Oct 11, 2003
yes dice
i found out a lot about my family today when i was talking to my dad. it turns out that my great grandparents immigrated here from poland (on both his mom and dad's side). and my great grandmother (on my grandpa's side) died when she was only 23. during world war 2, my dad's aunt and three of his uncles (on his mom's side) joined the marines. and 3 of his uncles (on his dad's side) joined the navy. his dad (my grandpa) tried to join the navy but they declined his application because they thought it would be more useful if he stayed back here and continued to build machines in a factory for the war. my dad went to a teacher's college. and back then if you made honor roll, you got 50% of your tuition back. so then he was a history teacher but when the vietnam war rolled around, he joined the navy because he didnt want to get drafted and "carry a gun through rice paddies". i would love to meet someone who had my dad as a teacher way back when. it just seems so silly that some highschool kid once said "oh man, i got mr janeczek for history." so yeah. this cricket has been sitting here for hours. and my voice still hurts. and i want to play pool.
posted by sarah 1:35 AM
