May 18, 2016:
100 pages of enthusiasm, pride, spirit. Expressed through organization: uniforms, drills, synchronization, teams and teamwork. Militarized: squads, medallions, captains, enemies. Krush the Komets! Earn that varsity letter.
Dressed as Indian squaws, 'cos, those were the days.
I am in this world, I am not of this world. Even after 40 years it seems lunatic: upside-down, hollow, shrill, lacking anything remotely like actual heart or substance. I avoided it until they finally caught me at it. If they'd have been considerate they'd have done me two years sooner.