Roger Carrier:
CLASS OF 1964
West High SchoolClass of 1964
Salt lake city, UT
Riverside Elementary SchoolClass of 1958
Salt lake city, UT
Roger's Story
Life and my nature (notes as I write): [My picture is 10 years old, see others from this year]
When I was fifty as a teacher, I sluffed school one day and hiked to the top of Lone Peak (the big peak at south end of Salt Lake Valley by myself. It's dumb to hike alone, but I did it.
I believe in adventure, good books, and being a hero for the good things. I believe in my country and think that the best is yet to come. I'm an eternal optimist. Pessimism is bad for your health.
Right now I'm listening to the Shirelles. Remember "Mama Said," "Will You Love Me Tomorrow?"
I've written two non-published novels set in the 1960s. One will be self published in a couple months (September, 2010).
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When I turned 64 in February, I decided to get my weight down to what it was when I was 25. And now I've almost done it. I also started weight training, and every other day, I bicycle up City Creek Canyon (no cars on odd-numbered days). The key to weight loss is a lifestyle change. I ate good food, but too much. Now I don't eat sugar, flour (no bread), rice (except brown), and no potatoes, and no soda water (I drink water and green tea only). I get my carbs from veggies. I eat some protein with each mail meal and I ate 5 or 6 times a day. Rule: Never get too hungry and never over eat. Leave the table when your hunger is satisfied. That is always before you are full. You can always eat more later. At restaurants, order extra veggies in place of the roll, potato, or rice. At a Mexican restaurant, open the flour wrap and eat only the contents.
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Oh, get this. I went back to West High as a teacher three years ago. It was a wonderful experience walking up to the school each morning.
I would like to know what happened to Becky Taylor. I fell in love with her in the second grade at Riverside Elementary and on through Jr. High. There was also a girl named Sandra.
I'm listening to "Stand By Me," by Ben E. King. Watch the movie. The boy writer in the movie was me. A great movie about our youth--your youth too.
Everyone our age should watch "Stand by Me" and "Red Sky at Morning." Also, the beginning of "Buster and Billie" (you can see it on Utube). It's set in the 1940s, but the school bus and the mood is just like our high school days.
I would love to hear from some old classmates (in my mind you're young).
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Editorial: I am a liberal, but I'm not an in-your-face person. I'm a listener and express my views when asked. I support gay marriage (it will come as our generation dies off) and I support the legalization of drugs.There should be state stores where a person can register, sign a liability release, the buy a weeks supply of most drugs for 5 to 10 dollars.
At the same time, I would keep all our present drug laws, except for taxed purchases at state stores. Think about it: The greatest fear of the drug lords and gangs is the legalization of drugs in the US. It would destroy their business. Also the war of drugs is putting our families at risk. I don't take drugs and think all illegal drugs are harmful, but should we throw a person in jail (a cost), especially if they lose their job? No.
Making drugs illegal does not stop their use.
Nothing will be perfect, but what we have is scary. A man addicted to Oxycontin could break into your house and murder you for money to buy illegal drugs (it happened in Riverton, Utah). Doctors should be permitted to prescribe drugs. You're not going to stop people from using drugs who want to use them, but this stupid drug war can and does make them want to break into your home to steal from you. Drug users don't want to steal and wouldn't if the price for their fix was low.
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After college, my wife (Sharon Dial) and I traveled around the world through 45 countries in 368 days. We traveled by bus and train from Utah to Argentina, for example, and through Africa. People everywhere want the same thing--a good life and opportunity for their kids. I was treated with respect and kindness, even in Arab countries, and the poorer the people, the more generous.
I'll never forget how sleeping in a hut in Ethiopia and a woman gave me a pan full of water so I could wash my feet. Her act of humanity still brings tears to my eyes. The little kids gathered around to gawk and laugh because my feet were so white. I must have looked like a ghost. Sharon still has tiny scars from the flee bites we got sleeping in that mud and thatch "hotel."
Since then, I've added another five countries to my list, making 50, and all by bus and train with only a few hopes by air.
Well, I've rambled enough. I would love to hear from you.
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