Mike Hipius:
CLASS OF 1973
Sacred Heart High SchoolClass of 1973
Yonkers, NY
Mike's Story
Mike's schools include Sacred Heart High School. Mike works(ed) at Mt. Vernon School District.
Music Mike likes includes Asia, John Wetton, Darius Rucker. Books Mike likes include The Best of Robert Benchley, Never Die Easy the Autobiography of Walter Payton, Atlas Shrugged. Movies Mike likes include Sons of the Desert, You Can't Take It With You, Gunga Din. TV shows Mike likes include Get a Life, Neil Cavuto, It's Garry Shandling's Show.
More about Mike:"The gum story. I was in fifth grade and Sister Bride was my teacher. Not "Bride of Frankenstein" really, but tough enough.
So on this spring lunch period I blew my allowance on baseball cards and shoved the stale slates of gum in my mouth. I produced a ball of gum two-thirds the size of a golf ball. If I swallowed it the Heimlick maneuver would have killed someone on the west coast from impact after expulsion.
Well, the bell rang, ending lunch. It was Friday. We had escaped the morning threat of Baltimore Catecism questions ("
What are the 14 epopistions of the cravensancts in Rome and explain the purpose in regards to the juxtaposition of the Saints of Phlanginall") we might have to memorize over the weekend. Plus none of that damned poetry crap to memorize, either. Also was a gi...Expand for more
rl with a big BROWN NOSE to raise her hand and ask Sister if she might've forgotten, though. But THAT girl was quiet. There is hope.
Then it hit me. The big wad of gum I forgot to get rid of before coming into the classroom. The Friday afternoons were artsy fartsy times. Kind of nun downtime. Either you would get paper and draw something like crooked vases or they would pass out a picture of a famous painting (I still call them drawings) and read a nice long boring story about the author. Vincent Van G was a cool one, but I stopped listening at the ear part and daydreamed about how he got rid of the ear.
Well I had to think of how to get rid of the gum. Quickly, when Sister Bride had her back turned (and she couldn't see me in her rear-view mirrors) I tossed the gum out the window. Not quite. My aim was off and it stuck to the window. Next to me. Doomed. Guilt by association.
But it was funny, too. This big round blob on the window. Giggles with cold sweat. Sort of the sweet and sour of emotions.
I poked my friend next to me and pointed. It became more funny.
Then Sister Bride began moving towards us. The gum, magically, dropped. Divine intervention once again.
Thank you God, for getting me here.".
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