Woozle/Jenny/note/013
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Jenny note #13 1980/12/11
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Dear M.P.W.W.S.T.O.B.P.O.P.A.P.T.I.P.L., I, as is my habit, was talking about my day to mine Mutter. "How was your day, dear?" I was talking about meeting period[1] and what we did/didn't do. The "we" of course being Cindy, Erika, you, and I. Mom was playing with words. She came up with a Latin word, trio-something[2], for meaning Cin, 'Rika, an' I. The only problem was that it meant a group of men – and when you feminized it it got long & awkward. So I said, "It's the glee-sum three-sum and the gore-some foursum." Sum as in arithmetic, I explained (at least that's how I spell it – to be silly.) Somehow that got it across that we included you in our "group." She asked "Does Nick enjoy being with three girls?" ha, ha. (I must explain her Anyway I think I have it implanted in her (my mom, remember her?) brain that you are a friend and just a friend. To quote you "We're friends goddamnit!" I guess i have no arguments about John F. Kennedy as a hero. Just that he seemed much more a hero in the true hero sense. People felt that he could put everything straight. Betsy (as in Tower) says that in his hometown especially he was a her. He was supposed to be there for serving the nation. It was a big blow to the country that he was killed. He was directly in charge and had contact with what went on the U.S. of A. He was one of the better presidents we had had in the recent past. If you want to know what he ever did, look it up in the encyclopedia. You could argue that John Lennon was a mere entertainer But I wish to drop the subject please. Are you the type of person who collects all that paraphernalia connected w/ music groups? Personality Papers? (obituaries not included) I have just re-figured out what I figured out before. I like what the person (singer, writer, actor) does, but that doesn't make me interested in the personality, family life, childhood of that person. E.g. I like the show "Alias Smith and Jones". I like the character Kid Curry. That doesn't mean that I am interested in Ben Murphy who plays the fellow. I had – still ahve – a hard time explaining that to Sandy (ya' know, me sister). Kid is a neat gun-slingin' person. Ben may be a jerk for all I know. I like the character. You know, like in books. I'm not the teeny-bopper who wants to marry th' dude...... Same with S & G. I may defend Simon & Garfunkel, but I don't make a point about it. That's why I'm not interested in Paul Simon now. I don't particularly like his music now. I liked the songs he wrote – and the way Art sang them. Those songs that I like I will continue to like. I don't like One Trick Pony just because Paul wrote it. You get into ruts that way. ah.... Hem. I hope you appreciate all the interesting bits of paper I;m finding to write on. [doodle of a page floating down onto a scattered pile of pages] [in different pen] |
Footnotes
- ↑ "Meeting period" was a slice of time at the beginning and end of the day at CFS – kind of a Quaker thing – where the entire upper school just sits quietly for a few minutes, then various people (usually teachers but not always; anyone is free to speak) make announcements or statements or whatever seems appropriate.
- ↑ "triumvirate", I assume
- ↑ She also wrote "help" here which I think was a reference to the fact that she was writing at kind of an angle and was about to run off the bottom of the page.