Thursday, May 1, 2008

post barbie

a while back i blogged that i didnt think there was a difference in the relative complexity of life at various ages. i think i still sort of believe it, but my handful of nostalgic posts have made me second guess.  i like thinking how i was (and i think we all were) a little more brazen back then. i think we were a little more tuned to just being. 

semi-related, but later in life:
i was just asking alexis recently- what did girls do afterschool? i think i was always out doing things, like running in the woods, or biking, or exploring sewers kind of stuff. or playing vidoegames and swimming. in highschool we skated pretty much everyday. i guess we just "hung out" a handful in highschool. (granted i did watch the christopher lowell show and trading spaces and draw and nap). its silly to think that girls did not participate in all the same kind of outdoor/active things, or that guys did particpate in all these activities...still i cant help but wonder.




3 comments:

Änna said...

I can't speak for girls, but I am one, so maybe the following counts.

in elementary school: I built forts in the woods, invented detective agencies and clubs, made pinatas, rolled down the hill, built dams in the creek, played with Polly Pockets

in middle school: um, some of the above but also I watched more TV

in high school: ate snowballs with my friends, drank coffee at the Safeway Starbucks with friends, cried because I had so much APMEH homework, and talked to people that I rarely talked to in school on AOL

Lara said...

joel your pretty awesome

Elli said...

in elementary school: I played in the woods and the river, put on skits and dances, made up all sorts of running away from the orphanage or nazis games, rollerbladed, swam in the neighborhood pool, biked trails through the woods, and played with my Barbies and dolls. I also did ballet, played piano, and swam on the neighborhood swim team.

in middle school: all of the above except the Barbies and ballet

in highschool: i played basketball and some volleyball and ate some snowballs with my friends