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Freshman Year
We were innocent. . .we knew nothing. . .we had NO work. . .this was probably the easiest year of our high school careers, and we had no idea, till it was done. Hey, but we still have quotes, right?
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"Lori, This compass is crap!"
~Fran to Lori
"Ewww mine is too...is your's made by Helix?"
~Lori to Fran
"Yeah."
~Fran in reply.
"I had a shatter-proof Helix ruler at the begining of the year. On contact with the floor it went to pieces."
~Keri, overhearing our conversation
"That's because everything made by Helix is Helix Crap!"
~Fran, theorizing
*bell rings, Fran gets up to go to 4th period and proceeds to stub her toe*
"HELIX!"
~Fran testing out her now favorite alterna-curse.
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"Hey...a bee-hive....how neat!"
~Fran, outside at lunch.
"Yeah, Fran, why don't you go investigate it? Throw a rock at it....Let us know how it turns out."
~Lori and Keri in response to my statement.
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"I'm a non-conformist"
~Fran, stating her beliefs
"But by being a non-conformist are you conforming to non-conformity?"
~Doug, in reply
*Fran thinks for a moment*
"I'm not even going to dignify that with an answer"
~Fran
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"Why don't you frolick with me? Look at all these children frolicking in the meadows! Why don't you frolick with me anymore? Frolick with me you bastard! I order you to show some emotion!"
~Andy Barrata, heard outside in the courtyard during lunch
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"I have the Micheal Jordan skeeeeeils!"
~Casey M. on his basketball ability
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"Apparently all my sister learned from Mr. Risberg was how to fish and make bread!"
~Keri, on the fact that she's pretty much screwed for Algebra II
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"It's all Hunky-Dory!"
~Mr. Newell , Humanities teacher, BHS, on the Crusades"
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"Fran leaves a __lasting__ impression!"
~Keri after being whapped
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"We're off to see the wizard!"
~My singing comment on Keri's stuffed dragon in her easter basket
"Fran, I am __not__a munchkin!"
~Keri, on my choice of comments
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"Yes, when I'm retired and in a wheelchair, with my luck Casey will be my aide. He'll wheel me up the big hill, and say, 'Just going for a bit of fresh air" and as soon as we get to the top....*makes a crunching noise* There go the brakes, and off I go down the hill"
~Mr.Hermanot on his level of trust towards Casey Meehan
*Fran snickers at the mental image of Mr. Hermanot careening down the BHS hill*
"Oh, of __course__ not!"
~Casey, looking quite innocent
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"Look, Look! The elastic shorts"
~Casey pointing at Mr. Hermanot's shorts as his back is turned
*Fran snickers*
"What?!"
~Mr. Hermanot to Casey and I
*Both Casey and I snicker more*
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"You're all a bunch of what?"
~Mr. Hermanot, teacher, Brookfield High School to his first period General Chorus Class
"Losers!"
~Mr. Hermanot's first period General Chorus class in response to Mr. Hermanot
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"I never really use language like this unless I feel like a b*tch and I feel like a
_B*TCH_!"
~Me on my attitude
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"Waaaaaahssssup!?"
~Mr. Lalli, teacher, Brookfield High School
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"A-wi-ki-wah-wah-wi-ki-wah..."
~Doug W.
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"Lori, you're a ditz!"
~Me to Lori B.
"I'm not a ditz!"
~Lori B. to Me
"Am I a ditz?"
~Lori B. to Marilyn S.
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"I've become a vegetable!"
~Me, on my level of energy
"Fran: The B*tchy Vegetable"
~Keri M., on my comment
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"So, in conclusion, are you on the train, or are you just going for a ride, you know what
I mean?"
~Mr. Lalli, teacher, BHS, to his 5th period honors earth science class
*Blank Stares*
~Mr. Lalli's 5th period honors earth science class
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"NI!"
~Me to Lori
"Ni?"
~Lori to me
"No, no, no. You're not doing it correctly. It's 'NI!'"
~Me to Lori
"Ohhhhh, 'NI!'
~Lori to me
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"Estaber!"
~Lori B., realizing the difficulty of the Spanish imperfect tense
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"Mah-shedd!"
~Keri M., on the very boring Humanities silk road project
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"Di-vii-er-ton!"
~Kevin S., on pronouncing the conjugation of Divertirse into the preterite ellas, ellos,
usted form in Spanish class
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"For a good time, they sing!"
~Kevin S., on the Backstreet Boys, translated from Spanish to English
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"When I'm in a room with old ladies, I behave myself!"
~Me being witty
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"We're so intelligent!"
~Keri M., on her classmates
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"I lost one of my grandmas!"
~Me, when inquired about my grandparents
"You know that you're just going to find her under your bed..."
~Keri, in reply
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"I'm going to name my kid Nez-a-wok-ay-o-tul"
~Marilyn S., commenting on Aztec informational video
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"You have absolutely no musical ability; you hit things!"
~James B., on the drum skills of Mike O.
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"You do have very angular features..."
~My Mom to my Dad on his face.
"Are you calling me a blockhead?
~Dad, in reply...
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"Pick a number between 1 and 5..."
~Mrs. Devaney, teacher, BHS
"SEVEN!"
~Me, the genius
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"I lack insight!"
~Keri M., on the logs
"I've noticed."
~Me, the sarcastic one
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"Everyone, you no longer have the same names, you will now be known by the types of
subconscious minds you possess"
~Mike, to the study table
"You're twisted"
~to Elyse
"You're syndicated!"
~to Me
"Now what's another word for twisted?"
~Mike, to the people of the table
"Warped?"
~Keri, without looking up from homework
"Yes, you're warped!"
~Mike to Doug
"You are now known as quiet."
~to Amy
"And you're..."
~Mike to Keri
"Keri?"
~Me, trying to be helpful
"Yes, you're Keri!"
~Mike, king of the obvious
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"I like soup!"
~My response to virtually everything these days! :)
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"La vaca dice 'moo'"
~Doug Woodruff on Earth Science Homework
"BLARGH!"
~Mike O'Shea, on school in general
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"Backpacks: The shackles of a highschool student."
~James Beer.