Yep not yes
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dolorosa_12Every so often, my mum goes on a decluttering spree in her apartment, and unearths forgotten stacks of paper relics of my childhood — school reports, random certificates from maths or piano competitions, preschool artwork, etc. She sent me a massive collection of the latest such material, and I've been having great fun going through it.
My absolute favourite thing so far, which had me crying tears of helpless laughter, was the below list, written (judging by the handwriting and spelling errors) aged about eight or nine:
'How To Be Cooler List
1. Buy more tapes
2. Rent intresting videos at parties
3. Wear better clothes
4. Go to more movies and shows
5. Eat more lollies [nb 'lollies'=Australian for sweets/candy]
6. Do more "after school activites"
7. Invite more people over
8. Don't turn down going to other people's places
9. Buy more cool stuff (Yikes pencils, fruit shaped earasers)
10. Don't say dumb things (oh, my word)
11. Say more cool things (yep, not yes)'
So, there you have it: the top tips for achieving the pinnacle of early-'90s Australian primary school-aged cool.
I think the fact that at some point in my life I sat down and, in deadly earnest, created such a list, illustrates the fact that there is not a single point in my life in which I have ever been cool.
My absolute favourite thing so far, which had me crying tears of helpless laughter, was the below list, written (judging by the handwriting and spelling errors) aged about eight or nine:
'How To Be Cooler List
1. Buy more tapes
2. Rent intresting videos at parties
3. Wear better clothes
4. Go to more movies and shows
5. Eat more lollies [nb 'lollies'=Australian for sweets/candy]
6. Do more "after school activites"
7. Invite more people over
8. Don't turn down going to other people's places
9. Buy more cool stuff (Yikes pencils, fruit shaped earasers)
10. Don't say dumb things (oh, my word)
11. Say more cool things (yep, not yes)'
So, there you have it: the top tips for achieving the pinnacle of early-'90s Australian primary school-aged cool.
I think the fact that at some point in my life I sat down and, in deadly earnest, created such a list, illustrates the fact that there is not a single point in my life in which I have ever been cool.
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Date: 2024-03-18 10:32 am (UTC)I'm sure the lollies goal was appreciated by your parents.
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Date: 2024-03-19 03:17 pm (UTC)I would assume so, although I can't actually remember the context in which I came to think this. My assumption, based on what I was like as a child, is that some other kids probably made fun of me for not saying yep (or, apparently, for saying 'oh my word'), I seethed and stewed with mortification about this for the rest of the school day, and then I came home and wrote this list as a kind of attempt never to be mocked in that way again.
I'm sure the lollies goal was appreciated by your parents.
I know, right? 'Mum, Dad, I need to eat more junk food — it's important!'