I'm pretty good at the old foot in mouth disease, although in this case, I just want to clarify a few things.

Some of my mybloggers friends have been needling me about my comments regarding "remembering the good old days". I have said those days weren't all that worth remembering or reminiscing over. That's not altogether true--for me.

Certainly, I enjoy remembering my children's growing up years. I may not look through photographs that often, because I get emotional at fond memories, but those were good times. Holding my grandson rekindles those memories.

I kept all my old golf memorabilia from high school--score cards, trophies, newspaper clippings. In fact, I have several boxes of "really old stuff". I still have all my 1950s baseball cards--3000+. I treasure them. I have hundreds of old record albums, including my parent's big band 78s from the late 30s and early 40s. I've kept all National Geographics dating back to 1965 when my mother first gave me a subcription--45 years worth of yellow covers. Tell me what I'm to do with them?!!

I've kept my "teen diaries" and read over them last year. Pretty boring, but fun to look back at Randy, age 16. But there's something sad about looking back. Those days are gone, plain and simple. Class reunions (which I attend) are fun, but somehow pathetic. We're a bunch of old people pretending to be high schoolers again. "Remember when...?"
Maybe it's just me, but I have difficulty relating to that. The whole high school experience is blown out of proportion. Have we made it bigger than it actually was? I don't know.

Perhaps I wasn't your typical teenager back in the 50s and early 60s. I tried to fit in, listening to crappy (to me) rock 'n roll, driving "the strip", participating in school activities, etc. But really, I was a loner with interests that no one else had--jazz, science, books, golf (a sissy sport back then).

So when all these "returning to the old days" events occur, I don't especially care to relive them. Nostalgia has its place, but, as I've said before, I prefer living in the present and anticipating the future. It makes me happier. So there!