Tom Ventsias:
CLASS OF 1975
Arundel High SchoolClass of 1975
Gambrills, MD
Tom's Story
Just enjoying life these days. It's fun to look back at some of these names and photos and recall how every day seemed like such a big production! Who is talking to who ... what did they say ... what were they wearing ...? (And most likely with the lowlife desperadoes I hung with, "Who has the rolling papers?" etc.)
I think I made it through the first two weeks of 11th grade before I tuned in, turned on and dropped out. Then I decided to ~really~ disappoint my parents by leaving home at age 16 to play the piano, chase women and live the life of a half-baked rock and roller.
And that's exactly what I did for the next 10 or 12 years as a professional, full-time musician --...Expand for more
wine, women and song; sex, drugs and rock and roll -- while all the other smart kids I used to hang with in junior high had finished their degrees at Hopkins, West Point, Stanford, etc.
I finally smartened up (and sobered up) later in life and went to college at age 33. Now I'm just a boring science writer in College Park leading a quiet and reasonably happy life. :)
From smoking a joint with the guys in Aerosmith to sleeping with the girlfriend of the guitar player in Springsteen's band to writing about biomolecular labeling and high-throughput genomic sequencing ... what did Jerry Garcia use to say? Oh yeah ... What a Long Strange Trip It's Been ...
Enjoy everybody!
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