Jim Retzer:
CLASS OF 1983
Kensington High SchoolClass of 1983
Buffalo, NY
Canisius CollegeClass of 1987
Buffalo, NY
Jim's Story
STORY IDEA #1 Life
Most of you who knew me at Ken High would never recognise me now. I weighed about 280 when most of you knew me -dropped it down to 180 in time for senior year.
After I moved to Arizona I dropped more weight, had RK done and ditched the half-inch thick glasses.
I've also come out of the closet, which means that I'm gay. I've toured Europe and Australia and am living happily single in Phoenix Arizona.
I still have several dozen photos from my days at Ken High, as well as about two hours of assorted audio tape, so many of the friends I knew then are still very much alive and with me.
IDEA #2 - What Teacher?
I'd really like to meet English teacher Rosa Bowles and thank her for giving me the idea to keep a Journal.
I'd also like to see librarian Ona Hiller again, but I suspect she's passed on by now.
#3 - Touring the Naval Park with Lisa Moyer and Zeta Keyes. Doing the Charleston during a fire drill.
#4 - First Crush? >sigh<
#7 - I certainly never expected to move out of state and tour the world.
#9 - Shoveling muck at Gioia Macaroni? Punch press operator? Driver's Ed teacher (uhm...I can't drive!).
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#31. My favorite way of relaxing -now as then- has always been to listen to music. My tastes have changed considerably, but the effect is still the same. I frequently listen to Mozart or NASA Voyager telemetry CDs(serious-look them up under the title: Symphonies of the Planets).
#12. My mother always went places when she was younger and took me places when I was old enough. I don't mean trips and vacations in the general sense (the only "vacation" my family ever took was to Walt Disney World after my father died); I mean she would read or hear about something in the news and if it was local she would go and see it for herself. It could be a new store, a new library or whatever. She would go and look at it. That sort of curiosity about the things I saw or heard about on TV or in the paper carried over into my life. As a case in point, I recently attended the dedication ceremony for a pedestrian crossing island in my neighborhood.
#19. My first crush...SIGH! I recently located and tried to make contact, but no reply.
#23. I currently share my home with two roommates and a VERY co-dependent cat, which I find entertaining and only occasionally frustrating.
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