Happy Happy Birthday, Carmen (in 4 days)
Gerry Storm
austin-ghetto-list@pairlist.net
Sun Mar 7 23:04:04 2004
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Carmen, sorry to hear about James. What a downer.
Donna is a tallish, skinny blonde. She married an AF pilot she met at =
James Connally AFB and had a daughter. He went off to Nam and came back =
crazy and they were divorced. She never married again. In her early 30's =
she got into nursing home management and now is a very successful =
manager working for an outfit that has dozens of homes. She lives in =
Carrolton in a big house with her companion of many years, Barbara. =
Dotes on her 2 grandchildren. I rarely see her (at family funerals =
mostly) and we seldom speak, have very little in common. But I respect =
her, she figured out a way to make her personal ambitions come true.
I'm a somewhat mystical, opinionated old fart who lives with an old cat =
in the New Mexico wilderness where I do big gardens, make Indian art, =
play the classical guitar (bossa nova) and bay at the moon occasionally. =
Do not require much of a social life nor a partner. Mostly I have been a =
musician who prefers jazz and Brazilian music but played most all of it =
to support a couple of families which produced 4 tall, bright children =
and a number of grandchildren who live in places I do not visit. I used =
to travel a lot and have lived in numerous large cities, a mistake I am =
not likely to make again. Love to surf the net and read a lot and argue =
politics. VERY self-sufficient and enjoy good health as a rule (good =
cook) and like to think I am advancing on the spiritual plane at times.
G
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To: austin-ghetto-list@pairlist.net=20
Sent: Friday, March 05, 2004 10:02 PM
Subject: Re: Happy Happy Birthday, Carmen (in 4 days)
Gerry: Good to hear from you! I kind of remember the name Donna =
Storm. Jog the old memory more please.
Well our Beatnik days and nights consisted more of time spent in dark, =
dank coffee houses listening to Jazz and poetry and talking about things =
we then considered "heavy" - we kinda got bum-rapped by the general =
population around our age as we were very different from them...obvious =
since even looking at us detected that something was weird (he 6'4" - me =
4' 10"). We weren't hittin' prayer meetin' and I regarded most things =
those other Waco females thought as potentially deadly to me. Bowling =
and meatloaf recipes would have sent me over the edge at that time. I =
still don't bowl but am not currently put off by a good meatloaf recipe! =
Not your average bears for sure back then.
We came to Austin so Jim could take some courses at UT. I will =
elaborate later on our lives if you wish, but the bottom line is that =
Jim (as fine a non-judgemental fellow as ever lived) turned out to be =
what they now call bi-polar and he put an ill-placed 22caliber bullet in =
his temple. I say ill-placed as he lived in a diminished state that =
would have horrified the James you knew. He lives in Waco with his =
brother Alan (and Alan's extended family) who is a judge and some kind =
of high mucky muck in the Mormon church. Sometimes paybacks are more =
than hell though I do not mean to diss the Mormons. much. Anyway the =
kids and I were left without a schekel (did I spell that right, Mike?) =
but somehow we lived and had mostly good lives. Gina is now 43 and Mike =
is 39. Funny, bright kids if a little out of the ordinary - neither has =
produced grandlarvae, however.
I like to think of myself as evergreen, young that is, but I bear no =
resemblance to the person I used to be. I often complain that there is =
no place for older people to go and be regarded as "cool" - mostly they =
don't look cool and they nodd off and they use outdated slang and some =
of them are even Republicans...yoicks!! I have a couple of friends who =
go dancing at Don's Depot but I can't even imagine hanging out in the =
smog of the smoke filled room attempting to strut my elderly stuff. =20
More abvout you, please.
