April 11, 2007

Junior high love ...

Reading Johnny Virgil's two-part essay about his first real date made me laugh out loud - like, tears streaming down face laughter - but also wince, cringe, and at one point - I seriously gasped out loud at some horrifyingly embarrassing moment.

Awesome essay. Still crying with laughter. It starts out with:

Let's talk about my first real date with a real girl. Before that magical moment, I pretty much exclusively dated my best friend's older sister without her knowledge. I also dated this poster of Linda Ronstadt that I hung on the wall near my bed.

I am so so happy reading writing like that.

Mr. Smooth: Part one

Mr. Smooth: Part two

Posted by sheila
Comments

As a former 14-year-old girl, a small part of me is very satisfied to know that the boys were as freaked out by us as we were by them.

Posted by: Lisa at April 11, 2007 5:09 PM

As the mom of a soon-to-be 14-year-old boy, however, I might have thrown up in my mouth.

Posted by: Lisa at April 11, 2007 5:10 PM

Thanks Red. You are too kind!

Posted by: Johnny V. at April 11, 2007 5:12 PM

Lisa - as the mom of a 13 year old girl.... I'm right there with you (especially since we now have encountered.... "the boy" )

Posted by: melissa at April 11, 2007 6:28 PM

I cannot get past the phrase "questing fish lips."

Posted by: tracey at April 11, 2007 10:16 PM

Johnny expresses the myth that many of us in that era (and ya'll girls too), John Hughes' scripts DO NOT REFLECT REALITY! I blew off many cute girls that liked me to go after girls that were clearly outside my class. Yeah, I got dates with them, but had similar results like Virgil.

While I'm married to a beautiful woman, I still kick myself for wasting my high school life going after women that had nothing to offer other than looks and status. Too bad I didn't date some cute girls that had great personalities who actually LIKED me compared to the girls that merely accepted dates because of my social status.

Posted by: JFH at April 12, 2007 12:09 AM

Yes, I think we have discussed that here before, JFH = with the whole "Jake Ryan ruined my entire life" conversation.

My favorite part was when the mother, according to plan, drove off - and Karen just can't get over it ... "why did she drive off ..." "where's she going?"

Also - his whole internal flow chart of possible responses to his phone call.

That is just so so familiar to me!

Posted by: red at April 12, 2007 6:46 AM