Steven Doherty:  

A story about me now? Why? Who would want to read that? I'm getting old and boring just like my parents were when I was in school. I'd rather reflect on the past and write something to prove just how little I was paying attention in English class. Since I've gotten up into my forties I started taking a look back on my life and came to the realization that some of the most fun years I ever had were the latter years of junior high school. Don't get me wrong, my high school years were fun too, but I had moved to another state and had all the stress of a new school, new friends to make, and basically a whole new life to start. Life during the high school years also seemed to take on a new seriousness and sense of urgency that wasn't there before with all the pressure of the whole "What the hell am I going to do with my life" thing creeping into a part of my brain that until then was reserved for much more important things like what new heavy metal album was on my most wanted list and where the party was going to be over the weekend. The junior high years had none of that pressure and was pretty much a carefree time of change. Everything was changing and most of it seemed to be changing for the better. Friendships were now based more on common interests and comradery instead of how close a person lived to you or how well their parents got along with you...Expand for more