[Seahawk]

I enjoyed HS for what it was, but I had an easy passage. Playing sports certainly helped but I was smart and knew how to navigate HS shoals: I wanted to have fun and then get on with the rest of my life. HS was a necessity, not a destination.

Living in a rural area and going to a suburban school certainly insulated me from a lot of the bravo sierra that passes for social interaction in HS: After practice I had to get back to the ranchette and get stuff done. I also worked and was always busy.

I have some very specific memories from those days, mostly the capture of unique circumstances in my mind's eye; some foolish, some boorish, others simply the remembrance of having fun.