As Frances says, I am a lurker in the list shadows. I hesitate to =
hang my thoughts out to dry as many of the list don't know me and =
wouldn't be interested. I will certainly share if anything =
earth-shaking ever happens tho. I get so much pleasure from reading the =
thoughts of the others, particularly Wayne's and Mike's. And the =
quality of Frances' offerings is often really appealing. I like lots of =
the others too and look forward to more lurking. Ah, maybe the shadows =
are where old people can go to be cool. Carmen, not exectly Electra
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<DIV><FONT size=3D3>Carmen, sorry to hear about James. What a =
downer.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D3>Donna is a tallish, skinny blonde. She married an AF =
pilot she=20
met at James Connally AFB and had a daughter. He went off to Nam and =
came back=20
crazy and they were divorced. She never married again. In her early 30's =
she got=20
into nursing home management and now is a very successful manager =
working for an=20
outfit that has dozens of homes. She lives in Carrolton in a big house =
with her=20
companion of many years, Barbara. Dotes on her 2 grandchildren. I rarely =
see her=20
(at family funerals mostly) and we seldom speak, have very little =
in=20
common. But I respect her, she figured out a way to make her personal =
ambitions=20
come true.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D3></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D3>I'm a somewhat mystical, opinionated old fart =
who lives=20
with an old cat in the New Mexico wilderness where I do big gardens, =
make Indian=20
art, play the classical guitar (bossa nova) and bay at the moon =
occasionally. Do=20
not require much of a social life nor a partner. Mostly I have been a =
musician=20
who prefers jazz and Brazilian music but played most all of it to =
support a=20
couple of families which produced 4 tall, bright children and a number =
of=20
grandchildren who live in places I do not visit. I used to travel a lot =
and have=20
lived in numerous large cities, a mistake I am not likely to make again. =
Love to=20
surf the net and read a lot and argue politics. VERY self-sufficient and =
enjoy=20
good health as a rule (good cook) and like to think I am advancing on =
the=20
spiritual plane at times.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>Gerry: Good to hear from you! I kind of remember the =
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Donna Storm. Jog the old memory more please.</DIV>
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<DIV>Well our Beatnik days and nights consisted more of time spent in =
dark,=20
dank coffee houses listening to Jazz and poetry and talking about =
things we=20
then considered "heavy" - we kinda got bum-rapped by the general =
population=20
around our age as we were very different from them...obvious since =
even=20
looking at us detected that something was weird (he 6'4" - me 4' =
10"). =20
We weren't hittin' prayer meetin' and I regarded most things those =
other Waco=20
females thought as potentially deadly to me. Bowling and =
meatloaf=20
recipes would have sent me over the edge at that time. I still =
don't=20
bowl but am not currently put off by a good meatloaf recipe! Not your =
average=20
bears for sure back then.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>We came to Austin so Jim could take some courses at UT. I =
will=20
elaborate later on our lives if you wish, but the bottom line is that =
Jim (as=20
fine a non-judgemental fellow as ever lived) turned out to be what =
they now=20
call bi-polar and he put an ill-placed 22caliber bullet in his =
temple. I=20
say ill-placed as he lived in a diminished state that would have =
horrified the=20
James you knew. He lives in Waco with his brother Alan (and =
Alan's=20
extended family) who is a judge and some kind of high mucky muck =
in the=20
Mormon church. Sometimes paybacks are more than hell though I do =
not=20
mean to diss the Mormons. much. Anyway the kids and I were =
left=20
without a schekel (did I spell that right, Mike?) but somehow we lived =
and had=20
mostly good lives. Gina is now 43 and Mike is 39. Funny, =
bright=20
kids if a little out of the ordinary - neither has produced =
grandlarvae,=20
however.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>I like to think of myself as evergreen, young that is, but I bear =
no=20
resemblance to the person I used to be. I often complain that =
there is=20
no place for older people to go and be regarded as "cool" - =
mostly they=20
don't look cool and they nodd off and they use outdated slang and =
some of=20
them are even Republicans...yoicks!! I have a couple of friends =
who go=20
dancing at Don's Depot but I can't even imagine hanging out in the =
smog of the=20
smoke filled room attempting to strut my elderly =
stuff. </DIV>
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<DIV>More abvout you, please.</DIV>
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<DIV>As Frances says, I am a lurker in the list shadows. I =
hesitate to=20
hang my thoughts out to dry as many of the list don't know me and =
wouldn't be=20
interested. I will certainly share if anything earth-shaking =
ever=20
happens tho. I get so much pleasure from reading the thoughts of =
the=20
others, particularly Wayne's and Mike's. And the quality of =
Frances'=20
offerings is often really appealing. I like lots of the others =
too and=20
look forward to more lurking. Ah, maybe the shadows are where old =
people=20
can go to be cool. Carmen, not exectly=20
Electra </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>
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