on but wouldn’t ask out:
“Riccardo–Just thought I’d make you a little “Good luck” card for Nationals! Have fun! Good luck!”–Amos

The depressing things written in the paper:
“Rick Capezza (5-10, 240 sr) was at center before his injury. Cody Banks (5-10 220 jr.) will take over there. ‘Both are good players and both work hard. Rick stayed in the weight room all summer so that put him ahead.”

“Rick Capezza (5-10, 240 sr,) was to be at nose guard but an injury in the first scrimmage has made him a question mark.”

On the front sports page of the Tulsa World…talk about depressing: “Jenks’ John Johnson breaks toward the endzone as Owasso defender Rick Capezza pursues.”

He scored lol.